Pull ups no more!

Lane has been potty trained since he was three. Surprisingly, it was pretty easy. A weekend at home filled with water, a potty and momma's constant eye resulted in making the magic happen in the pot! It was great! NO MORE DIAPERS! Fast forward 2 years to present day life. Lane is still doing phenomenal with daytime pottying. Night time...well, that is a WHOLE other can of worms. The child sleeps harder than most grown men and is a character out of a zombie movie if woken up at night to pee! Thus, we have had nights accompanied by pull ups. Lane despises the pull ups, something I can't blame him for, but consistently still wets his bed at night. I had spoken to his doc and he said that every child is different and that boys have a harder time with it than girls. I also learned that it is hereditary! After hearing that bit of news, I was happy to find out that he did NOT get the wetting gene from me! WHEW! However, we are still left with the sleepy time troubles.

Last week, Dave graciously offered to wake Lane up twice a night in order to make him go potty. The first time was around 10:30ish. That was a no go. The second time was midnight and again, the pipes were dry. We were in the clear! Or so we thought. Monday morning consisted of wet pants and new sheets. Monday thru Thursday, Dave got him up at 12 and 3. This seemed to work great! Lane was dry every morning! Dave, however, was realizing that getting up twice a night wears on him a bit! Saturday night we decided to let Lane try to get up on his own accord. With both of us sleeping soundly, neither of us heard if he had gotten up throughout the night or not, though I suspected the answer was no, the child just will NOT wake up!

On to plan B. Yesterday we got Lane an alarm clock and set it for 3AM. He was super excited to use it and PROMISED to go potty when it went off. Around 3:30 Dave went in to check and Lane said he did get up. BUT, he was already wet from a previous time :( BUMMER! Another morning of new undies and a change of sheets. This morning Dave and I decided to rotate nights and get Lane up at midnight and allow his alarm to wake him at 3. Lets PRAY this will work. The poor kiddo hates his pull ups and would really hate to have to go back to them

Has anyone had any kind of potty training struggles?? What worked for you? What didn't?