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they're coming a bit too slow for me to get them all in one post this morning!
I realise you ran out of panties so you resorted to pull-ups. I'm just not really that wild about pull-ups in some ways. It tends to let kids think they can relax their vigilance on potty training because they know they're basically wearing a nappy. If you can let her go bare bum for a few days, or offer that choice to her perhaps, it might make it more obvious to her when she needs to go.
I've never done pull-ups at night with DS either, and DD didn't really need them because she's part camel anyway. It's probably just me, but there's always the awareness that they aren't a big leap from a nappy, and I'd be concerned about self-esteem issues in a child of 4 or 5 wearing pull-ups - that's why I haven't resorted to them, and I do my utmost to stomp on any joking about it from other adult family members. I'd rather let the whole issue become a non-issue and let it sort itself out with time and positive encouragement. For DS we get him out to the toilet when we go to bed, so it's a couple or three hours after he's initially gone to sleep, and that seems to make a big difference most of the time. He either wets in those first few hours or in the last one or two (like this morning when he woke me up at 5:15am - small wonder if my thoughts are coming slow today!).
I think your doctor should likely be saying that it's not uncommon for children of that age to be having accidents. The only concern is that the frequency seems to rise with each move, which would seem to indicate an underlying emotional difficulty wiht the moves, rather than anything else. Which reminds me... have you talked to her about how she feels about moving?? How did she feel before the moves?? Was she angry at having to leave friends, sad, or apparently not bothered?? Those are questions your doctor might be asking, and it might be easier for you to give them than for her to be asked them in the doctor's office. Just try talking to her now about the move, ask her how she feels about it now it's done.
I'm done for today!
Kerri.