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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP,

I'm so sorry that you're little guy is going through this.  If it feels too daunting to tackle yourself, I would contact Rene Hackney for a potty coach referral.

My kid with motor coordination issues sits on the potty to pee. Definitely invest in clothes with no snaps, zippers, buttons.  If your kid is willing to sit on the toilet to poop that's a good thing, so reward him lavishly with praise and a sticker or other small token.

Once a little more enthusiasm is built up.  I would try to put him on a regular schedule to use the potty about every two to three hours at times that make sense like first thing in the morning or before meals or leaving the house. [b] I wouldn't go the naked route trying to catch pee b/c that sounds more complicated than just cleaning up/changing clothes if he has an accident. [/b] You still may need the diapers when he's out and about until he gets the hang of it.[/quote]

I'm the "catch the pee" mom, and I just wanted to say, because I think you may have read this differently, that I'm certainly not advocating that anyone run around after their naked kid with a child sized potty as a long term strategy.  I agree that would be complicated and gross and probably get you arrested in Target.

This was a one time thing, done while playing in the backyard and not on a carpet for example.  My kid just didn't get that he needed to let those particular muscles go in order to pee, and when I sat him on the toilet, scheduled or otherwise, he'd get tense, from balancing and trying to figure out exactly what the heck I wanted him to do, and me showing him didn't really help because he couldn't really see what he needed to do, since letting go is pretty much an inside process.

So, one day we did the naked thing, which allowed me to comment the exact moment he started peeing, and for him to see what it was I wanted.  Once he knew that he needed to let go in that specific way, and that turning his body would let him aim (something he didn't know previously because he'd never seen his pee coming out), then I could go back to sitting him on the toilet, and having a schedule etc . . .  But first he needed to know what I was asking of him.[/quote]

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