My five-year-old keeps smearing poop on the wall. Do you guys have any remedies or any tips? Every time it happens I always take her TV away but it seems like later. It’s the same thing again. Please help me. I’m so overstimulated! I just had my baby last year of December and trying to adjust everything has really been overwhelming.
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Taking her tv away isnt teaching her anything and is a completely irrelevant punishment for the situation.
Younger children commonly regress in developmental things like toilet training or sleeping/eating etc when they have huge changes to their lives like a new sibling, she needs patience and positive reinforcement and a bit of a refresher with toilet training and wiping/cleaning herself over a completely random punishment like losing tv.
Are you making sure you have one on one time with her still and trying to include and involve her in caring for the newborn so she isnt feeling unloved and forgotten?
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Make her clean it and then explain how nasty that is and how she can get sick from it. Then sit her butt in time out.
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Try having her clean it up of course you’re going to have to go over it but it does work
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Yes she’s regressing over the baby and feeling like she doesn’t matter. Baby her a little and let her baby the baby with you. Read some articles on how to make her feel included and loved after a new baby arrives. I feel sad for her.
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This can be a sign of autism in girls. She won’t understand how the punishment links to the poop. Talk about dirty and clean. It could also be that she’s freaking out about poop.
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Make her clean it until is CLEAN…… that will be a good punishment, she might stop doing it.
Also , she can be doing it out of jealousy over the baby , try to include her in take care of the baby and you should always make time to spend one on one with her
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Around 5-6 I had this same issue with my high functioning autistic son. Come to find out it only happened when he was bored. Try fidgets and other things to keep her hands busy and occupied. I’ve come to learn a bored child is a ‘naughty’ child. Don’t worry mama it will pass! My son is 9yrs old now and of course he’s not perfect but he doesn’t smear poop anywhere anymore!
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Get her checked physically and mentally- you need professional advice and support regarding this behavior- address it yourself can/ may cause the behavior to get even worse.
Both of my kids played in their poop for far too long. I have a 14 year old and a 2 year old. With my 2 year old I have started giving her playdoh. It has been working great for us.
My oldest son did that hehas autism. My daughter is 8 and does it she’s got mental issues and needs meds
As gross as this is, I would make them clean it up. Of course you will go back over it.
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5 years old is old anough to no its wrong and dirty to be doing that sort of behaviour unless the child has special needs
So my 5 almost 6 year old started this. We find he’s rushing to get out of the bathroom to try and beat his brother back to whatever toy he had 
we’ve made him clean up his mess, properly wash his hands, and depending on how bad it is, we take away whatever he was playing with for a bit. We also always remind him that is gross, and that’s how people get sick. He’s gotten alot better after a few times - now if he’s struggling he calls to ask for help.