Potty training Noah has been a struggle. That's probably a massive understatement. If you add up all the time we've put in to training him, well, it would add up to a lot. He's progressively getting better, albeit very slowly.
He's been mostly trained during waking hours since about september. He hasn't had many accidents during the daytime hours since then.
Sleep time has been a different beast. For a while, we kept him in a diaper everytime he went to sleep because he was waking up wet just from a short nap. We did this for a few month and finally decided we would try no diaper at naptime. He did pretty well, but still had an accident at least a few times a week.
As that started to improve, we were excited. Perhaps the end was finally near. His only remaining issue was he woke up wet almost every single morning. There was a stretch of about a week in late november were he woke up dry a few nights. We were excited, but still didn't think it was time. That much laundry is a deterrent to even the best plans. A week later, he was waking up wet everytime again.
So we waited until the last week. Our Parents as Teachers coordinator recommended giving it a go for a week just to see how it went. This was a risky move because he hasn't woken up dry even once in the last month. We weren't going to do it yet, but last week, Peggy forgot to put Noah in a diaper one night. He woke up soaked the next morning. We decided just to go with it for the next week.
So far, it's been a decent success. He's been dry 4 out of 7 nights. That's not too bad in my book, but still makes for a LOT of laundry. Each night we build the excitement and talk about it. He gets two prizes from the treasure chest (typically a couple pieces of small candy) if he wakes up dry in the morning and one prize if he wakes up dry from nap. We have been able to mostly cut his M&M's for going pee, although he does occasionally remember.
Overall, we're about 7 months in to potty training. But, we're almost there (hopefully)!
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