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| Wed, 11-09-2005 - 8:51pm |
Hi all,
I was just wondering when your kids started to undress and dress themselves. Jake(2.5)still can't even take his socks off because of motor planning issues. The reason I ask is because I have started potty training him and he needs to be able to pull his pants up and down eventually by himself.I know that when they start pre-k they are expected to be able to potty themselves and even though that a ways away yet, it just feels like he's never going to be able to do it himself.He gets O.T once a week to help but I'm not seeing any improvement since we started. Will motor planning improve with age? Any advice?
Teresa
I was just wondering when your kids started to undress and dress themselves. Jake(2.5)still can't even take his socks off because of motor planning issues. The reason I ask is because I have started potty training him and he needs to be able to pull his pants up and down eventually by himself.I know that when they start pre-k they are expected to be able to potty themselves and even though that a ways away yet, it just feels like he's never going to be able to do it himself.He gets O.T once a week to help but I'm not seeing any improvement since we started. Will motor planning improve with age? Any advice?
Teresa

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Many pre-Ks do not require potty training. Even some for NT kids. Our special needs pre-school worked on pottying and dressing at school as well. And spectrum kids often potty train later than 3, our son was almost 5. There is no rush, it seems to me.
2.6 is pretty young yet, also I would give him more time with the OT and motor skills. But there is no reason someone cannot help him with pants on and off for awhile in order to start working towards potty training! Pre-K teachers can help with on and off as well! And you can certainly start to work on pants and undies being pulled down. Buy stretch band waist pants and undies, make this easy for him. Make a game out of seeing if he can pull the pants off and then back on.
Also, when we worked on pottying while at home, we often let him run around bare-butted! This made it easier for him to 1) feel when he had to go, and 2) get there fast when he finally could tell for sure it was time!
No worries, mate.
yours,
Sara
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Honest, I don't remember when they started to undress themselves but it was later (that is the ASD ones). Mike was likely closer but I know Cait was late at it.
Mike didn't fully potty train until 3 and still had accidents due to sensory issues until I think 7 or 8 and wet the bed until 8 and still does occasionally. Cait was 4 1/2 before she was fully trained but hasn't had an accident since.
Renee
Teresa,
I took a photo the day Peter first put on a garment. It was a pair of Thomas The Tank Engine underpants, which he managed to don OVER his jeans (Superman!) He was about 4. Siobhan, on the other hand, was Miss *I*-Do-It from early on.
For Peter, his issue was a lack of interest, rather than inability, He could kick off his shoes from early on, but he had NO interest in dressing/ undressing. He was happy to let me do it for him. We eventually addressed the issue with praise and sticker charts.
If there are motor planning issues, I recommend you address these first before you even think about potty training. Have you read "the Out of Sync Child" by Carol Stock Kranowitz? That has some good tips on motor planning
HTH and good luck,
-Paula
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Hi there,
My daughter Sylvia has motor planning issues as well, and she only really started being able to dress herself when she was 3-3.5. She's almost 4 now, and at this point she can take everything off by herself, but she needs a bit of help to put things back on (I need to orient things correctly -- such as lie the pants out on the floor, and she'll sit and put them on -- otherwise I'll give her the pants and she won't have a clue what to do with them). I have noticed MAJOR improvements since she started receiving OT this September -- but she gets OT twice a week (30 min sessions), and she's in a special ed class so she gets quite a bit of OT support in the classroom itself. I think that once a week OT might take a while to really begin to "stick"... esp since these kids need a lot of repetition in order to learn things. He also is very young still, and I'm sure he'll gradually improve as he gets older.
Just curious: Do you think he'll be receiving services in preschool? Most preschools with a special ed component don't require that the kids be potty trained when they start. And even if he goes to a mainstream school, if he's receiving OT for motor planning issues you could probably work something out with the teachers so that he gets a bit of help with the potty. For now, I'd say dress him exclusively in sweatpants, which are super easy to slide up and down.
Jennifer :)