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[quote=Anonymous][quote]Putting them on a schedule for when to go sit on the potty is the tried and true method for difficult to potty trainers. The FIRST thing every developmental pediatricians, gastro, etc will recommend. If it does not work then other methods can be tried but not putting the kid on a schedule indicates a lazy parent more than anything else. [/quote]

This is the absolute truth.  I have a 7 yo who is still on a schedule (first diagnosed with dev delays and gross motor delay greater than 25% then apraxia of speech, MERLD, hypotonia and now ADHD).  Twenty minutes after eating something, he goes on the toilet and sits for at least 15.  He does it for a shorter amount of time at school but it's written into his IEP.  That and Miralax are the only way we can keep him from soiling himself.

You might also reconsider constipation.  Constipation doesn't just mean that it comes out hard or with difficulty.  It can also mean they have a hard mass of poop in their intestines that interferes with normal elimination.  My DS was doing pretty well on a schedule but was still having issues with soiling his underwear.  Not a lot but still too much.  After consulting with a gastroenterologist, we believe he had a ball of hard poop in his intestine and did a clean out regime.  He was able to finally pass it.  The mass caused him to lose sensation around the anus and it was difficult for him to recognize when he needed to go.  He recognized it at the time it was happening and could push - or close his anus but not before some leaked into his underwear.  We also think the low tone contributes to his leaky anus.  The gastroenterologist told us it would likely take a long time for him to fully recover the ability to sense when he needed to poop - which is why we keep him on the Miralax regime and the schedule.  It's a pain in the ass but that's what it takes.  [/quote]

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