I heard about horror stories, the one about Autistic children not being potty trained even after their 10th birthday. Today I am a proud papa, because I can rightfully claim that Kael is potty trained! He has shown so many improvements and has impressed Erica and myself tremendously. You may never truly understand the significants of knowing what this milestone means for parents of an Autistic child. Kael's therapists would even tell us to prepare ourselves for the reality, and to expect Kael to not be potty trained for a few years. And here he is, within the last week he has made managed to go by himself with no help or direction for either parent.
Before, it would take us forcing him to sit on the toilet, and he would kick and scream until he was placed upon the potty. Then, he would stop fighting, pee, and act if nothing ever happened. Not loving this routine of his, I was at one point willing to accept the fact that he will be in diapers well into middle school. But Kael's councilors suggested Kael wear underwear until he learned to potty and it worked! It was very tough on Erica and I to remember to stop what we were doing every hour to put Kael on the potty, and the screaming and fighting did not help at all, but we did it! And he is doing it!
Now the next challenge... Bed Time!
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