5 year old son strugggling with toilet training.

[Critchy]

I am currently trying to to toilet train my 5 year son. He is awaiting diagnosis for autism.

We have him trying the toilet at napoy changes sometimes he manages a wee sometimes not. His nappies inbetween are wet.

I have been persuading him for a couple of hours a day to try in boxes in this time hes wetting at least 3 times and is trying toilet regular and is manging to wee sometimes. After a couple of hours of keep getting wet he gets distressed so we put him back in nappies and carry on with asking him to try and change times. He also doesn't use the toilet to poo. Yesterday when he pooped in his boxes he didn't even know.

He never attempts to go to the toilet alone only goes when told to. If you ask him a question like do you need a wee or poo its always no.

I have been told by school i need to make him as according to them last term he was weeing on the toilet at the set times and was dry inbetween. Now this confused me as before the holidays he kept coming home in his pe trousers has he had wet though his nappy and was asked to provide extra trousers. I was also do a 3 weeks of Thursday afternoon stay and play session and on the last Thursday he pooped in his nappy.

Thing is today i am finding he is trying toilet more but not till after he has started weeing. Hes not seeming to get it before he starts. He has an appoinmnet in July with incontience team.

What would be peoples advice keep doing it or stop and wait till july. I am only worried at how upset hes getting at the fact he keeps wetting himself.

[Misty10]

Hi im in the same boat. my lg 3 years 7 mths .ive been told by my pedrictitian not to even talk about it as stress and anxiety can cause these children to stop going until the bowel corrects itself it's not worth bothering with.