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Stopping pull ups at night before fully dry in daytime?

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Tafal · 12/06/2025 13:38

Just looking for any help here, my daughter is 3 years 3 months and has been potty training since she was about 2. Obviously we have been struggling and she's now due to be starting school nursery in September and I am becoming increasingly anxious that we won't have things cracked by then. We have tried all of the normal methods and incentives etc with varying success.

We are at the point where she does not ever have poo accidents anymore (has been fine for about 6 months) but does have small wee accidents most days, and maybe a bigger accident once a week. We always said we would only tackle night times once she was dry in the day, but I never anticipated it was going to take this long and I'm now wondering whether having her in a pull up at night could actually be hindering the progress at all? (during the day she is in normal underwear) Would it be better to just eliminate the pull ups all together? I am wondering if she's only actually wetting her pull up after waking up on a morning rather than her having no control while she's sleeping (I have noticed it is dry if she is ever up for some reason in the middle of the night).

I'm torn, because if it would help her by completely taking away the idea that it's 'okay' sometimes to wee, then of course I would do it, but I don't want to make things harder than they have been already or have to go back to the pull ups if it did end up being a nightmare.

Any advice or similar stories would be so appreciated!

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Needspaceforlego · 12/06/2025 13:42

My oldest was a bit like that.
He got up a couple of mornings dry then wet the nappy.
I decided to potty train, over a weekend, and we got rid of the night nappies a couple of weeks later.

Needspaceforlego · 12/06/2025 13:44

Do you need to wake her or is she waking herself?
I'd try to wake her so you can have a feel before she gets up.

Tafal · 12/06/2025 13:52

Needspaceforlego · 12/06/2025 13:44

Do you need to wake her or is she waking herself?
I'd try to wake her so you can have a feel before she gets up.

That's the thing, she's an early riser and is always awake before us, if we were waking her it would be easier to check.

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Needspaceforlego · 12/06/2025 14:54

Could she get to the potty / toilet without you, ie is she in bed or cot? Could she manage her own pjs?

You have nothing to loose by trying, although with all these things I'd do it over a weekend. Nobody wants to be up dealing with wet beds in the middle of the night and getting up for work in the morning.

PansyPotter84 · 20/06/2025 09:08

We noticed this with DS, and he was very young too.

He was dry at practically the same time
night as day.

I’d try for a week of going to bed without pull-ups, but waking her half an hour earlier than usual and putting her on the loo/ potty immediately.

Night dryness is a lottery. My other one is still not night-dry at 9!

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