Getting Rid of the Pull -Ups

keep Jayda in pull ups and put the other one in panties. Just because they are twins they may not do everything at the same time. Night training isn't training it happens when their bodies are ready to hold it that long or wake them up to go. Get a waterproof pad for Kayla's mattress And a bed pad , the kind that soaks up pee so that if she does have an accident you don't have to change sheets in the middle of the night you can just take the pad off. You can get them from onestepahead.com.

She will night train when her body is ready. There is little you can or should do to hurry it up.

Our son was day and night trained at two and a half. We did nothing to promote this... he just did it on his own. Our daughter is a super heavy sleeper and, at age 7, has only recently started to wake up at night if she has to go pee. Most often she pees before bed and can hold her pee until the morning, and it was at the point that she started doing this consistently that we got rid of pull-ups. I think she was about 6 or a little older.

Someone asked this not long ago and got some helpful responses... the post title was Overnight Bedwetting.

Good luck!

My daughter is 5 and still will have accidents at night time. My son on the other hand is 3 and is fully potty trained day and night. My daughter was starting to get upset because her brother wasnt having to wear pull ups to bed so I let her wear panties to bed but she is cut off drinks at 6:30pm, she has to use the bathroom right before she lays down and I take her to the potty about 4 hours after she goes to bed. I know this sounds like a bit of a pain but it is training her to know the feeling when she is sleeping. I thought it would wake her up at night but she goes right back to sleep. Hope this helps.

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You can not night train, it is not a behavior issue, but rather a physiological one. You must wait until their bodies mature to a point to were the bladder can either hold the urine all night or the body wakes the child. The average age for this is between 2 and 5, with 6 and 7 not being uncommon. For some kids it takes even longer, by nephew was 8, my cousin was 12. Just keep using the pullups until they have woken dry every morning for several mornings in a row (like a months worth), than you know the body is ready.

Well, they're not required to both be ready at the same time :). Put the 90% dry one in underwear. There is no transition needed. I'd suggest putting a waterproof pad under her sheet, and putting a second layer of waterproof pad and sheet on top, so if she wets during the night, you can just strip off the top layer and not worry about resheeting the bed at 3 a.m. Leave the always wet one alone. Nightime "training" isn't about learning to use the bathroom at night but about the bladder growing and maturing to the point that it does need emptying during the night anymore, you can't train a child to do that. It will happen eventually!

I agree with Beth, switch Kayla to panties, leave Jayda in pull-ups, because even though they are twins they are separate individuals with different characteristics. They will learn some things at different times their entire lives. My dad was the one who pointed this out to our family about my twin brothers when they were babies, and it rings true even in their adulthood. They've always helped each other through things, still do, even when one twin was held back in first grade and the other wasn't.

And, possibly Kayla will be an inspiration to Jayda. Don't make a big deal about it, and if Jayda expresses an interest in switching too, just let her know she needs to stay (mostly) dry before she switches to panties at night.

If you have your heart set on spending all day doing laundry, sheets, bed linens, bath towels from a shower every morning, peed underwear and jammies, etc...then just put panties on them and let them go.

When their little bodies finally get the chemical signals to clench down and hold their urine they'll start being dry.

Just want to also agree to switch the daughter who is ready to underpants and leave your deep sleeper in pull-ups. My twin daughters are a year older than yours, and that is what we did a year or so ago. We bought UnderJams for my daughter who isn't dry overnight, and when we switched her sister to underwear, we started using the UnderJams and called them that (instead of Pull-ups), so they could both have something new.

My 5.5 year old is still in Goodnights at night because he is still wet in the morning most of the time. Save yourself the laundry and work with the one who is almost ready. Let the other one be for a while longer until she is dry more often in the morning. Many kids take until they are older (7,8 or older) to be night trained. It is mostly physical so you can't successfully rush it.