I'm Sooooooooo Proud of my Boy!!!!!!!

Sorry weemam! I thought I had responded to yours...I had it rated! Not sure what happened there unless my boy distracted me or something...Ah well, better late than never I guess! Thanks so much my dear friend for your kind words and I want to update that he has been doing so well week-end with keeping dry! Pretty much all of his pee is going into the toilet in the day time! Love and Hugs ~Heavens~

you don't have to worry about responding to mine pal , I am so pleased he is almost dry , he must be feeling so proud of himself too xx

Thanks! XXX ~Heavens~

You could be right about your Grandson...It is definitely not normal to not talk until age five and fascinations with objects etc. is one of the characteristics as well as withdrawal from crowds and wanting to play alone! My question is how did you get him peeing on the toilet? does he always pee on the toilet...does he stay dry all night...is he in straight underware all the time? With what you have told me, I can only go by my experience with my son and what I have read but I know poo comes later and so am not concerned about that for me yet! In fact my boy is back to peeing in his pull up and not asking for toilet anymore...it is very frustrating I do agree there! The way I got my boy to pee on the toilet was by having two very exciting toys in the bathroom and he knew he had to pee to get them and could only have them in the bathroom along with a big sticker board up ion the wall where he gets a sticker for sitting on the toilet but the toys only if he pees a big pee not just a dribble either! If he ever pooed he would get a huge treat of ice cream or something but we aren't there yet! He may need visuals and also tangible reinforcers in order to accomplish this....Things he really likes that he can only have when he poos on the toilet and no other time...You have to be strict on that...I say to my son "Want toy pee on toilet" and it seems to work but we are also going on his agenda right now...If he does not ask to go we do not force him but when he shows interest we make a huge deal over it!!! You need to not make it a negative but a positive for him or he will continue to soil himself! do not punish...Offer rewards and be very encouraging and positive and let him lead the way! Start by getting your reinforcers in place and then show them to him and tell him he can have them if he poos in the toilet like a big boy and every time he does throw a party!!! Make him feel like a King! :) Good Luck and let me know if there is anything else I can help you with! ~Heavens~

Thanks so much Gabs! He is at a stand still again this last couple of days for some reason and is not sitting on the toilet as much now! :( ~Heavens~

Thanks Mummymo...We are certainly heading in the right direction with him now! ~Heavens~

Shame on you Mo!!!! You made me blush! Love ya bunches! ~Heavens~

How could you not be when you are both so fantastic! Hugs xxx

Yes it was amazing and he did so for about four or five days or maybe it was a week and then he just stopped asking and would not sit on the toilet!:( Still he is not although he did do a little pee yesterday on his own initiation...I think I still have a long way to go yet!:( So thrilled to see you here!!!!~Heavens~

Yes, I would never say that my five year old went pee on the potty for the first time and stop there...It would make people wonder wouldn't it! ~Heavens~

That was my fear for my boy this year but to my knowledge this did not happen to him...I always put under ware on over the pull up and his aid was a s discrete as possible with his supplies! ~Heavens~

LOL yes it would but I have heard of some "normal" children still not being potty trained at 5. At a matter of fact my oldest was in kindergarden and there was a boy that other children made fun of because he still wore Pull-Ups. Anyway, I hope it is still going great!

Thanks so much my friend! It is great to see you here also I must add! ~Heavens~

Hello lisado! Thanks so much for sharing here with me and I am so sorry to hear of the difficulties with your son.... With my boy the approach has been not to push any thing...We have been going on his lead and if he asked to go we would take him but he would not pee until this past Thursday and now we are still waiting for him to ask and he has fairly dry all week-end..only a couple wet diapers and of course the poopy ones but I'm not worried about that! Most times he goes to the toilet and we can re-use the pull up! ~Heavens~

So sorry for your loss Hatley..... Thanks for sharing your experiences with me! ~Heavens~

I can see how much of a challenge that would be! My son will be five at the end of this month.... We haven't pushed him....If he sat on the toilet he got a sticker and that is all he would do, had he peed he would have gotten a treat but no....and there would be long periods of time where he would not want to sit on the toilet and so we did not push him. Yesterday out of the blue he started asking to go to the toilet and has had only one wet diaper and two poopy diapers since yesterday....I'm so proud of him as he is doing this all on his own. I'm still not asking him if he has to go, I am letting him do it all on his own...He comes to me and tells me or goes into the bathroom and then I just follow hiom and his lead...Seems to be working and for Autism many don't train until later (8-12 years of age) so we are very happy! ~Heavens~

Thanks so much Remembering1996! My son also has a step stool and the toilet ring and uses the big toilet as he will not use a potty! He has actually stopped wanting to use the toilet these last couple of days...Not sure why.....I guess the battle is not over! ~Heavens~

Thanks so much shakleelady and welcome to My Lot! ~Heavens~

Thanks so much for sharing your story here! I think with any child it is a matter of allowing them to set the pace and waiting until they are ready....Making it a positive experience is also important I feel! ~Heavens~