[mommytoEli]

grr grr grr. so FINALLY eli potty trained. he stayed dry for three days, and then DEMANDED we let him wear undies to bed. we figured if he was going to be so adamant, we would let him. SUCCESS! after a few more days and NIGHTS dry.....he has started having about three accidents a day for about a week (but still dry ALL night!). it is getting kind of messy around here. lol. many of these accidents are occuring about 5 minutes after he used the toilet. he is going frequently.....i don't get where all the pee is coming from. to ease your minds, it was only about a month ago i had him "checked out" because he wasn't potty training....he did not have any infections or diabetes. so seriously....where is all the pee coming from? he absolutely melts down when he wets his pants.......so i don't think he is doing it on purpose (he's pretty stubborn...so it was a thought. lol!) do you think it is possible that his sensory issues make it so he can't quite tell when he's done peeing so he isn't emptying his bladder.....or maybe he is not always feeling when he needs to go? we have tried bribery and "naked days." but it has been about a week where we have so many accidents every day.

advice?

[mommamarci]

I have a friend with a 5 1/2 year old that has sensory issues. He is just now potty training successfully. She also thinks he could not sense that he was done. They tried several times and failed several times. They started again a few weeks ago and he is doing great! Sorry that is not so encouraging though...

[angelkisses0102]

DS was 3 years 8 months before he potty trained...sensory issues as well. Sensory kids do things in their own time...you simply can not force them. If I remember correctly, your DS does not go to pre-K...so don't force it...it will happen when it happens.

[stephjoel99]

I am NO help - Mimi is 3y2m and is nowhere near potty trained. She will not tell me when she needs to go - and when I put her on the potty, she'll usually go (but not poop) - BUT if I put her on and she doesnt' need to go, I'll take her off and she'll pee 2 minutes later in her panties.

She'll also poop in her panties. She BEGS for a diaper before she needs to poop - so I'll put her on the potty. But she'll sit there 20 minutes and not go. Then I take her off and tell her to tell me when she needs to go - and BOOM. Poop in her panties.

This ain't my first rodeo - she's my 4th child. I thought I knew what I was doing. This is BRUTAL. Plus cleaning out poopie panties pretty much sucks.

[zinnia63]

Not to hijack the thread, but my 2.5 yo son is showing some interest in potty stuff...
I know it sounds silly, but is there a potty training for dummies book or something?
He is my first child and don't know about this stuff.

One of my friends has a son that just turned 4 and will not potty train yet...She is hoping that turns around soon.

Thanks,
Zinnia

[mommytoEli]

Originally Posted by stephjoel99

Plus cleaning out poopie panties pretty much sucks.

oh....i don't clean poo out of undies. no no no. those undies go in the trash. lol. it is bad enough cleaning poop off a butt, i will not clean the undies. lol! i will say that by about the third pair of awesome (cars, wall-e, and buzz light year) undies i threw out, the poop has been mostly making it in the toilet. lol.

[mommytoEli]

No mommamarci…not encouraging. Lol. I physically took the diapers from him and gave him a celebration in return…and if I had not taken them from him, he’d be back in them as I type. Lol. I really don’t want to clean pee up three times a day for 2 more years. Lol.

Angelkisses….you are right…no school for eli. I know it will happen…..eventually. lol. He does so well in public….hasn’t yet had an accident at the store or anything….just home. Which is convenient I suppose. I’d rather clean it up here than at target.
Zinnia….i think every kid is different….and typically things I’ve read before (like have 2 or 3 “naked” days where the child is just naked all day so that they will learn what it feels like to have to “go.”) never worked for me. My first son trained at 3….we spent 4 or 5 days in guatemala and had nothing better to do than “train” him. We just took him potty constantly, and a few days later he was done. Except he still liked to ask for a diaper to poop in like mimi.

[guatparents2be]

if he is peeing just 5 minutes after he is 'done' he's not emptying completely. do you think he would respond to your asking if he can 'push out more pee'?

[mommytoEli]

Originally Posted by guatparents2be

if he is peeing just 5 minutes after he is 'done' he's not emptying completely. do you think he would respond to your asking if he can 'push out more pee'?

thanks! i did that today, and he told me "i'm empty." lol. and in all fairness, he had not ONE accident today. i have been trying to bribe him with hotwheels cars....he gets one everyday he wakes up dry and is dry all day....and yesterday we went to the store and he saw some he LOVED...i bought them and through them in the treasure box, and darn it if he didn't talk all day about the "sand dude" (sand dune) car. lol. it worked. and you know what....i'll spend a dollar a day for a long time to ensure he's dry...think of all the money i'm saving in diapers, wipes, and laundry detergent! lol.

thanks guys for the support....here's to many more dry days!

[TerriBB]

Flora had potty training down before her 3rd birthday ...then LOTS of accidents. At school, they would put her in Pull-Ups. This seemed to work, but it took awhile to be accident free. She's dry most mornings.

AJ still wears a Pull-Up to bed. He's 6 1/2 and there are many kids in his class that still do - no sensory issues. He sleeps so hard and is dry most mornings, I just hate washing all of the bedding!

[cborsa7]

So glad I decided to look at this post...

Take your son to a urologist for an exam if this continues. This was an issue for me when I was child and it was never uncovered until I was 16 that I was born with a slight blockage of the Urethra. I would go constantly and always had accidents. The pediatrician never caught this. They gave my mom every reason under the sun for the frequency & accidents, sensory, laziness, facinated with the bathroom, to much water and baths to name a few. As I got older I started having frequent bladder infections. It wasn't until a Urologist examined me that they discovered the actual problem. As soon as he tried a catheter he knew the problem. It was a simple in & out surgery to correct and I have never had a problem since. I was told by the urologist I was very lucky I never suffered any kidney damage due to not releasing the urine properly.

Hope things get better for you, But, Please have this checked if it continues...

[mommytoEli]

thank you.....i will.

[grumpyskirtgirl]

I could of written this post. My son turned 3 last month and we have been "training" for almost 2 weeks. He no longer has therapy since he turned 3 and it didn't even occur to me that it could be sensory related. Maybe now I wont be so annoyed when I wash his undies 6 times a day! He will be dry for hours as we run around town and pee in his undies 10 minutes after we get home (and I put him on the potty). Talk about frustrating!

Good Luck!!!

[mommytoEli]

Originally Posted by grumpyskirtgirl

I could of written this post. My son turned 3 last month and we have been "training" for almost 2 weeks. He no longer has therapy since he turned 3 and it didn't even occur to me that it could be sensory related. Maybe now I wont be so annoyed when I wash his undies 6 times a day! He will be dry for hours as we run around town and pee in his undies 10 minutes after we get home (and I put him on the potty). Talk about frustrating!

Good Luck!!!

my washer and i understand.