I'm done. As of today, I'm through. I know this might sound mean and cruel. But Larry and I have tried to be nice. And obviously, nice isn't working. Thus we are ditching that lame idea. No more playing "Nice Cop". Time to welcome in "Mean Cop".
I know I'll probably be washing sheets every night for a week or so. But it can't be any worse the washing 2 sets of sheets a night.
Yes we are still fighting the up-hill battle of wetting the bed at night. And I'm determined to win. I refuse to spend more $$ on pull ups (plus 2 kids in diapers is more then enough to do our part in filling up land-fills). In the back of my mind I feel like by her age it's just me being a lazy parent. So officially this morning I told Emma that Mom and Dad are no longer helping her at night. We are no longer changing her sheets for her, peeling off wet pj's, wiping down her pee soaked skin and putting her back together again. What brought this on??
Well besides Larry taking Emma the bathroom at 930pm to empty her out for the rest of the night and finding her already wet about every other night, but now twice a week she will also wet the bed at around 4am. This was getting RIDICULOUS!!
And now for the kicker. This morning after sniffing around and doing some detective work, I found that not only did she wet the bed at 930pm (which we changed for her), but she must of done it again, changed her pj's and laid a blanket over the mess to go back to bed. And then before coming into see us in the morning, she changed back into 1/2 of her pj's (that weren't soaked but smelled) and tried to fool us into thinking she didn't have ANOTHER accident. And when I confronted her, she tried not to....SMILE!!
Excuse me!! Smile!! I don't think so!! Those dimples don't work on me, Missy!
Thus, NO LONGER, will Mom and Dad be taken advantage of.
We will no longer get up at night and help.
If she doesn't like it, she can fix it herself.
OR sleep in it!
(I'm hoping the grossness of this will change her BAD habit!)
I know I'll probably be washing sheets every night for a week or so. But it can't be any worse the washing 2 sets of sheets a night.
Yes we are still fighting the up-hill battle of wetting the bed at night. And I'm determined to win. I refuse to spend more $$ on pull ups (plus 2 kids in diapers is more then enough to do our part in filling up land-fills). In the back of my mind I feel like by her age it's just me being a lazy parent. So officially this morning I told Emma that Mom and Dad are no longer helping her at night. We are no longer changing her sheets for her, peeling off wet pj's, wiping down her pee soaked skin and putting her back together again. What brought this on??
Well besides Larry taking Emma the bathroom at 930pm to empty her out for the rest of the night and finding her already wet about every other night, but now twice a week she will also wet the bed at around 4am. This was getting RIDICULOUS!!
And now for the kicker. This morning after sniffing around and doing some detective work, I found that not only did she wet the bed at 930pm (which we changed for her), but she must of done it again, changed her pj's and laid a blanket over the mess to go back to bed. And then before coming into see us in the morning, she changed back into 1/2 of her pj's (that weren't soaked but smelled) and tried to fool us into thinking she didn't have ANOTHER accident. And when I confronted her, she tried not to....SMILE!!
Excuse me!! Smile!! I don't think so!! Those dimples don't work on me, Missy!
Thus, NO LONGER, will Mom and Dad be taken advantage of.
We will no longer get up at night and help.
If she doesn't like it, she can fix it herself.
OR sleep in it!
(I'm hoping the grossness of this will change her BAD habit!)
4 comments:
You go girl!
Actually I was alking to my pediatrician about this and that is exactly what he recommends. HAve her help change the sheets,c lean up the mess etc...
Let me know how it works.
I will add this crisis to my prayers. Sounds like a tough job for both you and Larry. Hang in there!
P.S: Did you put a plastic cover on her mattress?
Yeah a smile is not a good reaction to an angry sleep-deprived mama. Good luck!
Good Luck! Any advice for babies who don't sleep through the night?? That is our parenting nightmare as of right now! I will be waiting to hear how "mean cop" works out!!
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