Late Night Potty Trips

When Elise was first starting to wear underwear at night we would wake her up right before we went to bed to go potty one more time – hoping it would help her stay dry until the morning. She is a heavy sleeper, so often she would still be asleep through the process. Often she would wake up half the way and start crying and crying. I still have the image though of her sitting on the potty seat, head slumped down, long hair covering he little face.

Now we are in the same boat again with Joely. Now that he is 3 he has been wearing his big boy undies to bed and we are now waking him around 11pm for one more potty trip. Unlike Elise, he wakes up pretty easily and pees pretty easily. These times have become very precious memories already. Our little man is a cuddle bug and cuddles so tightly when we get him up and as we put him back to bed. When he is especially awake we have some very sweet encounters with him, chatting while he goes potty. Although it will be great when he doesn’t need the late night potty trips, at the same time I think I will miss these tender moments.