At Night
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Night Accidents
Asked by L.R. from Miami
on March 3, 2010
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My 4 1/2 year-old son has been potty trained since 26 months, yet he cannot master the night!! I've tried cutting his liquids after dinner, making him pee right before...
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- Hi! Another mom asked a similar ? of her 6yo son the other day - following is my answer to her, but keep in mind children are so, so different & you can't compare a b...
- hi, to answer the night time potty thing is different for each child & boys tend to do this on a much longer time frame. try talking to his dr on the next reg visit. m...
- Absolutely normal for many boys. I wouldn't focus on it or wake him. You may have a few years yet of this so the last thing you want to do is make your little guy fee...
Night Accidents
Asked by S.S. from San Francisco
on February 16, 2008
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My 4 1/2 year old son has been potty trained for the past year or so, unfortunatly he is still having accidents during the night. We have tried everything, less liquid...
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- You are on the right track! But remember, if he is sleeping you need to set a time in the middle of the night for you to remember to get up and take him potty, say lik...
- Hi S. S, This happened to my daughter until she was about six years old. We finally solved the problem with a "bladder strength and exercise" technique. We bought a b...
- unfortunately he just needs to grow a bit. night time dryness can take years in some boys. its not that unusual to see it last until 11 or 12. relax, put on a waterpro...
Accidents at Night
Asked by C.H. from Dallas
on November 15, 2006
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My three-yr-old is fully potty trained; however, she still has accidents at night. We've tried just letting her wet the bed thinking that the discomfort would wake he...
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- Hi C.! My son is 3 1/2 and he is dry for most of the majority of nights, but I don't sweat it anymore! He does wear the good-nites or pull-up for night time and mo...
- My daughter potty trained at 2 3/4 for day time and wore a pull up until 4 at night. She's 7 1/2 and this school year wet her bed. She dreamed she was on the potty. ...
- Hi, C.. We have a 3 1/2 yr. old and is fully trained as well; however, we put pull ups at night because of accidents. I feel that when she is ready, she'll wear the ...
Night Time Potty Accidents
Asked by K.M. from Los Angeles
on March 9, 2009
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Hello! I am trying to be patient, but at 33+ weeks pregnant, I am at my wits end. My three year old daughter has "accidents" during the night once a week or so .... ...
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- Heck I wet the bed until I was 12. Seems to me like you need to relax. This is awful young to be expecting a dry bed.
- K., Your darling daughter is doing more than most kids at this age already! Some young kids do potty train at night early, but most (nearly ALL) are not night trai...
- Hi K., I think sometimes small children have acidents while they sleep, casue they get chilled, One of my 3 year olds in my daycare has been potty trained since before...
Night Time Potty Training/daytime "Accidents"
Asked by C.L. from Duluth
on February 24, 2007
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Hello all. I am looking for advice on two related topics: night time potty training and daytime accidents.
First, I am looking for tips on how to night time train. Do...
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- Children's bladders sometimes don't catch up to the rest of their body in growth. So their bladder can't hold as much. My daughther had two bladder surgeries so she po...
- I would keep her in a pull-up until she wakes up dry for at least a couple of weeks, unless you want more laundry! Some children physically are unable to hold their b...
- I agree with Angela. My daughter is 3 years old and actually to be quite honest she was night trained before she was day trained and that was just her! Totally not n...
Night Time Potty Training....
Asked by A.S. from Dallas
on July 9, 2008
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Hello there ladies....I am wondering how you go about night time potty training. My daughter is two and a half she will be 3 in October, and she has been potty trained...
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- If you have a little potty-training chair, put it next to her bed so she doesn't have to go so far. Just until she gets a little older. If she gets up to take the pu...
- When I potty trained my 2 year old I never put her in pull ups so you might want to let her pick out her favorite panties and have her wear them at night. My daughter...
- i went out and got two water proof mattress covers and got one of the flat mattress sheets thats water proof I cut that one in half so I had two of them. My kids dont ...
Night Time Potty Training
Asked by H.O. from Macon
on December 3, 2006
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I have a 3 year old daughter and she is great at going to the potty during the day. My problem is at night. She just dosn't get up to go at night. I had her in pullups...
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- I have a 4 year old boy and am in the same situation. He was trained at 2 1/2 for daytime no problem but can't seem to stay dry when sleeping, even naps sometimes. I...
- Hi, I wouldn't worry about it too much, your child is still young. But my first two kids, I stopped letting them have drinks after dinner time, made them use the bath...
- with my little girl, i just got up atleast every 2 hrs at night and took her to the bathroom.after about 2 wks she got use to it.
Night Time Potty Training
Asked by V.S. from Charlotte
on January 10, 2011
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I need some advice on this. When did your child start potty training at night? We put my 3-year old daughter in her day time underwear last night for the first time to...
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- Unlike daytime potty training, night dryness is not a behavioral issue, it is a physiological one. At some point the bladder matures to the point where a child will ei...
- My daughter mastered it around age 4. My son, at 4 announced that he was done with night time diapers. Then he had accidents several nights in a row so we put him ba...
- We switched from pull ups to underwear at night when DS was 2-1/2. He maybe had two accidents. The boy has incredible bladder capacity. He occasionally gets up at nigh...
Night Time Potty Training
Asked by A.O. from Kansas City
on September 12, 2006
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I need advice on how to night time potty train my almost 4 1/2 year old son. He wears pull-ups at night and even though we limit or don't allow liquids in the evening...
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- A., I also have a 4 1/2 year old son who wears a pull up at night. Sometimes he will go 2 or 3 weeks without being wet and then all of a sudden he will wake up wet...
- My son 4 years old and he still wears a pull-up at night and it is usually pretty wet in the morning. We just went for a well check-up and the doctor said it is normal...
- Our five year old occasionally wakes up wet! We take the EXACT same approach as Jennifer H. The only things I can suggest are waking him up just before YOU go to bed...
Potty Training at Night Time
Asked by J.C. from Little Rock
on March 7, 2009
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My 2 1/2 year old daughter is potty trained during the day and does very well with this. The problem is that we are still having accidents at nap time and during the n...
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- Many children aen't ready for nighttime dryness until much later than 2+1/2. It's a lot harder for them to control their bladder at night then it is during the day wh...
- I also agree, J.. My son was potty trained about 2, but I still kept a diaper on him for another 6 months after during naps and night time. One thng to really pay atte...
- What I did was got my daughter up at least once during the night and took her to the bathroom. I sat her on the potty,since she was still pretty much asleep,and she we...
