Night Time Potty Training - San Rafael, CA

If she is potty trained during the day and not have excessive accidents throughout the day, then she can definatley be potty trained at night. My son was 2.5 and fully potty trained day and night. He is 3.5 now and every once in a while we have a nighttime accident, I bought a padded liner to put under his sheets to protect the mattress if he has an accident.

I cut liquids out about 1 hour sometimes longer before bedtime and make sure that he goes potty right before he goes to sleep. And he does just fine.

Good Luck!

Hi Yvonne,

My son didn't toilet train at night until he was about 3 years 3 months. That said, he really was dry at night, I just wasn't getting him out of his diapers soon enough in the morning! He toilet trained in the daytime just before he turned 3 and I discovered three months later if I dressed him (very slow in dressing!) right after he got up that he was still dry. That ended the diapers at night and we never had an accident. I'm guessing she might be dry at night now, she just doesn't get the pullups off soon enough in the morning.

E.

I read the 'three day potty training' book and started the training when my daughter was 25 months. The book says to throw ALL diapers away. The book also says that our kids are ready to be potty trained by 2 years old. I highly recommend this book and have never had to use pull ups on my daughter. There were a couple of accidents, but they CAN hold it all night unbelievably since I get up at least twice in the night.

Yes, plastic sheet cover, cut off liquids 1 hour before bedtime. If shes thirsty, give her a drink but not a cup full. Right before bed, go potty and then set your alarm and get her up around 4-6 am and take her potty and let her go back to sleep.

This worked in two nights with my 3 yr old son. She'll do it when your ready to deal with it. Theres no reason to wait till 5. Everyone told me that with my son too. That boys just train later. Bullloney! excuse the expression but you just have to man up and be ready for an accident or two. And thats ok, let her know its ok. I mean it, just do it, you'll be so glad. And she's capable now, I'm sure of it if she's already day potty trained. When your ready to stop buying diapers, you'll do it:) 2 boys in diapers was good motivation. $80 a month went down to $40:)and now my 22 month old wants to be like his bro and is already training.
Good Luck, but you don't need it. Relentless consistency...
And in my opinion pull ups are just confusing and expensive.

If you've read my answers to others about this question, you will know that my son was not dry at night until he was nine years old. That said, my daughter was about 2 1/2, We were near the end of a pack of diapers, I told her we didn't have anymore and we never bought another one for day or night.

I think if your daughter is wet most nights, I wouldn't take her out of the pull up, unless you enjoy washing bedding every day. When a child is cold at night (winter) it is also harder for them to hold it all night, and who wants to get out of bed to pee when it is freezing outside the covers. I wouldn't push anything right now, when she is dry more regularly, then you can remove the pullups. Go to www.huggies.com for more info.

We too had our daughter potty trained at 25 months and fully potty trained at night at 30 months. This might sound terrible, but we just went cold turkey into panties at night time. My daughter hated waking up with a wet bed so we explained to her that she needed to go potty before bed and no more milk before bed. It didn't take that long and she had it down.

First of all, your daughter is not potty trained until she is potty trained all of the time. Having said that, I knew that my kids were ready to be trained when they started waking up in the morning and after nap completely dry.

If they can hold it at night and nap time, then they are truly ready. I think you will be fine but you just got things backwards. It means you put her on the potty immediately when you know she is awake in the morning and at naptime. That is the only way you will really know if she is dry in the morning.

Most importantly - Get rid of pull-ups. They are the worst invention ever for potty training and this is why. They give a child the security of a diaper(why should they use the potty when they are technically wearing a diaper?) AND yet they are not underwear.

Your daughter should be trained by about now but every child is different. Try checking her immediately upon her awakening after naps and in the morning. Then and only then will you know that she is ready.

God bless and good luck.

B.

I honestly don't think there is any "ideal age" as it is really an individual matter. If she is consistently wet at night, you might be setting her up to fail. If she is doing really well during the day, she should naturally progress to holding it longer at night without too much pushing from you. She is still pretty little to worry about it so I wouldn't worry about it just yet.
L.