Potty Training at Night!? - Bend,OR

She is simply too young to be potty trained at night. No big deal, it will happen in time. Just let her have a pull up at night. If she isn't even three yet then don't rush it with her. What I would do it that I would have her not have any liquids after dinner and make sure she goes potty right before bed, eventually you'll start to notice that she'll wake up dry on occasion. Point that out to her and tell her how great that is and praise her and stuff like that. Pretty soon, she'll have it down. My son was potty trained in the day by 2 1/2 but not at night till a little over 4. It takes awhile before they can feel it and have the feeling wake them up if you know what I mean. Good luck!

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You can not really "night train", either their body is mature enough to wake them, or it is not. My son was 2 when he was ready, my nephew was 6, my cousin was 12! Now obviously for most kids this will happen between the ages of 2 and 5, until then just use pullups. Wait until she has stayed dry for at least a month before switching to undies at night, that way you know she is ready for success!

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If she is still going at night and sleeping through it, I would simply let her wear a pull-up or diaper at night. I think the rest is much more important at this age than worrying over a natural nighttime occurrence.

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Night time is a completely separate skill than day time. There are different physical reasons a kid might wet the bed; bladder is not mature, child sleeps deeply and doesn't wake up. Whatever it is, it's not their fault! Do what you can to minimize accidents and definitely don't shame them.

Make sure she pees before going to bed. Let her wear pullups if she has frequent accidents. (You can reuse them if they are dry.) If she stays dry for a long time and you want to try letting her sleep in her underwear, double sheet her bed (waterproof sheet, regular sheet, waterproof sheet, regular sheet, then covers). This way if she does soak the sheets during the night, you can strip one set (& clean her up) and she can go back to sleep without waiting for you to remake the bed.

Lots of kids wet the bed and don't wake up. (You're expecting a lot from a 2yr old!) Some wear pullups (or adult diapers) until they are 10 or 12. The best thing is to be kind and not tell them there is anything wrong with them.

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I have a 14-year-old son and a 7-year-old son. My older son did really well with Pull-ups disposable training pants, and rarely wet his bed. But my youngest son is just now having continuous dry nights. It sounds like your daughter is doing wonderfully with potty training. My husband and I believe that kids come to achieve these milestones at different times and in different ways. Our youngest has had intermittent severe growing pains since he was about 18 months old, and my husband thinks the fast rate of growth plays a part in him wetting the bed on occasion. I think he's onto something, because the bed-wetting always happens just after the growing pains cease. We cope by having two sets of sheets and mattress pads, so while one is in the wash, the other one can be used. We taped sheet of plastic over the mattress (or you can buy a special "no-leak" mattress pad), on top of that we put a thick absorbent blanket (or towel), then the sheets. We focused on telling Koryn it was okay and normal that he wet the bed, and that as he got older he would change and do it less and less. We also taught him to tell us as soon as he knows he wet the bed, even if it's in the middle of the night; to go potty at that time, which helped transition him to getting up and going potty before wetting the bed; we changed the bedding, cleaned the plastic with disinfectant spray, wiped him from torso to knees with a warm, damp wash cloth, put on clean pj's, and put him back to bed. We discovered that the security of knowing mom and dad wouldn't be irritated and didn't make a big deal out of the be-wetting was the best prevention. A nice bonus is that this was early training for being able to tell us anything and feel safe doing so. We're hoping that will continue into his teen years, when being able to tell us anything is more important than ever. One more thing - we encourage our son to drink a good amount of water during the day (he starts the morning with water), then limit liquid one hour before bedtime to a sip or two. When he was wetting the bed a lot, we tried to get in an extra trip to the bathroom, even if it meant helping him because he was so groggy. Don't worry, as you move through this with your daughter, she will become more aware and gain more control over her body, waking up to go instead of wetting the bed. Blessings to you and your family.

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I have a boy, but what I did was eliminate the pull up pants, got my son new undies, and purchased a plastic fitted sheet for his bed. I had set times as to when to get him up to potty. I made sure he had little or no liquid before bedtime. I would have him go potty before bed, wake him up and have him go before I went to bed, and then would have two or three set times in the night that I woke him up to go potty. I would also make sure the first thing I had him do in the morning was go to the potty. (I never asked him if he had to go...I would just take him to potty.) It was a little tedious, but in the end, the result was well worth it. It took about 3 wk or so and before I knew it, he was getting up majority of the time in the night by himself. Hope this helps!

try having her wear panties with pullups over them, that way she feels the wet, but you don't have to wash sheets every night. and relax, it will happen. mine would be dry at night, but little accidents during the day. Mine is 3 1/2 and totally potty trained at night, but little wet spots during the day because she waits too long to go. I thought she was ready, showing all the signs and interest at 17 months. but their bodies as well as their minds need to be ready and developed enough.

M.- Not even three is pretty young to expect her to stay dry all night. If you want to, you can wake her during the night and make her use the bathroom, but I think if you're patient you'll find that she'll simply grow large enough to hold it in a year or two.
My first daughter turned two and potty trained for both day and night the first time we put panties on her - no looking back. My second daughter potty trained during the day by almost 3, with many accidents, and didn't make it through the night until 4 1/2. My nephew couldn't stay dry until he was 8 1/2. Everyone is different.

I considered night time potty training something completely separate from day time. I waited until I noticed that my kids were waking up dry and then I transitioned to underwear. So I would just prioritize that they go to the potty first thing when they wake up and have them notice and you notice yourself whether they are dry or not.

I encourage you to think of night time as something that happens naturally and should not be trained. YOu don't know how mature her bladder is to hold al night long or how hard it is to wake up, be conscious of the need to pee, get to the potty, etc. that is a lot to expect.

My kids were around 4 when they just naturally started holding all night.

Pull-ups are definately great for night time, like others have suggested. The other thing I did was to tell my daughter if she got up & went potty she could come into mom & dad's bed. This was just enough of a bonus for her to get up & go regularly.

As others have said, she is simply to young to be expected to be potty trained at night. My son was potty trained by 2 1/2 during the day but now at age 5 still wears night-time pull ups. We have limited his liquids and I always get him up for at least one nightime potty break and he still has wet pull ups many mornings. His pediatrican says this is fairly normal, many kids have small bladders or sleep so deeply that they can't get up by themselves when they are so young. I'm sure your daughter will grow out of it and probably sooner than my son.