We’ve been having some problems with my son’s personal hygiene recently. He’d got fairly good at wiping his bum and whilst it wasn’t perfect (a few skid marks); it wasn’t so bad. Then all of a sudden it seemed to get worse. It’s like he doesn’t care. can’t be bothered, etc. I’d have thought it would make his bottom sore, but he hasn’t complained about it. Maybe he’s just too busy with other things to think about it. I don’t know.
I do know that I have had to wash a lot of pooey pants that have more than just some faint skid marks on them. I’ve caught him sneakily changing his pants during the day and putting the offending ones into the laundry basket. The other day he went to a friend’s house after tea and they had to change him. Thankfully they are close friends and know him well, but it was still embarrassing. We’ve tried rewarding clean pants; we tried talking to him about it; and I’m not sure what to try next. Any ideas?
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