Night time peeing advice

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My son is 2 and 5 months & has been out of nappies for a few months now rarely has an accident, he tells me everytime he needs a wee or poo. Overnight he’s still in pull ups but I think he’s showing signs of being ready to ditch them ,he does a big wee before bed and woken up dry in the morning a few times but not consistently, the other times I think he’s been quietly waking up and peeing in his pull up first thing because he tells me about it when I walk in.

But a few times this week he’s woken up about 5am really crying to tell me he had done a wee in his pull up, I felt guilty as hes still in a cot bed with the sides up so doesn’t have access to potty or toilet so i have ordered a floor bed for him. Basically I’m wondering if he will keep on waking early now especially now I’m moving to a bed ? He’s such a good sleeper normally and does 7:30-8:30am (not trying to show off, the first year was rough) I really don’t want to go back to 5am starts.

Also Should I take the stair gate off his door ? What will he actually do in the night if he did wake for a wee ,will he run into me to tell me he needs a wee ? Or will I just have a wee covered carpet🙈 or should I leave the gate up and a potty out ? what age would they get out of bed to use a potty alone?

Sorry for all the questions.

Mine were in a single bed by that age and would go to the toilet.
I also left the potty in there in case they preferred it.
He can’t go to the toilet if he can’t get to it.

I had the same with my daughter. I removed one of the sides and put a potty in her room with a night light but she never used it. She used to cry out and then tell me she needed the potty. Luckily she used to go back to bed afterwards. Eventually it just stopped and she is now back to sleeping 12+ hours without going to the potty overnight. I think it’s just a phase you have to get through.

We put him on a bed at the same time, potty in his room for first thing in the morning. He used to go and then shout for me. You could pop a mat under the potty if you're worried about wee on the carpet

@GoodnightGrandma yes I know that .. I did try and change the cot bed to the bed and he went mad ,iv got a single coming in a week.

I put the cot right next to the bed so it still felt a bit like they were in the cot, and used it as a roll out bar until they were happy in the bed

@Newmummy9 @Wagglerock Thats great thanks , there is hope for 12+ hr nights again then 🤣 did either of you have a stair gate up ? Should I leave it off .. I was a bit worried about him having access to the bathroom if I was asleep?

We left the stair gate on because we were having trouble with him going to sleep in the first place and then waking in the night and coming in - we couldn't fit a stair gate on the actual stairs and I was scared he'd fall down them. He used to shout for us if he needed a wee - he was very easy to train though and we've only ever had 3 wet beds in 18 months so I think it's due to luck in our case.

I kept the stair gate up until dts were 4, they had a potty in their room and were in single beds from age 2. They were capable of a lot of silent mischief at that age so we needed the gate.

Stairgate on the stairs not the bedroom.
No potties in room unless you want wee on the carpet. We didn't use a potty for long (day or night) but only ever used them in the bathroom (same as I only changed nappies in the bathroom).
Low nightlight in the bathroom and leave the loo small-child-ready (with a step / special seat / whatever you use) during the night.
Both of mine were out of nappies at night by 2 1/2 at the latest and very rarely woke for a wee but if they did, could manage the bathroom alone or called us if they wanted help.

Night time dryness is developmental and can't be trained.

You're looking for him being dry every morning for about a month.

In the mean time swap his bed and let that change bed in. He might be a pickle with not staying in bed at first. We bribed both ours with a sticker chart to get over that stage.

Then when dry at night take the stair gate off and work towards going to the toilet by himself if he needs.

Don't change too many things at once or worry if it's a while before he's dry at night.

My DS wasn't potty trained until almost 3 the night times followed quickly for him.

DD was potty trained around the same age as your son but still not reliably dry at night despite being amazing in the day and fully dry. It's been around 4 months now since we trained