That’s right, Pookie and I are taking it up a notch. Like any new potty-trainer, he sometimes takes the lazy route and “accidentally” pees on the floor when it’s too much work to run to the bathroom. Well, I am on to it and Mommy don’t play that game.
He knows he gets M&Ms if he pees in the potty. Now its time to learn what you DON’T get if you DON’T pee in the potty, BAGD takes away whatever he was playing with or doing when the laziness struck. I do the same, but I also choose to remind him that he missed an opportunity for M&Ms. That means I give him the M&Ms and then take them away. That may sound cruel, but Pookie only gets the really concrete stuff in life. That’s part of autism. He yelled at me the first few times, sure. But now, when it happens and I try to give him the M&Ms, he won’t take them, because he knows I am just going to snatch them away again. So, I think that means the gets it. He will even say “No M&Ms. Pee in the underwear.”
I’m proud of him, because he is getting it. I will be even prouder when he gets past this phase. But, it is just a phase. All new potty-trainers go through it. It has nothing to do with autism. I remind myself of that every day. I also remind Pookie of that. Autism is not a free ticket out of all responsibilities in life. It means somethings require modification. We treat him easier on some points, sure. But we also treat him harder on others. That’s life…life with autism and life without.
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