Potty training

Yeah visual prompts are a great, flash cards, talking mats, visual timetables! Puppy pads are good to protect furniture with a blanket on top too! X

I’m not sure how old your son is or where he’s at developmentally but it took a long time with mine. We started strings 2.5 and he wasn’t really verbal then. He’s talking now at 4.5 and really understands it a lot better. I drew pictures for the skills I wanted him to work on -tell/show me he has to go -tell/show me he is wet -sit on potty -pull down pants -pee in potty -flush and wash hands And then I gave stickers for any skill he did. For a long time we just visited the bathroom and pulled pants down. For him it helped to go slow and feel successful

When my son was younger I used actual pictures of him doing those tasks (print at CVS or something cheap) and as he got older (3.5/4 and up) I started drawing sketches on post it’s.

@Eleanor thank you!

@Julia he’s 2.5. He’ll be 3 in July. He keeps pulling his diaper down and playing in his poop 🥴 so I just want to see if he will go if prompted at all. He is interested in the potty when we use it and he has a bluey toilet that he likes. I have zero expectations that this will work anytime soon but thought what the heck 😅 the different steps is helpful! I’ll make a chart so we can talk about the steps.

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You could put a picture of a toilet on the fridge to point at whenever they need to go. ( or whatever easy place for the child to remember). I had a hard time potty training my daughter. Treats didn't work. She liked being praised... so we made a big deal with clapping and saying good job whenever she went. I never pushed her to potty train. I pushed her once and it made her regress badly.

How is their understanding? My daughter was pre verbal and we learnt from her noises and facial expressions. We used to pat our bottom to communicate that she needed to go. I put her on the potty/toilet every time she looked busy. By the time I got rid of nappies and potty trained it was a lot easier.

My son whom has Autism is four (currently non verbal) ... got potty trained when he turned four this year. I started him off with a baby toilet near the bed , I made him go to the toilet every two hours (in pullups) as a routine until he got used to it.... then I eased him to the larger toilet. He uses both now....The baby toilet mainly at night. He was also irritated and annoyed with it at first. He was also afraid of the big toilet, but every-time he goes to the restroom I clap and say good job. He looks at me to see if I notice him using the restroom now , to hear me say Yayy good job lol Every now and then when I notice he isn't going as often , I say toilet and direct him to it so he doesn't start slacking but he pretty much has it down pack. When I first let him wear underwear in the day (made him attempt to sit/potty on the toilet every hour) and a pull-up at night. Now he is wearing underwear in the day and night, but mid-night I wake him up so he can use the restroom

For me, what worked best was getting him into a routine and easing him into the changes.