Re: Re: Potty training issues at school

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Read this. O.M.F.G.

But the Keppra is the one that can have the " Keppra rage " side effect...which

seems like a bad idea.

ARRRRRRRRGHHHHHHHH>

Potty training issues at school

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> Hello everyone! I know I have asked a similar question before, but I really

need some help! For those of you who have children who were not yet potty

trained after age 5 or 6, how was this handled by your child's school? My son

is having a terrible time with this! He is 6 and in a class for mild cognitive

impairment. His teacher keeps insisting that she feels he is ready and he can do

it, so they keep expecting him to go to the bathroom, change his own pull-up,

and at least sit and try to go several times during the school day. Sometimes

he will cooperate, but many times it becomes a battle and throws him into a

tantrum. I feel that he is just not ready, and he has not shown ME any signs

that he even knows when he has to go. Our neurologist says that it is not

uncommon for kids with various neurological disorders to have delays in

achieving bladder and bowel control, and sometimes it can take until they are 9

or 10 years old. So, my gut

> feeling is that the more they push him to do this, the more he will get turned

off to the whole idea, and it will just be that much harder to train him when he

IS ready. What makes it even worse now, is that his little sister, who is

almost 3, has just become potty trained and has been getting the praise and

rewards for her accomplishment, but when he sees her doing this, he just gets

all the more frustrated and angry, so now he refuses to even sit on the toilet

for me at all. I have not found any type of reward that will make a difference

for him (and I've tried them all!) So, if there is anyone out there who has been

in a similar situation, could you please let me know how you handled it? Thank

you so much!

>

> (Eli's mom)

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[Guest guest]

Yeah it can. But it's somewhat rare. My daughter never had it.

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>

> Read this. O.M.F.G.

> But the Keppra is the one that can have the " Keppra rage " side effect...which

seems like a bad idea.

> ARRRRRRRRGHHHHHHHH>

>

> Potty training issues at school

> >

> > Hello everyone! I know I have asked a similar question before, but I really

> need some help! For those of you who have children who were not yet potty

> trained after age 5 or 6, how was this handled by your child's school? My son

> is having a terrible time with this! He is 6 and in a class for mild cognitive

> impairment. His teacher keeps insisting that she feels he is ready and he can

do

> it, so they keep expecting him to go to the bathroom, change his own pull-up,

> and at least sit and try to go several times during the school day. Sometimes

> he will cooperate, but many times it becomes a battle and throws him into a

> tantrum. I feel that he is just not ready, and he has not shown ME any signs

> that he even knows when he has to go. Our neurologist says that it is not

> uncommon for kids with various neurological disorders to have delays in

> achieving bladder and bowel control, and sometimes it can take until they are

9

> or 10 years old. So, my gut

> > feeling is that the more they push him to do this, the more he will get

turned

> off to the whole idea, and it will just be that much harder to train him when

he

> IS ready. What makes it even worse now, is that his little sister, who is

> almost 3, has just become potty trained and has been getting the praise and

> rewards for her accomplishment, but when he sees her doing this, he just gets

> all the more frustrated and angry, so now he refuses to even sit on the toilet

> for me at all. I have not found any type of reward that will make a difference

> for him (and I've tried them all!) So, if there is anyone out there who has

been

> in a similar situation, could you please let me know how you handled it? Thank

> you so much!

> >

> > (Eli's mom)

> >

> >

> >

> >

> > ------------------------------------

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

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I agree with you about Keppra. Gage does well with it. He had a temporary

problem with aggressive behavior when his total daily dose was increased

significantly (900mg to 1200 mg/ day). It took about a month for his body to

adjust and now he is back to his normal, happy self. Since it is doing a pretty

good job controlling his seizures and not causing behavioral problems, we will

continue to use Keppra. It is really too bad that medications work so

differently in our children, especially when it effects their happiness.

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My duaghter never had the rage. She got moody and weepy but with the addition of

vB6 she evened out. I think too it was just getting her used to the meds.

Every med can affect people different so it is not a clear cut across the board

situation. But yes we are messing with our kiddos brains, however necessasarily,

to stop the abnormal signals and help them function closer to normal.

I guess there is always a give and take and everyone has to make their own

decisions based on their kids and their reactions.

I'm just sharing our experience with it and how it helped.

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> >

> > From: Diane Roy <deszone25@>

> > Subject: RE: Potty training issues at school

> > To: " polymicrogyria " <polymicrogyria >

> > Date: Tuesday, January 25, 2011, 7:13 AM

> >

> >

> > , I can not help with the potty training but as a nurse that works with

> special ed kids I know the school sometimes get them trainned at school.

> > Sometimes when our kids are not trainned so late it is not necessarily

> seizures but a abnormal EEG waves. Just a thought.

> > Diane

> > Potty training issues at school

> >

> > Hello everyone! I know I have asked a similar question before, but I really

> need some help! For those of you who have children who were not yet potty

> trained after age 5 or 6, how was this handled by your child's school? My son

> is having a terrible time with this! He is 6 and in a class for mild cognitive

> impairment. His teacher keeps insisting that she feels he is ready and he can

do

> it, so they keep expecting him to go to the bathroom, change his own pull-up,

> and at least sit and try to go several times during the school day. Sometimes

> he will cooperate, but many times it becomes a battle and throws him into a

> tantrum. I feel that he is just not ready, and he has not shown ME any signs

> that he even knows when he has to go. Our neurologist says that it is not

> uncommon for kids with various neurological disorders to have delays in

> achieving bladder and bowel control, and sometimes it can take until they are

9

> or 10 years old. So, my gut

> > feeling is that the more they push him to do this, the more he will get

turned

> off to the whole idea, and it will just be that much harder to train him when

he

> IS ready. What makes it even worse now, is that his little sister, who is

> almost 3, has just become potty trained and has been getting the praise and

> rewards for her accomplishment, but when he sees her doing this, he just gets

> all the more frustrated and angry, so now he refuses to even sit on the toilet

> for me at all. I have not found any type of reward that will make a difference

> for him (and I've tried them all!) So, if there is anyone out there who has

been

> in a similar situation, could you please let me know how you handled it? Thank

> you so much!

> >

> > (Eli's mom)

> >

> >

> >

> >

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> >

> >