Potty Training an Exceptional Child

[Thirteen]

Here we go again!

DS2 will be 4 in Sept., and we started underwear yesterday with a timer on my phone. Pull-ups just aren’t enough to light a fire under him.

He’s doing very well, with minimal pushback: something about the timer is novel (for now).
The underwear he picked out himself also seems to be helping.

I have the timer set for every 30 minutes, but I’m wondering if I should set it for every hour instead? This is a kid who doesn’t communicate well, and also doesn’t seem to mind being wet or soiled in a diaper or pull-up.
Should we wait and transition to 60 minutes after a week of 30 minutes?


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[TulipsAndSunscreen]

I usually do 30 mins and push the fluids. I make the fluids special by adding a splash of juice to the water to make them drink a lot of it. Lots of reps and then taper off the juice water.


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[TulipsAndSunscreen]

Fevers and potty training are the only guaranteed juice times at our house so they loooove it.


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[MrsK]

I usually do 30 mins and push the fluids. I make the fluids special by adding a splash of juice to the water to make them drink a lot of it. Lots of reps and then taper off the juice water.


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I do this too. Mine were really hard to train. K1 was actually the easiest because he was at a child development center where they would line up the boys and take them all at once at regular intervals. I don’t think it occurred to him to argue with me about it whereas K2 was just horrid. However, K1 still wets himself occasionally at 8.5yo. It happens when he becomes hyper-focused on something and just doesn’t seem to get the body signal that he’s wet. There have been times that he is actively wetting himself, I see it happening, and he denies feeling it at all.


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[MarissaNicole]

Any interest in “sinking” fruit loops? Boy I nannied for loved to aim and sink the cereal in the toilet.


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[Pollyanna]

However, K1 still wets himself occasionally at 8.5yo. It happens when he becomes hyper-focused on something and just doesn’t seem to get the body signal that he’s wet. There have been times that he is actively wetting himself, I see it happening, and he denies feeling it at all.


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I would bet he truly doesn’t feel it. Interoception is really fascinating and so helpful to keep in mind for our kiddos.

This is a great little discussion. Kind of awkward the way they are standing but good information just the same!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bV2GPsIHjyI

[MrsK]

[MENTION=1102]Pollyanna[/MENTION]. This is fascinating. I have asked his OT and pediatrician numerous times if this is related to SPD and they deny having ever seen this.

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[Pollyanna]

[MENTION=1102]Pollyanna[/MENTION]. This is fascinating. I have asked his OT and pediatrician numerous times if this is related to SPD and they deny having ever seen this.

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Crazy making right? I sent this to our oldest a while back because she is a late diagnosis and she was like, “wow, this explains so much”.

[MrsK]

Crazy making right? I sent this to our oldest a while back because she is a late diagnosis and she was like, “wow, this explains so much”.

It's such an ambiguous dx. There was an ADHD conference here where one of the speakers caused a riot when he said SPD is a scam and doesn't exist. Well, my kid sees music and the sound of rushing water makes him feel like he's falling.

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[Thirteen]

We have successfully day trained! Poop is still something we are “catching” (since he usually goes early in the morning, in his overnight pull up), but we have had a few successful ones.

It took about 3 weeks - 1 month of active work.


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[MrsC]

Yay! 😃

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