Not sleeping..

crene84

DD has always been a good sleeper doing 12-13 hours a night.  She's had her phases probably due to teething where she's had a bad week here and there, but it's been months since she's woken up crying in the MON.  But last week she woke up once and it took me 1.5 hours to get her back down.  Then the past 4 nights she's woken up.  It's killing me because I don't know if it's cuz she's teething or because she has to pee (she's potty trained now)...but some nights she wakes up and is miserable and won't go back down..some nights I just let her pee on the potty and she goes right back down.

Between her waking up and DS waking up, I am getting almost no sleep some nights.  I don't know if I'm forming bad habits with DD but with her being PTed, I have no choice but get up with her. I can't make her hold her pee.  

I just really hope that she's waking up for other reasons (again, maybe teething) and then realizing she has to pee...that she's not actually waking up because she has to pee.  Due to her young age and her kidney issues, she pees very frequently and she isn't able to just get up and go on her own, so this could be very bad..

watercolor5

Could you just put her in pull-ups at night?  It's awesome that she's PTed, but this is still very young to not need a nighttime diaper.  If that's what's causing her stress, I'd just take the step back and put a nighttime diaper on her. 

tinyhumantoe

I really wish I had some advice.  I don't   LO wakes up screaming from time to time, and I just go in and hug her and change her diaper, no talking, then put her back.  Sometimes I fake changing it if it's dry. 

Other than nights with teething problems, she doesn't really stay up after I put her back down.

crene84

watercolor5 said:

Could you just put her in pull-ups at night?  It's awesome that she's PTed, but this is still very young to not need a nighttime diaper.  If that's what's causing her stress, I'd just take the step back and put a nighttime diaper on her. 

Oh, yea she definitely is in diapers at nap time and bedtime.  She is in super overnite Huggie diapers and still wets through sometimes at night (when she actually sleeps thru)...so yea, she has a diaper but is so anal (which is a blessing and a curse) that she doesn't want to pee in her diaper if she's awake.

Holly_1007

Is she still in her crib? If not, can you put a little potty seat in her room so she can get up, pee and go back to bed on her own? (Maybe this is completely wishful thinking that she would be able to do this on her own right now)

crene84

Holly_1007 said:

Is she still in her crib? If not, can you put a little potty seat in her room so she can get up, pee and go back to bed on her own? (Maybe this is completely wishful thinking that she would be able to do this on her own right now)

She is still in a crib, but even so, I wouldn't trust her to do that.  She'd probably pee in it and then try to carry it somewhere and spill it everywhere...she's actually never really gone in a potty chair. She goes on the toilet.

watercolor5

crene84 said:

watercolor5 said:

Could you just put her in pull-ups at night?  It's awesome that she's PTed, but this is still very young to not need a nighttime diaper.  If that's what's causing her stress, I'd just take the step back and put a nighttime diaper on her. 

Oh, yea she definitely is in diapers at nap time and bedtime.  She is in super overnite Huggie diapers and still wets through sometimes at night (when she actually sleeps thru)...so yea, she has a diaper but is so anal (which is a blessing and a curse) that she doesn't want to pee in her diaper if she's awake.

Oh ok, that makes way more sense!  Is she able to answer you when you ask what wakes her up?  I'd just try talking through it with her during the day when she's not upset.  Reassure her that it's ok to pee in her diaper, and that Mommy can change it for her and it's no big deal but then she has to go back to sleep.  No clue if that will help- I've just been really impressed by how much talking and thinking about things ahead of time changes what stresses my toddler out. 
 

crene84

watercolor5 said:

crene84 said:

watercolor5 said:

Could you just put her in pull-ups at night?  It's awesome that she's PTed, but this is still very young to not need a nighttime diaper.  If that's what's causing her stress, I'd just take the step back and put a nighttime diaper on her. 

Oh, yea she definitely is in diapers at nap time and bedtime.  She is in super overnite Huggie diapers and still wets through sometimes at night (when she actually sleeps thru)...so yea, she has a diaper but is so anal (which is a blessing and a curse) that she doesn't want to pee in her diaper if she's awake.

Oh ok, that makes way more sense!  Is she able to answer you when you ask what wakes her up?  I'd just try talking through it with her during the day when she's not upset.  Reassure her that it's ok to pee in her diaper, and that Mommy can change it for her and it's no big deal but then she has to go back to sleep.  No clue if that will help- I've just been really impressed by how much talking and thinking about things ahead of time changes what stresses my toddler out. 
 

I'll try that.  She isn't talking much so she wouldn't answer me.  But yea, she definitely understands so much that I say.  She pretty much always says "pee pee" since her goal is to get out of the crib and she knows if she says that, I'll put her on the potty..sigh

hmp1

Is she having trouble falling back asleep after she pees? I don't have experience with this since James doesn't pee at night, but if she just needs to go and then goes back to sleep, I would stick with that routine instead of encouraging her to use her diaper if she doesn't want to. 

If she is waking up all the way when you take her to the bathroom, I was thinking introducing a night time potty chair in her room could be good. She can use it only at night with you there but that way she stays in her dark calming room and isn't getting too much stimulation. I would also put her in a night time pull up instead of a diaper.

bosha711

When DS was potty trained for daytime, his nighttime sleep was inturrupted for a period of time. We think he would wet his pull-up, feel it & get upset & wake up crying. It was like he knew mentally he had an accident, but his body just wasn't physically ready yet to alert him to wake up to go pee before he went in the pull-up.

After a few months, he was able to wake himself when he felt he had to go & wasn't waking upset crying anymore bc he was fully aware of what was going on.

It's the downside of your dd being pt'ed so early. Her body probably has a ways to go before she is night trained & she still needs assistance going to the potty.

I agree about putting her in nighttime pull-ups & getting her a seat for her room. It will streamline the nighttime peeing process & hopefully allow her to go back down quicker. GL!