Potty Training Part 2

Please find the following question asked in response to Potty Training 1:
"So what about at night when they have already been trained for years during the day. I have even put them in underwear and taken them to the bathroom in the middle of the night and they are still soaked in the morning. I have cut down the drinking at night and still overnight pants are almost always soaked."



Really try to say NO to drinks after dinner.  
Sometime today have a moment with your child for some big girl tea to discuss this issue.  
There should not be any negative in this talk.  
Tell her you know that this is difficult and that she is not doing it on purpose.  Say: " Lets pray right now that Jesus will help with this....HE love you so much"  
Make a loose plan :  we will not have a drink past dinner.....I will get you up to go to the bathroom when I go to bed. ... and we will continue to pray.  Lets plan some rewards.  1 dry night = a walk with Mom alone!,   3 dry nights = ice cream out with Dad ALONE,  1 week.= fill in the blank.(maybe $5 at the dollar store)   post this by her bed and maybe on the fridge.    Talk about it thru out the day:"I wonder if this will be the night?"  "Dear Lord please help.... to not wet her bed but wake her up to go to the bathroom if she needs to..." Continuous  day and night reminders. I doubt the text in Deut. 8 was about wetting the bed but the foundational truth remains solid    when you sit down, when you walk etc etc.  chat away   lots of hugs and lots of encouragement.
Please try this and we will watch for a comment as to how it is going.


Blessings!

The Seven and a Half Pound Change

It never fails to put a smile on my face when I hear a pregnant couple say,"Oh, this baby is not going to change our lives.  We are planning to just carry on as we always have."

Dream.

This "bundle of joy",little dimpled package from the stork, tiny blemish-free, little babe, so sweet, so innocent, is so ALL CONSUMING!.
  Have you ever seen so much STUFF needed to take care of and entertain the smallest of people?  The designer clothes, the best furniture, the most elaborate toys all needed to "survive".

I watched the documentary/movie called "Babies" a few weeks back.  It was quite entertaining and actually had the ability to bring one back to reality when it comes to child-rearing.

Dads, Moms, you don't need all the stuff.  There is truly NO NEED to go into debt because a baby is coming on the scene.   We all know that second-hand baby items are EVERYWHERE!  

WHAT you say???? Let some USED clothing touch my NEW baby? 
Have you ever heard of a washing machine?

Now,I really don't want to start a brawl here but I would like to just take a little pressure off the new family.  My first baby slept in a bureau draw when I went to visit my mom and dad.  We also used a wicker basket.  I have to admit I loved the swing, playpen,umbrella stroller and the jolly jumper but the kitchen sink seemed to do just fine for giving those first baths.

One thing that we know for sure is the baby will never remember.   I will heartily agree that some new things are wonderful (especially for the first one) but honestly when I see the  hand-me-downs that my daughters have acquired from friends and family (and yard sales), I can only praise God for the wonderful AND like-new provision!

Think ahead...believe me there will be plenty of opportunities to spend as that little one begins to grow....college being one....

I just pray that when the "shock" wears off of how much that little bundle has changed your life that you will not also find yourselves to be thousands of dollars in debt in the process. 

Act wisely young parents.  Don't be pressured into  buying things that you don't need.  Ask different families, your parents or peers and find out what they thought were the most needed items and then wait  to see if you can make do even without some of those.

I wonder what your grandmother would say?

Blessings!