How to get son to potty at night instead of using pull ups?

Question

Ok here is the deal I have a 2 1/2 yr old and during the day he does great on the whole potty idea. He will stay dry all day but does go to the potty when he needs to and he does not use a potty chair that sits on the toliet but he stands to do his thing and sits to do the other. It is at night where we are having the problem. He (son) will not get up to go to the potty and we (hubby and I) wake him up before we go to sleep and have him go then but it is sometime during the middle of the night he goes on himself and is wet the next morning. half the time he wears pull ups and sometimes he wears underwear. So any advice would be great! Please dont tell me to get rid of the pull ups becuase I know that and I am trying that is why I am here asking for some advice.
Thanks in advance for all of your advice.

Answer 1

give him time. i'm going through this with my 2 1/2 year old daughter now. She wears panties all day. Even through naps and doesn't have an accident but nights are really hard.

Eventually as his bladder grows and he gets more control over it he'll learn to wake himself up to go and how to hold it till morning. You can't force it.

Good Luck.

Answer 2

My daughter has the exact same problem. She is fine during the day and can even take a short nap without wetting her underwear. The problem starts at night. My daughter is extremely smart and can do more things than most kids her age, so I was concerned and asked her doctor what the problem was. She advised me that Chelsea was a very hard sleeper and and her body does not wake her up because she is in such a hard sleep. She said that a lot of children have this problem and not to worry that she will eventually grow out of it herself. She said there really isn't anything that I am doing wrong, it is just that she is still going into deep "infant" sleep zones, much like new born baby. it does make sense because, nothing wakes that child up. She just said to continue making her go before she goes to bed, and no drinks after 6 pm. She also said to try setting my alarm clock for the middle of the night and setting her on the potty even she is asleep, and most likely she will go potty and that will help her get into a routine of waking up and going in the middle of the night.

Answer 3

I started out by buying a simple white potty that looked the closest to a regular toilet. No bells n' whistles. Then I got her the "Feel N Learn" pull-ups which are great because when they are wet, they feel wet to the child. Then we had a "sticker" program. I would put her potty in front of the toilet and we would both go potty together. Every time she was successful, she got a sticker that she placed on the bathroom cupboard beside her potty chair. That way she was able to see the rewards of her efforts. And I also made a big effort to praise her really dramatically! Then we'd both empty her potty into the toilet and wave and say "bye-bye peepees/poopoos, thanks for coming out!" She'd sometimes just sit on the chair and "pretend" to potty just so she'd get a sticker! But she quickly figured out that she needed to produce visible results... It took about 2 months. Then I took her shopping and let her pick out her own underwear (Dora). She was so happy to wear them and very, very proud. She had a few accidents but I never made a big deal out of them to her. It got tricky when we went out because it's important that as soon as said she had to potty, we had to pull over right away. I was sure NOT to fall back on the pullups just because we were out. It just prolongs the process. She was able to wear underwear during the day and a pullup at night. Then, eventually she lost the nightime pullup and I woke her at 2am and took her to the potty - every night for about a week. And then that was that.

Every child is different tho - the key is to make a big fuss when they go and not make a fuss if they don't. Good luck with it.

Answer 4

A lot of children have problems controlling their bladder at night. I know people that have 7 and 8 year olds that still wet the bed at night and need pull ups. I recommend putting a plastic sheet on the bed and trying to remove the pull ups (sorry, I know you didn't want to hear that,) but with both of my boys I stayed consistent with not putting the pull ups on and that is when they quit wetting the bed. Sometimes when you put pull ups on and then other days you don't they get confused and aren't sure if it is on or not. But, if he knows that it is never going to be on maybe he will get used to that fact and it might be easier for him. I always make sure that my children go to bed right before they hop into bed and they aren't allowed to drink anything an hour before bed. But remember that children sometimes have accidents every now and then.
I hope this helps.
Good luck!

Answer 5

No one said that potty training would be easy. From my personal experience out of 5 kids I had one that gave me a hard time. You as a parent and as exhausting as this may be, have to wake up every hour on the hour to train him to go to potty at night. I also went through it and after all I did, this one worked the best. By the way I'm also a single parent and raising my 5 alone was not easy but I made. Good Luck.

Answer 6

I have 4 young boys and i did not use pullups at all those to me are just diapers which is what you are tring to get rid of. They all wore 3 ply underware and those worked great. they are thicker underware. they also make rubber pants to go over ththe 3 ply underrware. i would watch the amount of fluid(water not juice) you give him before bed and a sip of water not a drink. Juice i would stop about 1 hour before bed.

I hope this helps in some way need more info feel free to contact me

Answer 7

My Son's Pediatrician told my Son and his Wife to notry to train a child until they wake up with a dry diaper. I t worked for the daughte, but the Son still wakes up with a wet diaper and they are waiting patiently . The Children are twins. 23/4 yrs old.

Answer 8

He probably just doesn't wake doesn't get that urge..he may not have good control over these areas yet either..he;s just sleeping so deep he can't wake..It may take a while he gets it..Your doing a great job otherwise sounds like..I wish my 20 month old would use potty like that...

Answer 9

Some children have no trouble with nighttime toilet training and others take a long time. My oldest and youngest stayed dry at night at two, but my middle daughter wore pull-ups to bed until age four. Just wait, he'll outgrow it.

Answer 10

Set a clock alarm in the middle of the night to wake him and remind him to empty his bladder. By the time you do this routine for thirty days - he will start getting up at night by himself.