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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is a great case study in not letting problems get too far out of hand. This would have been much much easier to solve a year (or two) ago. I honestly do not know what OP’s options are at this point if she has truly done weeks of naked method with no cheating, especially since her child is potty trained at school.

[b]Parents on this board balk, but there is a reason you train them young when their stubbornness is not so well-developed.[/b][/quote]
I'm OP, and I agree with this and have said it myself. But until age 2 y.o. DS was going through pretty intense physical therapy. He was also a late walker (associated with the reasons for PT). We started later than we did with DD, though I would say late end of normal, for this reason. As I mentioned in my first post, his last EIP evaluation with an OT said he didn't qualify for further services, but we should watch out for signs of possible sensory issues, which is why I brought it up.

This certainly has been an interesting thread, and I appreciate all of the advice, whether the comments were coupled with compassion or with judgment. The comments about anxiety in particular really resonated with DH and me. I think we might need external intervention, but DH (as I would expect) wants to try on our own first. We've been reminding DS regularly, and when he gets upset at the idea of going, we're pulling him aside and just talking him through and calming him down. It has been helping him actually go. One thing we've already discovered is that, in the past, telling him to go before leaving the house has created fear/anxiety in him. He's worried we will leave without him, so he gets upset, and then he physically can't go...which explains why he sometimes pees as soon as he stands up after ~10 min on the potty. It's clear now that DS is actually really ashamed about this, so I want to keep this positive. [/quote]

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