Potty Training Help - Oswego,NY

its common for kids to get used to it at night
my oldest child took approx 6 months sleeping in a pullup and soaking it every night before she would be dry after the 6 mths.
she wore undies all day long, no accidents, only 1 accident at naptime she pooped and never did it again. then we were all undies at nap.
try to cut out fluids a couple hrs before bedtime, that should help. if she wants a drink just a couple sips if she needs it.
the less in thier systems the less they will pee at night while sleeping..

A.

A 2.5 year old's bladder is still too small to hold it all in overnight. Diapers at night is okay. Wait it out until she's 3 and you can start trying to put her to bed at night without her nappies. Hope this helps.

I have a 2 years old who has been potty trained since she was 15 months. But I kept her in night time diapers until a week ago, feeling that she was too young. She is doing great without the pull-ups now no accidents at all!! I recommed keeping her in diapers until she is ready. Mine will be 3 in March. So eventhough she has been accident free for a while I felt that she may not be able to wake up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom. I hope this helps. Good Luck!
T. C (mom of 3) CT

It is totally normal for kids to potty train during the day long before they are dry thru the nite. I definitely wouldn't worry about it right now.

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My daughter was day potty trained at two years old. However, at night, she finally is and she has just turned 5. I would wait a while and not worry. There are many different versions nighttime pull-ups, cloth versions, and good-nights. I would wait until she is ready...

D.,
You are doing great, if I were you I would not go back to diapers. Just think when your were little pull-ups didn't exist and parents generally potty trained all the way. If your daughter is capable of taking care of business during the day you can help train her bladder for the night time thing too. First invest in a plastic sheet to protect your mattress. Second do not give her anything more than a sip of water 1 hour before bed. Then make sure she goes potty right before bed. The most critical thing I did after that was to wake my daughter just a couple of hours later and sit her on the potty to get her to go. This usually took place right before I went to sleep, and she would always go right back to sleep if I left the bathroom light off. In just days my daughter was either waking up to go potty or sleeping the whole night through dry. This advice was given to me by my sister in law who has 5 children so I can vouch that it can work for almost any child! Good luck, and be strong, before you know it you will be all done with the diapers!
L. R.

DOn't use diapers at night, use pull-ups. I know that they are basically the same thing, but pull-ups look a lot more like underwear bc your child can step into them. I have the opposite problem. My 2.5 year old stays dry at night and doesn't always tell me when she has to go during the day.

hi there, if I were you i wouldn't worry too much. My eldest son is 4.6 and got out of sleeping in nappies only 5 months ago. he still soaks the bed occasionally but has gotten really good at waking up to go to the toilet around midnight. My youngest (2.5) is very good at waking up and going to the toilet, but I still let him sleep in nappies just as a safety thing. he's been out of nappies in the daytime since he was 2. I think boys are slightly slower than girls and the youngest is always faster than the older sibling as a general guideline, but I think sleeping with a nappy on when you're only 2.5 is just fine. But then I'm the kind of mum who'd let my boy sleep in a nappy till he is 7 if that'll help him. I think there comes a point when they'll see for them selves that its awkward, especially at sleepovers etc.

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Unfortunatly, just becuase they are trained during the day doesnt mean they are automatically trained at night.

My daughter has the same problem and is 4 years old. She has been potty trained since her 2nd birthday. Loved going on the potty! She never has an accident during the day and stays dry during nap time.

At night though, she is such a heavy sleeper and sleeps all through the night, she can not wake herself up to go potty.
The sleeping is a great thing, we have never been sleep deprived parents!! But after asking the doctor if it was normal, he said it is completely normal for children to still wet the bed at night after being potty trained during the day and it is something they just grow out of.

I found night time pull-ups work the best and no drinks at least an hour before bed.

Hope this helps!

Jenna

HI there - I am right there with you! my 2 yr old is wanting to go on the potty during the day, but at night its no go. But I am also remembering my 4 yr old when she was gettign potty trained, she was the same way and then at 3 yrs old we told her no diapers anymore and went and bought her pretty panties and she had ony a few accidents that weekend. I think at 2.5 she just wasn't ready and then at 3 she was. So be patient. She will catch on soon. Until then its alot of laundry - sorry. But take heart that you are not alone ;). Good luck!

Hi Been there, done this. It's not unusual for kids to have a difficult time at night. Try limiting fluids in the evening. Use the diaper (or pull-ups) at night. When you see it dry in the mornings fairly consistently, then remove it and you're on your way!! To expect them to do it all at once is just too stressful for all involved.

I would not give her anything to drink a few hours before bedtime and then put her on the potty before she goes to sleep. My daughter didn't want the potty during the day - and she woke up dry every morning - it's a matter of them being ready I think. She was definitely trained during the night before the day. If you daughter falls asleep and then you need to put her in bed - sit her on the potty first - I do that with mine too - and just tell her to pee pee. Hope this helps - good luck to you.

Night training can come much later than day trained. We haven't even tried with our daughter. She was day trained completely by 27 months. She is turning 3 this month and just now she is starting to wake up most mornings dry. Good Luck!

My 4 year old daughter still has issues with night time. Sometimes she wakes up and other times she doesn't. I have her in pullups or the Goodnights now that she is bigger. We call them her bedtime undies. This way if she does have an accident at night, we aren't up in the middle of the night changing everything, because then she has a hard time getting back to sleep. She does have her "dry" nights and we try to praise her for those, but we don't scold or anything we she does have a wet night. We try to make sure she goes potty before bedtime too. It may be sending mixed messages to her, but it's working for us and when she is ready then we will lose the bedtime undies. Good luck!

I dont have any advice for you. But, I can tell you that you arent alone. My 3 1/2 year old still has to wear a diaper at night. I think half the problem is he drinks SO much water during the day. His pediatrician isnt concerned. So, I'm just giving his bladder more time to catch up.
BTW...Sometimes my son would even wet through a diaper. I tried Huggies Overnights. They arent traning pants. They are super absorbent diapers. He hasnt leaked through one yet.
Best of luck to you!! :)

You did the right thing. It may take a couple months for a child to be able to hold it all night long. And this way you will avoid stressing her and yourself out by having to interrupt sleep and change the sheets. If you don't want to use regular diapers, buy those cute pull ups - they look like real underwear and they make the overnight kind. Plus, you may want to limit drinks before bedtime. Good luck

my almost 5 year old son has been potty trained since almost 3. He can do it all day long and sometimes for naps but will not wake up at night to go. I wake him before I go to bed, and during the night if I wake up myself. Almost everyday he would wake up wet. The pediatrician said that if he can do it during the day, it is not a problem, it is just a maturity thing that takes some time. She said up to 5 is very common for kids. Just try to limit the fluids after dinner but other than that, I think it just might take some time. I myself went back to pull-ups at night because he was getting sleep deprived from me constantly waking him to change a wet bed.

Its not uncommon for babies to wet at NIGHT because they are in a DEEPER sleep,

Make sure you put her to bed early enough, and perhap WAking her, 2 times in the night bringing her to the potty might help

and continue to use the Diapers

Also very helpful are those rubber pants found at WALMART for 3 dollars in packages of 3
Buy the size SMALLER than her size as to hugs her legs tighter helping to prevent leaks

And then TOP them with a thick pair of training under pants

GOOD LUCK

M

Hi!
Don't worry :) My daughter wasn't trained during the day until age 3. She still wets at night. Only until very very recently, has she been waking up and telling me she needs to go. (she'll be 4 in june). Her ped. told me that if she's still wet at night, she's just not quite ready. They'll go at their own time. (We once tried pull ups, and she soaked the entire bed, but didn't wake up!) I couldn't do that to her. Be patient, and keep buying those diapers! Good luck :)

Kids don't do potty training at night until they are about 4 or so. Your expecting to much to soon. Just be glad she's going on the potty during the day for now. They do have night time pullups if you want to try that route. But my friends 5 yr old still has night time accidents.

Hi D.,

The dry nights are, in my experience and from talking to other mums, a rare delight for toddlers being so young (and mums). I have two daughters, a 5 1/2 year old (and a 20 month old), and our first still wears pull-ups. Another friend of mine with two girls, said one of hers was in pull-ups at night for well into her 7th year. It does seem like a long road but certainly at 2 1/2 years old I wouldn't worry yourself. From what I've heard, this part of kids development, is different for everyone. I just take the attitude that unless there is a reason for bed- wetting that is not developmental like nightmares, stress at home, stuff going on at school etc etc, kids will do it in her own time. For us, sometimes we have dry nights for a week at a time, sometimes for a couple of days and then we'll have constant wet ones for weeks at a time. What I am seeing over the long term, however, is progress. This one, unfortunately, takes longer than we would all like....just give support and praise when things are dry and don't place any negative attention on the wets. Hope this helps.

I am a mum of two (as above), an Australian who moved here last April with English husband. We live in Battery Park.

Pull Ups! They are awesome.

I keep pull ups on my daughter for nighttime. I call it nighttime panties and she takes it off in the morning. Most of the time she is dry, and she knows to put panties on when she wakes up. I do not feel that this is setting her back and until she wakes up dry for a long period of time, then I will stop them. It gives me less headaches for now. Good luck!

my advice is to keep her in the diapers at night. A few of my children are very deep sleepers and they don't wake up if they're wet. What we did is to put them in underwear during the day and diapers at night. The first time that there was no accident during the night we would reward them. I think we took ours to the dollar store and brought them one present. I think after that we gave them lots of claps which their siblings had fun participating in. There are pull-ups and good nights and other brands that are designed to help protect but not be a diaper but cost to us was an issue so we stuck with the diapers. Just give her some time and acknowledge her when she has a dry day and night and she'll enjoy keeping herself dry. As a last suggestion don't let her drink right before bedtime that's one way to keep her as dry as you can before she's in bed for the night. I'd suggest no drinks at least 30mins to an hour before bed. Even with them going potty right before bed be prepared for accidents and if it continues then I'd let your doc. know but she sounds like she's doing well and good luck with everything :)

Hi D.,

Day and night training are two different things. Day training is being aware of the urge to go and getting to the bathroom. You can't train a child for night time dryness. Night training isn't actually waking up to use the bathroom, but the bladder maturing to the point that they don't regularly need to empty their bladder during the night. There's nothing wrong with a 2.5 year old needing to be diapered for the night, so I'd suggest just experimenting til you find the diaper that can allow her not to soak through and not worry about it. Also, if she is really soaking her diaper at night, it's possible that she is wetting more than once, so you may want to check her before you go to bed yourself, and if she's already wet then, do a quickie diaper change right in her bed.

Hi D.! Don't fuss over putting a "sleepy" on your little girl for naps and night time. My little girl was potty trained over a year ago and just last week came to us and said no more sleepies. She was dry for many months for both nap and night so we felt that if that is what she wanted we would do it.

One piece of advice if you are not doing it already is to cut off drinks 1 hour prior to sleeping and have her go to the potty either right before bed if you opt out of using the diaper (which I would not recommend) or right before you put the "sleepy" on. Good luck!
S.