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Potty Training 4 Year Old Son
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My son is 4 and he is in preschool. For some reason i cant get him to use tge potty consistently. He understand when i say go pee pee. He will go to the toilet pull his pants down then sit there, then he will get up put his diaper on and pee in it !

If i put underwear on him , he will search for a diaper to put on instead ! Help

posted September 22, 2018
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A MyAutismTeam Member

Hi my son is 4 and potty trained. I will tell u what worked for us because he use to look for his diaper too.
We had locked box that had his special cookies of chocolate in their and he only got it if he peed or pooped in the potty. We put him in underwear and tossed the pull ups. It only took a weekend and he got completely trained. Hope that works for u

posted September 22, 2018
A MyAutismTeam Member

Yes..... probably! Kind of one of the prices of teaching little people the things they need to know to join humanity =) Maybe get some sheets (or better yet, some waterproof plastic sheeting?) to cover up chairs and couches for a few days? Our son did potty a few times on the floor- we don't have carpeting, so it wasn't that bad. But as I said, he figured it out! I hope your son learns too. Maybe he'll just flip a switch one day, too!!

posted September 22, 2018
A MyAutismTeam Member

My son took a long time to potty train... I used to sit in the bathroom with him while he sat on his potty and I read him book after book. He loves being read to, so he’d stay and eventually pee. We also used sticker charts and bribed him with hot wheels.

posted September 22, 2018
A MyAutismTeam Member

just as I was talking about video in another post,
What about showing him a video of child peeing into the toilet bowl and reward him when he does that?
Since they are all very visual, showing video may help?

posted September 24, 2018
A MyAutismTeam Member

Our son is pretty much nonverbal (he has some words, but doesn't choose to use them all the time!) and it took him until just a few days before his fourth birthday to get it through his head that going potty in the toilet was really smart. I spent all kinds of time worrying about it, talking to therapists and looking for ideas all over the place.... and then one day, he just figured it out. I have no idea why- I guess he just got tired of sitting on wet pants! =) This may not be perfect advice, but I'd suggest just removing all the diapers from your son's area- put them in a spot he can't get to, and don't take them out again until he's going to bed. He'll have a couple of uncomfortable days, but, if all goes well, he'll get it that the toilet is really a better place than a diaper!!

posted September 22, 2018

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