OT - Okay...We got her in her own room, now how do we introduce night time potty brea

[Love the Mouse]

I had posted about how to get DD(2yrs and almost 5mos) back in her own room and in her own bed. Well, I am happy to say, that she now loves sleeping in her bedroom and actually leads me into her room at bedtime for stories and cuddle time. I guess the twin size bed was a big factor.

Now we are potty training and she is doing really well. She actually started this herself. Since we were working on the sleeping in her own BR, I was waiting a few weeks to throw PT at her.

Well, one day last week she decided that the diaper was bothering her and we just let her walk around naked all day. Since not having the diaper on, she took it upon herself to go in and sit on her potty and do her business. She has had a couple of accidents since she started (the one day that Grandmom and PopPop were visiting...she didn't feel that it was necessary to go potty, just stood right were she was and did her business).

Big question is this...when do we introduce the night time potty breaks? So far at night I have put a diaper on her. As soon as she wakes up, the diaper comes off (she takes it off) and the panties go on. I am afraid that she won't wake up to go potty. How do you know when is the right time? Is now the right time? I don't want her to get discouraged about potty training, she is so proud of herself each time she goes potty and we make sure that she knows how proud we are of her.

Any advice on the night time potty rituals would be appreciated.

Michaela

 

[Mouse House Mama]

I hate to tell you but you can't "make" her have nighttime potty breaks. She is way too young to be able to do that. Now some kids do actually go the night without an accident at that age but most don't. Their bladder is not mature enough. us a pullup at night and when she is ready she'll let you know. Young children do not have the sensation most of the time to get up in the middle of the night if they have to go. You could make her get up at a certain time each night but personally I think that just trains you not her. She will be able to do it when she's ready. Don't worry, it will happen. Sounds like you are doing a great job already!

 

[belle&beast]

I agree with the PP. Use a pullup or diaper at night and during naps if she is wetting at naptime. My DD woke up and called us when she needed to go in the night at the beginning of her potty training, but she is now 5 and wets the bed. She also has bladder control issues, but that's a whole other story! Just don't push her, is my best advice, believe me, it can come back to bite you!

 

[MSSANDRA]

If her diaper is dry most of the time in the am, let her decide. Put a pad on the matress to protect it just in case. Let her choose if she wants the panties or a diaper or pull up. If she wets most nights, just leave her in the diaper for now. DS never got up at night to use the potty. He went right before bed and never again till morning. He night time trained at the same time he day trained around 2 years so some kids are ok with it but I agree not to push it. A lot of kids bodies are not ready for that.

mssandra

 

[#1 Pocahontas]

I agree with the other posters. I don't think you can do anything about nighttime except wait patiently.

My dd was daytime potty trained for a year before she stopped wearing a diaper at night. First I noticed she wasn't wet after naps so that was her first start. She started napping in her underwear. Then it was still many months for nighttime. After about a week of dry diapers in the morning we got rid of them, after that she only had maybe 1 or 2 accidents. She was potty trained at 26 months and about 38 months before we were 100% diaper free.

I hope it all goes well for you

 

[Mickey'snewestfan]

I agree with all the above posters -- at some point the body matures to the point where the child doesn't produce urine at night, and they start naturally waking up dry. For us this point was a few weeks after DS day trained -- but then he was 3 years 2 months when that happened, for my friend's DD she was 10.

Pushing the issue before then is kind of pointless.

 

[Love the Mouse]

Thank you for your replies. I have no problem keeping her in diapers at night while she sleeps, but I was afraid that it may confuse her. Although it hasn't seemed to thus far.

She doesn't take naps any more. As far as waking with a wet diaper or not...she does at times, but most other nights she is dry.

I just want her to keep feeling confident with the progress that she is making...and she is really doing a wonderful job.

Thanks again.

Michaela

 

[MSSANDRA]

Sounds like you are doing a great job too!!!!!!!

 

[sskem96]

I definitely wouldn't wake her for a night time potty break. That will only train her bladder to have to empty during the night. The goal is to be able to sleep all night without having to go to the bathroom during those hours at all. Since she's already dry on a lot of mornings, it sounds like her bladder has a good capacity and is fairly mature. Just make sure she goes right before bed. We used pull-ups for bedtime and called them "night-time panties" so they would know they weren't diapers. DD7 was dry around 2-1/2, but DD9 wet the bed up until just over a year ago. Every kid is different, just have patience.

 

[WDWorBUST]

As someone else mentioned we just use Pull-ups at night-time and call them Night Night panties. She usually naps in panties and hardly ever has an accident -it's usually because we forgot to remind her to go pee-pee before her nap if she does. She almost always wakes up dry - I'm just not ready though for her to wear panties at night because of that every once in a while accident. As for how she feels about it - we just tell her that she needs to wear Night Night panties in case she has an accident while she is sleeping.

 

[prestonsmomma]

FYI My DS has been potty trained for 3 years now but still wears a pullup at night because he has NEVER woken up dry. He does nap without one though and has for probably 2 1/2 years. The pedi said not to worry about night time wetting until he was EIGHT years old. My DS informed me the other day that he would quit wearing pull ups when he turns 5 so who knows.

 

[cruiserkaren]

I hate to be OT but I'd love to know how you got her in her own room. My dd has a gorgeous bedroom. We went picked out a beautiful purple butterfly sequin comforter, sheets, lava lamp, a $15 butterfly pillow, the whole nine yards.....she's in there to get dressed. That's pretty much it.

We don't even really know where to start to be perfectly honest.

 

[Love the Mouse]

I hate to be OT but I'd love to know how you got her in her own room. My dd has a gorgeous bedroom. We went picked out a beautiful purple butterfly sequin comforter, sheets, lava lamp, a $15 butterfly pillow, the whole nine yards.....she's in there to get dressed. That's pretty much it.

I had gotten a lot of responses on my initial post of how to, but kind of figured a lot of it all on my own.

First, we got rid of the Toddler bed that we had in her room. She slept on it once and that was it. I told DH we had to get her a twin. She was excited about it, but still a bit leary.

I first started out by rocking her in my computer chair of all things while at the computer, and when she fell asleep I would carry her into her room and lay her down.

If she woke while I was putting her to bed, which she did, I would lay there with her for a few minutes and she would immediatly go back to sleep.

I did the rocking thing at the computer for a couple of weeks, and then one night she wouldn't let me do it. She actually asked to go into her bedroom

At this point are back to our bedtime story routine and she seems to really like her room now.

Although I have to say that I am up about 3 - 5 times a night with her. Going back and forth from her bedroom and back to mine. I am a bit exhausted (okay a lot exhausted), but she is out of our bed and in her own room.

I wish you all the luck. But, it was a lot easier and quicker than I ever anticipated. Now if I could just get her to sleep all the way through the night I would really be set...LOL. I was really spoiled when she was a baby, she slept through the night very early.

Michaela

 

[momamy]

wow sounds like shes advanced! I would just limit drinks at night and put her on the potty right before bed! My dd has nothing to drink after 7 unless shes very thirsty.

nightime routine is Tub - hair brushed teeth brushed wash face- potty and wash hands then to bed with a quick story! first thing in the Am its potty before anything else! We have been doing this since she trained and shes never had any accidents and only wakes up maybe 1 time a month to use the potty!

Good luck

Amy