Potty training with limited speech

[rh6718]

Hiya

My son will be 2.5 in Jan. His speech is very limited but it is slowly coming on. I know the next time the HV visits he'll be referred to speech therapy. I am happy that it's just a speech delay. He's no other signs of autism, or special needs etc and can communicate very well in his own way. However I am wondering how this is going to go with potty training. Have any of you potty trained a child with limited speech that can't say they need to go to the toilet? I don't know how to start to be honest. Thanks in advance

My son didn't really talk much until he was gone 3. Not many complete sentences before then. He did potty train in the February before he turned 3 in April. You are in a good position if he is only 2.5 in January, just wait until summer he'll be closer to 3 and maybe communicate more and nice weather will make it easier and he'll probably be more ready

His speech doesn't matter, it's his understanding and ability. Either he has ability to control needing to go to the toilet and cab wait or he can't. If for example he can go for a good hour or 2 without doing a wee then that is half the battle. If he does a wee every 20/30 minutes theb not quite so ready.

I thought the same about my dd when I potty trained her as she had a fair bit of speech but I wasn't convinced she'd communicate that she needed the toilet. She did just fine or she just took herself to the toilet. I'd give it a try. You could always give him some sort of sign or toy to show you he needs the toilet or teach him a sign. It's not really about speech it's whether he has the forward planning and working memory to cope with the steps required to succeed with it. Chances are he has this at 2.5 so I'd say give it a try. We did bare from the waist down and she'd cracked it over one weekend pretty much. Oh crap potty training is a good book to read to help xx

Ditto what everyone else said, I wouldn't have thought that potty training had much to do with speech but more about ability and understanding.. specially if he is able to communicate effectively using gestures.