Re: KiKi Update and 3 questions

[Guest guest]

> 3) What is your take on starting potty training???? Her younger

> sister " Bubbles " , at 17 months old is showing signs of wanting to

> start...sitting on potty and pretending...taking off her own pants

> and diaper to do it...KiKi doesn't show any interest and is 22

> months old (five months older). I want to respect her delays....due

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> to Celiac Disease and malabosorption that caused ASD (and other

> developmental delays). What have you guys done who have been down

> this road of " potty training " a special kid before? Our son didn't

> have this problem to this extent...have no experience.

>

You probably know this, but it's worth hearing again, many if not most NT

kids aren't at all interested at 22 months.

When my daughter started walking at 10 months, my father (who's 75 and

got started parenting in the late 50s) said, Oh, you'll start training

her soon.

(Hey Dad, that explains a lot ;-D I thought, but didn't say.)

Good luck and take care, Fay

[Guest guest]

I've heard similar statements from my husband's grandma...potty

training at 15 months. I often wonder if it was more of just taking

the child to the bathroom every 30 minutes or something.

Maybe there was more of an incentive too. Who would want to wash all

those cloth diapers (by hand mostly).

We'd all probably start trying to train our kids really young too...LOL.

I think nowadays, people try to start around 2- 2 1/2 if the child

shows interest. Maybe younger if they child is REALLY interested.

But I think a lot of people wait until 3 these days.

Jody

mom to -7 and -9

SCD 1/03

[Guest guest]

I forgot to mention that Kali has been fully potty-trained, even at night

with stool still working on not having to wear the pullups to bed in case of

pee. Her actual training was very easy. I had to put her on a half hour

schedule. For 2 weeks I wrote down the times she actually urinated. Then, I

brought her schedule to an hour apart keeping in mind those prospective real

potty times. After a while, she just started going on her own. I only have

to wipe her and getting through washing hands now too. When I brought her in

the bathroom, she would sometimes give me a hard time and that's when I knew

she didn't have to fo those times. I wouldn't let her get away with throwing

a fit about it. Instead I told her oh you don't have to go pee? And trained

her to say yes or no using the 3 step with her language. Now, she answers

yes or no to everything we ask her Yup. She can answer simple yes and no

questions because of the potty-training ordeal. I hope this helps for KiKi.

I am nurse aide (not working now)and have trained older folks to be able to

go at certain times of the day also. . Jenn & Kali 10 months SCD

Re: KiKi Update and 3 questions

> I've heard similar statements from my husband's grandma...potty

> training at 15 months. I often wonder if it was more of just taking

> the child to the bathroom every 30 minutes or something.

> Maybe there was more of an incentive too. Who would want to wash all

> those cloth diapers (by hand mostly).

> We'd all probably start trying to train our kids really young too...LOL.

>

> I think nowadays, people try to start around 2- 2 1/2 if the child

> shows interest. Maybe younger if they child is REALLY interested.

> But I think a lot of people wait until 3 these days.

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> Jody

> mom to -7 and -9

> SCD 1/03

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> For information on the Specific Carbohydrate Diet, please read the book

_Breaking the Vicious Cycle_ by Elaine Gottschall and read the following

websites:

> http://www.breakingtheviciouscycle.info

> and

> http://www.pecanbread.com

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[Guest guest]

I have been down both roads. My older children HAD to be trained by

the time they were 2. What a stressful heart acke. My oldest

wasn't really trained until he was 5 and I really believe because I

was listening to everyone else instead of looking to the child and

being sensitive to him.(The thinking that all children fit into the

same box.)

With my younger two, I didn't even start until they were over 3. I

had a potty chair available so they were used to it but I did not

push the issue. They were both trained within, daughter a couple of

days, son a couple of weeks. It was so wonderful and much less

stressful. It also didn't make us hate each other with frustration.

Some children are ready at a very early age. My middle son

litterally trained himself at 18 months. I didn't fight it but

surely didn't push him either.

I think the main thing is 'listen' to your child and your instincts

not everyone elses expectations.

Be blessed

Sandy M

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> I've heard similar statements from my husband's grandma...potty

> training at 15 months. I often wonder if it was more of just

taking

> the child to the bathroom every 30 minutes or something.

> Maybe there was more of an incentive too. Who would want to wash

all

> those cloth diapers (by hand mostly).

> We'd all probably start trying to train our kids really young

too...LOL.

>

> I think nowadays, people try to start around 2- 2 1/2 if the child

> shows interest. Maybe younger if they child is REALLY interested.

> But I think a lot of people wait until 3 these days.

>

>

> Jody

> mom to -7 and -9

> SCD 1/03

>