Okay, DS is a genius. He has caught on to ECing so fast that my head is spinning. This has caused a little bit of a problem at night though. It used to be he would stir into light sleep, pee in his dipe and go back to sleep. Now, he stirs, holds it, goes back to sleep, stirs again, holds it. Eventually, his very full bladder wakes him up all together and he gets really upset about this. Then I have to hold an angry crying baby over the potty where he pees with amazing force. I've tried pottying him when he stirs for the first time, but then he just gets mad at ME for waking him. :banghead:
Any advice? My DH was a little grumpy this morning because he was awakened several times in the early morning by full baby bladder crying.
Cassiopeia
02-03-2008, 11:03 AM
I don't have any advice for you - my little one (5 months) does the same thing when he has to poo. We let him pee in his diaper at night (which he has no problem with), but he wants to sit on the potty when its time to poo. Like clockwork, he always has to go at 4:30 or 5:00 in the morning, which also follows at least a half hour of half-asleep squirming. I have also tried to take him to the potty as soon as he starts wiggling, but he does the exact same thing - gets mad at me for waking him up :headscratch: .
I'd be interested in hearing if anyone else has experienced this.
pixiepunk
02-03-2008, 11:05 AM
it can be frustrating to deal with at first, but you guys will get into a groove that works for you both. and once he gets a little bit bigger, he will be able to hold it all night. i was stunned how early my DS began waking up dry at night, especially since hew as still nursing a ton all night long at the time.
gracefaith
02-03-2008, 11:20 AM
Thanks! He actually didn't wet in his diaper all night long last night and I was so stunned. I did potty him three times between 4 and 7, but I was still surprised he never went in his sleep.
duckieheart
02-05-2008, 02:41 PM
Yes, we had that same problem for a while. We just kind of hung out, and she seems to have sorted it out night. She now usually pees around 7, and then sleeps until 8ish. Does he do ok with being cued away from his normal potty place? We tried sneaking in a cueing her softly, but that didnt work, lol. Of cours,e she wont pee anywhere but the toilet either.
malyita
02-13-2008, 09:39 AM
We seem to go through phases with this. My theory is that dd eats a ton when she needs to grow more, so she's eating more and her bladder is proportionally too small, and she wakes up to pee several times. Then she grows, stops eating so much, has a larger bladder, and can sleep much longer. Then we start over just when I think we're going to start making it through the night forever. There is no doubt she gets less sleep, but I think it's okay for her. I try to make it as little a disruption as possible. I have a potty by the bed, and when she starts tossing and turning (I usually wake before she really does) I pick her up, roll over to put her on the potty, let her nurse, and cue her. Sometimes she cries, but she usually latches right back on, calms, and pees. Then we can go back to sleep. We just have a mattress on the floor, so I can often do this without even getting out of bed. I'm going to make a potty cover, and I think that will make it even better (the cold might be bothering her). We don't diaper her at all at night to make this easier, she just sleeps lying on a large prefold, and we have wool felt under our sheets. Recently I've discovered that I can just nurse her back to sleep if it's been less than 2 hours. She can wait that long in between. I think the gaps between waking are growing now that I've started that.
TaivensMama
02-14-2008, 01:28 AM
I have this issue...at first Skye would hold it all night...but now she does a lot of night time drinking...and OMG some nights she wakes up every hour and I know its because she has to pee...but she also doesnt want to go on the potty int he middle of the night so she fights having to go but then just tosses and turns, but then if i take her she thinks its time to get up and play or she is sooo grumpy and ends up crying for 20 minutes trying to settle down to go back to sleep...even as a newborn she would hold her poop till I took her to the toliet I was hoping she would just do it in her diaper so I could change it and be done...hahahaI guess I need to figure out a way for her to drink more earlier on during the day to avoid all this night time waking!!!!!!!!!! I feel for you for sure...she too caught on lightneen quick and is having a potty strike right now...she refuses to even go and sits there playing witht he toliet paper or squirming....she is the worst at diaper changes..its like I need a straight jacket to get a diaper on her butt and she just goes around naked because i cant even attempt to get clothing on her spaz butt!
hollissmama
02-14-2008, 08:31 AM
OMG yes. Hollis has been waking to pee since about 4-5 months old and still does this, 9 months soon. He used to hate the potty at night but like others have said, you will figure out a groove. We just keep the potty by the bed, with a potty cozy on it and pee him while he eats which calms him down. He will wake up screaming though b/c his bladder is so full. I would like to do nakey nights but with a boy it kinda goes everywhere..... So we use a fitted usually and wool for warmth. I need to make some split crotch pants to use for night. Despite dry nights for others, he hasn't had one yet. I think b/c he still gets up three times in the night to drink. So pottying is better than diaper changes IMO. Also my dh said, well we want him to wake up to use the potty right? Since he is still communicating with us...even at night.....sigh...yes, I guess so. But we are definitely lossing alot of sleep so sometimes I wish he would just sleep through a pee. :blush:
TaivensMama
02-14-2008, 01:05 PM
OMG yes. Hollis has been waking to pee since about 4-5 months old and still does this, 9 months soon. He used to hate the potty at night but like others have said, you will figure out a groove. We just keep the potty by the bed, with a potty cozy on it and pee him while he eats which calms him down. He will wake up screaming though b/c his bladder is so full. I would like to do nakey nights but with a boy it kinda goes everywhere..... So we use a fitted usually and wool for warmth. I need to make some split crotch pants to use for night. Despite dry nights for others, he hasn't had one yet. I think b/c he still gets up three times in the night to drink. So pottying is better than diaper changes IMO. Also my dh said, well we want him to wake up to use the potty right? Since he is still communicating with us...even at night.....sigh...yes, I guess so. But we are definitely lossing alot of sleep so sometimes I wish he would just sleep through a pee. :blush:
I think I will try a potty by the bed...and I am reallllly going to try and feed her more during the day so she stops waking so much to eat at night..she is just so active during the day its hard to get her to eat much...
mammaofbean
02-17-2008, 01:25 PM
i can get him to pee in the diaper if i open it and lean him up a bit. then i pop another one under him and nurse him right back down.
nmb
02-17-2008, 10:02 PM
LOL, yep, my son does this too. 14 mos now; I think we made it a full year, or close to, before I really realized what he was doing - just thought he was waking up to eat. "normal", right?? (never planned on doing "night ec", 'too much work'...... lol.... great how kids have a way of throwing your plans straight out the window, huh?)
Someone on the yahoo ec group likened it to us, adults having to pee while camping - you wake up, have to pee, but it's cold out there & the sleeping bags warm & cozy, so you ignore it & go back to sleep, but still have to pee, so wake up again a few minutes later..... until you finally give in & get up, but you're not happy about it.... the lo does the same thing...
Try nursing him on the potty, sometimes helps keep my son from getting so upset about it. Doesn't always work; and you're right, if you try to get him up before he decides he has to go, you'll probably just make him madder.
