Thursday, June 26, 2014

Our Big Girl...

Somebody used the potty today for the very first time.

And was very, very proud of herself.

I have no idea how long this process will take, but I do know that she got to go out to get strawberry sorbet today (and I was really impressed with cold stone's allergy measures) and was beaming as she walked down the street!


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  1. How exciting! I'm sure she was very proud of herself!!!

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  2. Yippeee! Now that's wonderful. I'm glad she's reaching these milestones. It must be a wonderful moment for you too, and give you hope that she'll progress right along.
    God bless. ~ Bonnie

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  3. Wow! I can't believe you are still changing a 3-year-old's diaper! I'd die. I potty trained my kids before age 2.

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    1. Wow indeed. My son wasn't potty trained until he was 11. And miraculously, I'm still alive.

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  4. I'm guessing you're not a regular reader Anonymous! :) Not all of us are quite so blessed as the be able to make early potty training happen. Especially when we've been blessed with an extra special child... and even when we're blessed with therapists who are working to help us master basic tasks six days a week.

    I will be over the moon thrilled if she's potty trained by the time the new baby comes... but if she's not it's not the end of the world. Today has given me hope that we're headed in the right direction!

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  5. Oh I have read! I know she has autism but you have said she is quite intelligent too. High IQ or gifted even so I assumed she could do it! Just tell her she's a big girl now, take away all diapers completely and put your foot down. Discipline her for accidents (swat on the tush or time out) and she will be trained in 2 days! Don't let her play you she is not a dumb girl! And it is beneath her dignity as a Christian to soil herself at such an old age. I bet you can do it fast if you stick to your guns! Best of luck.

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    1. I am guessing that you might not be familiar with compassion? A four year old who has a hard time using a toilet is far from being undignified.

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    2. Lol. You have no idea what you're talking about. I think Cammie is a saint for letting you post on her blog. I wouldn't take your abuse. Fwiw "anonymous" kids with autism have what's called "scatter" meaning they can be above average in some areas and far behind in others. They also struggle with impulse control. It has nothing to do with your ridiculous ideas about Christian dignity. What an ignorant thing to say.

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  6. Maggie Rose, I am SO proud of you. I love you little rosebud and will see you soon.! Nani


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  7. I think maybe you don't really have much of a grasp on autism, anonymous. For all that she's bright, part of the struggle she'll face throughout her life will likely involve mastery of her body and learning to control it. It's something even adults struggle with. And no, shaming her, wouldn't do any good at all. In fact, as a Christian parent I can't imagine doing that to my child knowing the struggles that she faces. It would be absolutely cruel.

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  8. Yay for Mae!!!! She is such a little beauty. Strawberry's is my favorite flavor too:))

    Kim Chrisman

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  9. Go Maggie! And good job mom on not letting mean comments derail you!

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  10. Go Maggie...! Anonymous is right though- she's really smart. HOWEVER, the only reason I'm bringing this up is that I'm just saying you might want to get strawberry scented stuff in the bathroom to connect the treat with the potty with that sense. Strawberry hand soap maybe for after she uses the potty?

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  11. Dear Anonymous,
    I wish you could meet and have a conversation with my six year old son, who like Mae, is on the autism spectrum. First, he’d tell you all these amazing facts about the colossal squid and if you stuck around long enough he’d probably start talking about black holes and the Kepler telescope. You’d think “Wow, this kid is really smart!” At least that’s what almost everyone else says. And they are right: He is wicked smart! He’d probably teach you a thing or two.
    But after listening to him if you asked him “Why do you like the colossal squid?” or “How did you become interested in the Kepler telescope?” he’d most likely stare at you blankly, struggling to understand the question and how to respond.
    He has difficulty understanding and logically answering questions. He also has difficulty understanding and following directions.
    I will never forget the first night of preschool basketball. All the little four and five year olds were lined up on one side of the gym and the coach asked all of them to run to the other side of the gym and back. Every single little boy began to run, except my son. He just stood there and then he burst into tears and threw himself on the floor.
    If we were to look at this situation from a black and white perspective, my son a. disobeyed his coach and b. threw a fit in public. I’m guessing in your book these two things deserve a time-out or a smack on the tushi.
    Instead of doing these things, my husband took my son out into the hall, comforted him and tried to figure out what was wrong.
    You see, what had happened was my son hadn’t understood what the coach had asked and when he saw all the other kids running away he thought something was very, very wrong and just couldn’t handle it. He was terrified.
    Now imagine what would have happened if my husband had yelled at my son, or put him in time-out or smacked his tushi in this instance. What would it have accomplished?
    My husband knows our son. Our son gets time-outs and loss of privileges plenty. My husband wisely knew this was not a time for punishment. And guess what? My son is learning when faced with overwhelming, frightening, confusing situations he can turn to me or my husband and we will be there to help him get through it. When faced with a similar situation recently, instead of completely losing it and throwing himself on the floor, my son came over to me and said “Mom, we need to leave. I’m scared.”
    Not everything is black and white. Give Cami and the rest of us some credit for being smart and wise enough to know how to respond appropriately to the behavior of our children.
    Kate

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  12. The post by Anonymous was so absurd to me that I truly thought, initially, that it must be a joke. Then I realized that it was written by someone with no grasp whatsoever of the range of abilities of children on the autism spectrum... or any real understanding of it at all.

    Shaming her? Saying it is "beneath her dignity as a Christian to soil herself" at the ripe "old" age of not quite four? There is no other term than "ignorant" to describe statements such as these.

    Cam, takes things whence they come. Where this originates is a disturbing, backward "Christian" fundamentalism (it certainly doesn't reflect any semblance of Catholic Christianity.)

    Marie

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