Overnight Potty Training Question?

You can put pulls up at night until it stops. Have you tried putting a night light in the bathroom and explain that this is here for when you have to go to the potty at night you can see what you are doing..
Also some children have problems with going to the bathroom at night so you might want to put a cover over the mattress that way the bedroom won't smell and the mattress being runied..
Goodluck,
M.

D.

I had the same thing with my oldest daughter. She was in pull ups until she was 5 during the night. She was a really deep sleeper and would not wake up to go the the bathroom. So ultimately, what I ended up doing was limiting her drinking before bed time, once 7 pm comes, no big cups of juice/water, etc. Just a little sip if she was really thirsty. I definitely made sure she went to the bathroom before going to bed. Then usually I would go to bed a little later than she did, so right before I went to bed, I would wake her up and make her go to the bathroom again.
She's six now and in the past year, I think she may have had maybe one accident.

But I do remember going through what you are right now and thinking, "Will she always be wearing pull ups to bed at night?"

Good luck and as with all child rearing, it will happen, probably not when you want it to, but it will! Just be patient!

Hi D.,

While I didn't personally go through this, one of my coworkers did. Her daughter was almost 7 before it stopped. She had spoken to her doctor, and the doctor said she will outgrow it before she is 8. The doctor nailed it right on the head, at about 7 1/2, it just stopped. Sometimes their little bodies just aren't developed compltely. The one thing we did for our daughter when we first started nights with underwear, was we left the hall light on so she could see. That helped ALOT!!!!!

I have read that the average age is 5 now a days. However, it obviously varies from child to child one of my daughters friends has benn fully trained over night since she was 18 months. How? Who knows, I almost do not believe it. Be patient, at least she is not having accidents during the day. No drinks after 7....potty before bed ect. Good Luck!

All children are different of course. My first son and my daughter were trained at 2 years old and rarely had accidents at night. But I have an 11 year old who still has accidents once in a while (he also has ADD, so it's more common). Try offering incentives, make a calendar and put stickers on it for every night she wakes up dry. After a week's worth of stickers do something special with her. Worth a try, anyway.

D.,
i have a 3 yr. old girl named Bayla; we had the same thing going on as you. we live in a old house and i didn't feel safe leaving her door opened at night(i thought she might fall down the stairs)so what i did was i put a potty in her room with wipes(the kind you can flush). i told her that if she needed to go, just use the potty....and after a week it worked!!!! i have a 5 month old now and Bayla is doing great...so try it, and maybe you'll get lucky! hope it works for you -H.

I'm going through the same thing with my son who just turned 4. His twin sister has been staying dry at night since she was 2 1/2 when she potty-trained. I talked with the doctor who said that sometimes their bladders don't grow as fast as the rest of their bodies. A urologist won't even see a child until they are 8 to check if there is a problem. I've resigned myself to just buying pull-ups for a few more years.

there is an alarm that is worn at night that I've seen advertised in the Leaps and Bounds catalog. You could give that a try.

Same advice as most others - no drinks 2 hours before bedtime, bathroom just before bed. Most children master this by 7 years old. If there is a particular physical reason (I think it has to do with a hormone) then there is a pill the pediatrician can prescribe but they won't do that until the child is 7. Otherwise, look for sales on Pull-Ups and find the coupons in the Sunday paper.

Look on the bright side, at least it's only over night!

Hi, my daughter is 5 years old and she still wears pull ups to bed. She has been day trained since she was 3.
She does not wet every night, but there are time she does.
I don't think there is really a certain age. This is because there are other reasons that a child wets the bed. Such as they could be a deep sleep, their bladder has not grown as fast as they have or it is hereditary.
Our case: My daughter was hit with double trouble....she is a deep sleeper and does not wake when she needs to use the bathroom and her dad was a bed wetter.
She is staying dry more often and sometimes she will wake to go to the bathroom on her own.
Your daughter is still young. I would not worry too much. You can help by limiting drink before bedtime and getting her up to go to the bathroom during the night.
good luck!