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Toilet training

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T979 · 11/12/2023 08:40

Hi there, our son has just turned 4, he has speech delay, he can talk a little and is attending speech therapy. He's on a waiting list for assessment for asd and adhd. We've been having a really hard time toilet training, we've been trying for nearly 2 years now. During the summer we let him wear only top half clothes and use the potty in living room, and after a day or 2 he was reliably using it for both pee and poo, but as soon as we put pants or trousers on him he won't do it, we moved him onto the toilet which he likes, and if u take him to the toilet he will use it to pee, but u have to bring him every 20mins, and sometimes even that isn't enough. I know he can physically do it cause he did when not wearing pants, but I can't figure out what else to do. We've tried getting him to tell us "toilet" etc which he will say after he's been but won't tell u before, very very occasionally he will go and pee by himself but its like one time every 2 or 3 weeks. Any help would be much appreciated.
we have tried rewards, We've tried stickers, tried a reminder watch he wouldn't wear it.

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KeepGoingThomas · 11/12/2023 10:19

Sounds like it could be due to sensory differences. Has DS had an OT assessment?

For now, I would take DS to the toilet regularly and remove all pressure.

T979 · 11/12/2023 13:08

Hi thanks for the reply, no he hasn't had am o.t assessment, he's been put on several waiting lists but hes been waiting for almost a year now.
Yeah I think you could be right about the sensory thing, he's very very active has to touch everything push every button etc etc which also makes it difficult even when trying to get him to the toilet he's messing with the flush, spinning the toilet roll looking at self in the mirror etc, it's funny and cute but also makes it very hard to keep his attention

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