Hello. I am sure that some of you have had this very problem & though mine may be a bit different, I am at my wits end. My daughter is 6 1/2 years old & has achondroplasia (dwarfism). She is very small at 33 inches & 30 pounds but extremely intelligent. She is in kindergarten at a public school. We recently moved to a new state & ever since then she has been having accidents at school. They only happen at school & not at home or friends houses. We have met with her teachers & discussed what we can do but I am in need of advice of what I can do for her at home that will in turn help her at school. Being a little person she already has "problems" that she faces daily. She has always been very personable & happy until recently. Any help on what I can do will be appreciated. Thanks so much.
It sounds like something is bothering her at school. It could be she is afraid to use the school restroom. I know I was when I was little and moved to a new school. I would wait till I got home. Try to lovingly get to the bottom of the issue. Give her lots of praise and positivity before addressing the negative subject. I hope she opens up her feelings to you.
Try giving her cranberry juice. Dan
Hi. I don't know that there is any more that you can do for your daughter at home. She was happy and well adjusted until the new school it sounds like. Maybe you need to talk to the kids in her class. I have found over the years that kids that tease or make fun of other kids do it out of fear of not knowing how to act around someone who has any kind of handicap. They really just need to be educated. Not all will respond even to that but if you can reach even one that can be a friend to your daughter I think she will be herself again. Just an idea.
Poor baby,moving away from her friend and everything that is familiar.Maybe the teacher can give her a bathroom buddy.Set a timer to remind her every hour or so to go to the bathroom and have her friend go with her.She will form confidents and a friendship.
My son is 4 and had the same pattern when he was at school during the second "semester" of preschool. What I found out is that he was keying into some misunderstandings like "the all-day" classroom (which he is in a half day program) he thoughht he would have to stay all day, other issues for him were if the toilet was the little one made for his size or if he had to poop and balance on the adult toilet...do they have a toilet her size? For him it is a balancing while wiping issue which is an everytime issue for girls that they have to balance. Take her into the bathroom at the beginning of school and watch her and see if there is some physical/mechanical issue with the bathroom process that is freaking her out. Are other kids curious and want to see how someone who looks different goes to the bathroom? Maybe she has been approached by other kids and doesn't want to go into thebathroom becaus ethey are curious about her. (Somethingsimilar happened to me when I was young). Or the issues are not about the bathroom but the pee/poop is the only thing she can control..that's the tough one..good luck
When my son started school last year, he started having accidents. The school nurse kept telling us that it was because he was immature. We didn't believe her. We started doing some digging and found out he wasn't using the restroom at school because he didn't like the automatic toilets. They were too loud and caught him off guard. My husband went in one afternoon and had a teaching session with him. He taught him how to sit so he could control the flushing of the toilet. If this is the problem, you can teach her to cover the sensor with her hand or a piece of toilet paper so it doesn't go off unexpectedly. I hope the problem is as simple as ours.
Good luck.
Hi there, it sounds like she has had a tough time with the move. Could the teacher set a timer of some sort and ask your daughter to go to the bathroom and try every half hour or so? Maybe she is too involved with what she is doing to think about stopping to go to the restroom? Have you tried talking with her to find out how she feels about moving, the new school, new teacher, etc? It could also be that she is trying to get attention in some way, being the "new kid" going through a lot of big changes at a young age. Good luck!
Hi, I too have had this also we ended up at the Dr. It turned out her blader musles where to tight and that she went on meds it was only a few weeks befor it stopped. She never felt the need to go becouse her bladder was not openning up to be filled she never knew she had to go. I belive it was stress in her little life becouse it started like your girls just one day. I hope this helps,
