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You know something is wrong when your almost four year old is still asking for a pull-up. What is wrong with this picture?
Seriously.
How long can he keep this going?
I refuse to be changing his diaper in college. I won't do it.
Yet I still do.
Why is that?
Granted he's autistic and it takes them longer to get the hang of it. But it's still frustrating. All the other kids in his class can use the toilet. But he won't. Of course they make him go through the motions and the second he takes his pee stance he loudly proclaims "I"M DONE" and pulls his pants up and washes his hands. His potty break amounts to about three seconds.
He will not pee or poo at school. Nope that child will hold it all day. That is until he sets foot in the house and he lets it all out and expects me to bring in the HazMat crew for clean up.
I have tried only putting him in underwear which only results in screaming and kicking. He will even refuse to drink anything so that he won't have to pee. He's a smart cookie that one!
We have tried the potty seat that sits on the big toilet, the one that sits on the floor, we have bribed him, we have read books about it, watched short cartoons about it. Nothing has worked.
A few weeks ago he was in the hospital for a skull fracture and the doctors actually had to send him home to pee! My little stinker refused to pee in the hospital even while he slept. Despite having a ton of stuff to drink.
Some of you have gone through this stage in a child's life and some have children with autism. How in the world did you or are you dealing with this? Give me the tricks, advice, a hug, something!
Tiffanie
7 comments:
I'm not sure I really have anything helpful to offer except a "hang in there" I don't think there are too many college kids who wear Pull-Ups.
Mine is almost 6 and still sometimes doesn't bother to stop to pee and goes in his pants. We take some of his beloved priviledges away for a few days (TV, etc) and he's back on track...for a few weeks anyway.
Good luck!
My son's not old enough for us to be going through this yet (he's only just turned 8 months today), but my sympathy is with you. It's amazing how stubborn they can be! Good luck, and know that he'll get it, eventually.
One thing I learned with a house full of boys is that they'll be potty trained when THEY are ready and not a minute before that. And once they were ready it was smooth with barely an accident.
p.s. I am sending abig hug your way!
Oh how I feel your pain! My little Tanner JUST potty trained 2 months ago! He turned 4 in July! Big Boy Poo STICKS! He will get there - hang in there!! We still have to "remind" him to go potty. I will say a little prayer!
I have a good girlfriend who's dgt is struggling as well. She is not autistic but does have a spectrum disorder (sensory integration dysfunction). It is so overwhelming for their family and dgt ... on a daily basis. She read this book and it made her feel a little better -
http://www.amazon.com/Elephant-Playroom-Intimately-Extraordinary-Heartbreaking/dp/B00149NX8C/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1222824336&sr=1-1
Maybe you've already discovered it. Sending you happy days and lots of prayers!
My boys are now 20 and 15 and potty trained....that part is easy compared to "clean your room training, call me training, stop picking your face training....it never stops in one way or another, but I thought that if you reward him with something REALLY SPECIAL, only when he goes potty in the big boy chair that might help. Good luck!!
KAREN EILEEN
After successfully potty training my two older girls, I thought I had the hang of it for the third.
Nope.
She was NOT interested. At all.
One morning, as we were getting ready to leave on a two week driving vacation, she announced that she was done with diapers and wanted panties. She was 4 1/2.
I spent the trip asking her every 3 seconds if she needed to go potty. LOL!
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