From what I have seen this type of toilet training is not successful after adoption, as most children go through a regression period and will revert to some sort of diaper period either for a short time period or a long time (depending upon age of adoption, the amount of time in the orphanage, personal needs, trauma, etc). For AJ, who was two at the time of adoption and dry 100 percent of the time, there was a full regression to diapers for almost two years and he is still in night time diapers. Granted, AJ has sensory issues as well as MAJOR gastrointestinal issues.

I have to say that the only thing that eventually worked for AJ was that he wanted to be trained and he wanted to go on the potty. We had used what he liked to call Kaka Cars (Hot Wheels) and candy and they worked when we initially trained him at 3.5-years-old. Unfortunately, he regressed when we went on two vacations in a row. He finally trained at almost 4-years-old (but on his own terms).

He still has problems with holding, as he wants to play. I have to constantly remind him that he CAN go potty and come back. So, I pause play with imaginary remotes, he runs inside, pees, and runs back outside…

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Toilet Training Russian Adoptees

When adoptions go wrong they sometimes go very wrong because parents are just not prepared for the medical and emotional issues that come with international adoptees.

This time TheMoscowTimes.com has reported that 14-month-old Nikolai, adopted in February, died March 7, 2008, in Utah.

“An autopsy determined that the child had died from a skull fracture that doctors said was the result of blunt-force trauma, police and court records show. The infant also had a bruised face, head, knee and anus.”

Fyodor Emelyantsev, a Russian citizen, apparently has a Master’s Degree to work with disabled children and currently works at a nursing home in Tooele, Utah.

According to speculation on this site, the couple have a 10-year old daughter with Down Syndrome from Kimberly’s first marriage, a five year old, a two year old from Russia, and a four year old recently adopted from Russia who also has Down Syndrome.

Apparently, the four year old had been getting medical help since his arrival in the states and Nicoli was prone to seizures, a medical condition that could certainly cause head trauma.

Could this simply be a case of parents in over their head with Russian adoptees who have medical problems?

On a happy note, don’t forget that Spring Has Sprung over at My Two Boys…a Giveaway from Natural Pod.

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Emelyantsev’s Misunderstood?