The Forgotten Step In Potty Training

Jack, you are going to kill me for writing this post. But know that as you read this, this current phase that we are in right now is really hard on your papa and I.

Brian and I sort of breathed a sigh of relief yesterday when we said of how great it is that Jack can go to the bathroom on his own. He announces that he has to go and he does the rest on his own. Occasionally, he will ask for help to turn the faucet on. No big deal,. but we have a kid that goes to the bathroom on his own. Cool! Potty training completed for child #1.
Except for the fact that when we were doing the potty training for Jack for the daytime trips to the bathroom, it never occured to us to teach him how to go to the bathroom at night. We just thought that in time, he would either go by himself or just wait til morning to go.
We have been doing training pants and after awhile, Jack was just getting used to it and wouldn't want to wake up at night to go. He is a heavy sleeper too so even if he peed at night , it wouldn't be enough to wake him up. Plus with the arrival of Charlie, there was no way that we were going to buy two types of "diapers." So on Jack's birthday, we said " No more pullups. If you wake up, and if you have to go, let one of us know and we will help you at night."
From that moment on, it has been wet bed after wet bed. I have done countless loads of laundry due to pee pee sheets, letting the mattress dry up for a bit (yes, sometimes there has been that much pee ) and telling Jack over and over again to please let us know at night that he has to go to the bathroom.
Sometimes he has, and some nights he has wet the bed already and came to us telling us that he was wet. A good sign, but have you ever woken up at 12:45 in the morning to change a kid, pull sheets off the bed, and try to coax your kid back to sleep in another bed? And, your kid is crying cause he is sleepy , cranky that his sleep was interrupted due to a wet bed.
This is the glamour of parenting. Silly me, I thought that we wouldn't be a statistic in the bed wetting department.
In case you feel bad for us, Jack is slowly getting the hint about bed wetting. There has been some good nights that we have had.