Re: Re: Potty training issues at school

January 28, 2011

For everyone who is giving their kids B vits to even out their behavior, do you

dose them orally or by injection?

Thx!

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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