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Toilet training our son

xandra91

Morning,

I am new here and just looking for some advice from others who are in our situation and may understand. 

Our little boy is turning 6 shortly, and we are at our whits end trying to initiate potty training.

He has sensory processing issues alongside his autism, so trying to navigate a wet or dirty nappy and break the cycle/introduce toileting on a potty or toilet is becoming increasingly difficult.

Has anyone who has been in a similar position got any advice or tips on how to introduce potty training successfully?

I appreciate this is a time thing and won’t happen overnight, but we have attempted to leave his nappy off for longer periods of time, but he will just hold onto this and ultimately have an accident.

We have introduced a removable toilet seat and have gradually sat him on this to show him this is where he is to toilet, and have done nappy changes in the toilet for a while now. None of this seems to have a positive impact so we are struggling.

As I say, any advice or tips from anyone who has been in a similar position would be really appreciated.

Thanks in advance x 

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  • Good morning!

    So it sounds like you have done a lot to help with the situation and I’m glad you recognize that it could be a long process. I had a daughter that took a few years to nail down potty training as well and similarly would just hold it in until she’d have an accident when not in a diaper.

    A few things helped in our situation:
    1. Consistency. When you make a plan stick to it.
    2. One surprising thing that was a huge “aha” moment for our child was we let her pick out her potty seat. That gave her incentive to use it.
    3. A rewards system. Stickers are great as a reward for pottying. We would put a blank sheet of paper on the fridge and she could put one sticker on the sheet for every successful attempt or completion. She enjoyed making scenes on the page with the stickers.

    But every child - especially with Autism - is vastly different, so what worked for us might not work for your child.

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  • Good morning!

    So it sounds like you have done a lot to help with the situation and I’m glad you recognize that it could be a long process. I had a daughter that took a few years to nail down potty training as well and similarly would just hold it in until she’d have an accident when not in a diaper.

    A few things helped in our situation:
    1. Consistency. When you make a plan stick to it.
    2. One surprising thing that was a huge “aha” moment for our child was we let her pick out her potty seat. That gave her incentive to use it.
    3. A rewards system. Stickers are great as a reward for pottying. We would put a blank sheet of paper on the fridge and she could put one sticker on the sheet for every successful attempt or completion. She enjoyed making scenes on the page with the stickers.

    But every child - especially with Autism - is vastly different, so what worked for us might not work for your child.

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