BabbyO
01-10-2013, 04:11 PM
I've posted recently about Stachio and night-time PTing.
http://windsorpeak.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=445742
Basically he would go 5 - 10 nights waking up dry and then as soon as we put undies on him he'd wet.
Well, frankly with the holidays approaching DH and I got lazy and started putting him in pull ups or diapers every night. (I could so kick myself for this). After about 6-8 weeks of this...Stachio is waking up WET every morning. However, it seems that his New Year's Resolution is to wear underwear to bed because he REFUSES to put on a pull up now. The problem is...he's no longer aware of when he is wetting.
My theory is that when he first PT'ed it was all so new that he was VERY aware of the signals that he had to go. Then because DH and I were putting him in pull-ups or a diaper he realized that it didn't matter and he's been going at night for long enough without any consequence that he doesn't recognize the signal.
I also think that he actually makes it most nights until he is waking up (He's a slow waker...needing time to just lie in bed after waking to adjust before he gets out of bed - DH is like this). So I think he's actually having his accidents while he's in this 1/2 awake state.
I don't want to punish him for accidents...but I do want to encourage him to be more aware of the signal when he wakes.
Anyone have any ideas how I can do this?
FWIW...we do try to get him to go potty if he wakes in the night...but he will often refuse. We even manage to get him to sit on the potty a lot of the time...but he won't go (then have an accident shortly thereafter). So if anyone has any suggestions for getting him to go in this situation...I'd love it, too.
I'd just put the pull-ups back on for a while...but he doesn't want them...and frankly, I think that is how we got into this mess in the first place. I think if we'd just stuck it out right away for a few nights, we wouldn't be experiencing this.
http://windsorpeak.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=445742
Basically he would go 5 - 10 nights waking up dry and then as soon as we put undies on him he'd wet.
Well, frankly with the holidays approaching DH and I got lazy and started putting him in pull ups or diapers every night. (I could so kick myself for this). After about 6-8 weeks of this...Stachio is waking up WET every morning. However, it seems that his New Year's Resolution is to wear underwear to bed because he REFUSES to put on a pull up now. The problem is...he's no longer aware of when he is wetting.
My theory is that when he first PT'ed it was all so new that he was VERY aware of the signals that he had to go. Then because DH and I were putting him in pull-ups or a diaper he realized that it didn't matter and he's been going at night for long enough without any consequence that he doesn't recognize the signal.
I also think that he actually makes it most nights until he is waking up (He's a slow waker...needing time to just lie in bed after waking to adjust before he gets out of bed - DH is like this). So I think he's actually having his accidents while he's in this 1/2 awake state.
I don't want to punish him for accidents...but I do want to encourage him to be more aware of the signal when he wakes.
Anyone have any ideas how I can do this?
FWIW...we do try to get him to go potty if he wakes in the night...but he will often refuse. We even manage to get him to sit on the potty a lot of the time...but he won't go (then have an accident shortly thereafter). So if anyone has any suggestions for getting him to go in this situation...I'd love it, too.
I'd just put the pull-ups back on for a while...but he doesn't want them...and frankly, I think that is how we got into this mess in the first place. I think if we'd just stuck it out right away for a few nights, we wouldn't be experiencing this.