I have been looking for info on this but I keep getting information on spectrum kids who learn to use the potty very late. In our house, we don't do anything except indulge interest in potty sitting or watching until age 3 for the two older kids. One was totally done with diapers by age 4 and the other just a few weeks after 3, but they were NT. Before that, there was NO WAY they were anywhere near ready, and the one who wasn't done until 4 still had accidents a couple times a month in bed until almost 6 (and he actually gets up like twice a night to pee so we assume he just has a small bladder).
Fast forward and we now have a 2.5 year old who has been diagnosed SPD and PDD-NOS, though the non-sensory issues are mild and are mostly centered around rigidity in actions and routines, along with hyper focus and repetitive stimming, so the lack of speech delay leads me to believe he will one day be diagnosed with Aspergers like one of his parents. He's been sitting on the potty now for a few months because he thinks it's "fun" and would brush his teeth while sitting there, but over the last few days he has been ACTUALLY using the potty.
It started with peeing on the potty, and then wanting to wear his under ware all day. Then he asked in a store and actually went in a big public toilet. Now he's been going in the potty almost exclusively, even at night. Earlier, he yelled for me from his crib to come get him to go potty but I was all the way in the basement doing laundry so I didn't hear until I was in the living room. By the time I got up there, he was standing up, holding a soaked diaper looking sad and saying "Need potty, diaper yucky!" Then melt down.
Has this happened to anyone else? I am almost certain that the reason he's doing this is because he HATES the feeling of a wet or poopy diaper against his skin and has assigned "pee in the potty" as a new "rule" that must be enforced at all cost or else meltdown. He was seriously the fasted kid we've ever "potty trained" and there was no training involved! Plus our other kids don't have the same sensory issues and didn't stop having accidents nearly as quickly once the potty journey started. My husband suggested that he might just be OCD and SPD instead of spectrum due to the hand washing and need to not be sitting in his own pee or poop, but that seems to be a stretch. Pretty much everything I read talks about how hard these kids are to get on a toilet though, so I am wondering if we're barking up the wrong tree due to our assumptions about his symptoms based on family history.
Fast forward and we now have a 2.5 year old who has been diagnosed SPD and PDD-NOS, though the non-sensory issues are mild and are mostly centered around rigidity in actions and routines, along with hyper focus and repetitive stimming, so the lack of speech delay leads me to believe he will one day be diagnosed with Aspergers like one of his parents. He's been sitting on the potty now for a few months because he thinks it's "fun" and would brush his teeth while sitting there, but over the last few days he has been ACTUALLY using the potty.
It started with peeing on the potty, and then wanting to wear his under ware all day. Then he asked in a store and actually went in a big public toilet. Now he's been going in the potty almost exclusively, even at night. Earlier, he yelled for me from his crib to come get him to go potty but I was all the way in the basement doing laundry so I didn't hear until I was in the living room. By the time I got up there, he was standing up, holding a soaked diaper looking sad and saying "Need potty, diaper yucky!" Then melt down.
Has this happened to anyone else? I am almost certain that the reason he's doing this is because he HATES the feeling of a wet or poopy diaper against his skin and has assigned "pee in the potty" as a new "rule" that must be enforced at all cost or else meltdown. He was seriously the fasted kid we've ever "potty trained" and there was no training involved! Plus our other kids don't have the same sensory issues and didn't stop having accidents nearly as quickly once the potty journey started. My husband suggested that he might just be OCD and SPD instead of spectrum due to the hand washing and need to not be sitting in his own pee or poop, but that seems to be a stretch. Pretty much everything I read talks about how hard these kids are to get on a toilet though, so I am wondering if we're barking up the wrong tree due to our assumptions about his symptoms based on family history.