That's What 3 1/2-Year-Olds Do

I am feeling very grateful. Potty training has been awful and I've made a thousand mistakes as we've been working on this . . . but finally a friend of mine gave me a book that has helped her called 'Potty Training in 3 Days'. I haven't read through the whole thing - I'm about half way through - but one of the things it said was to just not use pull-ups. Even at night. I was a little surprised . . . but decided it was time to stop the pull-ups. Allison seemed to know that when she had a pull-up on, she got a free ride and didn't need to use the potty. So we had a little discussion before bed a few nights ago and I told her that she was now 3 1/2 years old. And 3 1/2 year olds don't wear pull-ups. They were undies to bed. She went to the potty, put on her undies and went to bed. She stayed dry all night - the very first night! I was shocked! I didn't know she could do it. She has never woken up with a dry pull-up . . . yet just simply switching to undies did it. The next night she woke up crying in the middle of the night, had a little accident - but we were able to get her on the potty to finish things off. And then this morning she woke up dry again and informed Dad that '3 1/2 year olds don't wear pull-ups anymore'. So grateful! I am just amazed that kids really do respond to the expectations you give them. I just had to tell Allison that I knew she could stay dry, and act accordingly by putting her in undies. Good lesson to learn I guess.