I don’t know whether to be happy about this or sad about this. I can honestly say I did not expect these developments whatsoever. Whatever is a mommy to do??? I need your advice… I am so confused. Ever since Anna potty trained she has cried a little off and on at night. Mostly not… just two to three times a night for a couple minutes. Last night I rolled out of bed and walked to her room before I realized what I was doing (which is one of the best ways to get out of bed in the middle of the night… one of the only successful ways. If you think about it too much, you will go back to sleep). Here’s the punchline…
Anna needed to pee. In the middle of the night. She didn’t want to go in bed. Good girl! Yay Anna!
Wait. It’s the middle of the night.
I don’t want to help you get up in the middle of the night. Aren’t you not supposed to potty train at night for several more years? Is this going to be like getting up for nursing every night several times?
She had to go twice last night.
Woke up dry.
Good girl Anna.
What do I do?
Oh no — she learned toooo well ! Hmmmm…. you should add add a chapter that book. Well…..what I do if I don’t want to be up in the night is limit my fluids in the evening and make sure I go before bed. Maybe that would work with her???
Haha, I was going to say the same thing! You trained her too well and she’s too smart.
Also, I was going to say lessen the fluids or cut them out and go several times if need be before bed.
I was also thinking that you could put a night light in her room and put her potty chair right next to it so it would be closer and she could get comfortable doing it herself? You’d of course have to help her figure it out at first but then she’d be more independent and happy and you wouldn’t have to get up.
But what do i know. I’ve never done this before! That was just my thought when I was sitting there with Guy…what if he has to go at night? Oh, I’ll just leave his toilet in his room for him. Probably with a piddle pad under it and his own little toilet paper roll. Then I’d also have to teach him that the toilet is the only thing he can get up to use and he has to go straight back to bed. But maybe it would be better if he has to get all the way up at night and get freezing cold cause then he won’t want to get up during the night. I DON’T KNOW! Start with the no-fluid rule first is what I’d do. Or whatever.
Hi Em! If I were you, I’d wait some longer before training Guy… Boys are usually later, and I think this problem Rachel’s having is probably cause Anna is so young. I bet most barely 2yr olds who are trained during the day are in diapers at night (I bet most of them sleep through it). Anna, of course, is just exceptional 😉 I also wouldn’t trust such a young guy/girl to do it themselves at night. Seems a little too much for them unless you’re willing to deal with the messes cheerfully.
I don’t think Emily’s potty training Guy yet! We’ll see how things go over here… we all are pretty sick with colds with some fever right now. Anybody want to come pamper us? I miss having a mommy around (like mine!) when I don’t feel good. It’s special to be able to do that for Anna though.
Anna has a ways to go before she is able to potty all by herself. She can almost do it all on her own if she just has undies on. If she takes the undies all the way off (instead of just pulling down) she has trouble getting her feet in the leg holes when putting them back on. If she has pants on, it’s still a little too hard to do the undies first and the pants next. At night, she’s either wearing plastic shorts or a pull-up and those are too hard for her completely. Guess this is what I get for potty training at barely 2 years old. I think it will work out and we’ll get into a rhythm pretty quickly though.
THE MAIN PROBLEM NOW: she is holding her #2! It’s been days longer than usual and she has hardly gone since we started training a week and half ago. She feels the urge but holds it in. Thanks Grandma D. for the prune juice… she has finished it. I will get some more (as well as pear and pineapple juice) tomorrow if I can get myself to the store. Makes me grateful that it’s close.
“Houston… we have poop. I repeat, we have poop.”
“roger that……lol……we copy that” LOLOLOL
yay for poop!
It seems to be a normal problem at that age, and on. Several little girls I know went through a tough time of holding it in.