Last night we decided to carry on with Maryam's potty training by not putting on the diaper for her at night time. This was our first time of doing so as Maryam has passed her daytime potty training, alhamdulillah.
I was a bit hesitant and indecisive at the outset knowing we are going back to my hometown in a few days time so probably we better off proceed with the potty training at night time over there. In addition there will be change of environment for her, I don't think I will be bringing her toilet seat along; plus she will be using a new 'unfamiliar' toilet so there is a possibility of a resumption of the training itself. Naudzubillah.
Anyhow I remembered from my reading that in order to excel in potty training a child the trick is once we get the ball rolling we have to be exceptionally stringent in which we have to continue until s/he becomes completely diaper-free.
So there we go, last night it began well where Maryam willingly requested to go to the toilet before she went to bed that I thought 'this is a good start' as she had got her bladder emptied before sleeping. At around 6.30am I woke up (after multiple wake-ups throughout the night) to breastfeed Fatimah when Maryam also got up telling she wanted to go to the toilet.
I wanted to make her wait till I finished nursing Fatimah if possible therefore to avoid accidents I confirmed with her again did she really want to go to the toilet that she answered 'No' and quickly went back to sleep.
When I was done with nursing Fatimah I went to Maryam who was sleeping, woke her up and asked again if she wanted to go to the toilet. She said 'Yes' and I said 'Let's take off your pants'. Then I landed my hand on her bum and noticed that it was soggy. 'Oh my, we fell flat this time' when I thought we could claim victory after a single night. Hehe.
Nevermind we'll do this again tonight!
P/s: Maryam went to Tesco without wearing her diaper yesterday and she managed to use the public toilet to peepee- for the first time! Bravo Maryam!
*Maryam Sophia is 2 years 1 month 4 weeks and 2 days old today :). Alhamdulillah.
*Maryam Sophia is 2 years 1 month 4 weeks and 2 days old today :). Alhamdulillah.
