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BWLO: Potty training question
Do you take LO to the potty every time they ask? Even if they're already in their night time diaper and more than likely trying to stall bedtime rather than actually having to go?
Alex tries to pull every card in the book when it's time for sleep. She'll ask for a milk, a blanket, a tissue, a ponytail, or to use the potty. 90 percent of the time the asking for the potty is just a stall tactic. I'll get her on the potty and she'll sit there and sing, read, play around, and basically wake up completely from any sleepiness she had before. But then there's that 10 percent that is a legitimate request to not go in her diaper. Last night was one of many like that. It was 9:30, she was asking for everything under the sun and then said she had to potty. She was already in her diaper for bed, the house was dark and I didn't want to restart the whole wind down process with her, so I said no. When I changed her this morning though she had poop and it was definitely there for a while.
Re: BWLO: Potty training question
I have not potty trained but from what I know from sisters/friends yes, they learn very quickly that 'potty' requests nearly always get a yes so they ask to go even when they don't have to. They are smart little stinkers.
As far as when you say yes/no, I have know idea, but my guess is you say yes but then if they don't go immediately, they go back to bed and that's it. At least that's what I imagine doing.
They are smart like that. I don't mind as much during the day, but when it's late at night, and I'm exhausted, the last thing I want to deal with is the fake potty run. But then there's always that small possibility that she's starting to get it and really wants to go. Ugh!
The quick run is fine when we're using disposables, but in the cloth just one pee and the diaper is damp. I can't put a cold damp diaper back on her, so then I have to get a new one, which since I only have 3 in rotation, means back to disposables quicker. She leaks in the disposables before morning, so then I get the 3AM potty call because she's wet, and of course I can't deny that one. It's a vicious cycle I tell ya. Unfortunately Alex knows it and works it to mess with me I think
Kodi tries everything under the sun to stall going to sleep too, including saying he needs to use the potty. Even though I know he's most likely stalling, I still let him get up and try. He only gets a minute and then he has to go back to bed. I don't want to say no because if he really has to go I don't want to discourage any successful potty usage. If he asks mutliple times in a row, I only let him try the first time, after that I just ignore him.
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