Oh help. Potty training is clashing badly with getting DD to stay in bed in the mornings.

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DD (2.3) has potty trained far quicker than expected and she's already out of nappies at night.

She's a very early riser and I've been trying really hard to keep her in bed longer in the mornings with a lamp on a timer switch. This was working (mostly) but now when she wakes up early she's demanding the potty which, of course, I can't deny her.

This morning she woke up at 5:10 and started knocking on her door (she can't open it). When I went to put her back to bed (silent, no eye contact etc) she asked for the potty. She did a huge wee and I put her back to bed again (she wasn't happy). Then she was saying she needed a poo. So we repeated the whole thing, except she didn't do a poo so it happened again and again until her light finally came on at 6 and she still hasn't done a flipping poo.

So, any tips would be most welcome. There's no point forcing her to wear a nappy or pull ups at night because she won't do anything in them while she's awake (she's been known to wake up at midnight and ask to use the potty even whilst wearing a nappy).

TIA

Sorry, but I think you might just have to go with it - she will wake up a bit later as she gets older but 5ish isn't unusual at all for a toddler.

What about putting a potty in her room at night so she can get up and use it and then get back in to bed by herself?

Hahaha welcome to our world!!! We had this from the very slightly older age of 2.4. Mine wasnt 100% dry at night and in nappy but didnt want to go in the nappy once awake.

She's now 3.3, is completely dry at night and the only difference is that if its just a wee she can go to the toilet herself and go back to bed (although poo still needs help with bottom wiping - lovely).

She does go back to bed until sun comes up on gro-clock and I think thats important as otherwise they may just use it as a way of getting up. Also she has phases of weeing at different times and we have phases when it is after breakfast so hopefully you will too.

I just tried to be grateful she had trained easily

I never put a potty in her room as I was worried about the potential for mess in the dark. She also had a tendency to decide to empty it herself.

Do you lift her at night? We used to lift dd1 just before we went to bed (around 11pm), carry her to toilet (with toddler seat on it) and hold her one gently talking to her asking if she could do a weewee. She would wee, then we'd carry her back to bed. In the morning she had no idea we'd taken her to the loo in the night but she wasn't desperate at all.

We did this until dd1 was 4 and quite frankly is too heavy for me to lift when she's asleep and a deadweight!

Thank you everyone. I don't want to put the potty in her room because I'd just fret about what I'd find when I went in!

I hadn't thought of lifting. I could try I suppose, but it's the poo thing that she's been harping on about. I've no doubt she just sees it as a way of getting me to come to her, not actually needing a poo at all but I've no doubt that the day I ignore it will be the day I regret it!

I suppose it's just something I'm going to have to get used to. Thanks again