Potty Trained DCB Pooping in Pants

[wpgmomma0412]

Thank you both for your advice. I think I am going to try the baby method to see how this goes. It could work (not wishful thinking I hope) because this particular boy only wants to enjoy the beneficial parts of acting like a baby but doesn’t want to fully know what it’s like to be a baby. He can sit in the baby seats during meal & snack times, he can sit in the baby spot in the wagon on our walks, instead of the big boy swings at the park he will sit in the baby swings, I also have some puréed food in my pantry for my infant nephew when he visits & he’ll get that for snack time.

I don’t suspect he is in diapers at home, although I am pretty sure that they just clean him up & get upset with him instead of letting him clean himself. They’re a pretty busy on-the-go family & to be honest I often feel bad for him because he just wants to sit back & relax & enjoy his mom & dad but his mom is always filling her free time with personal plans (literally everyday when she picks up she tells me about her own evening plans away from her family), & his dad works A LOT. So I can see why he’s doing it. I really don’t want to let this family go, they’re really a great family to work with & mom & dad are fully supportive & respectful of how I run my daycare.

This babying method is going to be my last effort before I just ask for diapers from now on.

Edited to add: I tried the babying method during lunch time today & he sat in one of the baby seats & he asked me why I was putting him in there, I then very briefly told him why. Then for our lunch discussion we talked about the differences between babies & big kids, they all loved this discussion today it was a real hit topic for them, lol. Then after he finished his lunch I sent him on his way to use the potty as he usually does before nap time. Then he calls me down to tell me he pooped. As I was wiping him (ironically there were no traces of poop on his underwear today), he asked me flat out if he has to sleep in the baby bed too, or if he can start being a big boy again because he doesn’t like being a baby anymore. This is how articulate & intelligent this little boy is, he is very intelligent for his young self & that’s part of why this is all so frustrating because it’s like seeing’s MUCH older child poop their pants & not care about it.

Hopefully this keeps working, although I’m remaining optimistic because I got my hopes up last time.