Nighttime Potty Training My 2 1/2 Year Old Daughter

They sell a pee alarm online that worked for one of mine and I am about to order second for my other son and use it for him. I bought mine on ebay cheaper.

My daughter was the same way. She was completely potty trained during the day but wet at night. Of course I reduced her liquid intake in the evening and had her "go" before she went to bed. I talked to my pediatrician about this and she said that your body actually produces a hormone at night that concentrates the urine allowing your bladder to be able to "hold it". She explained that it takes some toddlers longer than others to produce this hormone. When I realized it was a physical not a mental think I just put a pull-up on her at night knowing that eventually she would be able to hold it. It was alot easier letting her wear pullups at night then changing sheets every morning. It seemed like it took forever (about 5mos) but after a week straight of dry pullups I told her she could wear panties. She is 3 1/2 now and hasn't had an accident in a really long time. When she does have to go at night she now wakes up on her own to go.

Don't worry, she will be there soon!!

You can't "train" someone who's asleep. If she's waking up wet in the morning, she probably still needs to sleep in a diaper. This will not set her or you back. I know plenty of folks whose children (some as old as 6) still sleep in pull ups at night.

Being able to sleep all night and remain dry is a physiological milestone. It relates to the release of a certain hormone that allows them to not pee in their sleep. In other words, this is not a "training" issue. Praise her for all the good work she's doing during the day, but at night time it's time for the diaper. I would suggest waiting until she wakes up dry for at least a month before switching her to underpants. She is really young so it may take a while for the night time thing to fit into place. This is not your fault or hers if she can't hold it first thing in the morning.

Good luck!

She is a heavy sleeper, cut her water intake at least 2 hours before bed time and use pull-ups until she has successful dry pants. You get upset and it will get worse not better. All children are different and progress at their own rate. Did she have a bad case of measles?

My husband is a physician and it is actually considered to be normal for nighttime potty trained to not be mastered up to age 5 (sometimes up to 7).
A couple things that have worked for us....put her underwear on and then put a pull up over that. This way she still feels the wet in her underwear but you don't have to clean up the mess (except the underwear).
The other thing is a reward chart...for each morning she wakes up dry, she puts a sticker on her chart and "X" number of stickers equals a special surprise. The surprise could be a trip to McDonalds or pick out a special toy at the Dollar Store or whatever.
We just made it fun when she was dry and not a big deal when she was wet.
That is just what worked for us; but it was good to know that if they didn't get the nighttime potty training thing, it was normal.
Good luck! It is so great to have them potty trained (2 down and 1 more to go for us!):-) Best wishes!

As others have already mentioned, this is a physical development issue and not a behavioral one. I don't think it would matter if you didn't give her liquids 5 hours before sleep if she's not developed enough yet. Don't bother waking her up at night and messing up your sleep. That won't accomplish much except sleepless nights. Save yourself the grief and put a pull up on her at night. Wait until she's older and starts waking up dry before switching to panties. You've got lots of time.

My family may start things early but none of us wore diapers past 2 years old. My niece is 5 now and hasn't worn a diaper since her 2nd birthday. When she was 2-3 years old, she would have an accident at night but not all the time, just every once in a while. If your daughter is doing this everynight then you could try keeping her from drinking before bed time. Also, maybe the problem is that she's afraid to get up and walk to the bathroom. Maybe you could get her a portable potty and put it in her room at night to use if she needs to go. Good luck!

She is young enough, that wetting in the night isn't that uncommon, and if you put pull ups on her at night I don't see how that is going to effect her daytime goingto the potty. I don't think she will feel it is o.k. Just explain in case she has an (accident while asleep) this will keep her bed dry, and how proud you are of her for going potty during the day. I've heard that milk at night sometimes on certain people make them wet the bed and this is much older people. So if she has much milk at night or milk products,you might make sure she has them at the noon meal or afternoon snack and not of an evening.

2 1/2 is WAY too young to be expect her to be dry at nite. Please read the posts from yesterday and the day before on a 4+ year old and a 10 year old. They were boys, but girls can have issues with this as well. But, your daughter isn't even close to where you should be worrying about this. There is absolutely NOTHING wrong with a 2 1/2 year old wearing a diaper or pullups at nite. If she were 4 1/2 or 5 1/2, then yes, you should be trying what you suggest. That said, there are a few things you can do to put her on the way. One would be to limit drinks within an hour before bedtime. Another would be to make sure she pees just before bedtime. Other than that, time will naturally allow her body to mature (her little bladder is likely still fairly tiny).

J.
I was so laid back in the potty training area that my thoughts on this may be of little help. I would keep a pull-up on her at nights and let her naturally wake up. It is one thing to feel the need and waken than being pulled out of bed and put on a potty. I think eventually when she is a little more in control you will find a dry diaper. When she is three you might try to talk to ger about it if things are not going well. It sounds like she is doing really well.

J.,

Every kid is different, but here is what we did...
Our son is a couple of months past three and he is now completely dry except for maybe once every three weeks or so if he has had too much water, etc before bed. But we started him off by just putting him in underwear...no pullups because those just suggest to the little one that if they have an accident they'll be ok. Then, try not to give any liquids after 6:30 or so...or if you do, give him one sip of water, but not much. When we started, our little one would fall asleep around 8:30PM and we'd go in and take him to the bathroom every two hours and then by the third time (around 2AM--set alarm), we'd just leave him be for the rest of the night. Once that was ok, we took him every 2 1/2 hours and backed it up to last time being at 1:30AM, etc...etc...Now, we put him down at 8:00...take him around 9:30, and again before bed (for us around 11:30PM or so) and then leave him for the night. So far, he goes that last time when we go to bed and he is ok for the rest of the night. He just gets it all out those two times and he's fine. And every few days he'll wake up and call to us that he has to go...so he is getting really good at it. Try to start that and slowly back up the time you take him last and I bet she'll be good to go within a month. But if not, remember that is it totally normal for a kid to wet the bed at least every once in awhile until 5-6 or so. Hope that helps! Let me know how it goes!

My daughter wasn't night potty trained until she was about 3.5 what worked for her was to wear a pull-up at bedtime. Then she was supposed to get up first thing and go potty. if she was dry and used the potty then I let her pick out a prize from the prize box. The prize box was a princess shoe box filled with stuff from the dollar store. I did this for about 2 weeks and it worked!good luck!!