How To Teach A Child To Clean Their Bottom

Bottom Wiping

Your child has to be able to principal several skills in order to get independent in going to the toilet.  Once they have gained control over their bladder and bowel they need to acquire how to clean themselves.  This involves being able to attain backside themselves, beingness able to turn their manus, and knowing where to wipe.

Activity Ideas

The following ideas are to assist your child master these skills:

• Ask them to touch and name different parts of their body (front and back) whilst looking in the mirror to visually reinforce the physical feedback of touching.
• Touch on different parts of their body (front and back) and ask them to touch the aforementioned part whilst looking in the mirror. If hard to achieve at first, maintain your touch on until they find the spot.
• Play games involving passing objects backwards/forwards to someone sitting in front end of/ behind them, like pass the package in a row rather than in a circumvolve. Work on improving rotation of your child's trunk to both sides; reaching and looking backside themselves. Tin can be washed in standing to allow passing object between the legs/overhead.
• Pass an object like a edible bean purse, soft toy (small) or scarf around the body at waist level, firstly in ane direction then the other. If this is achieved without the object being dropped and with reasonable speed, progress to passing the object round and betwixt the legs in a figure of 8. This can be done in   continuing/in sitting on the floor with knees bent and dorsum supported if necessary/sitting on the border of a chair or depression bench.
• Recall a scarf or handkerchief tucked into the back of the waistband, with either hand. Progress to learning to tuck information technology back in again, partially at commencement then fully. If necessary employ a full length mirror to assist.
• Provide a long mirror for child to wearing apparel in front end of and to play "body awareness" games in front of.
• Next, try retrieving the scarf from the waistband by reaching betwixt the legs.
• Play "Hunt the Object" where the kid sits on the floor and feels for objects behind them on the floor without looking/eyes closed if possible.  (Placing one object at a time).  Make the game more challenging by asking them to identify what they've constitute by touch alone.
• Play a "Feel and Observe" game. Stick calorie-free weight objects to the dorsum of the child's trousers for them to experience for and pull off. Use pasty tape or masking tape, doubled dorsum on itself with make-up pads, scrunched tissue/ kitchen paper "balls", cotton wool wool or anything similar stuck to the record. Gradually reduce the size of the objects used as the child'south skill develops, finally using small-scale pieces of viscid characterization.

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Source: https://www.nhsggc.org.uk/kids/resources/ot-activityinformation-sheets/bottom-wiping-activity-sheet/

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