Re: Potty training issues at school

[Guest guest]

, I can not help with the potty training but as a nurse that works with

special ed kids I know the school sometimes get them trainned at school.

Sometimes when our kids are not trainned so late it is not necessarily seizures

but a abnormal EEG waves. Just a thought.

Diane

Potty training issues at school

Hello everyone! I know I have asked a similar question before, but I really

need some help! For those of you who have children who were not yet potty

trained after age 5 or 6, how was this handled by your child's school? My son

is having a terrible time with this! He is 6 and in a class for mild cognitive

impairment. His teacher keeps insisting that she feels he is ready and he can do

it, so they keep expecting him to go to the bathroom, change his own pull-up,

and at least sit and try to go several times during the school day. Sometimes

he will cooperate, but many times it becomes a battle and throws him into a

tantrum. I feel that he is just not ready, and he has not shown ME any signs

that he even knows when he has to go. Our neurologist says that it is not

uncommon for kids with various neurological disorders to have delays in

achieving bladder and bowel control, and sometimes it can take until they are 9

or 10 years old. So, my gut feeling is that the more they push him to do this,

the more he will get turned off to the whole idea, and it will just be that much

harder to train him when he IS ready. What makes it even worse now, is that his

little sister, who is almost 3, has just become potty trained and has been

getting the praise and rewards for her accomplishment, but when he sees her

doing this, he just gets all the more frustrated and angry, so now he refuses to

even sit on the toilet for me at all. I have not found any type of reward that

will make a difference for him (and I've tried them all!) So, if there is anyone

out there who has been in a similar situation, could you please let me know how

you handled it? Thank you so much!

(Eli's mom)

[Guest guest]

- I am having problems with potty training my 4 year old- I've tried

everything I can think of and have tried suggestions from others.  I'm currently

having a little frustion with the school sending him home soaking wet.  I don't

have any suggestions, but understand your feelings about the potty training

issues and school.

 

Diane- Could you expand on the abnormal waves and potty training?  Gage,

overall, has his seizures under good control.  I can always tell when he is

having a lot of abnormal activity because his speech is all off; which is

disappointing when his speech is already delayed.  My best description is like

what a person sounds like after having a stroke.

Thanks,

Subject: RE: Potty training issues at school

To: " polymicrogyria " <polymicrogyria >

Date: Tuesday, January 25, 2011, 7:13 AM

,  I can not help with the potty training but as a nurse that works with

special ed kids I know the school sometimes get them trainned at school.

Sometimes when our kids are not trainned so late it is not necessarily seizures

but a abnormal EEG waves. Just a thought.

Diane   

Potty training issues at school

Hello everyone!  I know I have asked a similar question before, but I really

need some help!  For those of you who have children who were not yet potty

trained after age 5 or 6, how was this handled by your child's school?  My son

is having a terrible time with this!  He is 6 and in a class for mild cognitive

impairment. His teacher keeps insisting that she feels he is ready and he can do

it, so they keep expecting him to go to the bathroom, change his own pull-up,

and at least sit and try to go several times during the school day.  Sometimes

he will cooperate, but many times it becomes a battle and throws him into a

tantrum.  I feel that he is just not ready, and he has not shown ME any signs

that he even knows when he has to go. Our neurologist says that it is not

uncommon for kids with various neurological disorders to have delays in

achieving bladder and bowel control, and sometimes it can take until they are 9

or 10 years old.  So, my gut

feeling is that the more they push him to do this, the more he will get turned

off to the whole idea, and it will just be that much harder to train him when he

IS ready.  What makes it even worse now, is that his little sister, who is

almost 3, has just become potty trained and has been getting the praise and

rewards for her accomplishment, but when he sees her doing this, he just gets

all the more frustrated and angry, so now he refuses to even sit on the toilet

for me at all.  I have not found any type of reward that will make a difference

for him (and I've tried them all!) So, if there is anyone out there who has been

in a similar situation, could you please let me know how you handled it?  Thank

you so much!

(Eli's mom)     

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[Guest guest]

My daughter was fully potty trained at 5.5 yrs after I was told that she had

neurogenic bladder and may never gain full control. She started " getting it "

when we did a trial of a small dose of adhd meds but the final kicker was when

we added the Keppra. Within a month of adding the seizure meds she was fully

trained. Some have said it was a coincidence but when the took her off the

keppra for her last EEG it totally screwed up her pottying and she started

" leaking " before she made it to the potty. No doc will now convince me it was a

coincidene as there is a direct coorelation as once the keppra was back in place

within a week she was back to baseline.

I know this won't work for all but I think there is something more going on then

just development in most cases. All my daughter's EEGs have been " normal "

besides recently showing spikes, but no actual seizure.

Seizure are a whole other confusing world for me. Is it one, is it not

one...ugh.

I am interested in hearing more about the brain waves also b/c there are times

when I know my daughter is " off " but don't see any obvious signs of seizure

activity.

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> Subject: RE: Potty training issues at school

> To: " polymicrogyria " <polymicrogyria >

> Date: Tuesday, January 25, 2011, 7:13 AM

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> ,  I can not help with the potty training but as a nurse that works with

special ed kids I know the school sometimes get them trainned at school.

> Sometimes when our kids are not trainned so late it is not necessarily

seizures but a abnormal EEG waves. Just a thought.

> Diane   

> Potty training issues at school

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> Hello everyone!  I know I have asked a similar question before, but I really

need some help!  For those of you who have children who were not yet potty

trained after age 5 or 6, how was this handled by your child's school?  My son

is having a terrible time with this!  He is 6 and in a class for mild cognitive

impairment. His teacher keeps insisting that she feels he is ready and he can do

it, so they keep expecting him to go to the bathroom, change his own pull-up,

and at least sit and try to go several times during the school day.  Sometimes

he will cooperate, but many times it becomes a battle and throws him into a

tantrum.  I feel that he is just not ready, and he has not shown ME any signs

that he even knows when he has to go. Our neurologist says that it is not

uncommon for kids with various neurological disorders to have delays in

achieving bladder and bowel control, and sometimes it can take until they are 9

or 10 years old.  So, my gut

> feeling is that the more they push him to do this, the more he will get

turned off to the whole idea, and it will just be that much harder to train him

when he IS ready.  What makes it even worse now, is that his little sister, who

is almost 3, has just become potty trained and has been getting the praise and

rewards for her accomplishment, but when he sees her doing this, he just gets

all the more frustrated and angry, so now he refuses to even sit on the toilet

for me at all.  I have not found any type of reward that will make a difference

for him (and I've tried them all!) So, if there is anyone out there who has been

in a similar situation, could you please let me know how you handled it?  Thank

you so much!

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