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Potty Training...

lvisserlvisser member
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DS has been tugging on his junk lately, and saying "PEEEEE".  His teacher at ABA asked what I thought about potty training... and I do think he is ready...  She gave me a sheet and a video explaining how they do it... and well... I don't really like the method. 

Its 100% underwear (which is fine) and pushing the liquids all.the.time.  You check him every 5 minutes and put him on the potty every 30.  I can handle all of that... its the accidents that I have an issue with.

If he has an accident, then you do the process of checking, sitting him on the potty and pulling up his pants 5 times, and then after that HE has to pick up the mess.    Ok... I get it... but HE'S ONLY TWO!  I might be overreacting cause he's my baby and when he cries (and buries in head in his hands) it just breaks my heart, but I just don't know about that!

So... what do I do?  I just don't know about my two year old, asd son cleaning up his own accidents...

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Re: Potty Training...

  • hopecountshopecounts member
    Our ABA did a slightly less intense approach.
    Offer a preferred liquid (you need them to need to go) then take them to the potty every 15 using whatever communication will be used (potty please, PEC, sign)  and have them sit for 3-5 minutes using a preferred item/activity (if that isn't possible first step is working up to that). If they go huge praise and a reward (candy/access to a preferred toy/etc) repeat until a few successs then go to 30 minutes, then again go to an hour, hour and a half, then 2 hrs. after things are fairly consistent fade prompts of taking them and work on getting them to ask. 
    If there is an accident NBD just a reminder that 'pee/poop goes in the potty' and walk them to the potty and then don't mention it again (clean up the accident while they are doing something else or even better have Dad do it while you do the potty routine or vice versa) and continue on.

    Their take was you want pottying to be as comfortable and relaxed as possible because you do not want a power struggle over something they have 100% control over. 
    Personally I agree and for us DD was pee trained in 3 days and poop trained in a month (she had constipation issues that we had to address that led to regression in that area)
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  • bumpuser511563bumpuser511563 member
    I think many of us have gone through the messes and the frustration from it.

    We had to get the super thick gerber underwear. Our ABA therapist was nice and bought us a set. We bought many underwear packets as back ups.

    We started pee training in a similar fashion. No pull-ups were allowed. Clean up was much harder we had carpets, a leather couch, and DS's plastic chair. The carpets were harder to clean. I would spray the odor carpet spray and use a sponge. DH went all crazy and got a steam carpet cleaner that we borrowed. We eventually bought our own due to potty training.

    I know it maybe crazy but when we were poop training we got those dog pee pads and spread them all over the living room. DS had to be butt naked and wore a t-shirt so we could watch for poop.

    DS got the ick factor at 5 when I made him clean his underwears and made him pretty miserable cleaning the underwear. I told him he is going to clean his underwear instead of playing.
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