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I have a 5 year old mildly autistic boy and would appreciate any tips on trying to get him toilete trained. I have tried using his favourite foods to entice him and the training Pull Ups that turn cold when he pees but none of this is working. He just doesn't seem to know what to do on the potty. ↓
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| Name: Ontario_Father | Date: Oct 29th, 2007 12:03 PM |
| Hello Lorly, we had the same problem with our son who is 3.5 years and has ASD. One weekend, I rented his favourite video's, sat him down in front of the T.V. with head phones on and just kept pumping him full of juice. Sooner or later he is going to let it go and when he did, we made a huge deal out of it. That was about 2 months ago. On Saturday he had his first poop on the big toilet all by himself. of course he still has the odd mishap. He also still wears a pull up @ night, but he is diapper free through out the day. That's what worked for us. ↑ |
| Name: irish Amy | Date: Oct 29th, 2007 11:45 PM |
| Hi Lorly, oh I feel for you, it took us ages to train my son, it takes a hell of a lot perseverence, make him up a schedule of the toilet with pictures of each step and bring him every 10 mins relegiously til he at least does a dribble, with my son it was more the fear of the toilet, now he is fully trained so he goes when he needs to and believe me, I gave up all hope of that happening, all the best, Amy. ↑ |
| Name: ltl | Date: Oct 31st, 2007 6:56 AM |
| Hi Lorly, perhaps you can have Daddy take your son with him several times so that he knows what to do. At the beginning, I gave my son lots to drink and took him to the potty every 15 minutes per a friend's suggestion, and surprisingly he followed me in since it was novelty for him. The next day, he ABSOLUTELY refused to go into the bathroom since I took him in way too often...big mistake. I gave up on that every 15 to 30 minutes thing. I decided to put his favortie movie into a portable DVD player and brought it into the bathroom. I sat him on the potty and played the movie. I sat in the bathroom and watched the movie with him. At least that would get him to stay on the potty for 10 to 15 minutes. If he didn't go, I tried again an hour later. However, every fifteen minutes I would ask him if he "needed to go to the potty" even though I don't take him in every fifteen minutes. With time, don't be suprised that the moment he gets up from the potty, he'll go all over the bathroom floor. Instead of getting mad, I praised him so that he understood that it was ok to pee without having the diapper on. Before cleaning up I reminded him that the stuff should go into the toilet next time. When he finally did it in the toilet, I made a big deal and rewarded him with candy. It took my son 1 month to consistently do it in the toilet. On the second month, he would tell me when he needed to go. So now he's potty trained. It takes persistence and patience, and it will pays off. Goodluck. ↑ |
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