how old is too old

Wifezzilla

for mom to wipe a kid's butt?

how do you feel about 6.5 years old?

Mrs.Thistletwat

Unless the kid is really sick and has gloopy poop anthing over 4 isn't unacceptable. and 4 is reallllllly pushing it.

Paulo's Menina Bela

I think that's too old. In all my babysitting years, I never had to wipe a butt unless the kid was still in diapers. Once the kids were potty trained they did their own wiping.

**O-Face**

As soon as that kid can reach it's own butt, it's done.  Some kids have short arms.

*Barbie*

i'd say 3-4 - this seems like it should be included in the whole potty training deal, although I can see that the parent would want to at least check and make sure the kid does a good job before they make them do it themselves.

**Stinky!**

I say once they're potty-trained.

Although I wouldn't be surprised if sMIL still wiped LLB's asss. *shudder* 

Paulo's Menina Bela

This reminds of me Half-ton Teen. An nurse or orderly had to help him bathe. In another scene the mom yanked a peepee pad out from under the boy and it was streaked with poo.

awesome-sauce

at peepee pad!

6.5 is too old! This is from someone that knows a 5 and 6 year old who don't - and wear pull-ups at night!

baconsmom

Too old.

We had a no-wiping policy at the daycare - if the kid was potty-trained, they wiped. End of story.

Bacon made it almost to 5, but she had potty-training problems to begin with. Once she got the hang of the potty, we pretty much told her to suck it up and wipe.

6fsn

Unless the kid is sick they need to wipe by the time they are potty trained.  I recently saw pull-ups in niece's room (bil's step kid).  They are in active use.  She's 8.

Gorgon Zola

Eh. Mine stopped asking for help overall when she was around four, 4.5. She's asked for help once or twice since then when she was feeling less than herself.