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Oh, sorry if it’s confusing. I thought she was not long out of pull-ups. Maybe I’m getting confused with someone else
My 3yo also wets up him and got the pillow the other day too, which was annoying. He also woke up and laid in it for 10 minutes before I went in to get him ready for school
nooo she’s only been out of pull ups for a few weeks but if we was at home I’d just deal with it but I don’t want to risk her ruining anymore pillows here.

She’s been dry a lot longer than she’s been potty trained and hasn’t really needed a pull up for bed due to them being bone dry every morning I just kept using one out of habit I guess. Her dad still used one too.
 
Oh, sorry if it’s confusing. I thought she was not long out of pull-ups. Maybe I’m getting confused with someone else
My 3yo also wets up him and got the pillow the other day too, which was annoying. He also woke up and laid in it for 10 minutes before I went in to get him ready for school
I thought the other day al said that she’d been wearing pull ups for 6 months even tho her little one is dry ? Have I remembered that wrong
 
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I thought the other day al said that she’d been wearing pull ups for 6 months even tho her little one is dry ? Have I remembered that wrong
Yeah she’s been wearing them every night till about 2 weeks ago. I only realised “why am I still putting them on her” when my other friend said she’s never put them on her kid at all at night and she’s not had an accidents. I had loads left over from when she was still in pull ups during the day so I just kept doing it out of habit I guess.. I didn’t even think why am I still putting one on her.. it wasn’t costing me more each month as i had a few packs of pull ups left anyway🤣 if I had a second child there’s no way i’d still use pull ups at night once dry for a few weeks though
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Edit - not bothered with a pull up as completely forgot and she was fast asleep at 7:15pm (8:15pm spain time 🤣) being in the sun and pool all day knackers her out. Wanting to watch MAFS from Monday night and can’t find a free website to watch it on and all4 keeps blocking my vpn :(
 
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Stressed! Mini A woke up at 5am all wet again, she woke me up and got her into clean pjs, the mattress protector was soaked and it’s gone through to the mattress so she’s sharing my bed and I’ve just felt her pjs and they’re soaked. (She’s also got a pull up on as I didn’t want to get my bed wet either but she’s still asleep - my pjs are wet!!What is going on 🥴

Has anyone got any advice cos it’s stressing me out - I just say to her it’s ok and the cleaner will sort but her bed was soaked through to the mattress and mine is wet too now.

She’s going for a wee before bed and during the day but it’s like everything she’s drinking and ice creams is coming out of her overnight.

Do I limit drinks after 4pm? We usually come back up to the room at 4pm (5pm Spain time) and then it’s go down for tea and up to bed. I got told don’t limit drinks due to it helping your child’s bladder hold more capacity but for the sake of hols? 🙃
 
Stressed! Mini A woke up at 5am all wet again, she woke me up and got her into clean pjs, the mattress protector was soaked and it’s gone through to the mattress so she’s sharing my bed and I’ve just felt her pjs and they’re soaked. (She’s also got a pull up on as I didn’t want to get my bed wet either but she’s still asleep - my pjs are wet!!What is going on 🥴

Has anyone got any advice cos it’s stressing me out - I just say to her it’s ok and the cleaner will sort but her bed was soaked through to the mattress and mine is wet too now.

She’s going for a wee before bed and during the day but it’s like everything she’s drinking and ice creams is coming out of her overnight.

Do I limit drinks after 4pm? We usually come back up to the room at 4pm (5pm Spain time) and then it’s go down for tea and up to bed. I got told don’t limit drinks due to it helping your child’s bladder hold more capacity but for the sake of hols? 🙃
Do you think it could be a result of being out of routine and away from home? (Also sorry if this sounds really obvious but mine isn’t potty trained yet (not quite 2) but she does huge wees, so even doing one overnight if the nappy is on awkwardly and she’ll leak everywhere. It may well be she’s not doing loads of wees, but where they’re bigger it looks like loads? I don’t know just throwing ideas out there!
 
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Do you think it could be a result of being out of routine and away from home? (Also sorry if this sounds really obvious but mine isn’t potty trained yet (not quite 2) but she does huge wees, so even doing one overnight if the nappy is on awkwardly and she’ll leak everywhere. It may well be she’s not doing loads of wees, but where they’re bigger it looks like loads? I don’t know just throwing ideas out there!
i don’t know, maybe! When we went to Haven in April she was in pull ups and she was dry at night so if I compared the two I just seem to think it’s the excess fluids she’s having that are causing bed wetting. My friend just said to limit drinks from 4pm and make sure she goes for lots of wees between tea and bedtime 😫 she’s just woke up and her pull up is full to the brim of wee and the beds wet. I’m actually shocked at how much wee one child can produce 🤣
 
i don’t know, maybe! When we went to Haven in April she was in pull ups and she was dry at night so if I compared the two I just seem to think it’s the excess fluids she’s having that are causing bed wetting. My friend just said to limit drinks from 4pm and make sure she goes for lots of wees between tea and bedtime 😫 she’s just woke up and her pull up is full to the brim of wee and the beds wet. I’m actually shocked at how much wee one child can produce 🤣
Please don’t limit drinks. As adults we often wake for a drink during the night, and expecting a child to not have much fluid for 15hrs is an absolutely ridiculous expectation. It is also getting warmer, she should actually be increasing her fluid intake.
 
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i don’t know, maybe! When we went to Haven in April she was in pull ups and she was dry at night so if I compared the two I just seem to think it’s the excess fluids she’s having that are causing bed wetting. My friend just said to limit drinks from 4pm and make sure she goes for lots of wees between tea and bedtime 😫 she’s just woke up and her pull up is full to the brim of wee and the beds wet. I’m actually shocked at how much wee one child can produce 🤣
Maybe waking her up to pee during the night is a better idea than limiting drinks in a hot country?
 
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I would avoid letting her drink squash/juice as they can act as diuretics but let her have as much water/milk as she wants.
I think waking her for a wee could be a good idea too, depending on how likely she is to go back to sleep! It’s probably just from the change of environment, being more tired from holiday fun and she will be fine once she gets home.
 
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i don’t know, maybe! When we went to Haven in April she was in pull ups and she was dry at night so if I compared the two I just seem to think it’s the excess fluids she’s having that are causing bed wetting. My friend just said to limit drinks from 4pm and make sure she goes for lots of wees between tea and bedtime 😫 she’s just woke up and her pull up is full to the brim of wee and the beds wet. I’m actually shocked at how much wee one child can produce 🤣
I probably wouldn’t limit drinks in a warm country and try not to make a big deal out of it (not saying you are) but I know when I was a child I literally couldn’t do a car journey longer than half an hour without being desperate for a wee, and my parents would make such a big deal about checking I’d been before we left etc that it would stress me out and I’d end up needing a wee more. In hindsight they probably just asked once or twice but as a kid it felt like they were making a big deal out of it so i made a big deal out of it
 
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Please don’t limit drinks. As adults we often wake for a drink during the night, and expecting a child to not have much fluid for 15hrs is an absolutely ridiculous expectation. It is also getting warmer, she should actually be increasing her fluid intake.
yeah I thought that, she’s drinking so much during the day cos it’s warm! There’s obviously no way I’ll limit her drinks during the day.

i don’t think the would be happy if I woke her up for a wee, she would be historical and fuming I’ve woke her up.

thanks for all the advice xx
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I probably wouldn’t limit drinks in a warm country and try not to make a big deal out of it (not saying you are) but I know when I was a child I literally couldn’t do a car journey longer than half an hour without being desperate for a wee, and my parents would make such a big deal about checking I’d been before we left etc that it would stress me out and I’d end up needing a wee more. In hindsight they probably just asked once or twice but as a kid it felt like they were making a big deal out of it so i made a big deal out of it
I don’t even say anything bad to her when it’s wet I just say it’s wet let’s strip it for the cleaner and she goes uh oh mummy it’s wet wee wee..just one of those I guess. Will defo try get her to have more water today rather than other drinks.
 
yeah I thought that, she’s drinking so much during the day cos it’s warm! There’s obviously no way I’ll limit her drinks during the day.

i don’t think the would be happy if I woke her up for a wee, she would be historical and fuming I’ve woke her up.

thanks for all the advice xx
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I don’t even say anything bad to her when it’s wet I just say it’s wet let’s strip it for the cleaner and she goes uh oh mummy it’s wet wee wee..just one of those I guess. Will defo try get her to have more water today rather than other drinks.
Sorry I didn’t mean you’d told her off or anything, just that sometimes throwaway comments to them can be a bigger deal to them than to us, so I wondered if she was dwelling on it. Hopefully it’s just a combo of being away/being extra tired etc and she’ll be back to normal in no time!
 
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Mini A didn’t half have as many ice creams yesterday, I just stuck to water and the odd slush and no accident at night. She woke me up twice to go for a wee too.
 
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Anybody else suffer with massive mum guilt?

3yo had the biggest tantrum today and I lost my tit after a really tit day just not listening or doing anything as told. But now they’re in bed I’m sat down and want to cry. I am pregnant so v hormonal and emotional but I don’t want to be a mum who shouts and loses my tit. Going to hope for a better day tomorrow and work on myself. I feel so crap I crept into the bedroom to give a kiss on the forehead and felt so sad :(
 
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Anybody else suffer with massive mum guilt?

3yo had the biggest tantrum today and I lost my tit after a really tit day just not listening or doing anything as told. But now they’re in bed I’m sat down and want to cry. I am pregnant so v hormonal and emotional but I don’t want to be a mum who shouts and loses my tit. Going to hope for a better day tomorrow and work on myself. I feel so crap I crept into the bedroom to give a kiss on the forehead and felt so sad :(
Be really kind to yourself. We all know that losing our tit isn’t the way we want to parent. We know it’s not a good way to deal with things.
But we are all human beings, we are flawed, and we have our limits. We can try our best to stay calm at all times but we aren’t robots. Sometimes frustration and overwhelm take over, and we express ourselves in a way we really wish we hadn’t.
But I do think that knowing we want to do better, and trying to do better, shows how much we care about doing the “right” thing. Some parents will scream and shout all day long and never feel bad. Feeling guilty is a sign you are a loving mum, who had a bad moment. That saying that kids aren’t giving us a hard time, they are having a hard time, can be true for us as well. You had one bad day, a few bad moments. That not cancel out all your great days.
For me, if I’ve behaved badly I make sure I always apologise. I want my kids to know I’m not perfect, I make mistakes, but I can own up to them and take responsibility. It’s also ok for our kids to see us handle emotions, even when we don’t handle them very well, because it’s part of life for everyone.

Maybe tomorrow just say “I know we had a tough day yesterday, and I’m sorry I shouted. Let’s have a better day today”
 
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Anybody else suffer with massive mum guilt?

3yo had the biggest tantrum today and I lost my tit after a really tit day just not listening or doing anything as told. But now they’re in bed I’m sat down and want to cry. I am pregnant so v hormonal and emotional but I don’t want to be a mum who shouts and loses my tit. Going to hope for a better day tomorrow and work on myself. I feel so crap I crept into the bedroom to give a kiss on the forehead and felt so sad :(
Chances are yours probably won’t remember the next day. But I know the feeling. It’s not nice is it but sometimes has to be done. Not listening is really frustrating.
maybe explain if you can you were having a bad day and you are sorry.
your hormones are probably making you feel more guilty. Hope today is a better day

In other news why does mine insist on getting up at the crack of dawn 🥴🤣 he’s such a morning person like his dad. And I am not.
 
Anybody else suffer with massive mum guilt?

3yo had the biggest tantrum today and I lost my tit after a really tit day just not listening or doing anything as told. But now they’re in bed I’m sat down and want to cry. I am pregnant so v hormonal and emotional but I don’t want to be a mum who shouts and loses my tit. Going to hope for a better day tomorrow and work on myself. I feel so crap I crept into the bedroom to give a kiss on the forehead and felt so sad :(
this was me every day, a few weeks ago! She was just in a mood daily and I honestly wished I was at work on my Wednesday & Thursdays off with her, daytime was a nightmare and bedtime was one drama after another over books. I said to her dad I feel horrible for saying it but shes drove me mad and I just couldn’t wait for a break at the weekend when she went to her dads. It’s normal to feel like that, I bet every mum has felt like it. I HATE it when I shout as it does bugger all but make the situation worse..

I’ve started to make sure I start the day with giving my daughter a big cuddle and telling her I love her.. rather than just getting up out of bed saying good morning etc. I saw it on tik tok and it was this nanny saying if you start it off postively with a hug and saying something positive like that you’re more likely to have a better day. But to be honest it doesn’t stop her from being in a bad mood😂 they’re only young and like us we need to self regulate our own emotions and feelings - sometimes we can’t just “snap” out of that bad mood like that either.

Us Mums carry so much mental load in our lives and when the kids are being little people it just feels never ending!!! Sending hugs xx
 
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Anyone relate?
It is hard being a parent sometimes. They test us and frustrate us. Mine was up at 550 and he’s being a right whiner I’ve already told him he’s not having the iPad he was whinging at the every option. I can see us being on the park before 9am 🤣
 
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It is hard being a parent sometimes. They test us and frustrate us. Mine was up at 550 and he’s being a right whiner I’ve already told him he’s not having the iPad he was whinging at the every option. I can see us being on the park before 9am 🤣
Mine was up at 6.30 (not really that early I know but I was soo tired!) and my partner came down so I could go back to bed. Toddler ended up falling asleep on the sofa for 2 hours so he got peace and quiet and the moral high ground for letting me go back to bed 😂😂
 
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Mine was up at 6.30 (not really that early I know but I was soo tired!) and my partner came down so I could go back to bed. Toddler ended up falling asleep on the sofa for 2 hours so he got peace and quiet and the moral high ground for letting me go back to bed 😂😂
Mine was out with the dog when we got up 🥴. And then he went to golf at 7. Is he mental!? He’s a morning person it’s where my son gets it from. I really am not 😖🤣
 
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