Potty training day 1

We just got Jack down for bed and I thought I'd take a minute to reflect (it's the teacher in me) on our first day of potty training. I am very relieved that we decided to start potty training on the same day he started his holiday social group. This way his ABA therapist could help me get the ball rolling. This was a very good thing since the day started out a little rough.

He woke up in a pretty pleasant mood and he even had a successful first pee before getting dressed for SG. I had been doing my best to prepare for what I thought the most challenging aspects of potty training, but of course what I wasn't prepared for was when he had a major meltdown because he didn't want to put on his underwear. I tried a couple time to put them on him but after several failed attempts I decided not to fight him anymore and took him to SG in a diaper. I discussed what happened with Jessie and she texted me a few hours later to let me know they had gotten him to wear his underwear and he even had used the bathroom. She said they had to completely remove the diaper from view so he would know it wasn't an option which is when he gave in. Apparently there was one moment during the day he saw another child with a diaper and requested "I want a diaper" (which is an awesome verbal request from him). So with that knowledge, I hid every single diaper in our house before picking him up.

My afternoon was kind of rough. We are tracking when he goes and when he has accident because he will more and likely get trained to go on a schedule. I would set the timer for bathroom breaks and had about 3 consecutive times when he would sit and nothing would happen and them he would get off and in less then 5 minute have an accident. I know this is all part of the process but it still got me a little down. I decide to lengthen the time between bathroom visits and am very please to report his last two pee's of the day were on the potty!

He is sleeping in a pull up just in case he has an accident in the middle of the night and with ASD kids night time potty training can require a whole different training process. I am very excited to relax and am trying to pump myself up for day 2. I will try and post again with an update soon.

Have a great night!