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We used rewards for our son. Actual physical rewards, like toys or treats. I let him know ahead of time what the reward would be. Our son was, and still is, really into the Tank Engine. I bought him take along trains that he did not already have and printed pictures of them from the internet enlarged to fill a 8x10 sheet. I cut up the pictures into squares and numbered the back of them then created a 'template' of squares on a piece of paper with the numbers in a corresponding spot. Each time he was dry and went in the potty he would get a piece of puzzle to glue down. I started with 2 pieces for the first puzzle, moved up to 4,6,8, then 10 pieces as time progressed. After completing the puzzle he could turn it in to me for the train. This could work for anything, hotwheels or whatever interests the child. It does take some preparation

in advance. And it took a few weeks for him to get the idea and then we didn't need to give the rewards.

Bowel Movements on the toilet were harder, it seemed as if our son was scared. I read a book called Everyone Poops to him then told him he could have a very coveted train he had been asking for if he went in the potty one time. It took him a few tries then he finally did it. I had the train put away and gave it to him immediately. Did this a few times, then moved onto sweet treats he usually is not allowed. After about 2 weeks of trains and treats I didn't have to give rewards anymore. I would make sure to tell him great job at the end of the day for awhile to reinforce it.

That worked for us.

~ P.

From: bridget <beanniferj@...>Subject: ( ) Tips for Potty Training Needed! Date: Thursday, December 9, 2010, 6:47 PM

Hi all,My son is 39 months old, and I am thinking that I am going to give potty training a serious shot while he is on Christmas break from school. We have had the little potty and potty seat for the regular toilet around forever, and he can pee on the potty when he sits on it. We have not tried too hard with the training to date, because we were getting resistance when we tried to get him to sit on the potty before bedtime, etc. I did not want to get into a power struggle, so we backed off. However, his teachers tell me that my son does use the potty most days at school, and that he was dry the other morning when they took him to use it. Oddly enough, my son will only ask me to take him to the bathroom when we are out of the house - even though he has sensory issues with all the loud noises in public restrooms. This Christmas break will be the only week we have at home with no school or appointments until next summer, so it seemed

like a good time to make a real effort at the potty training. The one thing that I would say we have going for us is that our son is very regular about the time of day that he goes #2. Any tips that you all can give us would be greatly appreciated!Thanks,Bridgetps - We tried the sticker reward chart a while back, and it was a total bust. I also got him a whole bunch of the train underwear, which the pediatrician said would be motivating, but it did not make a difference.

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Hello Bridget,

For my son the sticker chart didn't work either. He had to have a concrete

reward. We started giving him a penny every time he was successful, and that

worked pretty quickly. Good luck!

in Colorado

>

> Hi all,

>

> My son is 39 months old, and I am thinking that I am going to give potty

training a serious shot while he is on Christmas break from school. We have had

the little potty and potty seat for the regular toilet around forever, and he

can pee on the potty when he sits on it. We have not tried too hard with the

training to date, because we were getting resistance when we tried to get him to

sit on the potty before bedtime, etc. I did not want to get into a power

struggle, so we backed off.

>

> However, his teachers tell me that my son does use the potty most days at

school, and that he was dry the other morning when they took him to use it.

Oddly enough, my son will only ask me to take him to the bathroom when we are

out of the house - even though he has sensory issues with all the loud noises in

public restrooms. This Christmas break will be the only week we have at home

with no school or appointments until next summer, so it seemed like a good time

to make a real effort at the potty training. The one thing that I would say we

have going for us is that our son is very regular about the time of day that he

goes #2. Any tips that you all can give us would be greatly appreciated!

>

> Thanks,

>

> Bridget

>

> ps - We tried the sticker reward chart a while back, and it was a total bust.

I also got him a whole bunch of the train underwear, which the

pediatrician said would be motivating, but it did not make a difference.

>

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The #1 thing I would say is lose the disposable diapers and go with training

pants 24-7. My son's last accident was a little traumatic (nothing horrible),

but it was his LAST accident.

I kind of like the let them run around naked (maybe cloth training pants) in

part of the house for a few days while having a potty chair nearby. They don't

like the wetness and the mess. Then get the rug cleaned afterwards. We have

old wood floors and a leather couch, so there wasn't much of a negative for us.

Supposedly, back before disposable diapers kids would get potty trained at 1.5-2

years old because they were feeling the wetness. This created a lot of

headaches for NT parents of my generation because their inlaws all had their

kids potty trained by age 2.

-

>

> Hi all,

>

> My son is 39 months old, and I am thinking that I am going to give potty

training a serious shot while he is on Christmas break from school. We have had

the little potty and potty seat for the regular toilet around forever, and he

can pee on the potty when he sits on it. We have not tried too hard with the

training to date, because we were getting resistance when we tried to get him to

sit on the potty before bedtime, etc. I did not want to get into a power

struggle, so we backed off.

>

> However, his teachers tell me that my son does use the potty most days at

school, and that he was dry the other morning when they took him to use it.

Oddly enough, my son will only ask me to take him to the bathroom when we are

out of the house - even though he has sensory issues with all the loud noises in

public restrooms. This Christmas break will be the only week we have at home

with no school or appointments until next summer, so it seemed like a good time

to make a real effort at the potty training. The one thing that I would say we

have going for us is that our son is very regular about the time of day that he

goes #2. Any tips that you all can give us would be greatly appreciated!

>

> Thanks,

>

> Bridget

>

> ps - We tried the sticker reward chart a while back, and it was a total bust.

I also got him a whole bunch of the train underwear, which the

pediatrician said would be motivating, but it did not make a difference.

>

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Bridget, I didn't have any kind of problem with my son, we just bought him regular underwear and that's all we needed to do. However, boy this was a hard one with my daughter who has aspies, I tried everything; stickers, money, candy, pretty underwear. Nothing worked and she was 3yo. If she would pee herself, she would just lay in it and it never bothered her. I couldn't believe it. Someone told me that she had the same problem with her daughter. She bought Dora underwear and told her that if she peed in them then Dora would be mad. Well I gave it a try and wouldn't you know it this is what worked. I set her on a schedule and made her go to the bathroom every couple of hours and always reminded her not to pee herself or Dora would be angry with her. She would be so proud of herself when she did go to the bathroom in the potty and she would

say look Dora's not mad at me, I didn't pee on her. LOL. Well I guess what ever works. If your son likes the train, tell him that he'll be upset with him if he pees on him, or get what character that he likes. The only thing though is, she is 6yo and is still not fully potty trained. I still have her on a schedule to go to the bathroom and I have to have a panty liner in her underwear because she still will wet herself just a little before she recognizes that she has to pee and a she has to wear a night time pull-up also. Just an FYI, if you find out that your son will still need pull-ups or diapers after your child is over the age 3 and if you have medical assistance for them; that insurance may pay for them. I live in PA and ours does, I just needed a script from our Dr. and gave it to a health supply center and they delivered them to my house (of course I have 5 cases of the plasted things). Her Dr also put her on meds at night to

help her keep dry. Good luck, your gonna need it and I hope things will go well. Every kid is different and hopefully he will just catch on.-From: bucaroobonzai2003 <bucaroobonzai2003@...>Subject: ( ) Re: Tips for Potty Training Needed! Date: Friday, December 10, 2010, 11:18 AM

The #1 thing I would say is lose the disposable diapers and go with training pants 24-7. My son's last accident was a little traumatic (nothing horrible), but it was his LAST accident.

I kind of like the let them run around naked (maybe cloth training pants) in part of the house for a few days while having a potty chair nearby. They don't like the wetness and the mess. Then get the rug cleaned afterwards. We have old wood floors and a leather couch, so there wasn't much of a negative for us. Supposedly, back before disposable diapers kids would get potty trained at 1.5-2 years old because they were feeling the wetness. This created a lot of headaches for NT parents of my generation because their inlaws all had their kids potty trained by age 2.

-

>

> Hi all,

>

> My son is 39 months old, and I am thinking that I am going to give potty training a serious shot while he is on Christmas break from school. We have had the little potty and potty seat for the regular toilet around forever, and he can pee on the potty when he sits on it. We have not tried too hard with the training to date, because we were getting resistance when we tried to get him to sit on the potty before bedtime, etc. I did not want to get into a power struggle, so we backed off.

>

> However, his teachers tell me that my son does use the potty most days at school, and that he was dry the other morning when they took him to use it. Oddly enough, my son will only ask me to take him to the bathroom when we are out of the house - even though he has sensory issues with all the loud noises in public restrooms. This Christmas break will be the only week we have at home with no school or appointments until next summer, so it seemed like a good time to make a real effort at the potty training. The one thing that I would say we have going for us is that our son is very regular about the time of day that he goes #2. Any tips that you all can give us would be greatly appreciated!

>

> Thanks,

>

> Bridget

>

> ps - We tried the sticker reward chart a while back, and it was a total bust. I also got him a whole bunch of the train underwear, which the pediatrician said would be motivating, but it did not make a difference.

>

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Thanks to everyone for all the tips - I'm sure we will need every one of them! I

bought one of those piddle pads this morning that you put in the car seat to

keep the seat from getting soaked if they have an accident in the car, since the

one tip I keep hearing is no pullups except at bedtime. Fingers crossed....

Bridget

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> > Hi all,

>

> >

>

> > My son is 39 months old, and I am thinking that I am going to give potty

training a serious shot while he is on Christmas break from school. We have had

the little potty and potty seat for the regular toilet around forever, and he

can pee on the potty when he sits on it. We have not tried too hard with the

training to date, because we were getting resistance when we tried to get him to

sit on the potty before bedtime, etc. I did not want to get into a power

struggle, so we backed off.

>

> >

>

> > However, his teachers tell me that my son does use the potty most days at

school, and that he was dry the other morning when they took him to use it.

Oddly enough, my son will only ask me to take him to the bathroom when we are

out of the house - even though he has sensory issues with all the loud noises in

public restrooms. This Christmas break will be the only week we have at home

with no school or appointments until next summer, so it seemed like a good time

to make a real effort at the potty training. The one thing that I would say we

have going for us is that our son is very regular about the time of day that he

goes #2. Any tips that you all can give us would be greatly appreciated!

>

> >

>

> > Thanks,

>

> >

>

> > Bridget

>

> >

>

> > ps - We tried the sticker reward chart a while back, and it was a total

bust. I also got him a whole bunch of the train underwear, which the

pediatrician said would be motivating, but it did not make a difference.

>

> >

>

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