Bedtime potty training

Once you start noticing no pee at all inside her nappy over night then yes. But I will start with taking her to pee at least 2times at night so she doesn’t store pee in. Then go nappy all night and continue with no nappy at night.. my toddler doesn’t bedwet but I still take her to pee once

@Ebunoluwa as in wake her up to go toilet? I know if I wake my LO she’ll then stay awake 😩

I don’t think you can train them overnight. Nighttime dryness is hormonal. My daughter has started waking at night to go for a wee, but she’s not consistently dry overnight yet.

@Maya no you don’t wake her up. Put a potty where she sleeps, just rock her and put her on the putty then sing to her to pee pee. That’s how I take my toddler to potty and she doesn’t wake up. I also leave the room dark to avoid distracting plus white noise has helped so far in not letting her wake up

Yep it’s hormonal it will happen when it happens. As they get bigger learn to hold it. You can’t teach it x

You don't train for nighttime dryness. You just wait until they are ready - it's hormonal

Thanks everyone - I will leave it and let her learn herself when she’s ready. I didn’t realise you can let them learn naturally. That’s great

We just ran out of pull-ups one night. So rather than run to the shop at 7pm I said “do you want to wear your big boy pants to bed tonight?” He said yes and we went for it. It’s been 4 months and in that time he’s wet the bed twice! Which I think is amazing! It just clicked for him. I’ve never woke him in the night for a wee or anything just made sure he had a wee at bedtime and that was it

My daughter found it confusing putting a nappy on for bed while wearing pants in the day, so she was dry through the night straight away. My son on the other hand is 6 and still in pull ups for bed 🤷🏼‍♀️

A lot of people talk about it being hormonal, but that’s not always the case. My daughter was dry at night within a week of daytime potty training so we struck the iron whilst it was hot. She has since wet the bed once, when she was poorly. I would recommend a good waterproof mattress protector, no milk or water within an hour of bedtime, if they wake at night offer them the potty/loo.

@Bijal there’s literally a hormone called vasopressin that tells your kidneys to make less urine at night. Young children often don’t make enough of it and their bladders may mot stretch enough to last overnight. My daughter will sometimes wake at night to go for a wee but it’s not consistent. It’s perfectly normal to not be dry overnight until they’re 5. https://eric.org.uk/advice-for-children-with-night-time-wetting/

Sorry if you misunderstood my comment, I didn’t say bedwetting is abnormal and I’m not shaming anyone. I was simply giving the OP my perspective based on my experience training my 2y2m old.

@Bijal my daughter is the same. She was dry overnight at the same time as she day potty trained at 2.5 years. That doesn't mean it's not hormonal. It just means our particular children hit that milestone early but that's not the norm

When I was training my little girl, my 4yo niece had been trained during the day since age 2 but she never had a dry nappy at night, it was pretty much always full and sometimes so much so, it leaked. My SIL decided to have a chat with her daughter about using the toilet at night time, brought forward her milk time and voila a few nights later she was dry at night. I don’t disagree about hormones playing a huge part in night time bed wetting for children, but in my opinion some things can also be taught.

@Lauren that's a really helpful link, thankyou!

@Bijal I’m sure there are things we can do to help, I did the Big Little Feelings course and they say to reduce fluid intake 2 hours before bed, but your daughter might have higher levels of the hormone than other children the same age. Just trying to reassure others that it’s ok if they’re not dry overnight, I think the majority aren’t in the first 6 months after potty training.