Okay so my daughter is now 3 since November , When she turned 3 I took away her bottle, however she took to her cup right away. The problem is now she drinks her cup like a bottle / she is still waking up at night for more drink , At least 3 times . And pee's in her pull up. She is fully potty trained during the day but pee's at night I am assumein from all the juice. How can I stop this from happining ! I need a full night sleep soon ! Please help ...
Thanks everyone for your honest responses ! I will try each and every one of your theories ! I hope they work ! Wish me luck !! I will let u all know how it goes in about a week ! Thanks again !
I would switch her bedtime drink to water. First of all she won't want it as much, secondly it is really bad for their teeth to have juice (or milk) after they brush their teeth before bed. It just sits on there all night. As the other posts said, I give my kids (2 1/2 and 6) a sippy of water in their beds and they can drink when they need it, with out you even needing to know about it.
Does she still nap? Both of my children woke up during the night to drink milk. Around age 2, the gave up napping & started sleeping through the night. They gave up the napping on their own, but there was a direct coorelaiton with sleeping through the night for both of them. My children are 3 & 7 and the don't require as much sleep as other kids their ages. Some kids are just not great sleepers. I also put them to bed with a sippy cup of water so that they can have if they wake up and want it. They usually don't, it's almost a comfort thing for them. Good luck.
My daughter did the same thing and what I did was stopped letting her take naps and cut off all drinks about an hour before bed make sure she is well hydrated during the day. If she asks for a drink give her a little water in a regular cup :) she probably won't even drink it. and you will be reassured she isn't dying of thirst if she doesn't take the water. She just got used to a routine thats all she will be sleeping through the night in no time i swear
I completely understand the frustration of no sleep. I am a mother of three children 7, 5, 3 year olds. All three have had sleep issues and my youngest Jared still does. To get your daughter to sleep through the night takes a lot of attempt from the parents. I did this with my first two, but still have not done it with my youngest, but that my issue. If she waken up for you or a drink, you have to pick her up and bring her back to bed EVERYTIME and as many times as it happens. The 1st time tell her it's bed time and you love her, but mommy needs to sleep, second time tells her it's bed, third time and all other time says nothing. (just like on supernany) it may take hrs and I do mean hrs. My daughter was easier after a week she was done and sleeping through the night, My middle son Jason was harder, it took about three weeks (that was my fault) I think I had to sleep on the floor of his bed for a week. In the end it was so worth it, he is by far the best sleeper i have. He falls asleep in minuets and stays a sleep until 7am. My three year old, Jared still wakes up once during the night, but because i do not hear him climes in my bed so i never put him back to his bed. That is way he has not learned to stay in his bed.
As for peeing at night, This too will stop at around five because their bladder has developed. My sister in law stop giving her kids drink after dinner, which help her kids from going in the night. I never did that with my kids, there pediatrician told me that once there bladder was developed, they would stop peeing throough the night. My 2 oldest, will wake up from time to time and go if they need to, but that doesn't happen often. They alway go back to bed after anyways.
Hi H.,
I have a 3 year old and up until recently we would give him milk in a cup at night time to take to bed (crazy I know). Well every night he would wake up at least a few times asking me for more milk. I never got a nights rest! Finally I came to my senses and said no more of this! He would only be taking a small cup of water to bed and that's it. He wasn't happy with that idea but it only lasted for one night then he got used to it and knew I wasn't giving in. Now he sleeps the whole night! I don't even think he drinks any of the water I give him but at least he has a small amount there if he needs it. And he wakes up without peeing in his pull up at night. Maybe this will help you. Good luck!
At 3 she definitely does not need to drink during the night (assuming she gets enough during the day). However she is used to waking up at certain times probably and drinking, its all habit. The only thing to do I think is quit cold turkey. It will be rough for a week maybe, but she'll get used to sleeping eventually and you'll all be much happier.
I haven't read the other posts yet, so likely somehow has suggested this - but basically her body has trained itself to eat at night. You need to retrain her body. Slowly, over time, start watering down her cup at night. Don't do too much water at first, or she'll notice. Eventually, when her body is only getting mostly water and not milk, it will stop waking for it.
