Potty Question

[Guest guest]

Hi all,

My 4yo has been fully potty trained since she was 2, but lately has been peeing

in random places in the house. She will often sit in front of the bathroom door

and pee on the carpet, two feet from the toilet. She has a few favorite spots in

her room, too. Sometimes she will go on herself while watching television, I

guess because she's being lazy and does not want to get up. Sometimes she goes

on herself when she is playing on the playground. I feel that if I knew WHY I

could find a way to make it stop.

Also, this, plus all of her AS symptoms and her reflux have all been getting

worse at the same time.

I hate to ask, but is the potty behavior an AS thing?

[Guest guest]

I will be very interested in responses to this question too - have very similar issues in my almost 7 year old girl - has been less lately but is still a problem. Also, refuses to go #2 in the potty - will only do it in her pants and I have to clean up.From: ashley <adramash@...> Sent: Tue, April 20, 2010 2:51:51

PMSubject: ( ) Potty Question

Hi all,

My 4yo has been fully potty trained since she was 2, but lately has been peeing in random places in the house. She will often sit in front of the bathroom door and pee on the carpet, two feet from the toilet. She has a few favorite spots in her room, too. Sometimes she will go on herself while watching television, I guess because she's being lazy and does not want to get up. Sometimes she goes on herself when she is playing on the playground. I feel that if I knew WHY I could find a way to make it stop.

Also, this, plus all of her AS symptoms and her reflux have all been getting worse at the same time.

I hate to ask, but is the potty behavior an AS thing?

[Guest guest]

It could be related to whatever's causing the increase in reflux and AS symptoms.  Regardless, put her on a potty training schedule where you accompany her to the toilet every X amount of time.  X should be whatever amount of time you think reasonable, being conservative.  So if she tends to go every 1-3 hours, then put her on the toilet every 50 min.  If she goes, then she's free for the next X minutes.  If she doesn't, then take her back 10-15 min later.  Make a wonderful big deal when she uses the toilet.

When she pees elsewhere, use hand-over-hand but no language to have her clean up her own mess.She should quickly get back into the routine of using the toilet, not near the toilet.  BTW, don't stop prompting as soon as she gets back on track, but do stop pretty soon after.  One success isn't enough to know it's re-clicked with her, but if you prompt for too long, she'll become reliant on you to tell her when it's time to go to the bathroom.  You can fade the prompt by asking her, " Do you need to go to the bathroom? " so she has the option of answering " no. "

-- Dena Page, M.Ed., CBACertified Auditory Integration Therapy (DAA) Practitioner054 812 5973www.listenbetterwithait.comCertified Irlen Screener

Certified Behavior Analyst

[Guest guest]

My daughter had a terrible time with potty accidents too. I finally threw up my

hands and told her she would have to clean up all her messes herself. After

scrubbing underwear, cleaning carpets and changing sheets (with supervision to

make sure she was safe and did a complete job) she quickly trained herself.

I started this when she was 5 1/2, and she has been accident free (even

nighttime!) for over 2 months now! She went from multiple daily potty accidents

to almost completely day and night-time trained within 2 weeks. In the past 2

months she has had 3 accidents total. There were a lot of tears at first, but

it was well worth it!

Amie

>

> Hi all,

> My 4yo has been fully potty trained since she was 2, but lately has been

peeing in random places in the house. She will often sit in front of the

bathroom door and pee on the carpet, two feet from the toilet. She has a few

favorite spots in her room, too. Sometimes she will go on herself while watching

television, I guess because she's being lazy and does not want to get up.

Sometimes she goes on herself when she is playing on the playground. I feel that

if I knew WHY I could find a way to make it stop.

>

> Also, this, plus all of her AS symptoms and her reflux have all been getting

worse at the same time.

>

> I hate to ask, but is the potty behavior an AS thing?

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Wow my 5 1/2 year old also will pee in the potty all day at school gets home and will go once in a while at home. But refuses to go #2 in the potty freaks when we try have to change him everyday and it is awful. He holds it all day at school and then gets completely constipated and then all of sudden it is an explosion. It is awful I can't imagine still having to do this at 7. Very interested in the responses as well.

From: Becky Short <writeart2001@...>Subject: Re: ( ) Potty Question Date: Wednesday, April 21, 2010, 8:47 AM

I will be very interested in responses to this question too - have very similar issues in my almost 7 year old girl - has been less lately but is still a problem. Also, refuses to go #2 in the potty - will only do it in her pants and I have to clean up.

From: ashley <adramashaol (DOT) com> Sent: Tue, April 20, 2010 2:51:51 PMSubject: ( ) Potty Question

Hi all,My 4yo has been fully potty trained since she was 2, but lately has been peeing in random places in the house. She will often sit in front of the bathroom door and pee on the carpet, two feet from the toilet. She has a few favorite spots in her room, too. Sometimes she will go on herself while watching television, I guess because she's being lazy and does not want to get up. Sometimes she goes on herself when she is playing on the playground. I feel that if I knew WHY I could find a way to make it stop. Also, this, plus all of her AS symptoms and her reflux have all been getting worse at the same time.I hate to ask, but is the potty behavior an AS thing?

[Guest guest]

Thankyou so much. I will just have to do that. After pulling the steamvac out

twice yesterday and twice so far today, I'm absolutely determined to do what it

takes. It shouldn't be too hard for me to do that, since I already do it with

her younger sibling right now. Something to note that I just discovered is that

when I remind her to go she still goes and picks a spot on the floor.(I

discovered that this morning) So, I am definitely accompanying her to the

restroom.

Also, I am taking her to the lab for urine culture to rule out possible UTI.

(Although, I have no reason to suspect it)

I wish I knew what was causing increase in reflux symptoms, but I have no clue.

Thankyou for all your responses. I'll get to work!

>

> It could be related to whatever's causing the increase in reflux and AS

> symptoms. Regardless, put her on a potty training schedule where you

> accompany her to the toilet every X amount of time. X should be whatever

> amount of time you think reasonable, being conservative. So if she tends to

> go every 1-3 hours, then put her on the toilet every 50 min. If she goes,

> then she's free for the next X minutes. If she doesn't, then take her back

> 10-15 min later. Make a wonderful big deal when she uses the toilet.

>

> When she pees elsewhere, use hand-over-hand but no language to have her

> clean up her own mess.

>

> She should quickly get back into the routine of using the toilet, not near

> the toilet.

>

> BTW, don't stop prompting as soon as she gets back on track, but do stop

> pretty soon after. One success isn't enough to know it's re-clicked with

> her, but if you prompt for too long, she'll become reliant on you to tell

> her when it's time to go to the bathroom. You can fade the prompt by asking

> her, " Do you need to go to the bathroom? " so she has the option of answering

> " no. "

>

> --

> Dena Page, M.Ed., CBA

> Certified Auditory Integration Therapy (DAA) Practitioner

> 054 812 5973

> www.listenbetterwithait.com

>

> Certified Irlen Screener

> Certified Behavior Analyst

>