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Daycare / Preschool Support Sheet
Children who hold poop at daycare are usually doing it because the bathroom there feels less safe than home. This sheet gives staff the same calm approach you use, in one page they'll actually read.
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Short answer
What is the Daycare / Preschool Support Sheet?
The Daycare / Preschool Support Sheet is a printable one-pager you fill in and hand to your child's caregivers. It explains in a few lines what is going on, lists what helps and what to avoid, says how to handle an accident without shame, and sets out when you'd like a call. It suits any child who holds, refuses or has accidents away from home.
What's on the sheet
- 'What's happening' in two or three plain sentences you can edit
- What helps: the routine, the words, the footstool, the privacy your child needs
- Please avoid: pressure, waiting it out on the toilet, comments in front of other children
- If our child has an accident: a calm, matter-of-fact script for staff
- Please let us know if: the things you want to hear about the same day
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How to use it
Fill it in at home, in your own words, keeping the tone practical rather than apologetic. Staff see this more than you'd think.
Ask for five minutes with your child's main caregiver to hand it over and answer questions. A sheet alone can get filed; a conversation plus a sheet gets used.
Agree one small, concrete thing: a sit after lunch, a word for 'I need to go', spare clothes in a specific spot.
Check in after a week. Update the sheet if the plan changes, and thank staff for what's working.
Keep your pediatrician in the loop if accidents or holding at daycare are new or frequent.
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When to contact your child's pediatrician
Contact your child's pediatrician promptly if you notice any of these.
- No bowel movement for 5 or more days
- Blood in the stool or on the toilet paper
- Vomiting, fever, or a swollen or very painful belly
- Stool leaking or soiling in a child who was previously trained
- Weight loss, poor appetite, or a child who seems unwell
- Pain or distress that is getting worse rather than better
- Anything that worries you — you know your child best
Poop Peace is educational. It does not diagnose or treat. If you are worried about your child, contact their pediatrician or local emergency services.
Sources
This printable is informed by the following pediatric and children's bowel health resources.
- American Academy of Pediatrics — HealthyChildren.org. Toilet Training and Stool Withholding / Emotional Issues and Bathroom Problems(opens in a new tab)
- ERIC — The Children's Bowel & Bladder Charity (UK). Children's bowel problems: withholding and constipation(opens in a new tab)
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