Advice on Potty training

ebsay2000

all this talk of potty's....

i need to go poo poo Now!

ebsay2000

smallpackages wrote: »

oh ebs, thanks for sharing and all that but have a bit of a private life man:D

it isnt me.......

its studentphil

smallpackages

ebsay2000 wrote: »

all this talk of potty's....

i need to go poo poo Now!

which reminds me, it's good to get into a wee routine, have a try in the morning and after meals ( no pressure so to speak ) so hopefully you will get to know roughly what times of day he usually needs

smallpackages

ebsay2000 wrote: »

it isnt me.......

its studentphil

oh i'm dissappointed i always thought he was prettier than that

ebsay2000

short, fat, glasses, ginger and a pudding bowl haircut....

he certainly got the short straw!

smallpackages

ebsay2000 wrote: »

short, fat, glasses, ginger and a pudding bowl haircut....

he certainly got the short straw!

nowt wrong wi ginger, i like men with red hair. must be a scottish thing

supermezzo

Few tips I learnt the hard way -
1) When going out using the buggy, put a carrier bag under a towel before they sit down or else the buggy gets wet too if they have an accident
2) Make sure that you have wet wipes and a tube of whichever barrier cream you use with you - nothing worse than a kid with chapped legs.
3) For girls, use skirts as much as possible. In this weather, shorts are ideal.
4) Really gross, but make sure that their footwear is really easy to wipe clean. One of my charges used to manage to wet his pants, down his leg and into his shoes on occasions.
5) Do bear in mind that an 'accident' at this stage doesn't mean that they're necessarily fully empty so make sure you use the potty/loo a short while afterwards to make sure.

Nicki

Congratulations to all those clever posters having such a laugh at a picture of an adult male who looks very like he has severe learning difficulties wearing a nappy.

The reason they make nappies in adult sizes is because sadly some adults have disabilities, whether physical or learning, which mean they need them. If that amuses you, frankly you are less mature than studentphil, which some would say is quite some feat.

jmc160

Hi guys, sorry for the delay in replying, it took me a while to find the thread again after it was moved!!

I'll definitely go and get some proper pants for him. He's using pullups at the mo cos they fit him a lot better than the standard nappies.

He's got a chart and stickers for when he uses the potty, plus he gets lots of cheers and praise, which he loves. Not sure about the Smarties though, as he can never have just one or two of anything.. :rolleyes:

Looks like I've got a fun few weeks ahead of me!!

By the way Ebs, I had to think very carefully before thanking you for your picture, as I'm not sure you should be encouraged unnecessarily.. :beer::D

Mics_chick

My ds is 4.5 and due to start school in September and at the beginning of the summer hols was still in nappies :o:o

I know this is WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY too late and it is mostly my fault rather than any reluctance on my ds's part...

I've had PND since he was born (diagnosed when he was only 2 weeks old) and have been unable to cope with any sort of stress even though I've always been on meds of one sort or another...

So the basic problem has been that I've known it needed tackling but never actually got round to actually doing anything about it.
I only planned on doing it once he was 3.5 anyway as my dd was this age when I trained her.

I finally faced up to give it a proper go during the Easter hols this year but it failed miserably with me getting extremely narky with my ds and him going into the kitchen to do his business on the floor!!!

So I knew this time it was make or break time - the teachers and TAs told me they were prepared to change nappies if need be - and apparently he wasn't going to be the only one in this situation starting this year - but I didn't want that to happen unless we hit serious problems.

I used a sticker chart last time but my ds got bored with it before we reached the end so this time I was determined to get something I KNEW he'd be interested in.

The answer is foam bath letters coz he can read already and loves playing with magnetic and/or bath letters.
I planned to make a sentence with them and then once it was completed I told him he could have them to play with

It took a while to find somewhere that had some in stock but once we had them we started on Sunday afternoon and he's doing fantastically well although it's only 2 days later!!!! :T:T:T
Yesterday he told us twice that he wanted a wee and he's used the toilet instead of the potty everytime today

I can't believe it's gone so well but it has and I'm so relieved - for his sake more than anything.

He had only 1 accident yesterday and he's had a couple of little dribbles today but in the next 4/5 weeks I'm sure he'll be much much better if he keeps up the same rate of progress :D:D

Sorry this post is SOOOOOO long but I'm over the moon and really chuffed with him :j:j

The main reason I wanted to post it was to say that finding the right way to reward your child is essential imho to keep their interest coz a sticker chart worked with my dd but was thoroughly boring for my ds.

I've watched the child behaviour programs like Supernanny alot and I've seen them use various other ways to reward kids - mostly putting small cheap things (like marbles or secondhand figures or toy cars) in a clear jar so they see how full it's getting.
NB the jar shouldn't be too big so that it takes a long time to fill - about 25-30 items is about the right amount imho

I just wanted to post this in case it might help anyone else with this very testing problem