matts respite decided when matt was about 5 that he should be toilet trained, hmmmmmmm thanks a lot!! this resulted in him still having a wee in his nappy but removing it straight after and as we were only allowed 4 nappies a day and they didnt do bigger nappies in the shops in them days it was a struggle, with the pooing side we had 12 month where he just wouldnt go at all, only way we got him to do it was fill a giant tool box (big enough for an adult to fit in) with water in front of the telly and rub his back.this improved when we told respite to stop it as using pessaries and lactalose was a bit of an excessive way to toilet train.
we had a commode in his room and in the back living room (open plan) to try and persuade him but they just gathered dust until one day when he decided to take his nappy off and wee in the commode!!! he was about 8 and just had a nappy at night. until one night when we forgot to put him a nappy on and we heard this tinkling noise, ran into his room and he is leaning over his bunk bed and peeing into the commode underneath him lol.
autistic children learn when they are ready and the more you force them the more stubborn they become as they do like being in control lol.
corinne
have u tried those balls that you put in the loo for lads to aim at?? he might like watching them swirling when the loo is flushed (it might also encourage him to stick other toys in there so hit and miss hehe)

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I remember someone mentioning cheerios in the loo to try and aim at .....cheaper than buyin balls hehehe

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(02-20-2010 07:12 PM)Lucy Wrote:  I remember someone mentioning cheerios in the loo to try and aim at .....cheaper than buyin balls hehehe

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as long as kid doesnt like cheerios or they will try and eat them hehe
used to be just drawing a face on a ping pong ball until they "invented" this idea but think they disolve after a few weeks and less chance of them being flushed depending on power of flush
(This post was last modified: 02-20-2010 07:33 PM by corinne.)

Yes I can just imagine Mark fishing the cheerios out of the toilet!

I'm making a note of all these ideas. Mark wees quite happily in the toilet but will not poo and will not go near a potty!