One Step Forward and Two Steps Back

We are entering February with the beginning of a new era- pull-up free Carson. WHEW! I know, I know, he's FOUR! Why was he wearing pull-ups at night? Well, here's why...
When I potty trained him he still would NOT get out of his bed unless I got him up. Even in the mornings. So, of course, I couldn't get him to get up to pee at night. Also, he sleeps 12-13 hours EVERY night. That's a LONG time to hold your pee. AND, I was hearing from doctors that it would just work itself out. So for those three reasons, primarily the third, we used pull-ups. And over a year later, things were NOT working out. So after his fourth birthday I just told him we were done.

Since December 28th, I think I've washed/changed sheets 57 times. But we are now to a point of no accidents. I wake him up and take him to potty right before I go to bed. He hardly even wakes up, in fact some nights we hold him in the air b/c he can't even stand. He then wakes up on his own sometimes in the early morning- 3-6ish. And we've been dry for 11 mornings in a row. I'm not even asking any more.

HOWEVER, when he does wake up at 3-6 he does NOT go back to his bed. And as of last week, he doesn't even go to the pallet I keep by my bed for him, he crawls in with me to cuddle. Now, don't get me wrong, I LOVE it. I never co-slept with my kids because they were such loud sleepers and I just didn't want that habit, so I dig the cuddles, the problem is, he is STILL such a LOUD sleeper! Except now he talks and laughs and of COURSE kicks and kicks. OH well, at LEAST he's not peeing on me any more WHILE he cuddles.

SO, I am no longer cleaning C's pee, or getting peed ON, BUT we got a new addition to our family, our sweet Golden Doodle, Cooper. The kids LOVE him and J ADORES him. In fact, he's with J at work right now. He's a great work dog (and home dog) because he is just SOOO chill. AND he has long wavy hair that you can't PULL out. AWESOME. However, now we have someone elses pee to clean.

When will I ever stop cleaning PEE???

I've contemplated potty training Lyla right now too. Go big or go home right? I would LOVE to just knock it all out right now, let them pee all over the carpet in the living room, train them and then get hardwood floors. :) but I just don't know if I'm ready for TWO kids interrupting my dinner out b/c they have to pee, pulling over at gas stations every ten miles, etc. etc. So, I'm gonna have to think on this one...