DD Peeing in Cot

[RaeCJ82]

Hi All, DD is 2 years and 3 months and for the last few months, mainly due to it being really warm in her room, she's been out of her sleeping bag and just sleeping in a vest or pyjamas at night.
Last night she was in her PJs with a blanket. She was doing her usual 45-50 mins of talking, singing and crawling around the cot and then started calling for me. I went up and she'd taken of her bottoms and nappy and had peed on the bed. Not great, but did a quick change, told her that she was fine to wee in her nappy if she needed to and then she went to sleep.
Went into her this morning and she'd done the same thing.
Has anyone experienced this and how did you handle it? I'm thinking to try and put her back in her sleeping bag, but not sure how this will go down as she's used to having the freedom to move her legs about now. Or would a popper vest and PJ bottoms be enough to deter her.
She has started using the potty but doesn't quite connect the need to wee with the potty yet so was going to leave the potty training until Xmas when I'm off for 10 days with her.

I don't think putting her back in the sleeping bag would help as at that age she could probably take it off if she was that determined. I've had some success with a zip up onesie/baby grow put on back to front and using duck tape to reinforce the tabs on the nappy.

Maybe she needs to go into a bed now and have a potty by the side of it?

Try a reusable nappy cover with poppers over the top.

I think she's showing signs of moving on, she sounds like she's ready for a bed now with a pull ups on a night and a potty close by. No need for a sleeping bag at this age.

Although she might not be showing much interest in the potty you need to make it possible for her to use it, once they're ready they catch on pretty quickly and you might not have the potty training struggles that many have when their children are not quite ready. We started with the potty on a night time which seemed to help once we started day time training.

Loads of children are potty trained around the age of 2 (not mine) so I'd focus on that. Is it possible for you to take the sides off the cot as a trial? She might respect her 'big bed' and not want to wee in it which will also encourage her to use the potty.

I'm reluctant to take the sides off her cotbed to be honest. She's so inquisitive and stubborn and I really don't think she'll stay in bed.
She's in nappy pants at the moment. She's not really showing signs of wanting to use the potty in the day. It's really only if we, or nursery, ask her if she wants a wee. Most of the time she'll say yes and then just sit on the potty not doing anything.

She won't be in the cot for much longer though,will she,she's over 2?

Put a baby gate on her room and you can leave her to it.

This is the next stage

I'm not ready for it!

I was planning on leaving the sides up for as long as possible tbh. It's a cotbed, so size isn't an issue.

If she's as inquisitive as you say, she'll have her leg over the side of the cot before you know it and then you really have to transition to a bed asap due to falling- I've seen a child fall from a cot,it was awful.

Personally I'd use this long weekend to get a baby gate on her room and put a potty by her bed. Beat her to it!

Just because you arnt ready doesn't mean she isnt. This attitude to it is holding her back and will make it harder when you do do it

What @Thegracefuloctopus said.

It's not about when you're ready. Get a stair gate on her bedroom doorway and crack on. It's not the end of the world if you find her curled up on the floor for a couple of nights.

Okay thanks. The "I'm not ready" comment was said tongue in cheek. I thought the emojis would give that away, but obviously not.

She definitely sounds ready for both a bed and potty training.

Hmmm, well she insisted that she wanted a wee before bed and then sat messing on her potty, but not having a wee. I'm not sure she really understands.

She won’t learn how to control her wee until she has a chance to practice. Just like she didn’t learn to walk without practising. She needs to experience wetting herself to understand.

You can get bed covers, like giant panty liners, that you can put on her bed. If she doesn't want to wee in a nappy/pull-up, it would be horrible to be forced in to doing so, don't you think?

My daughter is very inquisitive and independent, she insisted on potty training before I felt ready and learned how to climb out of her cot way before I wanted to get rid of it - both around 2 years old.

It sounds like your little one is doing it when and how she wants to and (like all other bits of parenthood) you need to find a way to work with it.

I'd take the sides off the cot, put a cover on the mattress, a potty next to her bed and have a go at a few days of potty training. I used the 3 day method, combined with a sticker chart for potty training and small (non-food) rewards for staying in her room all night.

At least you've already had an introduction to cleaning up lots of wee!