We are in the process of getting Little J potty-trained at night.

He's a little over 4 1/3, so I think we're approaching this rather late, especially since he's been day-time trained for more than a year, but you have to understand something critical about Little J: if he's given any latitude at night, he'll take advantage.

By that I mean that in the past, if we've so much as left his door open at night, he's taken this as an invitation to get up and walk around the house. He doesn't want to sleep with us and he's not upset - but he will play. He'll play all night! He won't sleep. He can't sleep. Sleeping is something you only do if you absolutely have to, seems to be his attitude.

Consequently we've had to be very strict at bed time. No getting up. No leaving your room. No toys. Good nights are short and sweet and then bam - we're out of there. If he calls to us, we don't go. (Please note that on the rare occasions when he's truly been upset and he's called we've recognized the difference and we've gone to him - but this really doesn't happen much).

A couple of months ago we tried to introduce the concept of staying dry all night and visiting the potty if he needs to...and he stayed up until midnight. I think he was waiting for the urge to pee.

So we went back to the pull-ups and the shut door for a month or two.

Last week we tried it again. It seems to be working this time, although he doesn't wake himself up to use the potty when he needs to yet. All in sweet time - in the meantime I've just had A LOT of laundry to do. It'll happen, right? Any tips or tricks for me?