Out of our three kids we don’t have an official sleepwalker.
We do, however, have a “sleep-pee-er.” I made up that word, so you might have to sound it out to get it.
Last night, less than an hour after doing my nightly task of wiping down the bathroom counters and toilets, my husband and I heard something. It was a shuffling and then a scraping sound. A LOUD scraping sound. So I looked into my kids’ bathroom to see my son sleeppee–ing. I’m sure he does this nightly, but it so happened that the seat and the toilet lid were both down.
Yep.
So of course, pee was going everywhere. Everywhere that I had just wiped down.
But what, you ask, was the LOUD scraping sound? He hadn’t meant to pee onto the closed toilet seat. In fact, I’m assuming that his sleeping self thought that he had lifted the seat.
But what he had really lifted was the lid of the tank at the back of the toilet. Yes, the big heavy lid. It was leaned back against the wall. I belly laughed.
I guess that I should be thankful that he didn’t climb up on the seat and pee into the tank.
So, I wonder what is the point of wiping down the bathroom when things like this are going to happen within the hour. But really, that is the point. Even if the tank lid doesn’t get mistaken for the toilet lid every night, I’m thinking sleep fog might have something to do with why there’s almost always pee on the floor when I wipe down the toilet . . . every . . . single . . . night.
And while boys are notorious for missing the toilet, lest you think girls are immune, I remember laughing heartily at a friend whose daughter used to regularly sleep-pee in her trashcan.
It still makes me laugh typing that now.
And for my daily checklist:
Today I:
Made bed.
Emptied dishwasher.
Cleaned kitchen.
Swept kitchen.
Did focused 5 minute pick-up.
Started laundry, and then put in dryer.
Checked bathrooms for clutter.
Last night I:
Made lunches.
Laid out clothes for boys.
Checked laundry which actually meant putting it from the washer to the dryer. (I’m hoping to get totally caught up today, and back on rhythm)
Wiped down bathroom counters and toilets.
Also I folded and put away the clean laundry that had piled up from never completing that task last week.
And I put back together the office, which I’m about to write about in a Tackle it Tuesday post.
--Nony
Oh man, I was actually laughing out loud reading this! My daughter did this for a while. She always made her target but her pants wouldn't get pulled down all of the way… Great job cleaning!
I just found your blog the other night and have been reading through all your posts. I giggled (alot) when I read this one. My husband heard me giggling and asked what I was reading that was so funny, so I proceeded to read your post to him. What made it even more hilarious was that as soon as I finished reading it to him, we heard our daughter make her way out of her room for her own sleep-pee session. Thankfully, she managed to both lift the lid and not fall in…..heeheehee
Thanks for such great posts!
Jenna
my son is a sleep-pee-er too. (love the word.) 🙂 trash cans, shower stalls, air vents, laundry baskets, corner of the closet… all fair game. (once even a desk drawer.) actual toilet sleep-pee-ing? not so much.
Oh Dawn! I was afraid I was going to awaken my napping daughter because I was laughing so loudly at your comment!!!
The desk drawer??? hardee-har-har-har!!!
Hilarious!! My son is a sleep-pee-er as well. His first target was the kitchen trash can. Then I stopped him in the laundry room, but didn't catch him before he sleep-peed on the sofa. I found him when it was too late but it was so funny to see him standing there, eyes closed, and as if he were actually standing at the toilet. So funny about the toilet tank lid.
While I have laughed while reading both your post and the comments, I can only thank God that my biggest problem is dribbles on the seat…which I no longer have to worry about. I don’t ‘do’ the boys bathroom…just my own. Bad attitude, yes, but my son is quite a bit older than your boys. He can clean up after himself. 🙂
I can totally relate , my 12 year old came out of his room two nights ago walked right past us sitting on the couch. he proceeded into the kitchen and peed in my household tree plant.
I told him what he did a few minutes later and he did not believe me lol
Oh my word, I’m laughing so hard at that!!!
Christmas eve, I’m in the process of putting the finishing touches on the stocking when my 6 year old walks to the top of the stairs and pees. Good to hear it’s ‘normal’ though I wonder where else he’s sleep peed and I didn’t catch him.
When one of my daughter’s was little it was about 2 am and the bedroom door opened then the wardrobe door and caught her in wardrobe. First of all I thought we had burglars. I nearly wet my self and hubby was fast asleep
Our daughter was a sleep-pee-er, too, but would go open her closet door and climb up on her dirty clothes hamper to pee in it. Nice. She also went all the way downstairs to the pantry once to pee in the big kitchen trashcan. Hard to help them when you’re busy laughing at them…
Oh this makes me laugh!!!
Laughing so much here. I have tears lol.😂😂