We need to loose the bow bow!!!! HELP!!!

[Onesieone]

Ok so I have a 3 yr old and a 22 month old. Both share a room. They have a good routine before bed and settle easily so long as they have a bottle of milk! The younger one wakens 2-3 times overnight for a refill but settles easily again so long as he gets it.

The problem is I need to stop the night bottles or they r never gonna potty train. I often have flooded beds in the morning. I'm also hoping if they go with out the bottle I can get the wee one to sleep all night.

I just have no idea how to loose the bottle. All help gratefully received.

I should add, it doesn't have to be milk they will take water too.

22 months is about young to worry about potty training.

My 4 year old still has milk before bed. He does a wee immediately before bed - only in the last few months has he slept through without needing a wee. Before then we lifted him at around our bedtime (low light, bring the potty into his room and he'd go then back to sleep straight away).

I think going through the night is a hormonal thing.

I too believe being able to go through the night is a hormone / maturity thing.
I was also led to believe that cutting down on fluids is counterproductive to potty training - the bladder needs to get used to holding larger quantities of liquid, this won't happen if you restrict fluid intake.

If you have flooded beds, check you have properly fitting nappies

It's not connected.
Being dry at night is hormonal and will just happen. Once you start getting dry nappies at night then maybe think about timing of drinks a bit. Once dry at night my DD would wake if she needed a wee after she'd been asleep.
Even now I offer my DD a drink before bedtime and she has access to water at any time if she is thirsty. We've only had one or two accidents in the night in nearly 3 years.

Seriously though. My 3 yr old will pee through a pampers nappy and have wet pyjamas and bed if I don't change him thru the night! As for the younger one. He needs his nappy changed at least once over night. Or he would be soaking.

Although I do agree with the others that its a hormonal thing but I also feel your DC may be getting too much liquid during bedtime. If I drink too much liquid before bedtime even I feel the need to get up in the middle of the night to go loo. Many years ago before having children (so better bladder control) I was advised by a friend that its good to drink a glass of water before bedtime so when you wake your body is fully cleansed when you go to the loo (sorry is that too much info) but I found myself continuously waking up through the night. It was so annoying! So my point is, reduce the liquid near bedtime, maybe cut it down drop by drop so they don't notice it too much. Just make sure they get plenty of liquids throughout the day.

Why not lift then? Take two mins to wake them, stick on the potty then tuck back into bed again. Quicker than changing.

Also your younger might need a bigger nappy. That was the sign that my dd needed to go up a size.

You can cut bottles overnight by reducing each one by an ounce a time. Or give a beaker instead.

I wonder are they or maybe just the younger one relying on the bottle to help them get to sleep.