New baby in the house
My 2 year old (will be 3 this summer) is completely potty trained. We put him in a Pull Up at night, just in case. We also have a newborn. Over the past few weeks, my oldest has started wetting his Pull Up almost every night. He is really good with the new baby, and doesn't seem to have jealousy issues, nor does he seem to be attention-deprived. However, he has been getting up quite a bit earlier than normal, and has cut out naps altogether since the baby arrived. Anyone else have this problem? I'm wondering if he's just so tired at night that he may be sleeping right through wetting his Pull Up. Any other ideas?
potty training issues
I have twins that are 3 and they won't go poo in the potty, but they insist on peeing in the potty!! I feel your pain! My niece is 4 years old and they still have to put a diaper on her at night because she sleeps so heavy that she wets her bed every night!! Good luck!!
Night time potty training
Oh, I can't even imagine trying to potty train twins!! You must have your hands full! We actually mentioned our son's issue to our dr. at the baby's 1st visit, and he said we have nothing to worry about. He isn't quite 3 yet, and he's been using his potty since January with no problems. Our Dr. said regression is very normal, with or without a new baby in the family. I suppose we'll just give it some time, and just encourage/remind him to wake us up at night if he needs to go.
I am so excited!! One of
I am so excited!! One of the twins actually pooed on the potty yesterday! His Daddy even took him to DQ for it!! WE are on the right track!!
I have heard that when a new baby arrives in the house the older child/children may regress and that is totally normal!! Good luck!!
Wow!
That's so exciting Mikki! I bet it won't be long now until both twins learn how proud mom and dad are of them for going on the potty! Way to go!!
For my son, we used 2 different ways to encourage him to potty train. First, I printed off a Dora Potty Chart from www.nickjr.com, and he got to put up stickers every time he went. But the real motivation was a piggy bank he got to put coins in each time he went. After a couple of days, we would take his bank to the store and let him pick out a new Matchbox car, and he paid for it all by himself with his earnings. He caught on very quickly! And we are lucky that he doesn't still expect money each time he goes! :)
What I read
I have read that it is quite common for the older one to start peeing themselves again after a new arrival just keep working at it it will fade away eventually.
from experience and docs thoughts
We had some difficulity with a 4 year old. The middle child of 3. She did fine until we got her allergies under control. Up until that point she would get up to go to the bathroom at night, once the allergies were under control she could breath all night without difficulity and would sleep very sound through the night not relizing when she had to go. This just took some time and making sure she limited her liquid intake before bed (which I hate doing as I am a huge water drinker) and went to the bathroom before bed time. Doc said this was all normal and the soundness of her sleep was well worth the steps backwards.