Nighttime - What to do?

[notyummy]

Help! DD (2.4 months) is usually a good sleeper; however we now have a problem. She has been potty trained during the day since August, and has only had about 4 accidents in total; very good at taking herself to potty/toilet. Recently she has started waking at night shouting 'I need a wee wee!' and getting very upset. She is in pull-ups, as I think she is too little to be dry at night, although I have noticed that the pull-ups are dry(they are the trainer kind with the pictures that fade if wet). She is still in a cot as she has showed no interest in moving to a bed, although I don't think moving to a bed (which would not be too hard as she is in a cot bed) would solve the problem, as she would not be able to go to the potty by herself in the middle of the night yet.

We have explained to her that she does not need to worry because she is in a nappy at night, so it does not matter if she does a wee wee, emphasizing that we are proud of her for being a big girl during the day and wearing pants. Until recently she has done wee wees in the pull-ups, and my dh thinks we should just play hard ball and leave to do a wee wee in the nappy (easier said than done, as she gets v upset. I also want to try getting her up for a wee before we go to bed and seeing if that helps, but he thinks that is giving in to her, and she will just wake a few hours later and expect us to do the same thing again. We have busy jobs, and I have a long commute so this is not what we need.

Sorry this is such a saga....and I hope you can help!

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Certainly try lifting her before you go to bed - it may help. However, it sounds as though she has truly mastered the art of potty training and little girls are very reluctant to take the backward step of weeing in a nappy just because it suits Mummy! Try putting her in a bed - she may well be able to cope with the potty by herself if you leave it near her bed. Does she have a nightlight? However my DD is 4.5 and quite often calls out to be taken to the loo at night - it's part of life I'm afraid!!

Thanks seeline.

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if she wakes in the night needing a wee then take her to the toilet. As she gets older she will be able to hold it in longer and wont need to wake so much in the night. I wouldnt make her wee in the nappy as that would be counterproductive to the potty training you have done in the daytime. When dd was first out of nappies at night she always woke us if she needed the toilet in the night and it wasnt till she was about 4 that she took herself to the toilet at night without disturbing us (although I always heard the toilet lid go up so knew she was up). You could also try lifting before bed as we did that when dd had a spate of wetting the bed - when we lifted her at our bedtime she stayed dry - make sure they are a bit awake though or you will just be teaching her to pee in her sleep which is what you dont want.