Oh Crap! Potty Training

walking down the hall to your child’s room. That said, though, if you
haven’t ever had the desire to cosleep, I wouldn’t recommend starting
just to make night training easier.
As for waking up your child to pee, I recommend starting with two
wakings, so you can establish in your own mind when during the
night your child does her peeing. Does she pee at 10:00 p.m. and 2:00
a.m.? At 12:00 a.m. and 4:00 a.m.? Some kids pee an hour after going
down, some kids pee once at 3:00 a.m. If you do two wakings for a
week or so—I recommend 10:00 p.m. and 2:00 a.m. wakings at first,
though you can adjust as needed—you should begin to develop a good
idea of when your child is peeing. Unfortunately, unless you want to
stay up all night, there’s a bit of guesswork here, which is why if you
find your child isn’t peeing at 10:00 p.m. or 2:00 a.m., you may want
to adjust the waking times. Even if your child’s diapers have been dry
upon waking in the morning lately, you might want to try at least one
waking for a short time at the beginning of night training. The idea
behind this is not just to catch the pee, but also to train your child’s
body to wake up if he needs to go. Unfortunately, the idea of waking
to pee isn’t something you can explain to the child in words. It has to
be learned physically, through waking. (Sorry!)
Here’s the easiest, least disruptive way to go about handling these
wakings. Set your cell phone alarm so you don’t have the blaring
alarm clock going off in the middle of the night. Have the potty chair
right next to the child’s bed. It’s best if she wears two-piece pajamas
for the sake of simplicity, especially in the winter. Don’t wake your
child too soon after she’s gone to sleep, or too soon before you expect
her to wake up for morning. This would result in her waking fully,