This was a picture I took of @yangarielle Arielle a month ago, little did I know that this would be her last diapers picture.
11 months since we started toilet training and today is Arielle’s 4th week of being diaper-free for majority of her nights. I say majority because there were 3 nights where she wore diapers because, 2 nights she really needed milk before bed and 1 night she slept over at my parents. We are still taking it slow and listening to her cues, if she really needs diapers, we will put it on for her.
We have had 4 misses so far - first was on the third day where she came to my room at 3am saying, “Mommy I wet my pants”. The second and third miss was on Day 4 where we reckoned that the AC was too cold that night. I would comfort her “it is alright”, clean her up and she quickly falls back to sleep. After being dry for 3 weeks, our 4th miss was just earlier this morning. Is the 4th miss to commemorate week 4, Arielle? 😝
Night toilet training all started for us when Arielle didn’t have milk before bed. I asked her if she wanted to wear panties to sleep tonight and she replied YES in a heartbeat! I was so excited, I changed her into panties, lined her bed with a waterproof mat and put the potty and flushable wet wipes in her room.
Arielle is a milk monster like all of us know. She would ask for milk out of routine even if she has had a hearty dinner. Some of the changes we made was to offer Arielle milk earlier, lesser or even no milk on most nights now. We also take her to the potty before we go to bed at about 11.30pm-12am. Arielle pees quite a substantial amount in a sleepy state so she sleeps right back. If she wakes up MOTN to look for us, we will take her to the potty too. Arielle sleeps at about 830pm and wakes up about 630am. She would walk to her potty when she wakes before she goes downstairs.
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