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Lori – I think you handled the nightwaking perfectly – and she must be so proud of herself! On the bed – I’d hold off as long as possible. And definitely don’t make the switch until you are really confident she’s thru this stage – cause in a bed she won’t call you – she’ll just show up! It will be harder for her to talk herself back to sleep with the temptation to just get up and out. I keep my kids in the crib either until they are too big for it (Andrew at 3 1/2) or climbing out (Jane at 18 months
) James is still in his at 2 1/2 with no plans to get out any time soon!I agree. The longer they’re in the crib the better!!
Let’s contain them as long as we can!Lori,
Liza did the same thing…and it became the “boy crying wolf” for us, too. I put my foot down a few times and she wet her bed once and even pooped once in her bed. I, too felt horrible…just horrible. But, the truth of the matter is that the majority of the time she really didn’t have to go potty and was just trying to get attention, or use an excuse to get out of bed.
What finally worked for us was to let her go when she said she had to, but only once or twice. If she asked a third time, it was obvious she didn’t have to go. When I let her get up to go potty I would be very firm and matter of fact with her, not letting her engage me in any conversation. As soon as she was done, I’d march her back to bed and say good night. With Liza the problem was that everytime she went potty she’d get more hugs and kisses and “I love you’s” when she went back to bed. She loved that attention and it was driving her to keep asking to go. Once I cut that out and was more matter of fact and firm with her, she gradually cut out the potty trips. It was gradual, though. It didn’t happen overnight.
Right now you have that dilemna, does she have to go, or is she faking it? You’re never going to know for sure, so it may help to teach Sarah that she is allowed to go if she has to, but that it’s not going to get her any extra attention from you. That’s how we solved the problem with Liza. Also, limiting fluids after 6 pm, so you know she can’t have to pee that much helps.
BTW – Ellie’s not even potty trained yet and she has tried this little trick, figuring if it got Liza out of bed it’d work for her, too!
Little rascals!About the video monitors, you can have two in two different rooms if they are both on a different frequency. Ours both have different megahertz, (which means nothing to me), except that they don’t interfere with each other. Also, some systems come with one monitor and two cameras so you can have a camera in two different rooms and then switch channels on the monitor to view each room. Also, some have many more infra-red lights on them making night time viewing better. One of mine has great infra-red, the other not as good.
Good luck! I hope you solve the “potty issue” soon.
Lori – My daughter has always been extremely intelligent for her age, and unfortuntely I think also very manipulative. When she was getting up at night, it was mainly before midnight, and she would get up about 3-4 times to go to the toilet. Sometimes she would do something, but alot of the time she wouldnt. I think it was about 2 or 3 weeks before we stopped entertaining her and then another couple of weeks of being very business like before the wakings stopped. We went away on vacation when she was about 18 months old and she wouldnt sleep so we gave her some toys in her bed to sleep with. When we got home she wouldnt give them up, and then wanted more and more toys every night until she could hardly fit in her bed, and she would spend half the night playing with them. At that point i said “thats enough” and took all the toys out. She cried for the first couple of nights and then got over it.
One other thing I found is that her sleeping at night really improved when we cut out her daytime nap. She used to sleep for a couple of hours in the afternoon, and even though it was great for me, we paid for it at night when she wouldnt sleep.
She sleeps good now. Only wakes on the odd occasion if she has a nightmare or falls out of bed. She went through a period of waking really early so we gave her an alarm clock and she is not allowed to get up until it goes off
. These stages dont seem to last too long, hope she gets through it soon.
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