my husband and I both read the Oh Crap! potty training book multiple times and had a clear vision for our plan. we started potty training last week and we are now on day 6 and it’s been actual hell. day one was okay, but then she started losing sleep and has been struggling with sleep since. clearly to us, the lack of sleep is effecting her heavily and i am beyond exhausted from trying to balance sleep and potty training.
my daughter is an amazing sleeper and we’ve worked hard to keep it that way but potty training is totally derailing her. we did see some progress on day 2. twice she went to the potty on her own terms and peed. Day 3-5 were similar. she would either start on the floor and catch herself and finish in the potty or go to the potty herself. she’s doing this with poop as well which is great but we are still having accidents. she’s holding her pee for 1-2 hours and then having near accidents when it finally gets to be too much. knowing our daughter and the way she likes her independence, we‘ve really been putting less pressure on her and it seems to be helping but we are still in block one, 6 days in and I’m feeling so defeated. I’ve wanted to quit, I’m absolutely exhausted and it’s been keeping me up at night. Does anyone have any tips? it feels like she’s made progress but if we’re following the oh crap method, we are still stuck in block 1. I am definitely getting stir crazy at home and so is she.
Thanks for any help or advice
- a very burnt out mom