Oh I really don't like the words potty and training when they come together and are used in my house! Despite my feelings we are indeed full swing into potty training. First I'll give you some background and then I'll tell you the story of how we ended up here.
When we were in Ukraine we were told that Oksana was almost potty trained before her surgery. Apparently after the surgery she regressed in many areas and this was one. If you've followed this blog you probably know that she had a lot of fears when she came home and one of them was sitting on the potty. About 2 months ago we finally got her to sit on it with no problem and I was so excited that I decided to start potty training. It was not going well and I decided she just wasn't ready. She seemed to have no idea what I even wanted her to do and I even questioned if there might be muscle control issues that could be playing into this.
I had no plans to start up again anytime soon. Then on Thursday morning she was caught! She woke up in the morning and I needed to give her a bath so started running a bath and then took off her diaper and noticed it was dry. I told her we were going to sit on the potty and she FREAKED OUT. She was clawing at me and screaming. I put her down on the potty and she peed! It was the first time ever. I was so excited! I kept saying "You're doing it! That's it!" She was very angry and looked at me and said "Pee Pee in bath!" I looked at my husband and I said "The game is up. This girl knows EXACTLY what she is doing!"....and so our adventure begins.
Day one left me wanting to leave for Hawaii and not come back until she was potty trained. Goodness, I have no idea how much time she spent on that potty but it was a good part of her day and with no results! That evening on the way home Larry picked up one of those inserts to make the potty smaller. Since we got that we have had much better success. I think that she is too tense and unable to relax when she his holding herself up on the potty. Today she had 2 accidents and 3 successes. I still think Hawaii sounds good but I guess I'll stick it out for now!
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That is a cute story...Three out of five is 60%...And baseball player hits .600 they will pay him millions...just sayin...
Our son with PDD-NOS, though smart as a whip, did not master the potty until he was over five. I had been told that it might happen "just like that", and amazingly it did happen that way. One day he never peed in the potty unless I reminded him and took him, and the next day he peed in the potty every time on his own! It was the same time he mastered #2 on the potty...it all seemed to happen at once. Not sure what the hold-up was. My point in all this? When it seemed it would never happen, it did, and is now "ancient" history (he's 6 and a half). Hope that's encouraging!! Our oldest is 26, and I was waaaaaaaaay ready to be done with pull-ups and accidents! :)
Bless your heart! Oksana is so smart she will have it figured out in no time!
Just a little tip for a toilet seat. We found one at either Wal-Mart or Home Depot and it is all hooked together and has 3 parts...the lid, the next one is a thicker ring (perfect for those tiny hinys), and the last one is a normal ring for adults. We can all use the same toilet...we just choose which seat to sit on and lift appropriately. :-) We bought it for our son who is almost 7 and still not toilet trained due to his rare chromosome disorder which has left him with developmental delays. It is comfortable so he can sit on there for longer periods of time.
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