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[sistawendy]

The Wendling held his bladder and bowels for an entire fucking day to avoid peeing or pooping in the potty. He was in obvious pain on the way home from dinner at his grandpas, but didn't want us to stop. We're afraid he's going to hurt himself. Heap Big Specialist has been contacted.

Happy news to achieve Taoist balance: I looked for rough_angel in our aforementioned coffee joint, not really expecting to find her, but I did. Next time I'll do it earlier.

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[plantae.livejournal.com]

This might be an odd suggestion, but do you know if he refuses to use the toilet because he's afraid of it? I know that small children sometimes tell stories about monsters (snakes/rats) coming up out of a toilet. And if you stop to think about it, toilets might be dangerous--the stuff in them goes away mysteriously, with a certain amount of noise; maybe they could eat small people too. :)

Might it help to go over the mechanics/plumbing of a toilet and how it works with him? Possibly simplified--I donno how good he is with models/conceptual information.

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[sistawendy.livejournal.com]

I know he's afraid of the toilets at school because of the noise the valves make, but I don't think that's the problem at home. Just getting him to sit on a toilet isn't hard.

Plumbing, though. Heh. That's a good suggestion for him.

[rough-angel.livejournal.com]

I DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS,but i have a freind who had the same problem with her son.He knew he was supposed to go to the toilet,and did a few times,then just stopped and tried to go back to diapers.There are probably some really good reasons for this,like nobody is watchin you when you go in your diapers,and you get some extra attention when you get changed.First my friend took his son in with him when he went pee...so his son would watch and see its okay.That may've helped but i dunno.When it didnt work,he just started bribing him wioth statements like..."no you can't have any of that cake,thats for big boys.You don't use the potty like a big boy.Maybe when you do ...then you can have some." after a few segments of this,it worked.He was dragging his dad inot the bathroom to look at the toilet talking about how he was a big boy now.I dont know how i feel about this,but it seems to have worked.

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[sistawendy.livejournal.com]

We've already tried bribing him with at least a dozen different rewards. This kid is so incorruptible he should be running the government. About the only things we haven't tried are either a) illegal or b) involve duct tape.