Seeking Potty Training Help

K.,

I understand what you are going through. My son is 4 years old and he is potty trained except on overnights. Any advice would be helpful. Other the the fact that it takes time

limit fluids before bed time usually works.

Hi K.,
We are going through the same issue with my 3 year old. We also have no clue what to do. I feel like I have a newborn again with my daughter. She will wake me or my fiance up about 3 times during the night, even though she has a nightlight, the potty (we were going to try to slowly move the potty to the bathroom, but this has been unsuccessful so far), etc etc in her room at night. We have just started a sticker chart with her. Its not really working yet, but it has only been a few days. I told her that if she goes potty all by herself at night (which she does the entire day by herself) and we find it in the potty in the morning (and she hasnt woken us up because she did it all by herself) then she get a sticker (we used stickers originally for potty training during the day). And when she gets so many stickers, she gets to go to the Dollar Tree one toys, food, whatever she wants. Thats one way I've heard about potty training at night, but I am not sure if its even going to work for us!
I have also heard about getting your child up at certains times during the night, such as midnight for a few nights, then 1 oclock, then 2 oclock. I am not sure about this one, since I work during the day, but you might check around about that method too. I am sure this will probably be the route for us because my daughter is the type of child who doesn't follow any of the typical "guidelines" you read in the books.
Well, I dont know if I was any help, but I do know where you are at anyway!
Thanks!
R.

limit her fliud intake after a certain time. no drinks an hour before bed time.

K., Overnight potty trining is something you cannot control. You can reduce the amount of urine she produces by limiting liquids, but the bottom line is that it is a physiological maturity thing and she will eventually get it. It is perfectly normal for some children to not be dry overnight until they are 6 or 7. I know that sounds like a long time, but as long as you have the daytime potty training down, the nighttime will come on its own eventually. Don't stress over it. When she starts waking up dry, she's ready. It's something she honestly cannot control when she is asleep. Good luck and don't stress out! :)
M.

overnight is the hardest because it makes you feel like you're a guard. You have to take the time and get them up before you go to bed and make sure tey don't have to use it. or, you can get the pull ups that let them know they need to go. good luck with this one.
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Hello K.-
I am new to this whole new momma source, but I think I am going to like it a lot. I am a single mother of a 3 year old and well, I am having the same problem as you. For the longest time I always gave her a sippy cup of milk to go to bed with. This is something you do not want to do. The past 3 weeks she does not get one. It was like breaking her from the pacifier. It was pretty hard. I cant wait till I dont have to buy overnight pull-ups. I have read everyones advise and I will also use them. I think the best one is to cut her off from any liquid an hour before bed time. Then right before bed time make her go potty. Maybe once a night when we may get up to go it would be okay to wake your child up and take her to the bathroom. Since I took the sippy cup away from her, her pull ups arent as wet in the mornings. I will try this method myself and hopefully it will work. Thanks everyone for the advise and K., thank you for the question.

A.

dear K.,
I am sorry to tell you but it isnt gonna happen overnt. lol If it was that easy every child would be outa diapers at a year right? Well I have been a stay at home mommy and an aunt of 4 kids as well so I have trained a few kids... The good news is that your a stay at home mom so it should be much easier for you since you dont have someone else that isnt gonna work w your child for most of the day while you would be at work. What kind of stuff have you tried to make it work? The most important thing is that you want to make sure to be very pos as you dont want your child to fear this big step. You want to encourge your child. Always tell her things like "o your such a big girl" and show her when you go to the store the cute big girl panties she can get. If your using the big people potty then let her be the one to flush it like that is so cool. The biggest part of the process is all about how much fun you make it. Maybe spend a dollar at the dollar store and get some stickers so she can pic one everytime she uses the potty. If you dont want her to stick it on your walls get her own calndr so she can put stickers on the days she uses the potty. Any ways you make this fun she will be all about it. Some moms get mad and the kid get so scared that they dont want ne thing to do with it. My honeys 18month old lives w her mommy and he has just started getting her. Lets put it this way.. She sits on the potty w her clothes on. lol I am gonna start working w her soon and it will b a long road in my home to. Dont forget how important it is for you to keep from stressing yourself out about it. Good luck
you might also want to see if their are ne potty training videos that she can watch. Maybe if she sees one of her fav tv show pals in a movie about potty training it could help her want to be a big girl like them too.

It just sort of happened with my 3 year old daughter. We had forgotten to put a pull-up on her one night. One night led to another, and another. She hasn't had any accidents in her bed, and she has been potty trained since she was about 2 1/2.

When I was seeking advice on this very subject, I was told to not give my daughter anything to drink after a certain time (an hour or two before bed) to reduce the risk of her accidentally going in her bed. I was also told to make her go potty about 30 minutes before bedtime, and then again right before to make sure that her bladder was empty. We tried that but my husband always managed to break down and give her a drink.

The advice about limiting drinks is good. Also, my dad would get me up about an hour after I went to bed and had me go to the bathroom.

But just remember that some children will have accidents no matter what you do. It isn't their fault. A part of their brain isnt fully developed yet. It runs in my family. Of my dad's children ( he had 6) only one wasnt a bed wetter.

My daughter wets the bed. I have her wear pullups to bed. Mys son didnt inherit it though. I buy my daughter's pullups at Dollar General. They are cheap but work well.

Well, my daughter is just 23 months and we haven't started yet but some advise from my mother may help you. She told me that you concentrate on day time and when she comes up dry in the morning you know that she has the control. My mom said that it happened quickly for me but not my sister and the docotor told her that my sister just hadn't developed the control yet. Even during the day she couldn't hold it long. So even though she's trained during the day doesn't mean she necisarily has the contol at night yet. Just a thought.

Trying setting a time at night; like when you get up with the husband before he goes to work and take her potty. Also you might want to try to start potty training the 20 month old as well. It might not be so hard on her if she sees her little sibling doing it as well.