Hi –
We are about a week into the program. Our progress so far is:
– About half of the time hitting 2 minutes on the potting, working up from an initial starting point of 30 seconds
– Otherwise, we tend to hit a minute to 90 seconds on the other half of potty sessions
My question is about our initial reward for David (bubbles) does not seem to be connecting with him.
– After he is done with his potty time, he generally wants to get out of the bathroom and the reward doesn’t seem to be connecting.
– He is not “rushing” out of the bathroom, but generally just is not interested in our initial reward attempt (blowing bubbles from a bubble wand)
My first thought is to try a different reward. But I would be curious to get any other suggestions.
Answer:
So we want consistency across the board if we have 2 people doing this.. lets say mom gets him for 2 mins and dad gets him for 90 seconds.. everyone needs to keep their time the same and increase gradually. I would get curious on the times he'll sit for longer, why you think that is? Is it about the person, the time of day etc? How often are you practicing?
Anytime he asks for anything is a great opportunity to have him sit for it. You want to go outside, first sit.. you want the cookie, first sit. Let everyone know they can do it this way too.
If the bubbles are losing their flare we need to do a different reward. You could even give him a box of choices. Sometimes if I have a specific reward I use and it loses its power then I need to keep getting creative and get fresh and fun new ones.
Let me know if this is helpful and if you have any other questions.
So we want consistency across the board if we have 2 people doing this.. lets say mom gets him for 2 mins and dad gets him for 90 seconds.. everyone needs to keep their time the same and increase gradually. I would get curious on the times he’ll sit for longer, why you think that is? Is it about the person, the time of day etc? How often are you practicing?
Anytime he asks for anything is a great opportunity to have him sit for it. You want to go outside, first sit.. you want the cookie, first sit. Let everyone know they can do it this way too.
If the bubbles are losing their flare we need to do a different reward. You could even give him a box of choices. Sometimes if I have a specific reward I use and it loses its power then I need to keep getting creative and get fresh and fun new ones.
Let me know if this is helpful and if you have any other questions.
Hi,
Sorry for the delay in my response.
The time difference that was noted (e.g., 2 minutes vs. 1 to 1.5 minutes) is not based on different people taking him – it’s more so based on his emotional state at the time.
If he is in a happy or neutral state, he will generally reach the 2-minute mark. If he is in an angry, tired or frustrated state, he will not be able to hit the full mark that we are going for.
We are not physically restraining him on the toilet if doing so would make his emotional state significantly worse. We do reposition him or gently place him back on the toilet to try to continue the sitting session when he attempts to get off. But we do not physically restrain him if does not respond to these initial attempts.
We generally have been taking him once an hour. We will take him more frequently (every 20 to 30 minutes) if he in a more active/awake state but less (every ~1.5 hours) if he is in a more tired or mellow state.
I like the suggestion of looking for a different reward or to present an option of choices for his reward. We will also work on tying it to request more often instead of purely time based.
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