Night Time Potty Training - New Baden,IL

Once our kids started waking up dry, we knew the night time pull-up was more for US then them. LOL So, I invested in 3 waterproof mattress pads. I would layer the bed with a pad and a fitted sheet, then another pad and fitted sheet. That way, when the accident happens (which they will), you can just go in and peel off that first layer and not have to mess with pulling out new sheets, etc in the middle of the night and getting everyone super awake. I would layer the bed with as many layers as you can squeeze on there. And, I'm not sure why, but our kids (now 3 1/2 & 6) have to potty in the middle of the night....they come all the way across the house to OUR bathroom in our room. LOL Even though they have their own bathroom right in between their bedrooms. So, this actually worked out well when they were really young b/c we would always wake up and walk them back to bed. Maybe you can tell her if she wakes up and has to potty, she can come to your room and you will help her. But, those nights are rare. My kids don't drink after dinner and they always hop on the potty right before bed. There will be accidents, but they won't be as bad or last as long as you would think. ;0) Good luck!!!

i'm not sure i'd use the little potty chair at night. my son has never used one, he had zero interest and always wanted to use the big potty. does she have a stepstool she can use? i would try teaching her to use the big potty and when she has that down, THEN let her know she can get up at night. my son is 3 1/2 and still will not get out of bed to potty, he stays there and yells for us. it doesn't bother me too much since, as you say, the house at night is a place a kid can find lots of trouble. i would just as soon know when he's up. imo, i would stick with getting up with her, for awhile longer. if she has only woken up dry once, there's no hurry anyway, it'll be awhile (most likely) before she starts doing it consistently. take heart, i've been doing this since about october, and eventually i didn't even really wake up too much. it gets to be habit, just like when they were infants lol. we just recently moved so we moved three or four months backwards on the potty training timetable - we're back to using pullups at night again...*sigh*....someday i won't have to do this any more!

Our kids usually came to get us and we did use a potty chair even at night and that wasn't too bad to empty quickly and get them and myself back in bed. Usually they only got up once so not bad. I would leave it in the bathroom, not in her room, so there is less of an mess if she accidentally made a mess but I would not let her empty it at night alone. I would go help her and then go back to bed. I think it is good if they come and get you but we did have kids go alone when they were a bit older than she is, like 3 or 4, with no potty chair. It's just maturity of the child and how safe it is for them. I'd be afraid for her to go alone yet on the stool if she already had her foot slip.

Wow! That layering idea is smart from Mel!
O. thought I had was (as far as the danger of her climbing onto the toilet) was you could put a toilet lock on for the night and make sure her little potty is nearby. Sounds like she's doing great!

I started training my daughter at 18 months. Around 22 months, she finished day training and wanted to wear her undies to bed. She was dry for naps for a good month already, so I told her she needed to wake dry 5 days in a row. After 3 days we put her in undies (on her insistence), and we've had less than a handful of accidents in the last 2 months. Typically the accidents are my fault for not opening the door for her so she can't get out to get to the potty (bad mommy! --newborn, can't think straight). She has only asked to go in the middle of the night a few times. Usually she just holds it to morning.

I have a waterproof mattress pad, and then, under the sheet, I have a protective cover that can just be removed. It works great.

When I was potty training all three of mine (one set of twins) Once they were day trained I let them get up to one week of consecutive dry diapers and then started letting them were panties to bed and it worked. I think after we took the diapers 100% away that they only had 1 night accident in a month. Good Luck!!!