I had mentioned ealier that my girl promised not to wear diapers to sleep anymore and try to stay dry after her 5th birthday. She has stayed dry a long time ago during the day (I can't remember when) and recently for daytime naps but not during the night.
I had tried to get her off diapers during the night several times before unsuccessfully ending in tears, frustration and anger on both our parts. It was a real disaster!
Now she has made her own move and commitment to stay dry. And its been good so far. She said she wanted to give it a try one time before her birthday and so she did but she woke up the next morning with the bed all wet and in tears.
After her birthday she tried again. The first morning she patted her bed when she woke up and was happy with her success and achievement when it was dry. We gave her a doughnut and a star to encourage her. Last night (the 2nd night) she woke up at 3.00am and I took her to the toilet to pee. This morning she woke up and was dry and happy again. She got another star.
She's working on collecting 30 stars before getting the toy she has been eyeing. Her 3 year old brother has got about 18 stars now and on his way to getting his present. Soon we will be diaper free and saving lots and lots of money! Yippeee!!
Thursday, May 24, 2007
Toilet training is easier when kids are ready and motivated
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I guess I still have to wait a little while more before getting the diaper off during the nite for Keith. I didn't wanted to wake him up middle of the nite just to make him pee. There was once, he refused to put on his diaper to sleep and agreed not to wet the bed but in the middle of the nite when I woke up, my bed was wet.
ReplyDeleteGetting up in the middle of the night sure is tough.
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