- Expect a child to wipe their own bum after a poo (boy so no wee-wiping required)
- Leave them alone in the bath?
DS is 5 and 2 months and DP has questioned when we're going to start letting him do these things I must admit I've just sort of carried on doing it because I didn't really think about when you were supposed to stop. I do now leave him for a few seconds at a time in the bath e.g. to get a towel from another room, he makes enough noise that I'd notice if he suddenly went quiet and we live in a tiny flat.
Bum-wiping DP suggested that we get him to try and then finish off whatever he's missed, I fully intended to try that last time he did a poo, but then his poo is still quite often pretty sloppy so I have horrible visions of him getting it everywhere and I wimped out and let him have a go when I'd done the worst of it. But perhaps that's par for the course and just a (fun!) stage you have to go through?! He doesn't eat much fibre, his diet basically consists of meat, fruit/veg and some sweets with a bit of bread.