The most common definition of encopresis is the involuntary passage of stool material. Encopresis is a type of fecal incontinence. It is important to understand that this problem can occur in children as young as 4 all the way to older adults. However, it is also important to know that while a diagnosis and treatment ...
After reading my headline, you probably thought that either my 6-year-old has some kind of physical disability or some kind of mental condition that prevents him from understanding how to use the potty. Or maybe you thought that my son must have some pretty inept parents for him not to be potty trained by the ...
Is your child starting to have more accidents? Or acting as though they’ve forgotten their potty training completely? Then your child is experiencing a setback in potty training. Don’t worry you are not alone, because like you, I had the same problem with my 3 year-old son. I am sure, like me, you started searching ...
My little boy was always different. He smiled easily, but ignored people most of the time. He talked late (but so did his brothers). He preferred communicating in gestures. He would not look me in the eyes unless I made him. And he engaged in some odd behaviors, like lining his cars in spirals in ...
Encopresis is defined as the unintentional passage of stool, or fecal incontinence. In children, stool leakage is only considered to be encopresis when the child is over the age of four and has previously been potty trained. However, as I have recently found, encopresis can occur in toddlers who have never potty trained. Getting a ...
