Re: potty training and apraxia

[Guest guest]

Sorry no advice from me -- but support yes.

My son who is going to be 5 on August 1st -- still has pee pee accidents

DAILY!!!!!!!!

Never " poop " accidents!!! Go figure.

He really does best -- at school -- only goes for 2 1/2 hours and his teacher

-- makes him go -- at home -- he doesn't listen as good.

I look for the dryer days.

So, I understand being the mother of an almost 5 year old who is 1/2 potty

trained can feel.

All my best and hang in there!

Lori J.

Mother to verbal apraxia - to be five in 9 more days

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 7/22/04 8:18:43 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

formall1@... writes:

> . Is

> this happening to anyone else ? IS it just us? By the way he will 5

> years old in Aug. PLEASE HELP IF YOU CAN.

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>

>

>

>

Our son turned 5 in June and just a few weeks ago he FINALLY has begun to

poop on the potty. I think it just took that long to sink in because we tried

everything you could think of to train him to poop in the potty.

We just kept going over with him everyday that if he had to poop, he should

go in the potty since he was 5 now and a big boy. It took about a month or so

of reiterating the fact that he is a big boy now.

Chris

[Guest guest]

an old post, but I'll resend.....

Many of these kids that have " potty training issues " have them, because of

hypotonia, or low muscle tone.....OR sensory issues. Sometimes they don't

understand that feeling means that they have to " go " ...so they ignore it, until

it's too late. Or in the situation of a child with hypotonia, they may not feel

it, until it's too late.

Many children with this type of situation potty train late. YES, being

consistent does help, and sometimes it's just a matter of " catching " them. All

in good time :-)

~good luck!~

Karyn

Re: [ ] potty training and apraxia

In a message dated 7/22/04 8:18:43 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

formall1@... writes:

> . Is

> this happening to anyone else ? IS it just us? By the way he will 5

> years old in Aug. PLEASE HELP IF YOU CAN.

>

>

>

>

>

Our son turned 5 in June and just a few weeks ago he FINALLY has begun to

poop on the potty. I think it just took that long to sink in because we tried

everything you could think of to train him to poop in the potty.

We just kept going over with him everyday that if he had to poop, he should

go in the potty since he was 5 now and a big boy. It took about a month or so

of reiterating the fact that he is a big boy now.

Chris

[Guest guest]

hi,

My son never potty trained until 6.5 yrs old. He went to 2 yrs of headstart in

diapers and a half year at 5.5 still in diapers in kindergarten. He had a on on

one aide who was not thrilled with his not being trained but she did change him

if he needed it though. but very rarely did he need changing though. Then the

the other half of the year i put him in pullups in school and they worked on

peeing in the potty for the rest of the year. The whole second year of k he was

in pullups also. But went to preschool half a day also. the prerschool told me

the same thing that they will not except him in pullups. But he went in them

anyway for the first few months. then they and i both started working on putting

him in underwear a few hours a day and training him very actively. He has now

been day trained for a year and a half about. He went to 1st garde last year and

had a couple of accidents and never got changed. I raised a stink about it and

his one on aide was fired for it. It

says inmy sons iep that he is trained but is prone to frequent accidents. ( has

not had many since then a few when he was sick.) But i am leaving it in his

2nd grade iep anyway. So if he has one his aide has to help him change his

clothes. He has an extra outfit in his backpack. ( just in case.) It also helped

me to keep his individual aide for 2nd grade that his IEP states requires help

with self care.

I advice is put it in your daughters IEP itself that she is not trained and

requires help with self care. Plus that she is not trained and the reasons why.

It helped my case a lot. I never got another comment or advice again. I got my

sons pediatrician to come to my sons IEP meeting and tell the team my son is not

able to be trained just yet..

My son att 8 is still not night trained and hbis pediatrician told me it is

still most likely not going to be for a while yet.

Good luck.

Jeanne

Berlin nh

[Guest guest]

hi,

My son never potty trained until 6.5 yrs old. He went to 2 yrs of headstart in

diapers and a half year at 5.5 still in diapers in kindergarten. He had a on on

one aide who was not thrilled with his not being trained but she did change him

if he needed it though. but very rarely did he need changing though. Then the

the other half of the year i put him in pullups in school and they worked on

peeing in the potty for the rest of the year. The whole second year of k he was

in pullups also. But went to preschool half a day also. the prerschool told me

the same thing that they will not except him in pullups. But he went in them

anyway for the first few months. then they and i both started working on putting

him in underwear a few hours a day and training him very actively. He has now

been day trained for a year and a half about. He went to 1st garde last year and

had a couple of accidents and never got changed. I raised a stink about it and

his one on aide was fired for it. It

says inmy sons iep that he is trained but is prone to frequent accidents. ( has

not had many since then a few when he was sick.) But i am leaving it in his

2nd grade iep anyway. So if he has one his aide has to help him change his

clothes. He has an extra outfit in his backpack. ( just in case.) It also helped

me to keep his individual aide for 2nd grade that his IEP states requires help

with self care.

I advice is put it in your daughters IEP itself that she is not trained and

requires help with self care. Plus that she is not trained and the reasons why.

It helped my case a lot. I never got another comment or advice again. I got my

sons pediatrician to come to my sons IEP meeting and tell the team my son is not

able to be trained just yet..

My son att 8 is still not night trained and hbis pediatrician told me it is

still most likely not going to be for a while yet.

Good luck.

Jeanne

Berlin nh