My daughter turned 3 in June and has been fully potty trained since January. She has had all together maybe 4 accidents since being potty trained. At night, I have been putting a pull-up on her still and 9 times out of 10 it is wet in the morning. I haven't worried about it because she is such a good sleeper and that is more important to me. (she sleeps 12 hours straight, give or take an hour here and there).
But then, my mom got me. She told me I should be night training her now. She talked me into not buying any more pull-ups and told me to have her pee before bed and then wake her up and have her pee before I went to bed. I went along with it and bought disposable bed pads instead of pull-ups. Now it is bedtime and I am second guessing this. I go to bed around 11 and she usually sleep until 8 in the morning. That is still a 9 hour stretch. I don't want her sleep disturbed because she has an accident.
Is this something I should definitely be doing now or is it okay to let it go awhile longer in favor of sleep?
Tell your mother that there is no such thing as night training. Being able to stay dry at night or wake up to pee is a matter of physical development (it's a hormone that is released to slow urine production). You cannot "train" her brain to produce said hormone. If she's waking up 9 times out of 10 wet she's no where near ready for sleeping without help. Personally, I like my sleep and I'm not waking up anyone to pee nor do I want anyone waking me up to have me change their bed. It's not worth the hassle when it's out of both of our control. Some kids can day train at 2 years old and need night help until 6 or older. I'm not saying this will be your DD but she's clearly not ready now. Put her back in pull-ups and wait until she has a good stretch of waking up dry. Tell your mother to get a puppy if she's itching to potty train something.
Thank you! My mom is not usually the type to butt in so I took it so seriously the one time she did. But you are right- I am so lucky to have such a great sleeper and she has shown no signs that she is ready for this. I am not in any hurry and would not have even been concerned about it until she was at least in kindergarten.
One thing, though, she does take a cup of water to bed and leaves it on her nightstand. She drinks from it at night sometimes. Should I be phasing that out?
Quoting Luvmy2babies22:Tell your mother that there is no such thing as night training. Being able to stay dry at night or wake up to pee is a matter of physical development (it's a hormone that is released to slow urine production). You cannot "train" her brain to produce said hormone. If she's waking up 9 times out of 10 wet she's no where near ready for sleeping without help. Personally, I like my sleep and I'm not waking up anyone to pee nor do I want anyone waking me up to have me change their bed. It's not worth the hassle when it's out of both of our control. Some kids can day train at 2 years old and need night help until 6 or older. I'm not saying this will be your DD but she's clearly not ready now. Put her back in pull-ups and wait until she has a good stretch of waking up dry. Tell your mother to get a puppy if she's itching to potty train something.
If you think the water may be a factor in how wet she is in the morning, yeah, try to phase out liquids too close to bed. If you still think she's young and that water isn't the problem then maybe not worry about it yet. How attached to the water is she? Maybe take it away for a week or 2 and see how wet/dry she is in the morning.
I never night trained per say. They wore diapers to bed and once they started waking up dry we would start underwear. By 4 they were all out of diapers at night time ... I did diapers because they are cheaper than pull ups.
Quoting Luvmy2babies22:Tell your mother that there is no such thing as night training. Being able to stay dry at night or wake up to pee is a matter of physical development (it's a hormone that is released to slow urine production). You cannot "train" her brain to produce said hormone. If she's waking up 9 times out of 10 wet she's no where near ready for sleeping without help. Personally, I like my sleep and I'm not waking up anyone to pee nor do I want anyone waking me up to have me change their bed. It's not worth the hassle when it's out of both of our control. Some kids can day train at 2 years old and need night help until 6 or older. I'm not saying this will be your DD but she's clearly not ready now. Put her back in pull-ups and wait until she has a good stretch of waking up dry. Tell your mother to get a puppy if she's itching to potty train something.
Quoting Callmemommy2012:No more cuppys before bed! Cut her off about 2 hours before her usual bedtime. She isnt gonna like it, but shell adjust after a few dayss. <3
My daugter has been 'day trained' since 16 months. She has slept in a pull up for what seems like forever. If she's conscientiously potty trained, The single pull up per 24 hour period doesn't bother me. She is just now starting to wake up dry most mornings and she is going to be 3 in November. She uses the normal toilets during the day so I did however put a towel on her bedroom floor and sit the potty chair in her room since i too give her liquids later than i'd like some nights. Every once in awhile when I check on her before bed, she's passed out naked with a dry pullup on the floor and pee in her potty. Or She wont come out of her room in the morning but she has peed in her potty and is running around naked with that dry pullup on the floor. It's worth a shot but since I have to live with the sleep decision and not my Mom, this is how I work it :)
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- gina6239
on Aug. 6, 2012 at 7:40 PM