So my beautiful 5 year-old is officially day and nighttime potty trained!! Funny thing is that he has been for some time now and I had not even realized it. Yes, I am a not a perfect parent but this makes me seem down right negligent!
About 6 months ago we tried to go a few nights without pull ups. The first night success, the next, not so much. So I decided that I would rather spend the 15 euro on pulls ups than constantly wash dirty sheets. After that I kind of forgot about it.
A few weeks ago it occurred to me "my boy is almost 5 now he should not be wearing pull ups!". Reid and I sat down and had the mother/son chat about being a big boy and getting up in the middle of the night to go potty etc. etc. He looks up at me with those big brown eyes and says "Mommy I do get up in the night to go potty. My pull ups don't have pee pees in them." Ah!" I thought, "no way!" I didn't believe him.
We have been monitoring for the past 3 weeks and not a pee pee in sight. My son was telling the truth after all. Last night was the first "big boy pants" night and everything came out dry. I think back to all those wasted pull ups and wonder how long has Reid not needed them. But am I proud to say that the Anderson family is officially diaper free! well, at least for a few months :)
