My Child Age 2 Wakes up in the Middle of the Night hungry..Plus Potty Training Q

Something I've learned in my nutrition classes is that the brain can't differentiate between thirst and hunger. So especially in this heat where your body uses SO much water it's so very easy to get dehydrated. When you are dehydrated your brain will be sending a need signal, and most people will think it's hunger, but it's thirst. With him still being dry, that is what made me think that it could thirst instead. Let him drink a glass of water, and wait a little bit, if they are still hungry then go ahead.

As for the potty training.... sometimes in the middle of the night they are just sooo tired, they really have no desire to do anything. If you feel he really should try to go potty, then put him on it, and maybe read to him.

Ahh the life of a mommy... uninterrupted sleep is something we wish for!

My son did the exact same thing when he was potty training. As a matter of fact, he still kind of does that. Your son definately has to go to the bathroom. He is half asleep and not exactly sure what is going on. Even if he is crying and won't tell you what is wrong, take him straight to the bathroom. There are times when my son will be crying in his room at night running around in circles because he has to go so bad and he won't say that he has to go potty. I just have learned that is what he wants/needs. Hang in there, it sounds like he is getting it.

Hi there, I think he has to go pee! My brother used to do the same thing when he was younger. He'd have night terrors, uncontrollable screaming, then he'd go pee and be fine and go back to sleep. The less talking the better. My Dad would get up tell him it was daddy, walk him slowly to the bathroom, tell him he needs to go pee, he'd go and then walk back to bed. He also had no recolection of this process in the morning! Does your son remember these things happening at night? Also, my daughter used to randomly wake up saying her butt itched! It was the strangest thing! LOL!!! She'd been fine all day, so I started telling her before bed " You are fine and feeling good sweetie! No getting up and Mommy will see you in the morning!" Programming good thoughts into her before she went to sleep really helped too. Good luck! :D

HI K.,
My name is C.. My 8 year old son (who still does this) started doing this at that age, he would wake up crying about whatever he was dreaming about he would throw a fit, so we figured out (after he wet the bed a few times) that he needed to go to the bathroom when this happend, So when he wakes up crying we just take him into the bathroom (kicking and screaming) and he will go to the bathroom ( he stops the fit when he realizes what he is doing) and then he falls right back to sleep. The doctor says that he is a heavy sleeper, he knows he has to go but doesn't make the connection because he doesn't wake up enough. And to just keep doing what we are doing. He does it once in a while now not so much as he used to but he does try to wake up. I hope I helped in some way. Take care
C.

My youngest son is in the last stages of potty trainig (also working on the night-time issue-lol) It helps to not have them in diapers AT ALL. Let them have accidents with underwear on - or better yet - we've had our best success by not putting him in anything at all - comando from the waist down. He has no accidents at all that way, because he doesn't want to soil his bedding or get anything on himself. You can also put his potty chair in his room at night so it is closeby for him.

A great DVD is called Potty Power which you can get at www.amazon.com

Good luck!