Potty training troubles

[Anonymous]

Trying to potty train my 4-year-old with Down syndrome. We are on day 5 of the no-pants method, and it’s just not clicking at all. I’m thinking we need a new strategy. What worked for your intellectually disabled or neurodivergent kid? How old were they and how long did it take?

[Anonymous]

Put in training underwear and take to the bathroom upon wake up, before bed and every hour. Bribe with iPad on toilet. Took a long time, many months. I don’t think they connected the feeling to going.

[Anonymous]

My dc is nd, but not id (not sure if that matters as far at potty training, have a few friends dcs with id who trained earlier than my kid). They did not train until age 4.5. I started trying at 2!

Tried everything. The no-pants was not for them at all-that was the worst (I'm assuming for sensory reasons). I finally got to the point where I just used pullups and encouraged potty time, but didn't give ipad or treats. One night after their bath, as I tried to put the pullup on, dc literally kicked it out of my hands, got up and ran to the potty! One week and maybe 2 accidents later, they were full time underwear.

All this to say-it seems like they get it when they get it, just keep encouraging but maybe not hardcore expectation (like, dont' expect it in 3 days or whatever) and it will eventually happen.

[Anonymous]

Good luck. We tried toilet training from age 3. Didn’t work until just after her 7th birthday.
And we tried alllllllll the methods. I don’t think there are any methods that will work if they’re just not ready .