We have been talking to Katie about being a big girl and going to big girl school. We have been showing her, her new school for the fall. She came to us and told us she wanted to wear panties to bed. She wanted to be a big girl. Seeing as I never sleep anymore I figured I would wake her in the middle of the night to help her learn to get up in the middle of the night to use the potty. Little did I know the events that would occur.
I wake in the middle of the night because I her Lady whimpering. I quickly think of Katie and quietly hurry myself to her room to take her to the potty. I whip back her covers only to see her wide-eyed as if I had two heads. I said come on lets go potty. I get.... NO Mommy I already went. I asked her when. She said she just went. So let's replay this in her 5 year old mind.
She wakes to go potty. Follows the trail of night lights I set out, goes potty and goes back to bed. I wake to Lady whimpering because Katie got out of bed. I probably scared Katie to death. She thought everyone was asleep and here I come. I felt so bad for scaring her but the more I remember the big wide eyes in the middle of the night the more I laugh.
Then we have the worst night. We had a strange day and Katie had something to drink later than normal. I was worried and did not want to see her fail so I wake her out of a dead sleep and carry her to the bathroom. I stand her up and she sits on the potty. I am helping her because she is still half asleep I thought she would either fall in or off while trying to go. She looks up and me with one eye open, Mommy I really do not have to go can I go back to bed?
Feeling like dirt I get her off the potty grab her hand and start to lead her back to bed. Katie was still half asleep and I guided her right into the wall. If she wasn't awake she was now. Yes I checked her head in the morning for a bruise and NO she did not have one. I supposed what I should learn from all of this is the following Katie came to me about the overnight potty. She will have accidents I should let her do it her way. She will probably live longer. TTFN
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