my son is now 7yrs. He still wets the bed. he was not potty trained until he was 4 1/2yrs. It just took time. I wish you the best of luck.

my son is almost 4 and he is not trained yet and it drives me nuts he also knows about the bathroom and all he wants to do is take a bath i am working with his one on one at school we are just dealing with the mess and makeing him ware underwear and for the bus ride we put a pullup on over the underwear he has not made much progress but sometimes he will tell us potty but not do anything in the bathroomit is frusterating so just hang in there

hi..my son is 2 and a half and ASd. I have been potty training for 9 months or more, he will go if I constantly take him, but wont tell me ofcourse. I got a timer and set it for every hour. We are still working on it, but I give him a dum-dum lollipop if he goes. I think we are making progress. Also he recently started taking his pants off if he poops, I wish he would take them off and then go! But look for sighs and be patient.He will get it in his own time:)

thanks...maybe we'll try the timer, that sounds like a good idea and simple enough to manage even with a new baby!
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Thanks again....

Jenny,
This week I joined C.A.R.D. (center for Autism and related disabilities). They have training for moms to help with their kids on potty trainning. THEY offer a lot of other help also. Go online and see where your closest one is. Mine was in my town and I didn't even know it.

What helped with our son, was to make big stars out of constration paper and ever time he used the bathroom he got to put one of the color stars on the wall. he was 5 when we started that and it took less then 2 weeks to get him broke from diapers. Our walls was very colorful but Hey it worked everytime he went to the bathroom i let him pick a a color and taped it to the wall. he is turning six and they are still hanging on the wall. good luck

I just potty trained my son who just turned four. I tried everything to try to get him to go, he too was disinterested and was extreemly content with going in his pullup. So I had him walk around in the buff for one day. Every 15 minutes I would ask him if he needed to go, and then every half hour to an hour I would take him in the bathroom. Finaly he went and I made the biggest deal over it and had everyone in the house cheering for him after he went I put him in lose shorts" no pampers no diapers" and hes been going ever since on his own. Now its his favorite thing still have to work on his wipping tho..

I trained my son who has PDD-NOS, by sitting him on the potty every half hour whether he had to go or not. When he first went, he was happy. Then,I brought him every 45 minutes, then every hour. He was successfully trained in a two-week period.

thanks so much for the replies, I went out and bought her some "big girl panties" to start out we are putting them on over the pullups, and we are trying the times, helps me too to remember the timing....hard right now, she will only drink milk, so it's hit and miss when she will go, but we are going to keep at it.....

do an hourly potty schedule to hopefully make her successful. A lot of children on the spectrum do not feel the sensation, but it does come eventually. maybe removing the pull up will help her to understand the feeling. you can email me if you'd like. hpearce@att.net

I was lucky to be able to get my son potty trained pretty young. These are some of things that worked for me both with him and when I taught preschool.

1)Get her out of the pull ups, if possible. When you are at home, put her in underwear, which will be much more uncomfortable when wet or messy than pull ups. Pull ups are only good for long trips and nighttime, in my opinion.

2) Set a timer and take her to the potty every time it rings, even if she doesn't go. Start out with ever 20 mins. until she actually produces something on the toilet, then reward her. After she does it a few times, increase the time to 30 mins., then 45, and so on. If she regresses, lessen the time again. This will help her learn to self-regulate.

3) Find a reward that means something to her. We "bribed" my son with raisins, but I know people who have used m & m's or other treats. Start with giving her a treat every time she sits on the toilet if she is resistant to sitting on it. Then, move on to giving a treat only when she produces in the toilet. Pair it with verbal praise so that eventually you can phase out the treat.

In the end, just know that it will happen one day. I know it's frustrating, but maybe these strategies will help you out. Good luck, and let me know how it goes.