Any suggestions on potty training?????

[lisa]

Since I don't have kids.........let them run around naked in the sand box??? Then hose them off?? :heh



:rofl

This was the first thing I thought when I saw this thread! :pound

[Biblenuggetlady]

Have you seen those paper targets that you put in the toilet bowl? I know, sounds funny but if it works...the boys liked to aim at them and didn't fight so much when I took them to "try". If your special needs child learns best by visual, this might help. It's been eons since I used them, I believe I got them at Target at the time.

My youngest is on the autism spectrum and at 11 has accidents almost every night, not #2 though. His doctors are not concerned and said that his brain and body will eventually mature and he will be able to stop. For now, I don't make an issue out of it, he has enough stress with being different.

Also, have you tried charting the times he has a wet diaper/underwear during the day? Sometimes, it is easier for you to keep checking them and to chart for a few days the times they are wet, versus taking them to the bathroom every 10 min. When you see the times they usually are wet, then you can focus on THAT hour to take them to the restroom.

God bless.

[LoudRam]

We're going through the same thing right now!!! My son is 7. He's blind and special needs. He's not very verbal. We have a toilet training expert brought in that the school district paid for. It just happens to be our sons old Sunday school teacher.

The program we're using starts with putting him on the toilet every 15 minutes. Yes that is a pain in the neck. We are to try to see a pattern develop so we can better predict his times. We are also using a device that clips to his under ware and lets us know when he wets. It has an audible alarm as well as a vibrating alarm. You might be able to find it in the links that were posted earlier. It's called the Malem Enuresis Alarm. It's the "Ultimate 1+ record alarm" model. I don't know how much it cost because it was provided for us. We also use the rewards system along with this.

It's a pain but it needs to be done. Our challenge is to get him to tell us when he has to go to the potty. He gets into his pants as well. I think he likes the smell. So I'm right there with you. I know what your going through. It makes you want to :gaah and:frust until your :stars Stick with it, your not alone.:nod

[Dee]

:rofl

This was the first thing I thought when I saw this thread! :pound

I sorta thought of some movie I saw where the guy wasn't used to kids had a major poopy diaper and took it off and dipped the baby in the toilet to clean his bottom. :pound Can't remember which movie it was though.

[wife]

My neice is special needs (spina bifida) and she cannot use the potty AT ALL.. but my sil gives her an enima and has her sit on the potty. That way she doesn't go in her depend. That my be an idea for your son.

[bjhdkh]

You can use fruit loops they will flush and not plug the toilet and are cheaper then the targets or cherrios. Just have the boys aim at them, they think it is fun. I also would have your husband take them to the bathroom with them a few times at least, and let them see how to do it, where the "stuff" comes from, it is a good visual, from somene they respect and want to imitate. As the younger child is able to understand he will get it on his own that his brother is special needs and can not copy all the things he does. I would do my best and then let it go. I trained my first child by 18 months. When she went to kindergarten I knew that I could not tell who was trained early and who was not. LOL with the next four, I waited until they were three and then started. It was pretty easy, they were able to understand and cooperate in training themselves. The one thing I do not believe in, is stressing yourself or your kids out with training, they will all train eventually and if a special needs child does not, then they are not meant to, and I would concentrate on other things. My brother has Down Syndrome and training was hard for him, he eventually got it. The time spent with special needs children is so wonderful, it is not worth wasting a moment in frustration just enjoy them and all the kids. People who do not get it, never will and they more then likely are not in your world anyhow. God bless you and your children.

[brownsfan1970]

thank all for your advice. Jordan is now 'officially' potty trained. Jakob is getting there, he's staying dry, but can't control his bowels and is getting a little frustrated, but we are going to continue on. I'm going to ask his doctor for a referal to a pediatric gastroentologist when I take him to his appointment next week. I really appreciate all of you taking the time to help and support me. :hug

[Dolly]

thank all for your advice. Jordan is now 'officially' potty trained. Jakob is getting there, he's staying dry, but can't control his bowels and is getting a little frustrated, but we are going to continue on. I'm going to ask his doctor for a referal to a pediatric gastroentologist when I take him to his appointment next week. I really appreciate all of you taking the time to help and support me. :hug



That's awesome! I'd just suggest that you make sure that he understands that YOU know he can't control his bowels, and continue to reward for staying dry and urinating in the toilet. Sometimes steps towards independence have to come little baby steps at a time. :thumb

[Aneriz]

I guess I got here late, but I am happy to hear that your youngest is trained.

:fear **yucky potty training details ahead- people without children read at your own risk** :fear

My oldest has special needs and we went thru this about 3 1/2 yrs ago.
What did it take? A lot of intercessory prayer, all the books we could put our hands on, a few good pieces of advice from other parents with special needs kids and determination to see him thru.

We also did the behavioral therapist and as a result his youngest siblings got trained but not him. He was 7 1/2 yrs old and I was going crazy. Sooooo...my husband and I made a plan: We bought a whack of underwear (don't wet Bob the Builder!) and made a decision to keep him on undies no matter what. I took the other 2 kids on a vacation and my husband stayed with him for 10 days alone in the house just chasing him around all day. At the end of that time he was not trained yet. I came home and did the same.

If nothing else now he had a very clear idea of what we were trying to accomplish. We would put him on the potty for 5-10mts and read and play.
We did this every 30 mts. (or as close to that as possible). Every-time he got done we gave him a cup of his favorite drink. We would show him his undies and make him run his hands on the fabric while telling him "dry". At the beginning he would run to the backyard and go #1. Then he would try to hide! When he had an "accident" (more like an incident really!), we would kindly take his hand and ask him : "Are you dry?", then touch his underwear with our hand in his and say : "NO, you are wet!", change him and touching his underpants remind him to stay dry.

After 15 or 16 days he started holding it in. This was the easy part. I knew he has holding it so I sat him on the toilet and tickled him! He went in the potty for the first time and we reached the goal.

I should underline that we did our part and the Lord did the rest. Since that moment he was COMPLETELY trained. Both urination and bowel movement, day and night. We know this was the hand of God upon him. It has been almost 4 years and our little man is completely independent in going to the bathroom.

Mom kept her sanity and now we can enjoy family vacations didn't dare tackle before. :nod

I hope and pray this helps.

Praise the Lord for the exceptional parents of our special needs kids!!!

[Cookies4me]

I had no idea potty training was a homeschool issue. I thought every parent had to go though this :confused