Just recently, for the past month or
so, he's been having some night time accidents. I haven't enforced any type of disciplinary
actions or showed any frustration toward the incidents, because I want him to
understand that it’s only an accident and accident do happen, but as you could
imagine its beginning to get a little annoying having to wash the sheets and
scrub the bed. Instead of blaming him I have tried to figure out the reason for
its occurrence. I must admit, lately we've loosened up on the amount of water
or juice he drinks during the day, we’ve also shorten the period between diner
and bedtime that we allow him to have water, in an attempt to show him that we
trust him, but he is a growing four year old boy now and not the same baby as
before. I personally, think the reason for having more accidents recently, has
more to do with the fact that we have stopped using the night time pull-ups and
started allowing him to wear, as he calls them, his big boy underwear. But
whatever the cause he's going through what some call, “The potty or/and bed wetting relapse”.
Do you have a small child or
young sibling whom has undergone a relapse in potty training or bed wetting?
How did you handle the situation? What suggestion do you have that could help
with my 4yr. old?
Hi David,
ReplyDeleteWhen you write about your child, love ones, or hobby, it is difficult to resume your own thoughts in just a few sentences. This is why your posting is somehow too long. But for someone who has a child about the same age, it is just fine. I have a daughter and remember the potty-training time. I had taken advantage of the Summer as there were less layers of closing at bathroom's time. She had a relapse at night when she was 6yrs.old. This was after her dad had left the house. This was her inconscient reaction. After about five night accidents like that, I talk to her: "I know you're upset about the divorce, but you do not have to wet your bed." And there has not been any accident since. Acording to psychologists, if a child is frustrated or upset with something he cannot express, then it may translates in other behaviours such as bed-wetting.
I really enjoyed this blog post about your son and potty training. I myself have two older daughters that i have to potty train, its not easiy, it takes patients and time on both parts. My forat daughter was really easy she was potty trained at 3 with no problems. Now for my other daughter who is four now, I started potty training her at 2 aswell, and at first she was doing great but then at night she was having accidents all the time, but it was only in the night. It went on for about a year and a half. it was a nightmare, having to change the sheets in the middle of the night, having to do so much laundry and batheing her eveytime she had a accident. Now she is 4 yrs old and she finally dosent have any accidents. It took a really long time. I figured out that she wasnt waking up at night when she felt like she had to go to the bathroom. but she does now. Hang in there it will get better soon! i look forward to hearing more.
ReplyDeleteMichelle
I do not have any children but when I was a child I had potty issues since I was 10 years old. My parents tried the most random things. No drinks after a certain hour, the pull ups (though after a certain age I didn't wear them), etc.
ReplyDeleteHowever, your post are long yet they hold my attention throughout. What I realized is that you're good at the introductions and perhaps that's where you pull in the viewers that keeps them reading despite the length. Also, posing a question at the end of the post is very creative.