If She's Potty Trained During the day...what Do I Do at Night.

Some children naturally stay dry during the night right away. Some take years for that ability to develop. There are no steps to teaching it. Just be sure she uses the bathroom before bedtime, and once she is keeping the pull-ups dry consistently, switch her to the panties. If it takes her months or even years to stay dry at night, don't make a big deal of it. It is not something she can control.

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If your child can keep a pull up dry through nap time and/or bedtime then she's ready for panties all the time :) If not, keep using the pull ups and reinforce that when she does wake up (even during the night) that she has to go to the potty before doing anything else.

Good Luck!

~A.

I have heard after 30 days in a row of dry pull-ups they should be ready.

It is normal for kids to not be potty trained at night until they are 7. There is no conection to being trained in the day and at night. There is also a big genetic conection, so when you and the father were dry at night will have a big conection. A good sign is when she is waking up dry. I have two girls 9 & 6 and a son 2. The girls were day time trained at 2, but not at night until 4 & 3. Then my son stopped both at the same time. During the day we remind kids to go, but at night they have to beable to wake themselves, waking them to go does not help them. You could try cutting back on late evening drinks. With my girls, they wanted water in their rooms, I told them if you wake up thirsty you can go to the bathroom and then get a drink, this worked very well. Hope this helps and good luck. Bottom line is it is very normal.

this is what I did with my daughter. She was wearing big girl pants all day and even during the naps. (She was 2 1/2) I would put a pull up on her at night. For about four months her pull up would be dry in the morning. But i still would put the pull up on at night. ( I think more for me than her ) Well one night she looked at me and said mommy I do not need a pull up on at night. I have been getting up and going to the potty if i needed to. ( she was 3) So that ended the pull ups at night. I remeber looking at her and going ok could you not have told me two nights ago b4 we opened this new pack of pull ups. She is now 4 and wanting to potty train her 2 year old brother. I would say do what ever is best for you and your little one.

My daughter loved her panties (not underwear according to her). They were princess, fairies, etc. When she didn't have accidents during the day, I asked her if she wanted to wear diapers or panties at night. She would sometimes choose diaper over panties at night but i let her make the decision. There were some nighttime wettings but it was because she didn't or couldn't act fast enough to get up and get me. She only wet her bed five times and they were spread apart and normally associated with allot of activity during the day. You'll never know how she'll do with out trying it out or letting her decide to try it. We're working on wiping correctly now! Ahhhh!
Good Luck!

I have 3 year old twins and we just got the night time thing down. Pull ups no way. This is what I did and it might help. First I stopped letting them have anything to drink 2hours prior to laying down. My kids go to sleep at 8:30 so around 6:30 they stop drinking. Second thing is to make them use the restroom 2 times prior to their set bed time. If they cant do the 2 times at least once prior to laying down. Then the night time wake up is a must because that is just you programing her to get up if you do it at the same time every night she will train herself to get up when you normally come in to get her. Most important!! take away the pull-ups. Its a safety net. they know it will be ok to wet it. At first it will be messy but she won't like the feeling. ( you won't like the cleaning either. LOL) And as for the sleeping like a log. My boy are the same way they just stay sleep and pee with their eyes closed

my problem was when my son had a pull-up on, he knew he could go in it. shortly after his 3rd birthday, we ran out late one night and debated. instead of going out, we put towels on his bed under a blanket and took our chances which worked out GREAT! he has never had an accident (except for his sleep walking) in his bed, just a suggestion. have extra sheets/blanket right by the bed just in case of an accident in the middle of the night. Another friend actually got hers up in the middle of the night to try and go, but I wasn't that devoted LOL

Pay attention the next few mornings and see if her pull-up is dry... if it is, go ahead and try her in panties. Just make sure she is pottying right before you put her to bed and limit her fluids before bedtime. Some kids make the transition easily while others need the pull-ups for awhile at bedtime. Just follow her lead.

It is very normal for children to be much older before they can hold their bladder all night. I would just wait it out, when it starts being dry in the morning, then you know you can try. I am in the same stage as you so I use cloth diapers at night. It is a much cheaper alternative than continuing to buy pull ups. I got mine from snap-ez.com if you want to check it out. Good luck!

Y., when I potty trained my two boys at 2 1/2yo, they wore underwear at night from day one. Now, I know that's not the norm, but they began waking up with a dry diaper at 18 months, so they never had a problem as long as they went potty before bedtime.

If she is waking up without having wet her pullup, try it and see. There is no time line...all kids are different. Good luck!

i have just gone through this with my daughter. and i waited until she was already staying dry at night to go without a pullup. i said i was going to wait a week of dry pullups before she went to bed without one, but after about 3 days she told me no diaper. so since then, she has been without one. it has been about 2 weeks and no accidents as of yet. she had before that been sleeping at nap time without a pullup, and had no accidents that way. if you notice that she is dry during nap, leave them off, and then start making sure she potties right before bed and see if she can last the night. good luck!

I was wondering this too. Very helpful info here.

What if she didn't stay dry at night, and in the morning her pull up is wet, you continue with the pull up, and just have her go potty before taking a nap?

The "rule" is I think that if she is dry at night for a week you start putting her in underpants.

Is she dry after nap time or in the morning? That is the biggest clue as to when to stop putting the pull ups on.