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Help with Potty Training 3-1/2 Year Old!
Read all 13 responses: "I need some advice on potty training. ... it for typical children unless there have been a lot of difficulties with training. ...
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- Hi B., I had the same problem. My son wanted nothing to do with the potty. So over Thanksgiving weekend, I started on a Wednesday b/c he had no school the followi...
- I think most of us have been right there with you. My daughter will be 4 in April and she still wears pullups at night. But pre-school was a blessing. She wanted to...
- She may not be ready to go yet. But, one thing I did w/my son when I really knew he knew what was going on.... If he pooped his pants, I made him go into the bathroo...
Autism Spectrum and Potty Training
My son is a little over 3 and still having problems with potty training. .... lot of heat for not having him potty trained earlier...it was his difficulties ...
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- My son has Asperger's Syndrome (high functioning autism). Potty training was looooong, and took a great deal of patience. He was at least three when we started getti...
- Hi J.: TACA has many great resources and suggestions for those with ASD including a potty training plan. http://www.talkaboutcuringautism.org/behavior/potty-trai...
- J. K I can really appreciate your concern because he is 3 years old and not yet potty trained. I raised at least 30 children in my childcare and one of the philosoph...
Potty Training Setbacks at Five Years Old! ADHD Contributing?
My oldest had no difficulties with potty training. My son did something bad, and someone threatened to call the police on him. Three days in a row, ...
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- Get help from a behavioral therapist specializing in poop! No, I am not kidding!!! We had major problems, our son is autistic, and this therapist helped us through it ...
- M., Try this: when he has an accident, have him go inside, change and clean himself as needed, and then take his clothing to the washer and wash it, move it to the dry...
- Hi M., I am the mother of an 8 year old boy with "possible borderline ADHD". Until part way through 2nd grade he was having accidents throughout the day and is only n...
The World Is Their Toilet...
We haven't started the potty training yet because they just turned 2. ... Potty Training Difficulties ... Seeking Advice on Potty Training a Boy. ...
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- First I don't have twins, howver have two kids that can feed off each other's bad behavior. Do not punish the one that did nothing, that will blow up in your face. I...
- We haven't started the potty training yet because they just turned 2. But I have been dealing with them taking their diapers off and spearing poop all over the crib. S...
- When this happened in my home I made the kids stay in the bathroom so they would be really close to the toliet and if they went on the floor or carpeting they were par...
My Son Just Turned 3 and Refuses to Poop in the Potty!!!
Read all 5 responses: "I need help potty training my 3 year old son, ... and apple juice to try to soften things up a bit when we were having difficulties. ...
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- My son did the same thing, it was so frustrating. He was scared to poop in the potty. It took a lot of positive reinforcement to get him to go and any time I knew he...
- My son started being willing to sit long enough on the potty to poop the week of his 3rd bday. He was peeing on potty for about 6 months before that, but would hold i...
- I am currently having the same problem with my son. I took him to a GI and they sent him Miralax. That has helped him have bowel movements because it gets so soft he c...
3Yo Daughter with Asperger's That Refuses to Potty Train.....
... pressure on her as it will just create a struggle and more difficulties. .... If so maybe see about moving her to the potty training pants that lets the ...
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- Hello C.! I have worked with children for 25 years. I'm not sure why your daughter refuses to potty train, but I wouldn't blame it on the Asperger's. As a nan...
- Here's another awesome resource for you. It's a forum with lots of helpful mamas all about potty training... http://www.diaperswappers.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=...
- HI C., My daughter has high functioning autism and so I know what you are going thru. My best advice is to let her do it in her own time, but what did help for my dau...
Speech Problems, Parenting, and Baby Food...
Kids who are still having speech difficulties by the time they're in first grade .... My friend's son is also having problems potty training, he's four now. ...
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- My son will be 3 at the end of July and he speaks even less than that. He doesn't normally put too many words together that I understand, although he is getting better...
- Hi C., My son was also a late talker (and had frequent ear infections). Because of delayed speech skills, we had his hearing evaluated at 3.5 years and discovered t...
- My little brothers in law did this too. It was eventually discovered that they had water on their ear drums and they had tubes put in and once that was done their spe...
My Son Vs. the Toilet
Could your son be responding to your difficulties? .... My son did this as well, while potty training and my pediatrician who has always been a God send, ...
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- This could be encopresis...been there, done that. One culprit is being afraid to go "#2" at school causing them to hold it in, but there are many causes (holding it i...
- (Husband here) My wife read your post to me and it hit in just the right spot. * I was your son * from age very young to my early teens, so I thought I would put my ...
- You are right to be concerned! When I read your message I immediately remembered Dr. Phil did a show on this subject a year or so ago. The boys (2 brothers) on the sh...
Walking
Potty training should have nothing to do with his walking ability at this .... others or had difficulties doesn't mean it's the same case with your child. ...
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- I was trying to let my son figure out the walking thing on his own since I read that pressuring them can actually delay the process. Near the end of 13 months I saw t...
- What did your Pediatrician say? Usually, if by 18 months they are not walking...maybe, probably, there is a delay. But, this is not set in stone. I would really as...
- Hi D.~ I wouldn't worry he is on his way. My son did not start walking until 23 months. Now he loves walking everywhere! Get ready to get your excersise chasing after ...
2 1/2 Yro Witholding Poop
A lot of 2.5 year olds aren't anywhere near being ready to potty train, .... really well and in just a week or so, after months of horrible difficulties. ...
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- My daughter (now 5) went through the same thing around 3 years old. We did the Miralax per her pedi and after a week or two she was doing much better. It was the siz...
- My mother said that my brother had the same problem when he was around the same age. The doctors suggested to use some Karo Syrup, which you can get at the grocery st...
- Hello J.. My son is now 5 1/2 and had the same problem. He would cross his legs and turn bright red and still wouldn't go. We too tried everything. The only thing that...
