Potty Training Twins
If you have twins or children of a similar age you may feel that potty training them together may seem like a time-saver, but it doesn’t always work out that way, as your children may approach readiness at different times.
A key point to remember is that not all children are ready at the same time [...]
How To Potty Train During The Night?
My 3 year old daughter is fully potty trained throughout the day and also when were out, but she still wear a nappy during the night. How do i train her not to wear a nappy in bed and get her to us the potty or toilet in the night? She shares a room with her 1 1/2 year old sister.
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i am having same problem with my 3 yr old son, hes totally dry in the day but when i have tried him at night he wets the bed, so ive had to go back to putting the nappy on… im going to try saying ‘lets leave your nappies for santa’ but it will only work if he is ready and able to control his bladder during the night…..gonna buy a plastic sheet for matress and try and try again til he gets idea or sick of waking up wet….. my 2 older children never had this problem… im interested in what answers you get… good luck
Replyto be honest with u she is still a baby herself , well done on getting her to be dry during the day , but she is only 3 have you tried pull ups for her ,good luck
ReplyAll i did with my son was wake him up every 2 hours for the 1st night, then every 4 hours the next night, and did that for about a week, and then he was able to wake himself up to go to the toilet, he was 2 yrs old.
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ReplyThe main thing you have to do is check the nappies in the morning. Once she is having four or more dry nappies every morning then you can start thinking about taking them off. If she isnt getting any dry nappies at all then you need to make sure that she is having a wee on the loo just before bed and nothing to drink an hour or so before bed. If she is still wetting the nappy then just wait a bit longer as she just isnt ready yet. Once you are happy she is ready you need to get a waterproof mattress protector. You can also get a bed or cot mat for her (John Lewis sell them) that is waterproof on one side. You lie the mat on top of the bedsheet so she lies directly on it. If she has an accident then all you need to do is take away the mat and change her pajama bottoms. The bed sheets will be clean and dry and hopefully the 1 1/2yr old will still be able to sleep! We got a night light for the hall way and we told our son that if he needed a wee he had to get up and go to the loo or give us a shout to go. We just had pyjamas on him not pants. He has only had a handful of accidents since then and took to it easily. We personally didnt lift him like many parents do, only because when we tried he would always scream his head off at having his sleep disturbed although I know that works well for parents who’s children cant quite get through the night.
It’s a natural thing and some kids need longer than others…bladder development varies from kid to kid. But here’s what I’ve done.
ReplyTake her to the potty right before bed, limit drinks for the last couple of hours before bed. Try a couple of nights with a diaper on and see if she wakes up dry. If she does, leave her in panties all night long. Just get her to go to the potty first thing in the morning.
Good luck!
Once we started potty training our son, we threw away all the diapers. Believe it or not, he only wet the bed a few times! If dark is a fear for your child, put a potty chair in her room near a nightlight! Best of luck to you!
ReplyWith my 3, 2 girls and one boy, i found that leaving without a nappy helped eventually, the nappy seemed to stop them feeling the coldness of the urine when they wet themselves and therefore they wouldn’t wake up, but as soon as i stopped them wearing nappies, they would wake up wet and i would have to change them, it didn’t last too long though before they were getting up on their own to go or sleeping through, make sure the last drink is no later than 5pm. They sell a good water proof mattress cover at Boots chemist. i used to put a plastic sheet over the regular sheet and then an old cot sheet over that so it wasn’t as big to wash. Good luck, you will get there.
ReplyBarbie V has the answer. When you yourself go to bed lift her out of bed and on the potty. Do this every night. It worked for our two. And it worked on the grandkids after only two weeks. They form habits easily. Best of luck. x
ReplyMy little boy is 31/2 and has only just started to be dry in the night. I didn’t rush him and in the end he decided he didn’t want a pull up on at night. I was a bit wary at first especially as he had an accident on the very first night. I limited his drinks to just a small one after 6 and got him to go to the toilet right before bed. I then woke him up before I went to bed and again about four hours later, gradually stopping the one four hours later.
ReplyI now wake him at about 10pm, and he hasn’t had an accident at night since the first time (about 4 months)
My advice to you would be to leave your little girl in a nappy until she decides, it will be much easier on you both.
We’ve just done this - best thing to do is leave the bathroom light on as well as the route to the bathroom and then lift her at about 10-11 at night. Also make sure she goes just before her bedtime, it takes a while and you will have accidents but it gets better all the time, make sure you put a towel or plastic sheet under her bedsheet. Good luck (email me if you need more pointers)
ReplyI’ve potty trained my son during the day, he’s two years 5 months but I intend to let him wear a nappy to bed untill he is waking up with it dry. I intend to have a limit on drinks, like last drink with some toast at 6, he goes to bed at 7. Then potty before he goes to bed. They make training pants which let a child know when they are wet so I will stock up on those but I don’t think at 2/3 they can be held responsible for bladder control while they sleep.
Replywell her bladder just has to grow more she will out grow her diaper (nappy) just be patient and talk with her about how she is a big girl now and an older sister
Replyyou can try lifting but this might disturb her sleep and to be honest not worth it - so she wears a nappy at night does it matter? do not give her drinks after 6pm - she will gradually mature in the bladder area and stop
ReplyI really wouldn’t worry about it too much, many kids wet the bed at night and wear diapers(nappies) for it. My 5 yr old is a bed wetter and I put him in diapers every night. I was a bed wetter up until my early teenage years and wore diapers every night because of it. Its not that big of deal, many kids are heavy sleepers and my take is thats why they make diapers anyway. Night time training takes a while and unfortunately if bed wetting runs in the family as it does mine it can take a lot longer. My take is, don’t worry about what other people think about having your child in diapers at night, it’s plastic underwear. The main thing is for you and your children to get a restful sleep at night and if that means diapers, who cares.
ReplyThe reason my daughter wouldn’t go to the bathroom when she was around that age was because it didn’t occur to her that she could stop what she was doing, go do something else, and come right back to it. Maybe see if she realizes that she can get up, go potty, and go right back to bed and sleep? You have to try to figure out why. Maybe she’s just a heavy sleeper. Try to limit her beverage consumption for a few hours before bedtime.
Replyyou need to keep waking her up in the night, then after a while it will become routine and they will get themselves up at those times to go for a wee, once that happens you can take away the nappy!
ReplyMy son was still wearing pull ups in the night until he was 7, I was told not to give him anything to drink other than milk for the last 2 hours before bed. I made sure he had plenty of fluids throughout the day and It worked, he was dry within a week!
ReplyI used this method with my other 2 kids who were dry at night by 2.
My daughter is 3 and fully potty trained during the day too. She wears a pull up at night but it is dry most mornings. I leave a potty in her room and she has started to use it by herself if she needs to go when she wakes up in the morning. I am planning just to carry on letting her wear nappies until she completely stops needing them and then use a waterproof sheet on the bed. I have been told by a children’s nurse that you should not stop children drinking before they go to bed because limiting their liquid intake actually delays the development of bladder control. She advised you continue using nappies at night until they naturally develop the control not to need to go during the night or to wake up if they do need to. I think you just have to let her body show you it is ready. And the more they drink, the quicker their bladder control develops apparently.
ReplyWe live in a hot dry climate; I would never limit a child’s fluid intake.
ReplyAt 3 your daughter does not have a large enough bladder to make it through the night. And she is not mature enough to wake from a sound sleep. Most of potty training is really a matter of maturity on the child’s part. There is not much you can do to rush it. Different children mature at much different rates … so do not compare her to other children the same age.
Make sure she uses the bathroom right before bed; and continue with the diaper/nappy at night. You might also take her to the bathroom just before you go to bed, however, this may just disturb her sleep cycle.
nighttime is always harder.Make sure she doesnt drink anything a few hours before bed..And try pull -ups or thick training pants..
ReplyLet her wear it at night and reward her in the morning when she wakes up dry, in order to reinforce the behavior. Their little bladders generally just can’t hold it for 8 to 12 hours at that age. Their brain will eventually start to wake them up in the middle of the night to go the the bathroom.
ReplyMy kids were all potty trained during the day at 3, and were making it though the night 90% of the time by age 4. 99% by age 5.
Someone will surely post about their fully potty trained 2 year old. That’s a fluke, or a fib.
She will do it when she is ready. She is only 3 so it may be a while. Just get her to go to the bathroom right before bed. I wouldn’t limit her drinks unless it’s right before bed, maybe 30 min. she needs her fluids.
ReplyNothing to drink before bed time and make sure she uses the bathroom too.
ReplyGood luck!