John and his Poop...HELP!!!

[sd112170]

I am so thankful to the Lord that our lives have finally settled in. Since Johns birth, we have had doctors and hospitals invade our lives to the point that it was normal for us. Other than oncologist check ups and the typical stuff all of us go through, life is good! This seems so trivial compared to what we have been going through, but it is getting tougher as he gets older.

He is obsessed with his poop. He only poops in the mornings and he loves to finger paint everything!!! The bed, bedding,toys,rails,himself you name it he paints it. I was at my wits end when, this morning I was taking his shirt off and slung s*#@ all in my hair. So now....we both need baths and I am stripping the bed. Washing the railings down. The only thing going for me today is we had no where to be this morning.

What happens when we start school and he does his "artwork" . I just am tired of poop!!!! I need some help before I snap!! Y'all, this is EVERY MORNING! I have tried to beat him to the punch, little artist is already awake(and quiet). Having a ball in it! I have tried to lower his miralax. He stops up. I am just waiting for winter so I can put the blanket sleepers on him.

Well I have stiff hair from the clorox wipe that I used to scrub the poop out so, gotta go. Take my shower and get...this...s*&$# out for real. Any suggestions would be VERY APPRECIATED! And Bob, I know you have something funny to say, so I really could use a good laugh right now.

[wrblack]

Well, sorry to disappoint but in my experience there isn't all that much that's funny about having to deal with poop. I think someone actually got in trouble for duct taping some kid's diaper on. -- Bob

[sd112170]

LOL Bob, I have a sick since of humor!!! i ACUTALLY visualized that. But noooo, couldnt do it. But it did take me 2 hours to clean the mess up. Oh well, just another part of my wonderful child. Maybe he will grow out of it. Sooon! All I can do is laugh at this point.

[47forjayden]

We have had similar problems here, hundreds of poop stories I could tell. Clothing was an easy way to solve the problem for a while. Things like onesies, overalls, and of course one piece sleepers. I found items like these online in bigger sizes. I've never duct taped his diaper on but I have had to adjust clothing like sewing up the snaps in his pants and using a safety pin under the zipper of his sleepers. Jayden has pretty much grown out of this stage and soon we will potty trane. There enlies our next struggle will need a whole set of new ideas to concour.

Good Luck

[faithhope]

Hilarious! I am sorry for laughing but you verbalize your story so comically that I can't help it ; )
Oh man what a problem, and my 20 month old daughter wears me out with her tantrums and demands, but now I will not utter a complaint. Hope someone here can give some good advice. If not hope he outgrows it soon.

[kg91207]

I remember the day I was changing Kaelyn's diaper, she kept putting her hand up to my mouth, so I thought she wanted a kiss, so I kiss it...think "that was wet"...swipe my hand across my mouth and keep going. She keeps putting her hand up to my mouth, so I finally stop and look...lo and behold it was covered in poop, and so was my mouth!!!!

[Chris]

Sarah went through that stage. I used to put her in a blanket sleeper and put a clothespin right under the zipper so she couldn't get her clothes off and get into her diaper. Yep, we had poop smeared and thrown everywhere.

Chris

[samanthajosmom_12]

well samantha would smear her bedroom wall in poop. one summer my dad had a bucket outside and i went to see what the problem was and omgosh she had poop all over herself in the ears ,in the nose, everywhere. in fact when she started going to this day care place they were reading a book and instead of making samantha come sit with them she got bored and noone was giving her alot of attention so she took all her clothes off and smear poop from head to toe. then i got a note home from them telling me that they cannot be haveing to deal with that. so i told them after i came in and caught them not haveing her with them and she was over at the fish bowl while everyone esle was in an activity. sue

[kg91207]

and I'm sure that daycare thought, oh, she has DS, we don't have to make her follow the rules/expectations! The first thing I asked Kaelyn yesterday when I picked her up from school was if she had followed the rules!!! hee hee. I think people would be amazed how our kiddos want structure just like any other kiddo, and when you enforce rules/structure with them, how compliant and behavior-free they can be!!!

[sd112170]

Well this is great to hear. I'm not the only one!! John has figured out the onsies. Put shorts on over it and yep, figured it out too. He is to hot for the sleepers. He never covers up.... so just waiting for colder weather. I have already bought up the sleepers. HAHAHA I plan on beating him for once (I pray). As for Brandi.....LOL...... I will definitely keep that in mind. Thanks for the help.

Stacy

[rlm08]

I do feel bad for all of you, but it is somewhat funny. Obviously Reina is still too little for this, but my 2 1/2 year old has a wierd thing with poop. Anytime a diaper is changed that has poop in it, she insists on looking at it. She doesn't try to touch it or do anything with it, but if I roll up the diaper before she has a chance to look at it, I have to unroll it so she can have a look. I'm not quite sure what the obsession is.

[kerristernation]

Hi, we had some success with girls turtleneck bodysuits. They have zippers in the back of the collar so you can sew up the snaps and still get it on if you buy it in lycra. We also use the safety pin under the zipper of the blanket sleeper. But we still have days when Yosh gets his hands in his diaper.

[kellied]

Oh wow! I sooooo had this problem. My son did the whole smear poop thing right when the Christmas season was starting and I was trying to get organized, bake, shop etc. It got to the point that I had to move a tv to our upstairs living room so I could see him at all times. He would wait until the minute I walked out of the room and then poop and smear. We had to shampoo our carpet many times. It stopped for awhile and then started again a year later. It was hard but this too shall pass. I tried to not make a big deal or draw attention. I cleaned him up first, put him in a secure place and then tackled the mess. All I can say is invest in a case of Spot Shot!!! Thank God he is almost toilet trained. Now the only thing he does is periodically poop in the bathtub and throw it out onto the floor. So now when I hear "yuck" when he's in the bath I know I have a problem. Good luck! ;D

[sd112170]

Yeah, I have a steam cleaner!!! It gets alot of use. Johns big word is TIIIIINNNNNK! He holds the word as long as he can. And OMGOSH, he literally smells the whole house up. I have to burn the incents that was popular in the 70's. The cone shaped ones. My mom came over one day and said, Why do you have those? Looking at me like maybe I was doing something she used to do in that time. I said MOTHER.....its for Johns poop!! Nothing else. And just what were you thinking LOL? She surely wouldn't reply.. ROFLOL!!!

[kg91207]

Ha! I remember those incenses!!! and because my mom used them for something she did during that time!!! hee hee.