Hi all...
I'm new, so if this has been covered, I apologize. I've come across lots of threads that have articles on "how to", but I wanted to hear actual parents with actual PDD kids tell me how they were successful in getting this done. For the record, I have an almost 5 year old son, Jack, with PDD-NOS. He is day pee-pee trained, but will not poop on the toilet. When he wants to poop, he will generally ask for a pull up to poop in. We have a bought a toy that we are pretty sure he would really love, and put it on top of the fridge, and told him he can have it as soon as he goes poop in the potty. He understands this (we think), but it hasn't really made an impact so far. Anyway, was just curious to hear how other parents have made the successful leap from pooping in ones drawers to in the potty! Thanks...
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Reinforcers are what worked for us too. We had a treasure box (tackle box with a lock ) and tons of praise..potty jingles..got the "I gotta go!" video which she loved!
The treasure box was filled with novel toys and treats that she had to go potty in order to get one~the lock on it made it more motivating for her:)
We changed the reward when it wasnt working anymore to other items she could have only if she went potty....like a special video or computer game.. eventually we faded out the rewards and used just praise and even though she had been fully potty trained for over 2 years I still praise her:) Good luck:)
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My son 4 1/2 has been peeing in the potty (standing up like Buddha Boy) for about a year now. This summer we really began pushing the underpants and he wore them all day at his school. Like your son, he waited until evening, with a pull-up on, to poop. Well, last night he closed the basement door and was headed downstairs (I thought he was sneaking off to poop.) I grabbed him and put him on the potty and he did it!! I really think he knew what he had done. He wasn't even off the potty yet and me, his Dad, and sister were all high-fiveing and cheering him. He then got a special treat.
The gist is if your son has a predictable pattern, use it to your advantage!
My autistic son was trained at age 4. It only took a couple months, but seemed like an eternity at the time.
My son's first breakthrough came when we had him sit backwards on the toilet, holding onto the tank. With his sensory issues (which we didn't know about at the time), he simply felt precarious sitting on that tall toilet, and potty chairs were too small for him.
The second breakthrough came when he became more aware of his body's signals. It helped that we let him go around naked for awhile the first few days.
The third breakthrough came when he was able to recognize his body's signals early enough to make it to the bathroom (at first he seemed to think that the appropriate reaction was just to pull down his pants, regardless of where he was).
After he was trained, we never had any problems and he quickly switched to sitting facing forward on the toilet or standing up.
Good luck everyone!
My daughter didn't like (was terrified actually) the splash of the poop in the toilet, she also felt like she was going to fall in. For us we had to wait until she weighed a little more and filled up the potty seat more, helped with the falling feeling and then I held her hands and talked her through the fear, she peed first and then a few weeks later pooped. I used pull ups at night, she had reached the point where she didn't pee at night anyway an panties during the day. I think she pooped herself once and really didn't like it in the panties due to her sensory issues.
Our little man has been peeing in the potty for a while now (even standing up!), but no poops yet! We just keep asking when he gets there, "Are you going to pee or poop?" The answer is always "pee!"
<shrug>
I'll keep hoping!