I will be the first to acknowledge that my two sons are as different as they come.
One has brown hair and brown eyes.
The other- blonde hair and blue eyes.
One is outgoing and makes friends with ease.
The other, though loud and rambunctious- an introvert.
One loves sports.
The other loves to entertain and make people laugh.
One loves to sit and read stories while the other couldn't sit still if his life depended on it.
. However, I figured there would be a few basic things, like potty training, that would be fairly similar for both of my boys. But I'm learning that that is not the case. I count myself lucky that both Hayden and Rylan were potty trained early (for boys). Each had mastered the skill of peeing in the toilet by the age of 2. But Rylan is still struggling with not needing a pull up at night and he is now 3 1/2.
While I am not a novice in the potty training department, I have exhausted my resources and am now enlisting your help. What worked with Hayden is simply not working with Rylan.
He'll do well for a couple of days nights and then all of a sudden begins to have accidents again. I *think* that he is just so groggy when he first wakes up in the morning that it doesn't register that he needs to go to the potty, and that is when he wets the bed. I'm trying to wean him from the pulls up, but I cannot afford to wash his sheets and bed cover every single day until he gets the hang of it.
{He's fine during the day. It's just at night that we are having issues}
Do you have any advice?
What techniques did you use when potty training your child?
I'm a mom of 6 and here's my 2 cents for what it is worth!
ReplyDeleteWhen I potty train, if they are daytime trained I consider them trained. Night time is a whole other thing, and I have finally decided that there is no reason to rush it. We tried many many things with my oldest son, and then his younger brother "got it" before he did and he REALLY hated that and STILL.. it didn't click. I think it as just his body. some kids just take longer to figure this one out.. yes, I'm even talking Kindergarten longer. But until that happens, you can try rewards for being dry etc, or commit to doing laundry all the time.. or you can just let it go. it will happen when it happens. One diaper a day isn't so bad :)
That's just my 2 cents- kids are so different!
Found you from bloggymoms! Nice to meet you!
Emily
PS
And then here's this, just because it will make you laugh :)
http://www.weakandloved.com/2008/07/shortest-potty-training-attempt-ever.html
Thanks, Emily! I appreciate your feed back. I guess I figured that since he is daytime potty trained, and has been for a year and a half, that he would be nighttime trained by now. I'm so ready to no longer buy pull ups, but if he's not ready, then he's not ready. :)
DeleteNice to meet you too!
I will be following this thread closely! My girl just turned 2 and we are now embarking on the potty training. This is my first time so I have NO clue what I am doing!!
ReplyDeleteI saw you on Bloggy Moms, so I am following your blog now!! Excited to read more posts and I hope you can come visit and follow my blog as well!!! http://takeitlikeamommy.blogspot.com/
Thanks for visiting, Jessica! I'm so glad you found me on Bloggy Moms!
DeleteI wish I had some words of wisdom here, but we were in pull ups at night until my son was almost 6! He was just a super late bloomer in the bladder control area. One day he just stopped needing them. When he finally started waking up to pee in the middle of the night, I knew he was ready. Good luck! Stopping by from Bloggy Moms. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by Adrienne! I'm glad I posted this because I was really started to get concerned. But now I know that I am not alone and that sometimes I just need to be more patient.
DeletePS-That is one of my favorite verses in your header! Such a great Word!
ReplyDeleteI have no advice for you but what about putting one of those hospital pad things under him...then at least if he wets the bed you can just trash it and not change the sheets nightly? you know the ones that they put under you in L & D? ha....keep us posted. You know I will need all the advice I can get! xoxo
ReplyDeleteHahaha I hadn't thought about those! I'll try to find some and then I'll let you know if it works :) xoxo
DeleteYour blog and design is really lovely! I'm currently potty training #2, and I think that these sort of things remind us of how different our children really are! Now following you via MBC and would love for you to check my blog out and follow if you have the chance. All the best! Monica
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by and following Monica! Checking out your blog now :)
DeleteI agree with the above advice that suggested there is no need to rush it. My 5 yr old was potty trained at 18 months but still wears the goodnights pull-ups at night. We've tried to get him out of it but realized it's just something that will happen when he's ready for it. I think it causes him too much anxiety when we try and force it. He's a very heavy sleeper and I think that has something to do with it.
ReplyDeleteI agree about boys being different! My boys are total opposites and my youngest is being very stubborn on the potty training thing. I'd love to get him trained by the time his sister gets here but that might be wishful thinking. :)
I agree. Potty training shines the light on each child's uniqueness and I'm learning to just be patient with Rylan. I guess I was hoping to ditching the Pull-ups soon! Those suckers are expensive!
DeleteHi Megan! This is a hot topic in our house as well :)
ReplyDeleteCarter just turned 3 and we still use pull ups at night. Maybe 25% of the time he needs it, but that's too big of a risk for me! We try to limit liquid in the evenings, but sometimes he is just too thirsty. What works the best is getting him up and taking him to the bathroom before we go to bed (usually Seth takes him around 11pm). I think it's just too long for him to go the whole night. That has helped a lot. Good luck!
That's a good thought. I hadn't considered taking him to use the bathroom before we went to bed. I'll give it a shot!
DeleteI am still working on the day time training so really interested to hear an update on your nighttime training. Glad I found your blog through the Mom's Mingle. I'm your newest follower.
ReplyDeleteThank you! I'm going to start trying a few things and will post an update :)
DeleteI'm sorry I can't offer any advice as my boys are only 20-months and we haven't really started the whole process, which I am dreading a bit. But, I just had to share that your notes about your boys being so different could have been describing my two exactly. And, mine are twins...and still, so very different.
ReplyDeleteI hope you find some useful suggestions, and I look forward to following along and maybe borrowing some of them down the road. :) Found you via Two in Diapers today.
Thank you for stopping by and visiting, Holli! If I find anything that works, I will let you know :) I've been trying a variety of methods mentioned in the comments and nothing seems to be working. I'm just going to give it some time. When he is ready, he's ready.
DeleteLooking forward to doing a follow up post to this one :)
I had issues with my second too. The same as yours! We make him go just before he goes to bed and, initially, we used to take him to the bathroom just before we went to bed (wake him up and take him to the bathroom). Now, we've stopped doing the latter and so far, no accidents. I guess it's a matter of training his bladder to hold more!!
ReplyDeleteVisiting you from the Mommy Brain Mixer. I am now a follower. Do visit my blog when you get a chance!
I've only potty trained 1 child (my youngest is "scheduled" for next spring) and he'll be 4 next month and we've just started no pull ups at bedtime. We're using disposable bed covers just in case but as long as we wake him up to go pee when we go to bed he has no problems.
ReplyDeleteJust keep at it.
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