Will he EVER be potty trained???
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| Mon, 05-05-2003 - 2:49pm |
Does anyone else here have this problem with their AS or PDD-NOS child? Alex will stay dry as long as he's TOLD to go to the potty on a regular basis (and this is often met with resistance). But he absolutely REFUSES to poop in the potty. His pediatrician had suggested having him ask for a pull-up to wear when he needed to poop, because his intestines were getting so irritated from holding it in. Dh and I decided that once he turned 6, there would be no more pull-ups during the day. Well, to say the least, I'm getting SO tired of washing so many pairs of underwear a day! He is so irregular in his schedule; it's impossible for me to watch him that closely 24 hours a day to get him to sit on the potty when I think it may be time; he always picks the few moments that I'm preoccupied with something else and soils his pants.
We've tried absolutely everything - forcing him to sit on the potty, NOT pushing the issue, reward systems, having him clean up everything, etc., but NOTHING seems to work. Anyone else going through this? Any suggestions?
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Anyhow, the pediatrician wrote him a scrip for Miralax and it has REALLY helped. We had him on mineral oil for 2 yrs prior to that and it didn't work. This we mix in Crystal Lite & he doesn't mind taking it. I also started giving him cash to poop in the potty ($1 for doing it at our scheduled times in am and before bed, $2 on his own, $3 if he comes out of room to do it --which hasn't happened yet.) He's getting about half in the pot now.
Good luck all and send more ideas.
Deb
poop accident and even now he's 12, I can tell he's not wiping (sp) like
he should.
I read something years ago and if I can find it, I'll post it. It is
something about how some children feel like going number 2 is like
loosing part of their own body or something and it kind of 'freaks them out'
in a sense. I like the giving them a dollar idea especially when they
get older like that, but you got to be careful that they don't
turn it on you and actually use the tactic to get money once
they do have the potty concept.
Have you ever used scare type tactics? I know it sounds bad
but for example "If you don't let the poop come out, then
it's going to keep building up until you pop!" or 'give you a
disease'. It may even lead to GI or colon problems in the future.
Also going "overboard with praise" when they are clean. Like right
after a bath say "Oh MY you smell so gooooooooooooood when you don't
have poop in your pants" and give lots of hugs and tickles. make it
a fun neat thing and he may make more effort to 'smell good' more often.
Just some suggestions in case no one has tried it yet. I know, I tried
almost everything with all 3 of my kids. My youngest didn't have to
be potty trained because he was old enough to still be watching
me try to train Tim (PDD).
Rebecca