Re: Help!!! Potty Regression!!!

[Guest guest]

I am also thinking that we finally this week got him to start eating

the SCD cow yogurt. Also, recently we have added an ABA home program

to my son's overall educational program. So maybe this is lending

itself to regression.

My first reaction is to be suspicious of the dairy. You might want

to pull it for a while and try again later. Much later. The ABA

program probably accounts for it as well. Suddenly there is someone

who patiently teaches new and often times difficult skills. These

people (if they are good) can pleasantly wait out a child who is

stalling, distracting, intimidating - anything that might get them

out of an unpleasant task. If your ABA provider is good, she or he

can help you develop a reinforcement system to target bathroom

habbits. We've had bad and we've had good. The good are worth their

weight in gold but even so can be stressful for the child, especially

at first.

Helen, mom to (9, ASD, SCD 4/04)

[Guest guest]

I am also thinking that we finally this week got him to start eating

the SCD cow yogurt. Also, recently we have added an ABA home program

to my son's overall educational program. So maybe this is lending

itself to regression.

My first reaction is to be suspicious of the dairy. You might want

to pull it for a while and try again later. Much later. The ABA

program probably accounts for it as well. Suddenly there is someone

who patiently teaches new and often times difficult skills. These

people (if they are good) can pleasantly wait out a child who is

stalling, distracting, intimidating - anything that might get them

out of an unpleasant task. If your ABA provider is good, she or he

can help you develop a reinforcement system to target bathroom

habbits. We've had bad and we've had good. The good are worth their

weight in gold but even so can be stressful for the child, especially

at first.

Helen, mom to (9, ASD, SCD 4/04)

[Guest guest]

I agree with Helen. Usually when my kids have had potty regressions, it was

either because

they were eating something or because of an external stressor, like they were

about to get

sick. Recently, my younger daughter has been having potty and behavior problems,

and I

was going crazy trying to figure out what was up. It turned out to be the seeds

of guavas

and pomegranates that she was picking (and eating) in the neighborhood. The

fruit

doesn't bother her, but the seeds do. I can't completely stop her from eating

them, but I

have been able to reduce her intake, and just knowing what's going on makes it

more

tolerable.

>

> I am also thinking that we finally this week got him to start eating

> the SCD cow yogurt. Also, recently we have added an ABA home program

> to my son's overall educational program. So maybe this is lending

> itself to regression.

>

> My first reaction is to be suspicious of the dairy. You might want

> to pull it for a while and try again later. Much later. The ABA

> program probably accounts for it as well. Suddenly there is someone

> who patiently teaches new and often times difficult skills. These

> people (if they are good) can pleasantly wait out a child who is

> stalling, distracting, intimidating - anything that might get them

> out of an unpleasant task. If your ABA provider is good, she or he

> can help you develop a reinforcement system to target bathroom

> habbits. We've had bad and we've had good. The good are worth their

> weight in gold but even so can be stressful for the child, especially

> at first.

> Helen, mom to (9, ASD, SCD 4/04)