Re: Another new member potty training

[Guest guest]

Welcome, Toni!

Hope and Faith.... Beautiful! We can all use some of that!!

in California

Mom to (4 years old, ASD, SID....also apraxic and not potty

trained)

> hi all.

>

> Im Toni. My 4 year old daughter was diagnosed with autism last week.

> It's

> been a pretty long week for me emotionally, and then we had the big

> birthday

> party this weekend. We've been working on potty training and we too

> are not

> having success. We take her to the potty on a schedule, but it seems

> like

> she just cant relax enough to do anything or she knows she's supposed

> to sit

> there, but anything beyond that is a blank. We have the videos, the

> books,

> the potty chart, the chart for staying clean and dry, and nothing is

> working. Occasionally she'll go in the potty, but not often. We see a

> therapist next week to get rolling on a treatment plan for her autism.

> Hopefully once we start that we'll get somewhere.

>

> I was certainly glad to find this list. On the other autism lists I

> found,

> almost everyone has boys.

> Toni W. - BP mom to

> Hope, 4, Seizure disorder, Verbal apraxia, Migraines, Austim

> and

> Faith, 2, Mild CP, Hypotonia, Asthma, Sensory Integration Dysfunction

>

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Thanks. :-)

Short version of the story behind thier names......... I discovered I had

endometriosis, badly fluctuating hormone levels, and poly-cystic ovarian

syndrome back in my early 20's. I was told then that having kids could be

difficult, if not impossible. A year or so later I met the man who later

became my husband. We started trying to start a family shortly before the

wedding and no success. We started testing and my grandmother kept telling

me I just had to have hope. Fertility doctors said a couple years later

that I was unable to have children. 3 months later I was pregnant. Hope

seemed to fit. Hubby picked her middle name, and then we were floored when

my grandmother said that was the name she picked for a stillborn daughter

she had after my mother was born. We said we would change the name and she

said no. It was beautiful and it didnt bother her a bit. She passed away 2

weeks before Hope was born.

After Hope was born and we started discussing possibly having a second

child, hubby said he kind of liked the name Faith. Hope was 8 months old

and surprise, pregnant again. Hubby then said he had been kidding when he

said he liked the name Faith. I told him ok then you pick one you do like.

I got very sick through the majority of the pregnancy and kept losing

weight, then developed diabetes. I went into labor suddenly at 35 weeks and

the doctors said at " only " 5 weeks early she'd be fine. She had to be

rushed to NICU because her lungs were under-developed. She was on a

ventilator and stable, but they said it would be a long haul to get her

healthly enough to go home. I was discharged from the hospital and that

evening the pastor from the church came to see her. Breaking the NICU rule

about number of visitors, we had myself, my mom, my mother-in-law, hubby,

and the pastor from the church all there and prayed for her. I stayed with

her while everyone left. The nurses kicked me out at midnight to go get

some rest since I had just been discharged myself. I went to the hotel and

slept a little, then at 6am called the NICU to check on her before grabbing

something to eat and heading over. The nurse said the doctor was coming to

the phone and my heart sank. He said she had a great night, rested well,

and by the way he just took her completely off the ventilator and she was

doing fine. I called hubby's cell phone and told him, he said get the

papers from the nurse. Her name is Faith.

So we have Hope le and Faith . is her godmother's name,

which made her cry when she found out the baby had her name. ;-) And we

just had Hope's birthday yesterday. My mother-in-law keeps saying she isn't

allowed to be 4 already.

Toni W. - BP mom to

Hope, 4, Seizure disorder, Verbal apraxia, Migraines, Austim

and

Faith, 2, Mild CP, Hypotonia, Asthma, Sensory Integration Dysfunction

Re: Another new member potty training

Welcome, Toni!

Hope and Faith.... Beautiful! We can all use some of that!!

in California

Mom to (4 years old, ASD, SID....also apraxic and not potty

trained)

[Guest guest]

Welcome Toni and Sharon

I am Tracey. We have two daughters, Coral age 13 (14 in July) and Skylar age

11. Sky was diagnosed autistic at the age of 3. Potty training for us was also

a battle. We finally got the Potty Time Video, book and doll and started

rewarding her with Smarties and that finally seemed to work. She loved the song

in the Potty Time Video and would sing it when she would finally sit on the

potty in front of the tv and watch it.

This is a great group of people. I am sure you will be glad you joined. Look

forward to hearing more from you.

Tracey

Another new member potty training

hi all.

Im Toni. My 4 year old daughter was diagnosed with autism last week. It's

been a pretty long week for me emotionally, and then we had the big birthday

party this weekend. We've been working on potty training and we too are not

having success. We take her to the potty on a schedule, but it seems like

she just cant relax enough to do anything or she knows she's supposed to sit

there, but anything beyond that is a blank. We have the videos, the books,

the potty chart, the chart for staying clean and dry, and nothing is

working. Occasionally she'll go in the potty, but not often. We see a

therapist next week to get rolling on a treatment plan for her autism.

Hopefully once we start that we'll get somewhere.

I was certainly glad to find this list. On the other autism lists I found,

almost everyone has boys.

Toni W. - BP mom to

Hope, 4, Seizure disorder, Verbal apraxia, Migraines, Austim

and

Faith, 2, Mild CP, Hypotonia, Asthma, Sensory Integration Dysfunction

[Guest guest]

Welcome Tony. Grandmothers can give the best advice, can't they? I'm

Debi, married mom to NT 7yrs, Allie ASD nearly 5, and Dinah

Grace NT 20mos. We gave Dinah her name because it means " vindicated

by Grace " after a very difficult year of Allie's dx. She was dxed

officially 2 wks before her second bday. I don't know about you, but

it certainly made the bday a difficult one for this old mom. But,

things are much better today.

On the potty training, we still aren't there, but very, very close.

What got the ball rolling for us was doing the " kamakazi " method

where for a couple of days we kept her continually on potty until

something came out. Then she was allowed up for 15 min and an alarm

set. When the alarm went off, we were back on the potty. Within a

few hrs she was peeing as soon as she heard the alarm, so we had to

stop using it until after she was on the pot, which seemed to help

her go a little. We stopped using it by the end of the first day and

began giving her 1 hr between potty breaks. That was 9 mos ago. She

still has occasional pee accidents (one accident every few days) and

still poops her panties about 70% of the time at home. At school

she's had one pee accident in the last 6 mos and no poop accidents.

I still have to urge her to go sit, but I see her going

spontaneously more and more.

Allie's 3 yr old teacher said it " takes FOREVER " so just stay

patient, pull up your carpet and put solid flooring in, and stay

focused. I can't believe how much easier it is now, but like I said,

it still occasionally happens. I learned the hard way to stop

flipping out, 'cause it only upsets all of us. The pooping gets me

the most, but I sit with her and explain that mommy is gonna be mad

when she poops the floor and plays in it and she should not expect

me not to. She's catching on.

Welcome,

Debi