Potty training advice!

[katyamum]

I am potty training my just gone 2 year old boy. He is my 3rd, and both my other 2 trained early and enthusiastically. He is doing brilliantly, we are on day 5, but the problem is that at night time he wakes now to do a wee at 1am, He is still in a cot/sleeping bag arrangement, and although I put him in a nappy for bed, he won't consider doing a wee in it, which I guess is good too. But is there a brilliant solution to our now broken nights? I was thinking I'll just have to get him into a bed, into PJs/duvet and put potty next to his bed. Any more advice? I definitely don't want to just say 'do it in your nappy' as that would be regressing, but I am shattered!

Don't some people 'lift' their children at night before they go to bed themselves?

Do you think he'd be able to manage going in a potty without your help in the middle of the night?

Does he still have a bedtime drink? If so try cutting this back or eliminating it altogether and he might be able to make it through to the morning.

What do you think?

DS started doing this in the first week of potty training too. One night he woke up 3 times for a wee! I just got him up, let him do it on the potty and then put his nappy back on.

I think its because at the beginning they are SO focussed on learning the skill of telling when they need to go.

DS stopped doing it after a few days (when the novelty wore off I guess!). He still wears a nappy at night and sometimes its wet in the morning and sometimes dry now.

thanks for your replies. I have heard of the lifting thing, but to be honest I didn't have to do it with my other 2 and I'd rather aim for him to just stay dry - I just didn't think it would be an issue already. If I get him into a bed I might try it. He wouldn't be able to do the potty on his own in the night, but I could just keep helping him I suppose, and be tired. He's also much more tired. You're absolutely right - he's totally focussed on it, hence his calls of 'mummy, wee-wee, potty' . Maybe it will pass in a few days. I did cut back a bit on his milk, but he only has about 4oz anyway. Hope tonight might be better.....