2.7 yr old waking up screaming at 5-6am as bursting for a wee......

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Ds2 is 2.7 and started potty training nearly 2 weeks ago with much more success than expected (I honestly didn't think he was ready but thought I'd try). I'd say he'd trained daytime but I'm aware they can go backwards so won't get too cocky .

Now my problem is he's TOO good at holding it in, so much so that for several days he's woken up SCREAMING as he's bursting to have a wee and wants the potty and not to do it in his nappy. I know this is a good thing and part of me is happy that he's doing this as my nearly 8 year old ds1 is still in night time nappies. BUT, it's so tiring having him wake up so suddenly in such a state until I've taken him to his potty for a big wee. This morning was some time shortly after 5am and when I took his nappy off, it was bone dry so no wonder he was bursting!

I'm trying to decide whether or not to put a potty in his bedroom in the hope he'll go himself? (would probably need to put a better light in there as he only has a dim nightlight in the wall) Thing is, his bedroom is tiny and there isn't much floor space but we have a stair gate on his door. Maybe I should take the stair gate off at night once he's asleep and put the potty on the landing when we go to bed? (and close the stair gate at the top of the stairs?)

I'm just trying to mull all of this over as I didn't expect all this and I'm too tired to think properly at the moment (been up in the night a lot with ds1 the last couple of nights due to bad diarrhea :( )

Anyone had this urgent situation in the morning? If so, can you give me some tips?

TIA :)

a potty in either place would be a good idea worked wonders with our dd hth

hello darling

my top tip

it's called double-voiding, otherwise known as wee-teeth-wee before bed

tell him that your mate told you that her boys did this

yy take the gate off his bedroom and shut the gate at the top of the stairs

HTH x x x

My 11 yr old DD still gets up for a wee in the middle of the night most nights, so lifting him to wee when you go to bed, or you could put a potty in his room, if you trust him not to knock it over. Just maybe see how it goes.

Both my DDs stopped night nappies at around 2.6 (a basic refusal to have a nappy anywhere near them sparked me gritting my teeth and trying night time nappy free). With both of them we went through a week or so of waking and screaming when they needed a wee. I put a potty in the room right next to the bed and we also did a sticker chart - i.e if you manage to use the potty without screaming and waking mummy get a sticker and 3 stickers = chocolate buttons. They got the hang of it pretty quickly. DD2 is now nearly 4 and still has a potty in her room at night as the bathroom is a little way down the hall and she's not happy with wandering around in the night to go to the loo (she wakes up most nights in the early hours does a wee and goes straight back to sleep, I know this as my bedroom is below hers and despite looking like a tiny delicate fairy, in the middle of the night she's like a herd of elephants!)

bellbottomedtear - thanks :)

BALD - didn't read this last night but funny enough, that's exactly what I did! The only thing is he woke up at some point, probably around 5, and when he came out, it was the first time he DIDN'T scream for the potty and when I said to try it, he just wanted to cuddle up in our bed this time. I did (in my groggy state) feel that his nappy seemed very light but when he woke up nearer 7 for the potty, the nappy DID have wee in it which I think is from between when he first got up and then. Will have to watch out for a pattern. At least there wasn't the screaming when he woke up!

HSMM - I may try the lifting thing when he's older if I want to train him at night, I'm afraid he'll kick off if I do all that when he's asleep and then wake up and at this moment in time, I'm more interested in him staying asleep . I just wanted to stop the big screaming fit first thing

NellyTheElephant - that's the problem I have, he kicks off big time when the nappy comes out. Only way to get it on him is by having a pair of pants over the top! He has a sticker chart from when we started but we've sort of stopped since he cracked it as wasn't having accidents and we just forgot/he didn't nag for anything. But I could reintroduce for night time. Only problem is his communication skills aren't as good as some his age and I'm not sure he'll fully understand - I'll try though :)

Thanks everyone :)

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