Welcome! My daughter Kaelin is going to start preschool in January. She also doesn't really talk and we haven't had much luck with signing. We are just starting to work on potty training and will let you know how that goes. She's my first girl, so even though I've potty trained twice now, the girl thing seems to be a bit different. Kaelin doesn't have DS, but my older son Aaron does. He is what brings me to this board. He's 8 now and in 2nd grade.
Kaelin has global developmental delays though, we believe she has verbal apraxia, but no formal diagnosis yet. There are a ton of wonderful moms here with loads of experience and advice. It is a wonderful community here. The "General Forum" is the place that gets the most action here and where everyone posts daily.
Aaron also potty trained at 4 years old. Some kids here are successful before that, some later. It just depends on the child really. We used pull ups with Aaron and it seemed to take forever. I know one mom here gave me the advice to skip those with Kaelin (she also has low muscle tone) as she thought those hindered the process with the low tone, so that is how we are going to try it with her.
I'm glad you found us! I look forward to getting to know you and your daughter!
Vicki, mom to
Aaron, Jacob and Kaelin
"Nothing is so strong as gentleness. Nothing is so gentle as real strength."
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