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Toilet issues

george

My 6 year old son will not go to the toilet on his own. Despite encouragement he insists on somebody pulling his trousers down and “aiming” for him. There is no physical reason why he cannot do this. Does anybody else have a similar problem and any suggestions / tips to help make him more independent in this respect?

 

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  • My son had the same problems about the toilet. We had daddy and his older brother always going with him and showing him what to do; all to no avail. We tried a ball to aim at though he just took that as being able to throw everything down the toilet.

    We found that letting him take a toy and siting on the toilet was the thing that cracked it for us and 2 weeks after he had started school (he goes to a special school) , he was going all by himself, flushing and washing his hands after so maybe its just a timing issue george and dont be too disheartened.

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  • My son had the same problems about the toilet. We had daddy and his older brother always going with him and showing him what to do; all to no avail. We tried a ball to aim at though he just took that as being able to throw everything down the toilet.

    We found that letting him take a toy and siting on the toilet was the thing that cracked it for us and 2 weeks after he had started school (he goes to a special school) , he was going all by himself, flushing and washing his hands after so maybe its just a timing issue george and dont be too disheartened.

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