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From: peg@linus.UUCP (Margaret E. Craft)
Newsgroups: net.kids
Subject: Waking behavior in under-3 year olds
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Date: Fri, 7-Jun-85 12:24:20 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jun  7 12:24:20 1985
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Reply-To: peg@linus.UUCP (Margaret E. Craft)
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The question was why not just take the not-quite-trained kid to the bathroom
when I go to bed, instead of asking her and then diapering if she doesn't
respond.

The answer:  it's pretty hard to get her to wake up enough to pee (unless she
is already awake enough to tell me she wants to go) without setting off a
crying spell.

Anyone else have young kids (under 3) who are very unhappy when woken up
before they want to be?  Joellen is particularly unhappy when she's been
asleep for less than an hour (i.e., fell asleep in the car) and cries without
undertanding why.  I feel sure it's not a "voluntary" fit of crying - she
starts crying before she's fully awake and can cry for 10 to 15 mintues before
getting herself under control.

This behavior has lessened as she gets older, so I wonder if it's some kind of
age dependent thing.