Success!

When I first tried to potty train Brandon at age 2, he didn't really get it. So, we stopped and tried again when he was about 2 1/2. After a short period of time he was doing very well, and he had very few accidents. He automatically started staying dry at night and during nap time as well. He was completely finished with diapers and pullups before his 3rd birthday.

Potty training Bekah was much harder than it was with Brandon. She knew how to use the potty before her 2nd birthday, she just decided that she didn't really want to stop playing long enough to go when she needed to. Potty training for her took over a year and included many, many accidents! And, she never could stay dry at night or during naps. Since I didn't have to deal with that with Brandon, I wasn't sure how to train her to stay dry while sleeping. I talked with her pediatrician about it, and he said that some children's bladders develop later, and they really don't even worry about it until about age 8 or so. Eventually Bekah stopped taking naps, so we didn't have to worry about her wetting during nap time any more. But, she still wet the bed at night. We tried different things throughout the years and never had any success. She would occasionally have a dry night but they were few and far between. So, we've been buying her Pullups or Goodnights to wear to bed every night. Well, she is now 7 1/2 years old! Recently I had noticed that she was starting to have more and more dry nights and was hopeful that maybe she would be ready to stay dry at night and stop wearing Pullups to bed. Then, a friend of mine got a Potty Alarm to use with her daughter who was having the same problems. She used it for a few weeks and was amazed that it worked! Then they loaned it to us to use. This is an alarm that has a sensor that clips onto the outside of their underwear and has a cord attached to that which is connected to the alarm which clips onto their pj's. If the sensor gets wet the alarm will make noise and vibrate to wake the child up. After only using it for a few nights, Bekah is now staying dry at night! We had bought her a skunk Webkin probably more than a year ago as a bribe to stay dry at night. She really, really wanted that particular Webkin, and I had to call around to several stores to find this skunk. All this time she has looked at it but could never play with it. We told her she had to have 2 weeks of staying dry, and then she could have it. Well, yesterday Bekah received the beloved Skunky!! At another time we had told Bekah that if she could stay dry we would let her spend the amount that a package of Pullups would cost on whatever she wanted. So, last night Bekah also got to go shopping, and she purchased the Tangled Barbie! We had a great day celebrating with her yesterday! It looks like she has finally figured out how to stay dry at night, and we are so happy for her!