Wednesday 3 May 2017

Connor Toilet Training

Connor turns 8 in June and we were getting nowhere with toilet training.  I kept talking to his teachers and pediatrician and seeing what they thought and no one could find a solution.  I'd tried all the programs, we were all doing everything we could.

Because he's getting so big now, he has to wear expensive pull ups.  He gets into the cupboard and changes his own wee nappies and goes through piles of them (and that doesn't include the 3 poos per day).  It was costing a fortune (and we are struggling to pay our bills as it is) and over the school holidays I lost my mind.  I bought him undies, put him in them and told him he had to use the toilet.

Well it's been about 4 weeks since I started this process.  We've had plenty of wee and poo in pants and on the floor, but he's getting it.  Wearing nappies meant, even though he knew how it all worked, he never bothered....I mean why would you?

Now he wears undies to school and at home.  He takes himself off to the toilet and calls me to wipe his bottom.  This morning he woke me up to come down and stand in the toilet with him while he pooed.

I am so proud of this gorgeous little man!!!!

Blogging

I am the most inconsistent blogger on the planet.  I think about it most days, but then I put all this pressure on myself.  The post needs to be perfect and have pictures and be on topic blah, blah, blah.

Back when I started this blog I was stressed out of my brain, exhausted, I had two children under 2 and I really new nothing about Fragile X.  So I called this blog My Fragile X Boy, thinking Connor's condition was the problem and that, that's what I needed to talk about.

Since then I've learnt so much more.

Now I know my daughter has it and that I'm a carrier who also has a whole heap of my own symptoms.  And that's terrifying.  I don't want to end up like my mum.  She's in a home, her brain is turning to mush day by day, her body is frail.  I need to be a super mum.  I need to be healthy and strong because my kids need me.

Fragile X, really does screw with your mind.