After having THREE amazingly productive and focused days in a row, and some really good work time last night, today has been...meh. I'm tired. I'm still waking up a lot at night, and it takes a while to fall asleep, so I'm not getting enough sleep on the weekdays (I've been sleeping later on weekends, like 7:30). On top of that, L decided he wanted to wear underwear at night, and while I tried to dissuade him, G (rightly) reminded me that we need to encourage this step. So there have been a lot of night wake-ups and bed changes and laundry.
After getting up at 4:45 with L, I couldn't get back to sleep, and then my alarm went off at 5:30. I got up, got ready, went to the gym, walked the dog, showered and got ready, made myself breakfast, cleaned up kids' breakfast, took B to school, started soiled sheets laundry, did one round of work on my grant, did a phone conference, and then...petered out around 10 AM. (I'm working from home because I'm picking B up at 3 to go to his social skills group...I've planned this short day into my week for this fall). I've been skipping around between this and that non-urgent task and email and I just decided to sit down and blog. I did get a few necessary things done, so it wasn't a total loss, but I didn't make significant headway on my 3 major projects (which is my goal for each day this week) so I feel disappointed.
I'm trying to remind myself that my worst day this week (because I'm optimistic that today will be better) is not much worse than my BEST days in the past several months. That not every day can be 100% and the 120% I got done the best 3 days buys me some leeway. But...still...meh.
I have 15 minutes before picking B up so I'm going to do my 10 minute meditation now. At least I can cross THAT off my list! Don't want to break that chain.
I recommend getting disposable pads for putting on top of the sheets during this stage. You can find them in the adult incontinence section (or pet or potty training). Makes bed changing much faster since you don't have to strip the bottom. Use a couple and get the kind with stickies on the bottom.
ReplyDelete7 days in a row waking up dry and getting on time to the toilet. OR YOUR HUSBAND, NOT YOU, does the middle of night clean up, laundry, and bed changing. REALLY.
ReplyDeleteActually he did. But I'm a light sleeper so I got up too
DeleteWe're having that same night-wetting issue. Back to pull ups. He still wakes when he's wet but at least there's no mess. Until he's dry every night, we're sticking with this plan.
ReplyDeleteP.S. Here's our post on night training. It took FOREVER with DC1 and didn't actually work until two weeks in underpants. I don't normally make statements about gender differences, but in terms of all things potty related, girls are so much easier.
ReplyDeletehttps://nicoleandmaggie.wordpress.com/2012/03/28/night-training/
I beg to differ. My two girls have been polar opposites with potty training. The first was super traumatic & the 2nd seems straightforward. I think it's probably more birth order & personality. Or maybe it's because (as someone with two boys told me) my older girl just has the "energy" of a boy (excitable, intense and not interested in sitting still). My 2nd on the other hand, already seems to have established herself as the "calm one" to her older sisters "chaos merchant". No mean feat for a 2year old!
DeleteNight training doesn't have much to do with energy and a lot to do with biology though. Neither of my kids were traumatic at all. We did early potty training and had fun with it. Trauma has a lot to do with starting at a defiant time rather than during a chill cycle. Brazelton's signs of readiness hit at the same time as the terrible 2s/3s.
DeleteBut boys tend to still have semi regular accidents even into 1st grade. Not just mine, but among the kids at school.
How timely. C had his first experience with underwear yesterday (and obviously his first accident). I sense a LONG road ahead, he seems to have no awareness whatsoever about urination. (He's 2 and nearly 7 months- but a very YOUNG 2 7/12!)
ReplyDeleteThe first step in that situation is diaper free bare bottom time. I still remember the look on dc1's face the first time he peed in the shower. Like, what is happening? We explained.
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