How do I toilet train at night?

Question

My daughter is 3 1/2 and is dry during the day, has been for 18 months, only uses a nappy at night. She wants to go to bed without a nappy so ive let her, but she keeps wetting the bed. ive not made a fuss, told her it will take a bit of practice, im not pressuring her at all, if she wants to wear a nappy some nights, thats fine. I would really love to get her dry at night though - any ideas please? Ive stopped drinks before bed, but she is a heavy heavy sleeper and doesnt seem to wake in the dead of night at all.

Any ideas much appreciated!

just wanted to say thanks to all who have replied - ive taken all the advice, and she has been dry for the last three nights! hurray!

Answer 1

Put her to toilet last thing before she goes to bed and put her to toilet last thing before YOU go to bed.

First one up in the morning - first task - put her to toilet...trust me it will not disturb her sleep, but the cold loo will encourage her to wee even without fully waking.

Stopping bedtime drinks really won't help much; it all depends on how much she has had to drink in the hours before bedtime.

My elder sister wet the bed right up til the day she got married! regardless of what our mother did (or what various doctors suggested)

My Granddaughter was dry at night BEFORE she was dry during the day.

So there IS no pattern or hard and fast rule. Just don't allow it to become a huge thing; after all, if she can't help it then SHE CAN't HELP IT!

Then again - my YOUNGER sister saw our older sister wetting the bed and thought 'Why should I get up to go to the toilet - SHE doesn't'!!!

Generally with kids - a lot of praise when they 'get it right' - and a slight show of disappointment when they 'get it wrong' is the best way to go.

Good luck, I'll be rooting for you!

Thought just struck - Is there any reason WHY she would be reluctant to stop being 'the baby'?

Answer 2

I'm having the same problem. I have a daughter of the same age. She is dry during the day and has been for some time now but it's a different story at night. Maybe once a week she will wake up dry. The thing that annoys me about it is that she knows that she is doing wrong, but will just laugh at me and say she like to wee in her nappy. Even bribery won't work. I said she would get a surprise if she didn't wee, but she said she doesn't like surprises! I can't win. I am just being patient. My friend was in the same boat 6 months ago and her little girl just suddenly stopped. I'm sure our day will come soon. Good luck!

Answer 3

i really don't know my little ones only 9 months. my thoughts are plastic liner under the sheets . but i think 3 1/2 is old enough to understand that you have to wear a nappy until the potting at night stops. i agree pressuring her is not the right approach .
but i would thing having a nappy on would less pressure.
the thing is if she is just sleeping through it not even realizing she just potted then there not much she can do about it until she gets a bit older and wakes up when she needs to go.
but if you don't want to go with the Nappy's any more than try the plastic liners. good luck

Answer 4

My daughter was 3 and still wetting at night. A girl at work told me to get rid of the diapers and I thought she was crazy as she still wet every night. Anyway, I did that. I had her pee right before bed then put her on the toilet a few hours later. She was in a deep sleep but still peed in the toilet. By morning she was dry. We did this for several weeks with one accident. Now two months later we don't wake her up but if she wakes up we try to take her.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

Nappy? Diaper?

Use a pull up at night; tell her she needs to wear one since she is still wetting. Tell her it's no big deal, she'd just sleeping too hard and that she will get better at it. Keep the calm no big deal approach, let her try once a week on a night you don't mind having wet bed in morning.

Answer 7

first off, get a mattress cover so it doesn't ruin the mattress. the only thing I can suggest is to keep ending "drink time" earlier and earlier until you notice she's been dry. then you can extend it a little at a time when she's dry through the night. also, make her use the bathroom before bed, even if she doesn't have to go.

i just went through this with my 3 1/2 year old son! good luck!

Answer 8

I'm going through the same thing with my 2 yr old son. What I do is get myself up and take him to the toliet. I do this probably 2 times out of the night. Yes it sounds cruel to wake them up but thats what I did also with my 4 yr old daughter also and she was fully potty trained by age 3. Also be consistent with this also, yes it is time consuming but in the long run it beats having to wash beddings every morning.

Answer 9

Well unless you're fond of changing sheets all the time and urine smell and it isn't even hygienic for her to lay on urine insist on Overnights-look like panties. If she's diaper trained where she doesn't' wet herself during the day esp for 18 mos then she' s a bed wetter and will grow out of it.It basically means bladder muscles need to mature some to gain long period a s the night is to have control- you can discuss with your pediatrician and he can explain medically better but this has nothing to do with toilet training -she has been for 18 mos. It takes approx 30 minutes for bladder to fill and OK to limit fluids bu if really thirsty needs the fluids or shouldn't run risk of getting dehydrated. Explain that her little organ needs to grow some more to not go all night and until it does(hen she stops wetting at night its grown sufficiently) you'd like her to wear overnights-get her some pretty pajama bottoms to wear over only to be worn with overnights-some a little girl will really like a lot and bet she'll cooperate for all little girls like pretty things and want to please their Mom.

Answer 10

Take her to the bathroom before you go to bed, she may sleep through the whole thing. You can also set your alarm and take her early in the morning. My daughter would cry in her sleep because she had to go but would not wake-up. She has out grown this with time, not all children grow the same she is the only one out of three to have this problem so relax it will pass.