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- Daughters: Ages 10 & 3
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- The Pottytime Battle Rages on
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My oldest who is nine and autistic is not fully potty trained yet. This has become a tug of war that no matter what battle plan we have come up with nothing has worked. We have dealt with the frustration on both sides, hers and ours of trying to make this accomplishment happen.
We have had behaviorists help, therapists, and every other resource I have found under a rock on the chance that this time it would work. The behaviorist that we have now has helped us far beyond all the others but we have yet to get all the way there.
Having first hand knowledge of how hard it can be what suggestions or advice does everyone have, I know other parents who have tried everything as well so anything tossed this way that might help in the slightest is greatly appreciated!
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- Giggles_all_day - November 20, 2008
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A friend of mines child is also autistic and she had the same problems up until she was 6. She thought it might be the sound of the bathroom that was bothering her child. What she tried was getting a port-a-potty for older children that she could sit anywhere quiet. Here comes the hard part for some people, letting their child see them use the toilet, so they can see what they need to do. After some embarrassing moments for the mom and some time, it did work for her daughter. She still has accidents but she does use the potty more often. I hope this helps!
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- FamilyHost_Kristina - November 20, 2008
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A friend of mines child is also autistic and she had the same problems up until she was 6. She thought it might be the sound of the bathroom that was bothering her child. What she tried was getting a port-a-potty for older children that she could sit anywhere quiet. Here comes the hard part for some people, letting their child see them use the toilet, so they can see what they need to do. After some embarrassing moments for the mom and some time, it did work for her daughter. She still has accidents but she does use the potty more often. I hope this helps!
- By Giggles_all_day
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That is great. She uses the potty but not consistently enough that makes much of a difference. I got over the embarrassment a long time ago and have been willing to do whatever it takes to help her achieve this. She loves to be independent and this is something that really frustrates her. Sometimes I just wish there was an easy button for this!
I am very interested in what other tips and advice everyone else has, come on lots of us have been down this road help me out here!
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- Giggles_all_day - November 26, 2008
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I heard about musical sensor for the childs underpants. It starts to play a tune as soon as it gets wet. Maybe that would help as a reminder to go??
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- FamilyHost_Kristina - November 26, 2008
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I heard about musical sensor for the childs underpants. It starts to play a tune as soon as it gets wet. Maybe that would help as a reminder to go??
- By Giggles_all_day
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Oh that would be great! I will have to look for that. Do you remember where you heard or saw it?
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- Giggles_all_day - November 27, 2008
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Oh that would be great! I will have to look for that. Do you remember where you heard or saw it?
- By FamilyHost_Kristina
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I think it was Dr. Phil or Oprah, and I want to say it was called tinkletoonz or something close to it.
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- FamilyHost_Kristina - November 29, 2008
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I think it was Dr. Phil or Oprah, and I want to say it was called tinkletoonz or something close to it.
- By Giggles_all_day
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Found it! http://www.tinkletoonz.com/special_needs.html Thank you so much!!! I already have a musical potty for her little sister and it worked like a charm I hope these will work for her.
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- Giggles_all_day - November 29, 2008
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Found it! http://www.tinkletoonz.com/special_needs.html Thank you so much!!! I already have a musical potty for her little sister and it worked like a charm I hope these will work for her.
- By FamilyHost_Kristina
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You are most welcome! It will work, I will think positive :)
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- FamilyHost_Kristina - November 30, 2008
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You are most welcome! It will work, I will think positive :)
- By Giggles_all_day
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I will show this to her behaviorist when we see her next so she can let other parents know about it too!
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- Giggles_all_day - December 01, 2008
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I will show this to her behaviorist when we see her next so she can let other parents know about it too!
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I hope and pray that it will help for everyone :)
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- FamilyHost_Kristina - December 01, 2008
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I hope and pray that it will help for everyone :)
- By Giggles_all_day
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Me too, the more research I have done on it has shown great results and asking questions to other parents in some autism groups I know they rave about finding a product like this and are grateful to have another thing to try that might work this time!
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