potty trained, but now another problem

[boosty]

i am having a problem. if you read my last post, i explained how my daughter has completely potty trained herself in the last three days. but my new problem is that she doesnt take her nap that she needs to bad cuase shes sleepy all day.because she keeps waking up adn yelling to go to the bathroom. and i have a diaper on her during naptime. she is 2 years old so explaining to her that its ok to pee in the diaper at bedtime, she wont understand. what should i do? and now she wakes up at 5am and yells to go to the bathroom too. what do i do? i am happy that she goes potty now, but she doesnt sleep anymore becuse of it. anyone have this problem?

[jd1419]

I went through this also when we first trained our second child--he would cry if you told him it was okay to go in his pullup--he was so afraind of losing the desings--don't know why for he really trained himself--but he was over 2 by a few months--we just always put sweatpants and undies on him during the day and a pull up at nap time but no jammie bottoms.  He has the dexterity to take his pants off---but we limited his juice intake before nap time so he wouldn't have to go as much.  If you show them a few times how take things off and put them on they will do it--especially at this age it is all about me do me do--so it will not take her long to figure out how to get her clothes off and back on--especialy if no buttons or snaps to mess with.

[mommy9180]

I've chalked it up to we are going though the potty training process right along with'em.  It great that she hasen't had an accident. Your biggest road block is her clothing.....and letting her master this skill. Maybe try getting dressed along side her to show her how you do it. Yes that means sitting on the floor etc.  For the diaper thing on at nap time hang it up. If she is as gungho about peeing on the potty, well then You have just stepped into your next stage of development of a potty butt wiper( but still use the wipes ). Its just as hard for us as moomy to move through our little ones stages of development as it is for them. They are becoming more independent and we have just gotten comfy with the previous stage. Anyway give it shoot she may just suprise ya and pick up on the clothes changing thing really well.  If not just keep breathing!!

[boosty]

how do you teach her to "get up and go by herself" i cant let her sleep in a dress overnight because
1. its too cold
2. she still needs underwear that she wont be able to pull down
3. she will not understnad if i try to teach her to get out of bed and go by herself throughout the night. and then expect her to wipe herself and go back to bed. hahha
so i guess i am stuck. my problem is not overnight though. once shes asleep, she doesnt wake up to pee. sometimes her diaper is dry in the morning too. but she does wake up at 5am now to go pee. she used to wake up at 7:30am
the problem is the nap during the day. shes tired, but she thinks that she cant pee herself anymore and shes gotta go potty when she has to go. so i dont know. i guess theres really nothing i can do. but ignore her. this morning at 5am, she yelled poopoo and i ignored her and she went back to sleep and woke up at 7am. i guess she peed herself. but daytime, she will come to her door and yell til i come cuase she wants to pee so bad. shes a pretty smart girl. ever since i took her out of her crib and into a regular bed, everytime i put her to bed, she stays in her bed and doesn even step foot outside her bed . she has never walked out of her room. if anything, she will stand behind the door and yell til i come (naptime). and i like that.
oof, this mother thing is harder than anything else. i am a 26 year old with one child , married for three years. and have no help. so sometimes, this site is the only help i get. :)  i am not complaining though. i love being fully responsible for my daughter. sorry if i got too personal. thank you for your advices .

[boosty]

but shes not guessing that she needs to go. she tells me like every hour daytime and she really needs to pee or poo. and i didnt try to make her learn. she started on her own four days ago, and hasnt had one accident. i dont even ask her to go pee pee.

[RockRose]

boosty,  it sounds like she's done this way too early.  If she can't even pull her own pants down,  and can't predict whether she needs to pee or not (so she keeps guessing she needs to go while napping) this is too early.    It sounds like she did this herself,  though.

I think I'd get her several little play dresses,  so she can take care of this herself without pants,   and let her get up and go when she wants to.



Best wishes.

[boosty]

no. shes in a refular bed. but she cant pull her pants down. its hard for her. specially she cant put it back up. cause she likes to take her whole pants off when she goes to the bathroom. and if i let her wonder to the bathroom whenever she wants to go, then she wont go back to bed.

[RockRose]

Is she still in a crib?  Maybe if she could get up and go to the bathroom when she needed to it would help?