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Potty training

Is your child ready for potty training at nursery? Here's the place for all your toilet training questions.

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Nappies or pull ups at night?

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DewinDoeth · 09/03/2011 20:13

DS is still in nappies at night (recently potty trained) and he now wears pyjamas to bed - he's really small for his age and was in babygros until tonight! He's still in the cot too!
He often wakes up now and asks for the potty, and his nappy is often dry in the morning. I doubt he's ready to do without the nappy at night just yet, it's not consistent, but is there an intermediate stage? Pull ups or something?

I'm also thinking he'll be in a bed soon, and so if he's in pull ups or something he can use the potty by himself first thing leaving me to sleep. (I am pregnant, tired and sick...) Seriously, though, he could use the potty by himself... He goes by himself in the day.

Not sure why I'm trying to justify this!

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cheekeymonkey · 10/03/2011 00:37

Sounds good for pull ups really,especially if he is asking for the potty rather then just doing it in his nappy. Well done he seems to be getting dry in the night early! DD is 4 and can't manage it yet at night!

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DewinDoeth · 10/03/2011 10:13

OK, might give them a go then. What is it with pull ups, are they less absorbent than nappies or something?
The praise was premature though, as he had a full and heavy nappy this morning! So definitely not ready!

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cheekeymonkey · 10/03/2011 11:06

oh sorry, forgot to say that you can get 'nightime' pull-ups (tesco) as they are more absorbent. Daytime ones only seem to be built for a little slip up. Pull ups are just different because the child can pull them down, go to the toilet(or potty) and then pull them back up so that you don't have to keep throwing clean nappies away as they don't always re-stick.

robinson27 · 14/03/2011 20:57

I know you are saying that you could do without the hassle as you are feeling very pregnant!! but with my little one after she was completely dry in the day for a week, and showed alot of promise at night we tried her at night too (yours sounds like hes generally doing really well)and she's only ever wet the bed twice!! this was over six months ago now, she's nearly 3years now. Once she'd learned to do it in the day it seemed confusing that she could then wet her self at night and it not matter, we had these handy mattress protectors that are a fitted sheet and protector in one and so we could just whip one off and put another on no fuss, and she learned the consequence. Then as you say he can go straight to the potty on his own in a morning. I'm sure you'll already do this but we have a last drink at teatime (5.30- 6 ish)and then, must go to toilet (at least try) before bed 6.30-7.

Meglet · 14/03/2011 20:59

Pull ups.

FWIW DS was potty trained almost a year ago and has been dry at night ever since -well apart from 2 accidents. On my work nights I put him in pull ups just in case he has an accident, saves me messing about with bed linen when I have work in the morning. He never wets himself, it just gives me peace of mind.

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