Speaking of Potty Training

I will tell you how I did it and you can go from there. When I potty trained my daughter for the night, I limited her fluid intake after 8 p.m. Before bed, I made her atleast try to go potty and she usually did but I would set the alarm for around 2 a.m. I would get her up every night, take her to the bathroom and put her back to bed. We did this for about a month and then she started waking up on her own and doing it herself. I don't know that it is the best way for you but it worked for me. Good luck.

My girls were so easy..almost self trained..the first was 16 mo. when she wore her last diaper..my second was 18 mo. with her last diaper. My son is going to be 3 in September, totally trained all day, but is finding it harder at night also. What I am doing (and it seams to help), I set the alarm on my cell phone for every 2 hours from the time he goes to bed and I get up and take him potty. The last 2 nights he has gotten up as I am getting up...to go on his own..Yeah!! So maybe you could try that. Good luck!

She has no control over herself when she is sleeping. She will later on. Every kid is different. I'v known school age children who could not make it thru the night. It is hard for children when they get in trouble for something they can't help, so be patient, and thank God for disposable diapers and pull-ups. I was a bed-wetter as a child, and I remember dreaming that I had gotten out of bed and gone to the bathroom, only to be wakened up by the feel of my wet bed. Then I would be distressed to realize I hadn't really been in the bathroom, and I knew I would be in trouble again. I was old enough to still remember that unhappy time.

You probably already do this, but we cut our daughter off from all food and drink around 7:00 and she goes to bed around 8. It has seemed to help in that she hasn't wet at night since we started doing that.

But, like someone else said, it could just be that she may just have accidents peroidically.

I know it's frustrating. Hang in there!

You know that's a really good question. My daughter did the same thing. Now she's out of pull ups except for at night. She hasn't wet the bed in about a week but i'm still not sure if I should take her out of pull ups completely. her urine is horrible and I don't want her to soil the mattress anymore than she already has. Let me know what you find out, maybe it'll help me too. THanks~

I have three children and this has worked for all of them even my son! (boys generally take much longer especially at bedtime) for a week or however long it takes, get her up about an hour and half or two after she goes to sleep to go to the bathroom (and before bed too). She may still be sleeping but her body will get on the routine of going then and eventually she will be able to get up or atleast whine to let you know she has to go. all three of mine sleep heavy and sleep walk so if yours does not it should be much easier,lol.

What I do with my 3 year old is to make sure he goes to the potty right before he goes to bed. I also try to make sure that he has little or no water or juuice at least 30 mins to an hour before he goes to bed. This has helped us immensely and most mornings he wakes us dry!! For a while I started waking him up during the night to take him to the potty, but we both hated that, although it did work. He woke up every morning dry! Most kids still have accidents at night well into kindegarten, so it's nothing to be too concerned about. Good luck!

I was told that if they wake up dry for a week (7 consecutive nights) then they are ready to sleep in undies. We are getting close to trying it. Good luck!

Hey C.! My daughter is 2 1/2 and has been potty trained for about 5 months now. I wondered the same thing but what I did was eliminated any fluids after dinnertime. Before bed I made her go potty. I put a pullup on for the first week and she was dry every morning. I took the pullup off about 3 months ago. She has had 2 accidents in that time frame but I have to say they were both my fault. I let her drink before bed one time and the other time I forgot to take her to the potty right before bed. There will be some accidents but you could try this out with a pullup on and see if it is dry every morning. If it is dry every morning then you know she's ready to go without it at night. Hope this helps! Good luck and God bless!

My daughter is still in pullups at night, but probably doesn't need to be, as she hasn't had an accident at night for weeks-since we started several months ago, she was almost always dry unless we let her sleep in or had liquids too late. Now, even if she does sleep in she is fine, and it seems to coincide with a daytime mentality wherein she hasn't been having any trouble at day care (which had been until recently the only time we were having trouble). In any event prior to that, it seemed as though she knew she was wearing a pull up so if we didn't get her up on schedule, she didn't worry about it. It may just be an issue of taking that crutch away - although the accidents at nap time may indicate that she's not ready, but it could also be that she's not going before she lays down?? I would mention in addition to the other suggestions, that you make sure if she gets up at night (i.e. b/c she's sick or has a nightmare etc) that you make her pee then also. I know for me, I can't get up in the middle of the night for anything without hitting the bathroom first. She's old enough to know the consequences, so you might just leave it up to her whether to choose panties or a pullup for night time. In any event, you have to do what feels best...just don't put her in panties, figuring she'll ultimately she decide she doesn't like waking up in her own pee with no endpoint...I would say if you try it, don't give it more than 3 nights or so. It is horribly distressing to the child and a whole lot of work for you!

everything from my pediatrician, and everything I have read states that it is normal for children to have bed wetting issues up to age 12. they have no control, punishment,humiliation, etc is inapropriate as they have no control over this problem. my son is 8 and wet the bed about once every 6 weeks until he was 7. then it just stopped. i have friends that their children have never wet the bed and others that have teenagers that still have problems. don't push her or you. just put her in pull ups and go on. that's why the make night nights for larger kids. it is completely normal.

Train her bladder not to go so often. Watch her daily routine and work with her on holding those "little tinkles"
(you know the ones where it takes longer to get on the potty than to actually go a few drops.) It is the same concept older peopleusewhen retraining a weak bladder. Make sure you have her go real good before bed and set a time limit atnoght for her to stop drinking fluids, usually about an hour works. We seldom did the whole get up and take her to the potty after she was asleep, tried a few times and pointless. Training her bladder to hold it longer worked the best. She does get up and go on her own every now and then. Best to you.

Don't see it as a reflection of your parenting skills! My oldest daughter wet the bed frequently until fourth grade. We tried all the conventional methods she is just a very strong sleeper - she doesn't wake up with thunderstorms or anything. Her two younger siblings had very few accidents at all. My pediatrician would check her now and again to be sure there were no urinary tract infections, but beyond that she said not to stress about it. My suggestion is to invest in a few waterproof pads (one that covers an entire crib mattress) and place one on top of the sheets of her bed at night. That way, when she has the inevitable accident, you're not having to change all the sheets in the middle of the night. It's amazing how much those pads can absorb!