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

Has anyone trained day and night at same time?

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Herewegoagain83 · 15/11/2021 21:07

DD is 2 weeks off being 3, and we started training at the weekend. So I'm aware this is all very new, we're only on day 3.

She has done OK at telling us when she needs a wee (she's usually desperate but has made it to potty) but won't try and go unless she's practically dancing.
Tonight she wouldn't do a wee before bed even though I knew she hadn't wee'd since 4.30pm. So I'm wondering whether removing night nappies would encourage a bedtime wee??
Pre potty training she has naturally been dry at night 80% of the time.

I know the Oh Crap method says it is effective to do both at the same time but not sure if I'm mentally prepared for the work involved 🙈

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Itsnotdeep · 15/11/2021 21:10

I did all of mine at the same time. The first one because I didn't know any differently - and it worked really well. It just seemed to confuse them to keep them in nappies at night.

So yes, it worked for me. BUT I did wait until they were absolutely ready so it was just really easy. I don't remember having any accidents (it was the lazy method of teaching as they practically told me they didn't want to wear nappies anymore).

justabigdisco · 15/11/2021 21:13

I kind of did. Kept her in nappies at night although once she was trained in the day, she stopped wetting the night time ones. Kept her in them for a bit just to be sure though. I don’t think removing the nappy would ‘encourage a night time wee’ though - they don’t have that level of forethought! I found switching to pull ups at night helped them feel it was different to a nappy.

dementedpixie · 15/11/2021 21:13

You cant really train for night time as they need to produce a hormone that reduces urine at night and be able to wake with a full bladder

PleaseReferToMeAsBritneySpears · 15/11/2021 21:14

DD I took nappies off one day and never put them back on. It was two weeks before her 2nd birthday, only really because I had two weeks at home. She was dry, day and night in three days. I lifted her for a wee when I went to bed at 10pm for a couple of weeks.

DS was 2.5 and I did daytimes first. Within a week his night time nappies were still dry every morning so I took those off too.

Justmuddlingalong · 15/11/2021 21:14

Mine were in nighttime nappies for a week after ditching them during the day. I couldn't fathom that they'd be dry at night too, but they were. I always lifted them to take them to the loo, half asleep, just before I went to bed. I found the prospect of potty training far worse than the reality. Good luck.

Orangedaisy · 15/11/2021 21:16

Agreed you can’t train night. Dd1 potty trained in day at 2.5 perfectly, barely an accident. Just got her dry at night at 7, with 8 nights of wet beds before she got it. DD2 was dry at night at 18months (left nappy on but was reliably dry every morning). Potty trained at 2.5 and 2 weeks later left nappy off. She’s only wet once (when ill) and she’s now nearly 5. Depends on the child imo and ime.

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