Help!!! My 10 year old daughter just will not use toilet paper. It drives me crazy. She doesn’t flush the toilet either which is why I know this... I’ve explained to her the importance of toilet paper for hygiene purposes and UTI prevention but she just doesn’t listen. What can I do. Some suggestions please !!!
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Is it a sensory thing maybe? Maybe the wiping sensation bothers her?
Some toilet papers make me itch (which is way less than ideal given location lol).
Could that be her problem?
Wipes could be more comfortable for her.
Have you tried having a gentle chat about people noticing? My girls are quite vanity aware, so when we've had hygiene issues as soon as I've mentioned that other kids at school might notice they smell/haven't brushed their teeth/whatever the problem was, we usually see an improvement.
Good luck 🙂
Ok so I’m going against the grain here and putting it down to pure laziness... I have a 10 year old who was doing the same thing with number 1’s and being lazy with wiping number 2’s. You are obviously a tentative worried mum otherwise you wouldn’t have posted about it asking for advice and I think you would have some idea by 10 years old if it was autism or SPD. My 10year old is is a very smart but just pure lazy with hygiene sometimes. I put the hard word on her in the end and told her that she will start to stink and won’t even notice but everyone else around her and kids can be cruel so does she want to be known for being unclean and smelly? We also had the period talk and how girls bodies change so it’s important to start good healthy hygiene practice. It took me checking on her and just reinforcing in a girl to girl way that remember she needs to take her time and do it properly. For the record, I have a 4 year old with SPD and numbers two’s are highly traumatic and emotional for him so I know the signs and difference. Good luck Mumma x