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5 Yr Old, Still In Diapers, Removing The Diaper Himself When He Is Put To Bed.
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My grandson has started removing his diaper when my daughter puts him to bed at night. First she just had to deal with him peeing, but now she is also dealing with him pooping as well. She is at her wit's end and really needs some suggestions on how to stop him from taking his diaper off after he is put to bed for the night. She also is having a lot of trouble getting him toilet trained, even to go pee.

posted April 3, 2014
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Might sound a bit insensitive but I would use a piece of medical tape from tab to tab on the diaper!! She will be able to pull it off and maybe he won't. Potty training, i used food, M & M 's to be exact. (against popular opinions)He never really has sweets, so what is one m&m!! I made a chart with 3 boxes and an M&M in each box and a picture of a reward in the fourth box (chuck E cheese for us). After he peed on the potty he got an m&m and put a sticker on m&m picture on the chart. After three successful potty trips we went to chuck e cheese. next week I increased to five boxes.

Summer is always an easy time to train and I don't believe that pull ups are useful for kids who can't comprehend the difference between a diaper or pull up. I had to rip up my carpet as i left him in underwear most of the day and dealt with numerous accidents, but eventually we were successful.

posted April 3, 2014
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The easiest solution is one piece pj's that zipper in the back. Our daughter is 8 and still not fully potty trained and we had to do that for a while. She stopped doing it at around 6 and a half years old and now will keep the pull up on.

This is generally a sensory issue where they like the feel and even the smell as bad as that sounds, so they play with it.

posted April 5, 2014
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I am really sorry that your daughter is going through this. I have a 9 year old son who is potty trained during the day, but sadly still wears pull-ups at night. I have a couple of suggestions that have worked for me.

1. I would have her create a social story called "I Can Use The Potty". There are many you can find on-line. The best ones are ones you create yourself using actual photos of the things in your home and pictures of your grandson. All of the language should be simple and short with accompanying pictures. It should begin by saying "I am learning to use the potty". "Mommy and Daddy are proud of me for trying to use the potty". "If I get that feeling that I have to go potty, I should stop what I am doing (insert stop sign) and go straight to the bathroom." Next you will go through the sequence of standing for boys and sitting to go poop.
Some kids have sensory problems that make it difficult for them to feel the sensation. Keep reinforcing the message and BE PATIENT. Our children are sensitive (I learned the hard way that my son was internalizing my frustration).

2. Try using pull-ups that don't have tabs and perhaps pj's that are one piece with a zipper so it is more difficult for him to get out of it and get the pull-up off.

3. Before he goes to bed, take him to the bathroom and ask him to stand and go pee. Gently wake him up again before you go to bed to go again. Doing this helped my son wake up virtually dry. He still wears the pull-up so that I don't have to change sheets every day, but the pull-up has very little pee in it.

There is no easy fix for this. It is a slow and steady process. I understand your daughter's frustration. She will end up feeling guilt if she loses her temper, so try these methods and see if it helps.

posted April 5, 2014
A MyAutismTeam Member

I am having that problem,I heard that Emory in Atlanta trains them in a weeks time, I will try it

posted April 3, 2014

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