I'm a single mom work a lot Viva is 4 1/2 going to preschool and daycare she does not talk and uses very little signing both places are working with her on this but she really hasn't improved verbaly since age 2. looking for any advice and or ages that other's little ones started talking also would love some tips on potty training.

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

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Hi my name is Carol. I have a 3 year old with DS. She not much of a talker. We are working on potty training now. My other 2 were easy they did it them selves. I put them in underwear and they were trained. I think they had ona acident each.

Carol mom to Adam 6/17/96, Emily 8/7/98 & Abigail 8/16/04

Hi Rose! I just wanted to say welcome. I haven't been through any of those issues (yet!) since Johnny has just turned three but if you figure anything out, I'm all ears since those are stages we will be in soon.

Yes, pop on over to the "General Forum" link that is listed on the left and introduce yourself and maybe ask over there. This one only seems to get posts in small waves. Hope to see you around more.


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We use the Picture Exchange Program. Emma does sign, but she has begun to use this at school and we are reinforcing it at home. It has helped. Emma is not potty trained, but we follow the same procedure that school does. However, we don't try all day long...only before bath time. She has to site on her potty until I count to ten. Then we put her in the bath tub. She has only gone twice and we have been doing this since May. She does tell us when she is poopy, but that just started in the last few months.



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