When should your toddler start wiping themselves (poop)?

My toddler is fully potty trained but I still wipe his butt when he poops. When should I teach him to wipe himself?

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My little girl is 4.5 but I still wipe after poo to make sure its all gone!

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I always have my son wipe twice then I wipe after to make sure he's clean. It doesn't hurt to have them try as soon as they're using the potty

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My son is 5, he's at school now so if he does a poo he needs to wipe himself. At home I always check and if he's had a poo at school I tend to wipe with a toilet wipe and put some sudacrem on at bedtime 🤣

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Teach him right from the start but keep offering to do the last wipe until you notice the wipe consistently seems clean (since he's done it before you)

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I’m surprised by the poll results, I’ve always thought wiping was taught at the same time as potty training, which in my community has always been around the time they start walking, by two for sure.

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I always wondered about this question but as soon as we potty trained my son exactly at the start of 3, he took it upon himself to ask me if he could wipe his own bum and I was extremely surprised lol I was going to start at 4 or 5 But I guess I don't have to worry about that anymore 😁

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