My daughter just turned four and we just met with a specialist about our
concerns (3 month waiting list at one Dr, 4 month wait for another Dr) this has
been going on since last October!
Finally my concerns have been validated and my daughter has signs of Autism and
Sensory Issues. We are still in the process of getting her evaulated before we
know the clear diagnosis. Anyway, I have been online trying to learn anything I
can about Autism and Sensory Issues and I see that this GFCF is HUGE! How can I get started with this eating program? I would like to start this right away.
I also heard of "Clay Baths’ and wonder if anyone is familair with them. My Dr. also suggested supplements of Multivitamin w/B complex, Zinc, Calcium, Mahnesium and Omega 3DHA 200 mg (my daughter is 40 lbs.) Can anyone recommend good vitamins/supplements for her that are GF?
She doesn’t eat many foods, so this may be interesting. She mostly eats noodles
w/butter, peanut butter and jelly, pancakes, cereal, grapes, bananas,
watermelon, peas, green beans. No meat, no juice, no eggs.
Last question…like I said she is 4 years old and we are still unable to potty
train her. I have read every book, tried every technique that my dr. recommend,
friends recommend, etc. Potty dolls, potty videos, potty books, stickers,
rewards, etc. nothing works.
Here’s the issue…she sits on the potty, wipes, flushes, washes hands, but
NEVER actually relieves herself in the potty. She pushes and I "might" hear a
drop (or it could be my imaginatation). But really she just can’t seem to
relieve herself on the potty, like she doesn’t know how?!?! She does all the
steps, but not the actual action.
She is in preschool during the day and because she wants to be in the class with
other 4 yr olds (that are potty trained) we had to make some adjustments. In
the morning before school, I put her in a pull up so she can relieve herself,
then we put her in panties for school. They put her on the potty like the other
kids every 1/2 hr. but nothing. At lunch time they put a pull up on her and
bingo! She relieves herself. They take it off, pu the panties back on and she’s
fine. When I pick her up from preschool she is in panties and we go home, I put
her on the potty…nothing….the minute that pull-up is on, she goes. It’s
like she can only go in the pull-up….well, I thought if I don’t put her in the
pull up, she will have an "Accident" and will start to understand that she needs
to go in the potty…so I figured, no more pull ups! HA! SHE HELD IT FOR 12
HOURS!! until it was bedtime and I had to put a pull up on her….how can she
hold it for that long??? (and I know that she can get a bladder infection, so
I’m not doing that again!!). Poor girl, I am really at wits end. If anyone has
suggestions, I’M LISTENING.
try sitting her on the potty with the pullup on (and pulled up) and see if she will go. Even if she is still peeing in the pullup at least she’s sitting on the potty and that’s a step in the right direction. In time she will understand. I hope the best for you!
my 3 yr old will pee in her pull ups so i have to make it a point to only keep her in panties. also, about how can she hold her pee for 12 hours…….not that a dog is a child, but our dog can hold her pee for like a whole day if its raining outside and she doesnt want to go out into it. its rare but some people/animals can do it!!!!! Hope you figure out something that works.
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try sitting her on the potty with the pullup on (and pulled up) and see if she will go. Even if she is still peeing in the pullup at least she’s sitting on the potty and that’s a step in the right direction. In time she will understand. I hope the best for you!
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