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are nappies at night reason for occasional accidents in the day??

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Fluffylox · 28/12/2013 01:52

Must admit have found toilet training the most frustrating part of parenthood so far and seeing the similar posts on this subject don't think I'm alone. My dd1 is 3.4 and was using toilet from very early on but has been properly dry in day since about 2.8yrs, never at night so still wearing pull ups to bed. Is quite resistant to going to toilet and taking pull up off first thing in the morning and as I have a baby too attend to aswell sometimes she spends about first hour and a half of the morning still in her pull up and not using toilet (#bad mommy moment I guess I should be more insistent on this but tend to be a bit zombyfied in mornings atm and don't fancy the battle). On and off she still is having accidents which can be weeks apart then will have 1 a day for a week which I find incredibly frustrating as it can often be 10mins after we have asked her/insisted that she may need to go. What I'm thinking is that because she's is sometimes still in the mindset of weeing in a nappynappy at night/early morning if she is tired/distracted is this confusing her and contributing to the accident s in the day? She is a fairly deep sleeper so would anyone recommend we try lifting before we go to bed to try to eliminate the nappies altogether??

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addictedtosugar · 28/12/2013 20:22

Don't think the night nappies will be the issue, but if you can try and get the pull up off ASAP in the morning, I think it will help. Can you try and find 10 secs just to remove the nappy - you don't need to do anything else til later, but I'd get it off.
DS2 has just started saying no nappies at night, and I'm desperately trying to keep him in them til the weather picks up - washing and drying duvets mid winter doesn't appeal!!!
BUT, kids also have lapses when potty training seems to deteriorate for a bit.

Fluffylox · 28/12/2013 23:28

Yes I have made a deal with myself to get that nappy off first thing in the morning I think it has been far too easy for me to leave it on and her to not worry about using toilet when it is on. You are lucky that he is showing willing not to have a nappy on at night I feel like we vwill be stuck using them for years yet!

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ILoveAFullFridge · 28/12/2013 23:48

Definitely get her night nappy off 1st thing. You really need to make the effort to do this, because some children will just continue to wee in it. Either just quietly remove it, or use a star chart to reward her for doing it herself.

IME a child may not think they need to go, but invariably the suggestion causes urgency 10-15 minutes later. Time your suggestion so that she goes when you want her to - just before leaving the house, say, rather than 10mins down the road.

How do you respond to accidents? With a new baby, could they be attention-seeking? Does she wee in a rush? Incomplete emptying of the bladder can lead to accidents.

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