Re: [GFCFKids Does anyone have any ideas?

April 30, 2001

Hi to all

I will be starting to potty train my 2 1/2yr old today. He still has 3

diapers left before we start on the pull ups. I do have a older son that I

trained just fine, but he had speech. Gabe doesn't. I have no idea how to

begin. His BM's are still very soft I can't help but think of the mess I'm

getting into(literally). Does anyone have some great ideas that can make it a

little easier? E-mail me at KBSG1@...

THANK YOU

Rebekha

April 30, 2001

> I will be starting to potty train my 2 1/2yr old today. Does anyone

have some great ideas that can make it a

> little easier?

Please post your tips here! We're going to be working on this in a

few weeks also.

Thanks-

Sue

April 30, 2001

> I will be starting to potty train my 2 1/2yr old today. Does anyone

> have some great ideas that can make it a

> little easier?

Some sage advice I was given.... if you don't see significant progress

over the course of a weekend, your child is not ready.

My aspie son was not trained until 6.25 years of age. Removing milk

products seemed to help us in that area. I am still working on it with

my 3.25 years old NT daughter. She is very verbal, very social, but it

is a slow arduous process. I made two previous attempts when she was two

that were a disaster. Right now she seems to get the pee part, but still

refuses to poop in the potty. Don't beat yourself up over this. Give it

try over a weekend and put it off until another time if they don't seem

to be getting it.

May 1, 2001

This is going to sound strange but it worked. First of all I never used pull

ups when training my kids. I bought the rubber pants that way they would

feel the wetness or the poop. It took my NT son a week of wearing those and

he was trained, even through the night. took a little longer though

but he didn't like the feeling of having wetness in the rubber pants. It

took about a month with him but he just turned three. I knew he was ready

because he would go to the toilet to pee but would not poop. Whenever he had

to poop I would tell him to make an airplane ( he loved airplanes at the

time) and when he finally pooped I would say " yeah you made a great

airplane " . Sounds weird but it worked and my friend used this on her son but

he loved Power Rangers so she would tell him to make a Power Ranger and he

did. Try it , it might work.

MA

May 1, 2001

we're still at it after 8 months...but we started with bathtime. Each time

before we into the bath, we sat on the potty. No expectation. That was

because it seemed like he always peed in the tub! ANd it worked. After

some starting fits, he got used to it and pees when he has to. Then we

moved on to establish a routine. We were told to put him on every hour no

matter what, but that was just too much and he was fighting more than

learning. So I backed itoff to about 1 1/2 hours to 2 hours. Then I went

to a routine: after breakfast before the bus, as soon as he got back from

the bus (whenever possible), after lunch, etc. We are still in pullups

because he just still doesn't get it and doesnt' seem to mind being wet or

otherwise. But he knows what he's supposed to do, will answer the question

with where does the pee-pee or poo-poo go if he's dirty.

But from all I've heard, don't expect initiation, work toward dryness with

your initiation of a routine, and expect that anything will upset his

routine.

That's all I can add from my own experience.

Lynn in MD

May 1, 2001

We did something similar. Our senior therapist consulted with a specialist

on potty training, and we were told to put him in the extra padded undies.

No liner. Anyway, we were told to act indifferent when he messed his

clothes, and he had to change himself. I kept a plastic bag on the

stairway, and he would deposit his soiled clothes there. He then had to

help clean himself and dress himself. If he went potty on the potty, he got

to select an animal (jungle animals are his favorite), from a plastic tube.

It was covered in construction paper, so he couldn't choose. He was shown

the tube when it was bought, then it was covered. He knew what was in

there, so the anticipation of getting a favorite, was very encouraging. It

took only 3 weeks, and he hasn't had an accident in over 2 months! Making

him help with the clean up was the key for us. He hated it!

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> This is going to sound strange but it worked. First of all I never used

pull

> ups when training my kids. I bought the rubber pants that way they would

> feel the wetness or the poop. It took my NT son a week of wearing those

and

> he was trained, even through the night. took a little longer

though

> but he didn't like the feeling of having wetness in the rubber pants. It

> took about a month with him but he just turned three. I knew he was ready

> because he would go to the toilet to pee but would not poop. Whenever he

had

> to poop I would tell him to make an airplane ( he loved airplanes at the

> time) and when he finally pooped I would say " yeah you made a great

> airplane " . Sounds weird but it worked and my friend used this on her son

but

> he loved Power Rangers so she would tell him to make a Power Ranger and

he

> did. Try it , it might work.

> MA

May 1, 2001

Buying the child real underwear and not pull-ups will give the child a

chance to feel 'wet' or 'messy' if it is a bm. yes, the bm's are hard to

clean up but most of the time the child will be more willing to be toilet

training.

--Betty

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