BrielRose asked:
She is 5 years old and is on a border line of being autistic. She almost has the peeing on the potty thing down but she is having trouble with the other one. She is currently wearing pull-ups. If you have ANY ideas, i wll try them all. But remember she is already 5 years old and needs to be trained before the school year starts. Thanks for your help!
She is 5 years old and is on a border line of being autistic. She almost has the peeing on the potty thing down but she is having trouble with the other one. She is currently wearing pull-ups. If you have ANY ideas, i wll try them all. But remember she is already 5 years old and needs to be trained before the school year starts. Thanks for your help!
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the only thing i can think of is when she gose in her pullups. tell her it’s ok and then take her to the bathroom and show her where it goses by dumping it from the pullup into the potty and show her how happy you are that it’s in the potty and that it’s a good thing. this is what i did with my son and after a month of doing this he’s now wareing real underware.. and if she not ready dont push her. im told if you keep pushing them to use the potty it will take longer for them to use it. she’ll give you signs when she ready..
I would try taking your daughter to a therapist who works with autistic children. My friend adopted two children with autism and they see the therapist regularly to try and balance the children out with daily life. If you cant afford it try to find a support group with autistic children and see if any mothers can give you support that way. Sorry I couldn’t be more help, never had to deal with autism
I am the mother of an autistic child. The key is routine and consistancy. I would wake my son up and tell him-first potty, then wipe, flush, wash–then on to the other parts of his morning. When we get home it’s the same thing. Get home, go potty, wipe, flush, wash.
While at home–every hour. Let’s go potty. Wipe, flush, wash.
It has to become a real part of her daily routine. That is the only way. Do it over and over and over–very often. Include it in the list of things you need to do every time you talk about your day. I also used a visual schedule. Pic of a bed, then a toilet, then a table with food, then a tooth brush, then clothes, then backpack, then car.
Is your daughter receiving any therapy or services for her autism? Is she in any type of preschool system or anything now? If so, I would ask them all for tips and make sure everyone is consistent across the board.
My son has PDD NOS, also very borderline, and he was trained a little after turning four. We used PECS to help with the steps of going to the bathroom. I had the same issue as you – peeing he got down pat within a month, but pooping took longer. I wish I had better input, but we sort of winged it. I kept him in underwear all day (no pullups) and I’d watch him like a hawk for any signals he was about to poop. Then I’d grab him and yank him onto the toilet. My son’s problem I discovered was that he had a hard time relaxing enough on the potty (he’s really fidgety) to actually poop. It then somehow morphed into he would ask me for a pullup when he had to poop. I let this go on for a couple of months, I figured as long as he wasn’t having accidents in his underwear, it was ok. Then one day he asked for a pullup, and I tried him on the potty, and he went and that was it, he was trained from that point forward.
Anyways – not much help I suppose, but I’d at least try keeping her in underwear all day, and watch her carefully for any signs that she has to poop, and get her onto the toilet. If she’s fidgety, it can help to have a stool under their feet, or it sounds crazy, but have them face backwards and hug the tank, this worked for my son in the beginning. I wish you the best of luck, she’ll get there!!
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