Awakenings

January 14, 2007

Katie has been getting up during the night to potty for the past couple of months. Once she eventually made the decision to do it, she virtually mastered this new skill with only the occasional accident.

Up until a few days ago, Katie would awaken Melissa every time to ask for permission to use the potty. Melissa, being a nice mommy, never refused Katie's request. So since Melissa always grants permission for Katie to use the potty, Melissa started giving a nighttime lecture in which she would repeat "And remember, if you have to go potty, you can just get up and go. You don't have to wake up Mommy to ask for permission." In time, Katie learned to get up and go on her own without permission.

But did the awakenings stop? Nope.

The new routine metamorphosed into something like this:

Katie gets up. Goes to the potty without first asking for permission.

Then...

Katie: "Uh, Mommy?"
Melissa (groggy): "Yes?"
Katie: "Is it OK if I flush? Is it going to bother you if I flush?"