Bedtime potty

It’s amazing to me how quickly kids learn how to delay going to sleep. How can you resist your child sweetly calling out each night “Hug mama?” Well, after three requests for hugs, two requests to go potty and one for a “Drink of milk? Juice? Fine, I’ll take water.” Does it ever end? One hour later and finally there is silence. The potty part is a difficult one to battle because you definitely don’t want any “accidents” in bed.

Somehow, Mr. C has learned how to control his bladder in such a way that he pees just small amounts at a time. Then when he says he has to go potty, he really goes, but just a very small amount. What a little smarty pants?!? I also think he purposely holds his bowels all day until it’s time to go to bed. Then he has to sit on the toilet for 10-15 minutes. I’m assuming it would probably take less time than that during the day, but at night he has nothing better to do but sleep, so he is just going to take his sweet time.

He’s also suddenly very private about going to the bathroom. He says, “No mama” while pointing for me to leave. My only problem with this is that if I don’t catch him in time when he is ready to wipe, you never know what kind of mess you might end up having to clean. We have managed to flush an entire roll of toilet paper down the toilet at one point in time. Luckily the prayer for that flush to clear the pipes was answered, thank goodness!