For the past 6 months we've noticed a positive change in Taylor. He's been able to sleep through the night in his Pull-Up dry. Just last month we noticed that he was consecutively dry about 5 out of 7 nights a week. I've been so happy about this growth of independence and proud of his daily successes. Day after day he would wake up and say, "I stayed dry last night". We would encourage him to "hold it in all night while you sleep" and to go use the bathroom as many times as possible before he fell asleep each night. With that, we would praise him in the morning when he actually did stay dry.
A month ago we let the Pull-Up stack dwindle down to nothing as we made the decision for Taylor to stop wearing Pull-Ups at night and to wear underpants. Was he really ready for this or was it all a fluke? I thought since we were getting closer and closer to his 5th birthday that it couldn't be a fluke and that the positive changes were due in fact to pure maturity and getting older.
Well the first week of not wearing a Pull-Up was an interesting one. Taylor definitely regressed and decided to fight the system. He had an accident almost every single night! What I thought?? He's been dry almost every night and now he's not?? I vowed to give it a full 2 weeks before I reverted back to anything. So with that I had to get a little creative. Enter in 2 mason jars, a bag full of fake gold coins, and a reward...earn 5 gold coins in your jar and you can pick out a new Hot Wheels car.
After the initial first 2 weeks, we finally had a positive week and we thought it was all turning around. However, the following week was the week I went in the hospital for a night and the weekend was Taylor's birthday. With all the changes and excitement, he regressed once again and it lasted about 2 weeks.
Finally, we've seen the positive changes we've been waiting for. It's been 2 weeks now without one single accident. Moving into his new room to make room for the twins actually worked in our favor instead of against us. He calls it his, "big boy room" and ever since he has slept in it he has stayed dry!
This is truly a little blessing that couldn't have happened at a more appropriate time
After the initial first 2 weeks, we finally had a positive week and we thought it was all turning around. However, the following week was the week I went in the hospital for a night and the weekend was Taylor's birthday. With all the changes and excitement, he regressed once again and it lasted about 2 weeks.
Finally, we've seen the positive changes we've been waiting for. It's been 2 weeks now without one single accident. Moving into his new room to make room for the twins actually worked in our favor instead of against us. He calls it his, "big boy room" and ever since he has slept in it he has stayed dry!
This is truly a little blessing that couldn't have happened at a more appropriate time
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Yay, Taylor!
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