Babies, Toddlers and Sleep

Everyone, even people that don't have kids, know that when you have a new baby you get no sleep. Trying to get a newborn on a schedule is the biggest part of trying to get any rest at all. Then, when they start to finally sleep through the night, you get so excited thinking that you'll be able to catch up on getting some sleep. My daughter is a little over 3 years old and I could probably count the nights she slept all the way through on my fingers. First is was the typical newborn stuff, then it was night terrors, then the moving to a big girl bed and now......potty training.
Here's the thing. Everyone talks about no sleep with infants, but no one talks about no sleep during potty training. As if potty training isn't hard enough, now it's a whole new learning experience for your little one and for you. We want them to be successful so we never tell them no when they ask to use the potty. That even means during the middle of the night when they wake up and think they need to go.
I have given up on any hope of getting a normal night's sleep until she graduates from high school and moves out. Of course at that time I will probably lay awake wondering if she's ok and still not get a good nights sleep.

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