should she be potty trained

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dd1 is 19 months. she'll quite happily go sit on potty nothing happens though (ok once or twice - big praise etc). She tells me pot or pooh - After the fact though. I'm happy to take it at her pace.. . however when we put her to bed as soon as we shut the bedroom door all clothes and nappy come off and then she wets the cot - which upsets her loads. We have to literally close the door then give it 30 seconds to get to her before she wees. Once this routine is done she goes straight off to sleep. any ideas??? pleeeaaaase.

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i thought so myself, but with her taking off all her clothes she seems to have some ideas on the subject!!! How can we stop this? we are considering putting her in back to front baby gros so she can't get them off!!!!

mmm..dd got to the stage where she refused to wee or poo in her nappy....then she started waking up at 4am and taking off her nappy and i used to sit her on the potty for a wee. Tbh even then i kept saying she was too young...untill dh battered me around the head a few times untill i saw sense.
So she was dry at 19 months....nighttime too
The only thing though...was that my dd was the same during the day...about 80% of the time....whereas you only seem to have it happening once at bedtime?
I'm wondering if it is just a habit thing
My friends little boy kept taking his nappy off during the night and so she put his sleeping bag on back to front.

A grobag really helps DS (16 months) keep his pyjamas on. That, and he wears a one-piece pyjama suit which makes it harder to get everything off.

Could you try putting her to bed a bit later so she has a wee before she goes in her cot or would she just wait until she got to bed anyway? Or let her run around naked before she goes to bed? (for some reason that seems to encourage DS to pee!)

grobags pose no problem to the little !! Or sleepsuits she can take them off twice as quickly as i get them on her!!! She can put her shoes on (buckles and all!) so poppers are no problem. Tried putting her to bed late tonight, and put her on potty for a good 10 mins before bedtime tonight. OH MY GOD NIGHTMARE she's got to the overtired and vile stage and has only just gone ot sleep. I'm beginning to think fully potty trained will be the only answer. Even put a vest on her as well to make it harder for her. No joy there. I'm fast running out of ideas.

bump. Anyone got any more ideas?

put the sleepsuits on backwards or use zip up ones and pin the zip

thanks I'll try it. I assume I'll need to cut the feet off? (sleepsuit - not child!!)

Do you think that if she has clothes on she won't wee? If not I would say keep going with the potty.
I don't agree that she is too young for the potty, children vary and she sounds as if she is fully aware of when she needs to go. Plus she is pretty advanced if she is doing up buckles!?!? I'm impressed!! I only learnt a couple of years ago.
I would keep trying the potty at night, perhaps a potty chair might be better if she is a bit too tall for a little potty. If you sit with her and read her bedtime stories or put on a baby einstein and chat about it, she might relax enough to go, then she could go to bed in a pullup (pants) .
The best times to gt a 'catch' on the potty are when they wake from overnight sleep or nap - just like us they go to the loo when they wake. Also after a meal or a drink.
Once she gets the hang of it, I reckon she will be away.
Good luck with it.

thanks maisiemog - that was useful on when she 'needs to go!' As for advanced - she scares the hell out of me to be honest. She knows how to open the stairgate (but doesn't oddly) Dh has left it open a couple of times and she closes it!!

Ah bless! She must have been making sure that Mummy and Daddy didn't have an accident on the stairs.
They're very dangerous you know!

There are two issues here - potty training and her behaviour at night time

My 16 month old is well into potty training

She doesn't poo in nappies anymore - hasn't for ages. She says "poo, toilet, upstairs". I've always been keen to include toilet/potty training as quite normal from an early age. We are so hung up about it - I blame Freud. I would say that if she seems interested, just take it at her pace.

WRT to behaviour at night-time, it seems a bit odd. Why not sit her on the loo before bed, on a toddler seat (can't escape so easily and better position for her) and read a book and tell her to try and do a wee? I would do that AND put her sleepsuit on backwards as well.

well last night before i put her to bed i put her on the potty - she didn't do anything but also didn't take her clothes off - maybe she just wanted the opportunity? Now the problem is she doesn't want to come off the potty (EVER - she threw a real wobbly) I'll just keep trying.

Heehee! She sounds like quite a character.
Oh well, perhaps you could put her on the potty at half past three and then she could sit on it until bedtime.
Did you have any luck in the morning? You have to be sharp though, I found if I didn't whip of my ds's nappy he would have peepeed already.