poo poo poo

Cookie_monster_7

delain wrote: »

Play Doh!

My twins have autistic tendencies and did this a LOT. And no, potty training wasn't really an option as they were doing it at night, so the potty would have been used and then raided, so they had nappies. and they were scared of the toilet.

As soon as the fantastic leader of their nursery and their portage worker gave them some play doh they stopped. Quote:

'All they know is that it feels nice and squishy and that it's easy to find' :eek: :eek:

'Smearing' as it's known is very much an autistic behaviour.

Does your DD have any other social issues? ie obsessive traits.

She plays with playdoh most days! So sadly that is not going to help. She's quite a sociable wee girl, she has settled into playgroup well and has made a few friends there and I've been told she plays nicely. She shifts from getting her hands covered in poo/food/soil etc to suddenly wanting them clean and wanting to wash them....is that obsessive behaviour? anything else I should look out for?

DVardysShadow

delain wrote: »

Play Doh!

My twins have autistic tendencies and did this a LOT. And no, potty training wasn't really an option as they were doing it at night, so the potty would have been used and then raided, so they had nappies. and they were scared of the toilet.

As soon as the fantastic leader of their nursery and their portage worker gave them some play doh they stopped. Quote:

'All they know is that it feels nice and squishy and that it's easy to find' :eek: :eek:

'Smearing' as it's known is very much an autistic behaviour.

Does your DD have any other social issues? ie obsessive traits.

Yeah, I have been pondering this one for a day or 2 and the answer I came here to post was MUD. Let them play with mud. From the age of about 1? it is important for the development for the immune system to play with soil.

sassyblue

Cookie_monster wrote: »

My MIL used to say to her "oh thats a stinky poo" which I was really cross about and told her to stop but hopefullt that's not had too big an effect on her.

But your little one needs to know poo is dirty, especially to want to play with it and smear it all over :eek: btw l don't think you need to worry about this being autistic behaviour clearly you don't worry about your little girl in other respects... Being obsessed with poo is normal for a child of this age - and for a long time l suspect! - but as l said she needs to know she cannot play with it.

Let them play with mud. From the age of about 1? it is important for the development for the immune system to play with soil.

I've heard it all now. There's all sorts of germs and bacteria in soil, they can go blind from a germ in animal faeces. When they're much older say 7 or 8 (and will know if there's an animal poo in the mud) but not such a young age.

DVardysShadow

sassyblue wrote: »

[In response to the suggestion of MUD]

I've heard it all now. There's all sorts of germs and bacteria in soil, they can go blind from a germ in animal faeces. When they're much older say 7 or 8 (and will know if there's an animal poo in the mud) but not such a young age.

Soil is not animal faeces. And the particular bacteria in soil are mycobacteria - contact with them is important to the development of a healthy immune system. Excessive cleanliness and not letting your children play with soil [as opposed to hsit] is reckoned to be part of the cause of the epidemic of childhood asthma.