I had Joshua (My non ASD son almost completely daytime potty trained and he was doing awesome. We tried to include Leah (My ASD daughter) in whatever we did and tried to encourage her to sit on the potty as well. After all, she is 3 and he is only 2. She wouldn't have any of it. She had fun with the idea of potty training. But, she didn't seem to understand it. So, we put a hold on potty training her until she started showing more signs and decided to focus on Joshua. But, like happens to all toddlers at one point or another, we hit a rough patch. When Leah went in for her surgery this past month, Joshua stayed with my parents out of town. Messed up his whole schedule and of course he was just way too busy anyway. It threw us backwards almost all the way. And I got lazy and threw in the towel for a couple of weeks.
Sunday, I decided to start all over. And this time Leah wanted to join us with helping Joshua go potty. Although her desire to help was not all that surprising since she LOVES to help mommy with anything at all. What happened next was a complete surprise.
Joshua seems to have picked up right where we left off. He has done amazing with starting all over. And I supposed all the excited "WAY TO GO's" the clapping and the endless giggles got Leah excited about the possibilities as well.
Today, while taking Joshua potty Leah ripped her diaper off and said "go pee too" She wanted to give it a shot.
At this point, I wanted to scream with excitement. I mean, Is this really happening? She hasn't had any success on the potty yet. But, she is trying. And it's adorable. She knows what she is supposed to do. So, watching her try is amazing. The drs told us that she may never be potty trained. I am not taking that answer. We are going to try and try and try some more. She is so excited about the little tiny M&M's that she will get if she goes pee.
I am going to create a visual chart to put in front of the toilet to help her out. If you have any more suggestions feel free to post them in the comments below.
Tell Leah how excited you are for her. She loves to see messages to her. But, please add a picture as she loves those even more.
Bre Shafer AKA Crazy Mama
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