DS potty trained around 3.5 , which was actually earlier than I had expected, given his issues.
Does Greenbean have muscle tone issues? DS has some global hypotonia (low muscle tone) along with global dyspraxia (motor planning difficulties). These affect not only the muscles I can see, like his limbs, trunck, etc, but internal stuff like his intestines. This makes it harder for him to "get things moving". Miralax helps, as does exercise, and timing his turn in the bathroom. Even so, it takes a lot of patience and work on his part to get the desired output. Luckily, we have not had to deal with issues of poop at school. DS is an evening pooper.
Some kids with sensory issues like the secure feel of a diaper. I know a few families who have had success by having their child sit on the potty with the diaper on. They cut a hole in it to let the poop fall in the toilet. Gradually they enlarged the hole and loosened the diaper. Eventually the child no longer needed it.
Last edited by Gena; 09-06-2012 at 11:58 AM.
Gena
DS, age 11 and always amazing
“Autistics are the ultimate square pegs, and the problem with pounding a square peg into a round hole is not that the hammering is hard work. It's that you're destroying the peg." - Paul Collins, Not Even Wrong