My son has been potty trained, during waking hours, for about 2m now. He is still wet after nap and night time. I put him in a diaper at night, but not nap because I thought him being wet would encourage him to hold it. HOw long should this go on?
kids don't potty train at night or nap, they can't hold it while they are sleeping. It is something they have to grow out of. Some kids pee in bed until they are older some kids stop at 2 and half. It depends on the child. Some kids are much older even 5 or sometimes 7. It isn't anything that is in their control. When they start waking up dry many nights in a row then they are on their way to growing out of it and out of diapers at night.
How old is your child?
Keep in mind that "night time dryness" takes time... even up until 7 years old age. And this is completely NORMAL.
Night time dryness is a whole other ability. Biologically.
All I do is, put a waterproof bed pad under my kids. This makes clean up much easier. I have about 4 pads on hand so I can replace and wash the others as needed. You can find them on www.amazon.com
Next, my daughter was in night time diapers until she was 5 years old. All normal. Per our Pediatrician as well. She wore them for nap time too.
Also, my daughter would sometimes have accidents in her sleep, because she slept SO deeply. It can't be helped. She even had a dream once that she WAS on the toilet.. until she felt herself get wet.
We don't scold or punish for it. The biological "control" is not something that you can control.
Potty training is 3 fold: first is peeing ability on the toilet, then pooping ability, THEN night-time dryness ability.
Your son has only been potty trained for 2 months. That is not long at all. He is just starting... and a child is still getting it.
There WILL be accidents along the way.
Even Kindergarten or 1st Grade kids have accidents or wear night-time diapers. ALL normal. Even my daughter's Teacher said so and our Pediatrician.
Being wet, does not necessarily "make" the child stop. They may be trying mentally... but biologically, it may not happen.
All the best,
Susan
How old is your son? I recommend you check for signs of readiness. If he isn't staying dry at nap time (a few hours) then he may not be physically ready or able to control his bladder.
Go to www.pottytots.com and check the Parent's Page for information on signs of readiness and the most frequently asked questions and answers on potty training.
You know, I am of the mind that when they start waking with a dry diaper, they are ready. My daughter potty trained super fast, but needed a diaper at night for quite a while. My son is kind of the same. I simply don't find it inconvenient to put a diaper on for bed. When they are ready, great! I hope this helps. What I am trying to say is don't stress over it. Oh, and by the way, my daughter started staying dry at night just before she turned 3. She was potty trained at 2. My son just potty trained. He is 3. So we may be stuck with bedtime diapers for another year! Every child is SO different. Good luck!
Hi C S. I have potty trained probably close to 50 kids if not more, my 3 and daycare kids for the past almost 13 years, diapers in my experience and my opinion should never be used once you start potty training. If you use diapers at night, you are sending your child a mixed message that it's Ok to wet on yourself at night but not during the day, it's very confusing for them. No diapers, I'm old school so for me no pull ups, I only and have only used actual training pants the kind you wash. If he is wetting at night cutting liquids at dinner, helps, no liquids after dinner, mean? not at all, the dea is to set the child up for success and to much liquid will make them fail every time. Also make sure he uses the bathroom before bed time, use night lights so he's not afraid to get up by himself during the night, I have great success with my system most of the kids I had trained I have done so before the age of 2. My three were 20 months, 19 months and 22 months. Make it fun be creative. Julia
It's only been 2 months. Give him time. Some kids take a lot longer than that to get potty trained when asleep. A few tips to consider if you haven't already: Try not giving him anything to drink at least 2 hours before sleep. Take him to potty right before bedtime. And then, just look for signs of dryness and try taking out diaper slowly. But main thing is to not worry too much. He'll eventually get it.
Some kids just sleep harder. Don't make an issue of it, and make it easy on yourself to keep clean.
We have used this: http://www.bedwettingstore.com/Bedding/category_WaterProo... You put the pad over the bedspread for naps.
I just wish my sons still took naps! :)
Seriously, this will work itself out. Don't worry about it.
Depending on how old he is I wouldn't worry. My daughter has been in underwear during the daytime for 7 months now (she is 29 months old now). She was napping in underwear, too, but in the last month or so she's asked for a pullup a lot of the time and it's been wet. She still wears a pullup at nighttime and probably will for a long time - she drinks ~9 oz of water during the night - but I'm not worried.
You don't say how old your son is. He just may not be ready to sleep through a nap or through the night dry. He has to learn to wake himself up if he has to go to the bathroom. Are you putting him in regular diapers or pull ups? If he is in regular diapers he may still think it's ok to go in them. If he's in pull ups - more like underwear - he would be more inclined not to go in them. I trained my son just before he turned 3. He slept in pull ups for at least 6 months and he would wake up dry. I let this go on for several months to make sure he could wake himself up to go at night.
My 3 children were all potty trained fairly easily with no accidents. That being said, my 6 year old just started having dry nights, my 5 year old still has an occasional wet diaper at naps as well as my 3 1/2 year old. When the child is sleeping, there is no way to "encourage" holding it. After speaking with my pediatrician, he said it is mostly genetic as well as how deeply the child sleeps. It is not considered a "problem" until the child is 6 or so I think (although they will be in the minority). No amount of rewards or punishments will help with dry diapers while sleeping; it is just something they outgrow (past age 6, there are ways to train their brains).
