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[quote=Anonymous]I have come to the conclusion that DS simply does not want to be bothered when it comes to potty training. We have been working on this for more than a year. He is four and a half with a dx of dev delays.  He is in underwear but he doesn't seem bothered when he soils himself.  Candy bribes work a bit but I'm at the point where I feel ready to start punishing because I simply can't deal with it any longer.

With pee, I consider him about 80% trained in that he doesn't have many accidents but we are constantly reminding and forcing him to go.  Most of the time you ask him if he has to go he says no even if it has been hours.  I can't relax at all--the clock since the last pee is constantly ticking.   Only once in a while will he initiate himself.

Poop is the big problem in that he makes absolutely no effort to use the toilet.  He is not on a regular schedule and having him sit on the potty after dinner does not work.  We keep track of when he's gone last and just try to be proactive. Once in a while we get the timing right, get him to poop in the toilet, reward with praise and candy and everybody's happy but nothing seems to work to convince him to initiate himself. He is not constipated and he can tell when he needs to go and can push.  I now think that he is outright lying when he denies having to go (he did this today and then pooped in his pants 15 minutes later).

Everything I've read said you are not supposed to punish but praise isn't working and neither is talk of what big boys do.  I'm thinking I'm going to start time-outs for accidents (which really aren't).  I would appreciate hearing other strategies if you trained a particularly resistant kid.[/quote]

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