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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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Night time potty training

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HappyMummy2020 · 26/08/2021 19:45

Hello mums!!

After some advice and help.
My 4 years old has been potty trained in the day for 2 years now but I’m struggling with it at night.
I had mastered it for a week and then all of a sudden we went backwards and now for the last few months I have put her back in nappies because for 2-3 weeks straight she was wetting the bed every night.

I’m not sure how to get her back out of it.
She is due to start school next Friday and I’d love her to be out of them again by then!

Any advice on what to do!? Or what could help!? I feel I’ve tried everything for limiting her drink from her certain time, doing a wee before bed… I don’t know what else to try!

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HappyMummy2020 · 26/08/2021 19:46

That was meant to say ‘mastered it for a few weeks’

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angelopal · 26/08/2021 19:48

Night time dryness is hormonal. 4 is still normal for needing nappies at night. My 7 year old is only just out of night time nappies but her 3 year old brother is dry at night.

UpToMyElbowsInDiapers · 26/08/2021 19:51

I’ve read that daytime training is a skill that can be learned, but nighttime training is more of a milestone that happens.

I potty trained both my toddlers around age 2. My DD was dry at nights within two weeks of daytime training and has only had an accident once in the 2 years since. It’s incredible! My DS on the other hand has only stayed DRY at night once in the couple of months since potty training, so we aren’t going to be taking the night Pull Ups away any time soon. Bear in mind we potty trained both kids the same way, and they live in the same house with the same lifestyle. One is just not ready for nights!

Is there a reason you need to be done with night nappies before school?

If you want to try to conserve them and your DC is often but not always dry, I used to put a Pull Up over my DD’s underwear, so that we could reuse the same Pull Up for multiple nights but we also didn’t have to change the sheets and everything in the middle of the night if she had an accident.

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HappyMummy2020 · 26/08/2021 19:53

@angelopal oh wow is it!? I had no idea.
Which would make sense as I didn’t have this with my son either… he is 9 now and been running at night since he was like 3… he did well but I’m finding it harder this time round

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Binnaggy · 26/08/2021 19:55

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GAW19 · 26/08/2021 19:56

Has she got a potty in her bedroom?
My SIL has a 4yo DD and she puts her in a pull-up for bed but leaves the potty next to her bed. 9/10 she hasn't even used the pull-up and gets up and uses the potty instead.
My DD is only 2 so haven't quite reached the time yet

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HappyMummy2020 · 26/08/2021 19:57

@UpToMyElbowsInDiapers no there wasn’t a reason, I just thought because she went dry once I thought maybe she was ready so would of been nice to hit that milestone before starting school, it’s no issue if she isn’t! Just thought it would be nice for her.
The last few weeks her nappies haven’t been a bit wet they are soaked and full so she is definitely weeing a lot at night but I make sure she had a wee before bed. Maybe she just isn’t. Ready yet, not like I thought.

That’s a great idea, to conserve them lol.
Does it just click then at night when their bodies are ready!?
She doesn’t wake either if she wets through so she then sleeps in it all night :( which isn’t nice!
Funny isn’t it if you did them exactly the same, same lifestyle same everything, one just isn’t ready yet

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HappyMummy2020 · 26/08/2021 19:59

@GAW19 no we haven’t but I’m not sure if it would work, I could try it.
I only say that because if she has a wet night it doesn’t wake her up usually, I don’t know till the morning and I come and check on her.
That’s so good that she gets up and goes in the potty though! Good idea!

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BabyRace · 26/08/2021 19:59

Wee before bed, take her again when you go to bed (she'll barely wake up) and pull ups. Layer a protective sheet, bed sheet, another protective sheet and another bed sheet so if she does wee in the bed you just pull off the top two layers and don't have to change the whole bed.

It's not something you can train, but you can make the time in-between easier on you both.

RamblingFar · 26/08/2021 20:00

It's a hormone change that stops night urination. Until she produces the hormone, she hasn't got any control.

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HappyMummy2020 · 26/08/2021 20:00

@Binnaggy I wouldn’t say I’ve put pressure on her as I haven’t said ‘you need to be dry before starting school’ I haven’t said anything to her about dates at all.
I just thought it would be nice for her when she has been dry for a few weeks already.
If she isn’t ready then it’s no issue lol

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HappyMummy2020 · 26/08/2021 20:01

@BabyRace that’s a great idea thank you. I had no idea night time urination was a hormonal thing.
It makes sense now I know that!
I am going to try taking her to the toilet when I go to bed tonight and see how she gets on.
If she is still wet in the morning then I’ll go back to pull ups for now.
I thought for her age she should be out of it by now, I didn’t realise.

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HappyMummy2020 · 26/08/2021 20:03

@RamblingFar yeah I had no idea, thanks for confirming.
I will try tonight with taking her to the loo when I head up and then I’ll go back to pull ups, I don’t need to force her as that’s not fair.
I just thought because we had 2 weeks of dry nights before that maybe she was ready and I was doing something wrong

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Cotswoldmama · 26/08/2021 20:10

Both my boys were dry at night by about 4.5 but I kept them in pull up for quite a while as I'm too lazy to change sheets and be woken in the night! I think we got rid of the pull ups during the Xmas hols after they started school when they had had a good 2 months dry! Some of their friends weren't dry until they were 7.

CJF22655488 · 17/09/2021 09:10

Thank you for this post....I have been searching through all the posts on here about night time toilet training. My son is 5.5 and in Year 1 now, still in nighttime nappy pants which are usually absolutely full by morning (and sometimes leak so the bed has a damp patch too). He just seems to do so much wee at night but never wakes up. However reading through many different posts it seems there is some kind of hormone that needs to develop which will allow going longer (overnight) without needing to wee, and there is not much we can do until this happens. I can assure you that there will be other children in reception year still in night time nappies!

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