Re: potty training funny

[Guest guest]

Debi,

Good Luck. We will be doing the same thing this summer. We have decided not to

go to ESY this year in hopes that we can use the time & the extra manpower (we

are currently running 25hrs of home based ABA) to assist with the training. My

daughter will be 5 in May. She is also non-verbal. We have problems with her

keeping her clothes on. She likes to be naked & will play her in her own mess. I

just ordered a book that I hope will help us. Its called Toilet Training for

Individuals with Autism & Related Disorders; A Comprehensive Guide for Parents &

Teachers by Wheeler. The review states Over 200 toilet training tips!

More than 40 case examples with solutions. Large paperback, over 120 pages. I

hope this will provide some help to us

Buyer

A child is like a butterfly in the wind, some fly faster, some fly harder but

they all fly the best they can. Each one is different, each one is beautiful

and each one is special.

potty training funny

We decided tomorrow to seriously begin potty training Allie. I took

her to Target to pick out " big girl panties " . She refused to pick out

any. Then we got one last pack of pullups. She held the pullups the

entire way home. When we got inside, I tried to get her to show her

new panties to her daddy. She opened the pullups, took off her wet

one, put on a clean one, then carried the pack down the hall and got

into bed, pullup package still in her lap.

You think it's gonna be " easy " on this one???

Debi

[Guest guest]

Debbi laughing much on this she to be telling you firmly she to not want to

give up her security of her beloved pull-ups LOL she to know and she to

understand so she is ready but take the separations slowly of her demand of

the pull-ups. Such as leave the panties out and in view of her and make no

attempts to put them on her yet, just talk about how pretty or the pattern

to them but make no signals of demands. Let her to see you wear them or if

has a older sibling with them let her see sissy to wear them too. but no

demands on her yet. Act casual with them as though they are just a new decor

in the room or bathroom. after about 2 or so weeks place them in a pack of

pull ups and leave them in their and when you run out of the pull ups say to

her Oh, no , no more pull ups. Ali all we have is the panties left look all

gone no more pull ups if she refuses then just put on her back on her

clothes with no panties and not to give in with pull ups, but is she to

refuse then let her to be nude for a brief time with no bottoms on. She

might be to not like this feeling but if she keeps going back say again ALL

GONE, Just Panties. It might be to take a few days battles with this.

Important though do not match the idea with potty training and wearing

panties or big girls or she may choose not to go potty in the toilet

thinking if she does this equates panties that she does not want. Once she

is use to the panties you can then match it to potty and say try hard to not

get you panties wet. Once she is to like them she might be to try hard to

keep them dry. If she is not ready then wait and try again in a few months.

You may be to have to chunk the training into steps to over come each step

so to not increase anxiety in the concept of being toilet trained.

Sondra

[Guest guest]

Debbi laughing much on this she to be telling you firmly she to not want to

give up her security of her beloved pull-ups LOL she to know and she to

understand so she is ready but take the separations slowly of her demand of

the pull-ups. Such as leave the panties out and in view of her and make no

attempts to put them on her yet, just talk about how pretty or the pattern

to them but make no signals of demands. Let her to see you wear them or if

has a older sibling with them let her see sissy to wear them too. but no

demands on her yet. Act casual with them as though they are just a new decor

in the room or bathroom. after about 2 or so weeks place them in a pack of

pull ups and leave them in their and when you run out of the pull ups say to

her Oh, no , no more pull ups. Ali all we have is the panties left look all

gone no more pull ups if she refuses then just put on her back on her

clothes with no panties and not to give in with pull ups, but is she to

refuse then let her to be nude for a brief time with no bottoms on. She

might be to not like this feeling but if she keeps going back say again ALL

GONE, Just Panties. It might be to take a few days battles with this.

Important though do not match the idea with potty training and wearing

panties or big girls or she may choose not to go potty in the toilet

thinking if she does this equates panties that she does not want. Once she

is use to the panties you can then match it to potty and say try hard to not

get you panties wet. Once she is to like them she might be to try hard to

keep them dry. If she is not ready then wait and try again in a few months.

You may be to have to chunk the training into steps to over come each step

so to not increase anxiety in the concept of being toilet trained.

Sondra

[Guest guest]

Debbi laughing much on this she to be telling you firmly she to not want to

give up her security of her beloved pull-ups LOL she to know and she to

understand so she is ready but take the separations slowly of her demand of

the pull-ups. Such as leave the panties out and in view of her and make no

attempts to put them on her yet, just talk about how pretty or the pattern

to them but make no signals of demands. Let her to see you wear them or if

has a older sibling with them let her see sissy to wear them too. but no

demands on her yet. Act casual with them as though they are just a new decor

in the room or bathroom. after about 2 or so weeks place them in a pack of

pull ups and leave them in their and when you run out of the pull ups say to

her Oh, no , no more pull ups. Ali all we have is the panties left look all

gone no more pull ups if she refuses then just put on her back on her

clothes with no panties and not to give in with pull ups, but is she to

refuse then let her to be nude for a brief time with no bottoms on. She

might be to not like this feeling but if she keeps going back say again ALL

GONE, Just Panties. It might be to take a few days battles with this.

Important though do not match the idea with potty training and wearing

panties or big girls or she may choose not to go potty in the toilet

thinking if she does this equates panties that she does not want. Once she

is use to the panties you can then match it to potty and say try hard to not

get you panties wet. Once she is to like them she might be to try hard to

keep them dry. If she is not ready then wait and try again in a few months.

You may be to have to chunk the training into steps to over come each step

so to not increase anxiety in the concept of being toilet trained.

Sondra

[Guest guest]

How cute! How old is she-we are starting with my Eva, 4-would love to hear

your experience and that of others!

P.

potty training funny

We decided tomorrow to seriously begin potty training Allie. I took

her to Target to pick out " big girl panties " . She refused to pick out

any. Then we got one last pack of pullups. She held the pullups the

entire way home. When we got inside, I tried to get her to show her

new panties to her daddy. She opened the pullups, took off her wet

one, put on a clean one, then carried the pack down the hall and got

into bed, pullup package still in her lap.

You think it's gonna be " easy " on this one???

Debi

[Guest guest]

How cute! How old is she-we are starting with my Eva, 4-would love to hear

your experience and that of others!

P.

potty training funny

We decided tomorrow to seriously begin potty training Allie. I took

her to Target to pick out " big girl panties " . She refused to pick out

any. Then we got one last pack of pullups. She held the pullups the

entire way home. When we got inside, I tried to get her to show her

new panties to her daddy. She opened the pullups, took off her wet

one, put on a clean one, then carried the pack down the hall and got

into bed, pullup package still in her lap.

You think it's gonna be " easy " on this one???

Debi

[Guest guest]

I have that book and it is very good!

P.

potty training funny

We decided tomorrow to seriously begin potty training Allie. I took

her to Target to pick out " big girl panties " . She refused to pick out

any. Then we got one last pack of pullups. She held the pullups the

entire way home. When we got inside, I tried to get her to show her

new panties to her daddy. She opened the pullups, took off her wet

one, put on a clean one, then carried the pack down the hall and got

into bed, pullup package still in her lap.

You think it's gonna be " easy " on this one???

Debi

[Guest guest]

Thanks for the suggestions, Sondra! I will definitely refer back to

your post. I wish you all could see how cute she is carrying around

that bag of pullups.

I think someone asked her age, she is 3 yrs 9 months. She is showing

all the signs, not wetting all night, staying dry for long periods

during the day. She also puts her hand on her crotch when she's

wetting or pooping, as if she's noticing the sensation. My first

daughter trained by 2 1/2 years, and I'm seeing very much the same

behaviors.

I also got her a book that has stickers and a place to stick them

every time she goes potty. I'm gonna put her potty seat in the den in

front of the television and she can only watch her favorite video

when she's sitting on the potty. Her teacher says with her we have to

find a reward so much worth the effort that she will be willing to

pee/poop to get it. I figure after she gets used to that I'll start

moving the potty a couple of feet closer to the toilet every day.

She's so routine-focused that I really think once she gets in the

habit she won't want to go back.

I'll take advice from anyone wanting to give it!

Debi

[Guest guest]

Thanks for the suggestions, Sondra! I will definitely refer back to

your post. I wish you all could see how cute she is carrying around

that bag of pullups.

I think someone asked her age, she is 3 yrs 9 months. She is showing

all the signs, not wetting all night, staying dry for long periods

during the day. She also puts her hand on her crotch when she's

wetting or pooping, as if she's noticing the sensation. My first

daughter trained by 2 1/2 years, and I'm seeing very much the same

behaviors.

I also got her a book that has stickers and a place to stick them

every time she goes potty. I'm gonna put her potty seat in the den in

front of the television and she can only watch her favorite video

when she's sitting on the potty. Her teacher says with her we have to

find a reward so much worth the effort that she will be willing to

pee/poop to get it. I figure after she gets used to that I'll start

moving the potty a couple of feet closer to the toilet every day.

She's so routine-focused that I really think once she gets in the

habit she won't want to go back.

I'll take advice from anyone wanting to give it!

Debi

[Guest guest]

Thanks for the suggestions, Sondra! I will definitely refer back to

your post. I wish you all could see how cute she is carrying around

that bag of pullups.

I think someone asked her age, she is 3 yrs 9 months. She is showing

all the signs, not wetting all night, staying dry for long periods

during the day. She also puts her hand on her crotch when she's

wetting or pooping, as if she's noticing the sensation. My first

daughter trained by 2 1/2 years, and I'm seeing very much the same

behaviors.

I also got her a book that has stickers and a place to stick them

every time she goes potty. I'm gonna put her potty seat in the den in

front of the television and she can only watch her favorite video

when she's sitting on the potty. Her teacher says with her we have to

find a reward so much worth the effort that she will be willing to

pee/poop to get it. I figure after she gets used to that I'll start

moving the potty a couple of feet closer to the toilet every day.

She's so routine-focused that I really think once she gets in the

habit she won't want to go back.

I'll take advice from anyone wanting to give it!

Debi

[Guest guest]

Hi all! My daughter is almost 4 1/2 yrs old and autistic. Last week we

decided to try toilet training our son, he is almost 2 1/2 and NT. We

tried a few days but he didn't get the hang of it at all so we decided

to wait a few weeks and see if he was ready then. But my autistic

daughter decided that sitting on the toilet is fun, she has not had a

nappy on since and we have had no accidents, she tells us when she needs

to go, she is dry all night, and can hang on if we are out shopping or

in the car. We are just amazed, it is a true miracle, up until now she

has been taking her nappy off and playing in anything she did. She goes

to a special development school for early intervention 3 days a week and

they have her on the toilet there now too. We were hopeing she would be

toilet trained by the end of the year but were not very hopeful, so this

is nothing short of a miracle to us, and we didn't have to do anything,

it was all her copying what we were trying with her brother! She is

such a special little girl and is constantly amazing us!

Cheers

> Re: potty training funny

>

>

> Thanks for the suggestions, Sondra! I will definitely refer back to

> your post. I wish you all could see how cute she is carrying around

> that bag of pullups.

>

> I think someone asked her age, she is 3 yrs 9 months. She is showing

> all the signs, not wetting all night, staying dry for long periods

> during the day. She also puts her hand on her crotch when she's

> wetting or pooping, as if she's noticing the sensation. My first

> daughter trained by 2 1/2 years, and I'm seeing very much the same

> behaviors.

>

> I also got her a book that has stickers and a place to stick them

> every time she goes potty. I'm gonna put her potty seat in the den in

> front of the television and she can only watch her favorite video

> when she's sitting on the potty. Her teacher says with her we have to

> find a reward so much worth the effort that she will be willing to

> pee/poop to get it. I figure after she gets used to that I'll start

> moving the potty a couple of feet closer to the toilet every day.

> She's so routine-focused that I really think once she gets in the

> habit she won't want to go back.

>

> I'll take advice from anyone wanting to give it!

>

> Debi

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Debi I would not be to set her potty by the TV as this could cause a issues

of behavior when you then want to move it back to the potty room. I would be

to set the video up on a shelf in the bathroom and when she meets her goal

of so many potties in the toilet and no accidents each day she can have her

favorite video. Such as make a laminated strip with how ever many times you

feel is reasonable for her to do to get the video. For example 3 times in

potty with no accidents as a starter and then make 3 laminated smiley faces

and for each times she goes potty give her a smiley to Velcro onto the

counter strip, once she has 3 smilies up she get video and make a big deal

of it with clapping and hugging and such . If she does not make it then keep

encouraging her to try again tomorrow, but dont be to give in to let her see

the video at her request as the video needs to stay as the reinforce. Videos

for many ASD kids work because new ones come out often enough to change the

reinforcer to.

Sondra