Re: potty training - not until 5yo?!?!?

[Guest guest]

I have not heard that. My son trained at 3.10 and we got past the

fear of the potty by 4.3. It really depends on each kid and their

needs.

My darling daughter who is typical is still not trained in #2 and is

3.8. So much for girls being done early....

Keep at it if he is interested and seems physically able. (long

periods of dryness)

denise

> Oh I'm having a coronary here...is that really true? Apraxic

children don't

> generally potty-train until 5??? Luke has a few days when he'll pee

in the

> potty if I have him sit there. He has never asked at all. He is 32

months

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> >heavy sigh< Please tell me this isn't true in most cases!

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[Guest guest]

My apraxic twins potty trained at 2. I wasn't even going to start

potty training them, but they started pulling off their diapers. I

bought 2 potty chairs. peed in it on the first day.

just followed everything that did. Within 2 weeks, they were

both peeing in the potty.

who is severely apraxic was even trained at night by the time

she was 3 1/2. was 5 1/2 before she was trained at night.

was the first to be daytime trained, and the last to be

nighttime trained.

They potty trained much easier than their brother who was not

apraxic.

I think it just depends on the kid, but not every apraxic kid is 5

when they are potty trained.

It sounds like you are on a good start.

Suzi

[Guest guest]

was potty trained at around age 4 years old. I think a lot depends

on verbal ability and how sensory issues might be effecting the child's

ability to feel the sensation of having to go.

Tricia Morin

North Carolina

< ...is that really true? Apraxic children don't

generally potty-train until 5??? Luke has a few days when he'll pee in the

potty if I have him sit there. He has never asked at all. He is 32 months

btw.

>heavy sigh< Please tell me this isn't true in most cases!

[Guest guest]

> Oh I'm having a coronary here...is that really true? Apraxic

children don't

> generally potty-train until 5??? Luke has a few days when he'll pee

in the

> potty if I have him sit there. He has never asked at all. He is 32

months

> btw.

>

> >heavy sigh< Please tell me this isn't true in most cases!

has been a pee-pee expert since he turned three. He tells me

when he has to go, he says POTTY! POTTY! if we are out, and when we

are at home or at school he goes by himself. Now about poo poo, this

has been a real problem for us. He has only gone once and is

terrified of it! He wears a diaper for overnight and usually poops

once I smack on his diaper to sleep. So in other words he just goes

once a day. I try to push it at night when he is ready to go, like

I'll say lets go to the potty and he will strongly tell me NO! So I

don't want to push it, I've heard that when you do that they can

regress. He is 3.5 now and is at 100% with peeing, so for now I am

letting the pooping go.

[Guest guest]

Don't know if that's true or not - but I have an apraxic child - my fourth -

she potty trained at about 3yrs 9 months and she took the lead in our

family!! There were 3 boys very close in age before her-- 1st one very

verbal very early and he potty trained at 4 years and 3 weeks; next boy at 3

years and 10 months and next one at 3 years and 9 1/2 months. I was never

big on " potty training " -- I let them do it when ready and let them be in

control -- when they decided to do it, they did and it was a one day

thing... no running to find a potty immediately when out, hardly any

accidents etc. They also were out of diapers even at nighttime within a

couple of weeks. But, my point really is in our family the apraxic one was

the earliest!!!

[ ] potty training - not until 5yo?!?!?

Oh I'm having a coronary here...is that really true? Apraxic children don't

generally potty-train until 5??? Luke has a few days when he'll pee in the

potty if I have him sit there. He has never asked at all. He is 32 months

btw.

>heavy sigh< Please tell me this isn't true in most cases!

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[Guest guest]

Hope is almost 3 1/2 and is just starting to really " get it " . For the last

few weeks she's been telling us she has to go after the fact. But she's

starting to tell us she has to go before on occasion. It's been hard since

when she says potty it comes out " pa " , which could be several things. But

she picked up on when I'd tell her to " come on let's go change your pants. "

So when she has to go, or she's already gone, she comes and gets me and says

" pants " . We head to the bathroom and I grab a new pair of training pants on

the way. If she hasn't gone yet she sits on the potty for a while.

Sometimes she'll do something, sometimes not. But we try. At preschool

there are days when she comes home with 2 stickers on her chart. The kids

get a sticker if they havent' had to be put in time out. The ones who

aren't potty trained, which is all but 2 in her class, also get a sticker

when they ask to go potty. It's the same drill as at home. if she's clean

and dry she sits on the potty. Sometimes she'll do something, sometimes

not.

The other day she changed tactics on me. she came to me and said " tink " ,

which is Hope-speak for stink. I thought she poo'd in her pants. she

hadn't gone yet so she sat on the potty. Well she was sitting there for a

while and when I thought she was about to give up, she had gas. Hubby was

walking through the hall and heard it on the other side of the door. Hope

thought this was just hilarious and laughed herself silly. All I could

think was at least she knew she had to do something. :-)

Toni

[Guest guest]

My apraxic 8 almost 9-year-old son Cameron didn't potty train until he was 7

1/2, uggghhh and it wasn't from lack of trying...my other son trained in 4

days through the night when he was 2! Finally bribery worked! Personally,

I think every child is unique and different. Who knows you may be lucky and

he'll train much younger than 5, at least I hope for your sake!

Cheryl

[ ] potty training - not until 5yo?!?!?

Oh I'm having a coronary here...is that really true? Apraxic children don't

generally potty-train until 5??? Luke has a few days when he'll pee in the

potty if I have him sit there. He has never asked at all. He is 32 months

btw.

>heavy sigh< Please tell me this isn't true in most cases!

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

Khalid my oldest child, global apraxic (was then non-verbal and low

tone) had potty trained at age 2 1/2. Determined to be well informed,

I got a book about potty training- (no internet 14 years ago) Funny

thing about that was, before I had even finished reading the book,

Khalid had basically trained himself within that week. A few years

later that book of course came in handy for my other two children,

who were not at all so easily trained by age 3 My youngest son

is also apraxic. My non-apraxic daughter was the toughest of my 3

children to train. So not to worry seems like your son is off to a

good start here.

Mustafa

> Oh I'm having a coronary here...is that really true? Apraxic

children don't

> generally potty-train until 5??? Luke has a few days when he'll pee

in the

> potty if I have him sit there. He has never asked at all. He is 32

months

> btw.

>

> >heavy sigh< Please tell me this isn't true in most cases!

>

>

[Guest guest]

Jordan is 4.5, and trained at 3.5. I put a pull up on him at night until he was

4, just as " insurance " , although he rarely if ever woke up wet.

The reason that 's said, is because many times children with apraxia, also have

hypotonia. The " low muscle tone " sometimes does not let these children feel the

sensation that they have to use the bathroom. Many of them also have problems

with constipation (again, the low muscle tone). Thus the reason they potty

train so late, is because they don't feel the urge to go....until it's TOO LATE.

Don't be discouraged ..... just keep up with him. I found with my little guy,

if I did the potty thing routinely (first thing in the morning, then an hour

later, an hour and a half after that, before leaving the house for any

reason......etc.), that seemed to make it easier. He then began to realize when

he DIDNT have to go....so it was easier for him to recognize when he DID. The

first week I think I was asking him every 10 minutes " do you have to go potty? "

I probably annoyed not only HIM but everyone around us! I think with these

children, it's just something you have to stay on top of until they " get it. "

The low muscle tone causes them not to have the same sensation that most kids

would feel, and KNOW they have to go potty. Thus the thought that they are

older when they finally " get it. "

HTH

~Karyn

[ ] potty training - not until 5yo?!?!?

Oh I'm having a coronary here...is that really true? Apraxic children don't

generally potty-train until 5??? Luke has a few days when he'll pee in the

potty if I have him sit there. He has never asked at all. He is 32 months

btw.

>heavy sigh< Please tell me this isn't true in most cases!

[Guest guest]

Lindsey was potty trained at three. We tried at 2 ,but it was to much pressure

on her at school. At three she did it her way when she was ready. She spent alot

of time with no clothes on though, this seemed to help. The pullups did not

help.

Jennie

[Guest guest]

,

When I mentioned that I have heard and read that 5 is the magic age for

Apraxic Children, I meant being fully potty trained. That means no diapers

at night, no consistant accidents, bowel controll, etc. I do agree that

Hypotonia and Sensory Integration issues tend to complicate the process at

times.

Kris

[ ] potty training - not until 5yo?!?!?

> Oh I'm having a coronary here...is that really true? Apraxic children

don't

> generally potty-train until 5??? Luke has a few days when he'll pee in the

> potty if I have him sit there. He has never asked at all. He is 32 months

> btw.

>

> >heavy sigh< Please tell me this isn't true in most cases!

>

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