Got a call from my son's preschool yesterday. He had to pee, but wouldn't go there and he asked that they call me to come bring him home. She said they tried everything, but to no avail. I had to wake up the baby and drive 20 mintues to get him. He was so sad, it killed me, but I was a little mad too, to be truthful, but tried not to let that show.
I asked him if we could go back in together and try, but he was crying and crying. We had to drive the 20 minutes home, and thank goodness, he did make it in time. He then wanted to go back to school to play outside with the other kids. (School is only from 1-4, so it was over by then).
He's never gone to the bathroom there all year. He has gone in other public places, though. The toilets at the school are child-sized & very low. I can't quite make out what the problem is, and don't know how to help him. I do not want to make a habit of this, and explained to him if he were sick, I'd come in a minute, but really didn't think not wanting to pee at school was a very good reason for me to come there.
In all honesty, he has my sypmathy, I don't like using public bathrooms either, but rather than missing out on school & playing outside . . . I'd do it!
What do I do?????
I asked him if we could go back in together and try, but he was crying and crying. We had to drive the 20 minutes home, and thank goodness, he did make it in time. He then wanted to go back to school to play outside with the other kids. (School is only from 1-4, so it was over by then).
He's never gone to the bathroom there all year. He has gone in other public places, though. The toilets at the school are child-sized & very low. I can't quite make out what the problem is, and don't know how to help him. I do not want to make a habit of this, and explained to him if he were sick, I'd come in a minute, but really didn't think not wanting to pee at school was a very good reason for me to come there.
In all honesty, he has my sypmathy, I don't like using public bathrooms either, but rather than missing out on school & playing outside . . . I'd do it!
What do I do?????
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My dd is 6 and she will use the school bathroom but she will not flush the toilet or any other toilet. She once saw the toilet overflow at my inlaws and since then toilets scare her. She has to make sure that they have a plunger, she wont use the bathroom if someone has just used it, she has to wait until the tank stops running. In public bathrooms she checks every tolet to find the cleanest one, she almost goes in her pants becaues she thinks about it alot. You have to wait until she is way away from the bathroom before you can flush the toilet. She has made her self throw up with worry about it. So I totally sympathize with you. Did you ask your son if something happened maybe someone walked in on him or the toilet would not flush or it overflowed. Sometimes it is the simpliest things that worry them. I wish I had better advice. Is he in school all day? Maybe he could go right before you leave for school and at my dd's school they have a public restroom with regular sized toilets maybe he could use those?
