3 year old potty trained?

Question

my 3 year old son is potty trained, except for at night, he still wears a pull up to bed and he will be 4 in october, how can i get him potty trained at night?

Answer 1

My son is also completely potty trained except for at night. According to one of the other answers leaving the pull up off will "allow him to feel wet"...but this isn't true. After waking up to change one morning I explained that he should've gotten up and gone potty, and with a very confused face he says, "But Mommy, I did". Kids dream they're on the potty. It's harder for boys because they pee straight out, unlike girls who feel it as soon as they start. Also, girls have kegel muscles that also make it easier to train them, boys just take a little more patience. I say don't stress him out about it.

If you'd like, you can stop giving him liquids about 2 hours before bedtime (I say two and not one because it gives time for his bladder to completely empty). This has worked with my son, UNTIL schedules get hectic, dinner is later, and then he's wondering why he couldn't have milk with his dinner. It's beyond his control, and he felt punished, so I stopped doing that.

A pull up at night really isn't a problem. You can remember having the "on the toilet dream" can't you? They have it and it just happens. They sleep right through it, they just can't help it. Applaud him when he wakes up dry, maybe even give him a treat. But don't sweat overnight accidents. It's not even worth it.

Answer 2

We are going thru that at the moment. My son still wears pull ups to bed and I feel like that is just fine. He will be 4 in November. I am not worried about it at the moment. He is just recently potty trained like just over a month now. Some mornings he wakes up dry and others he is wet. I haven't dont anything differently. He still goes to the potty before bed and even gets milk right before bed. I'll worry later on, when he is still wearing pull ups to bed.

Answer 3

When my kids were little, it was the same with them. Dry/potty trained during the day but might wet the bed without a diaper/pull-up at night.

Have your son use the toilet before going to bed and don't give him anything else to drink until morning. If you hear him fussing or waking in the middle of the night use that opportunity to get him up to use the toilet. Most kids are very droopy in the middle of the night and may protest (it depends on their personality). I had a little complaining from my kids at first but when I told them it's better than wetting the bed, they cooperated with me. Now they get up in the middle of the night themselves if they need to.

There are pull-ups with a wet sensation liner that helps kids to feel wet instead of "nice and dry" when they've wet in them. Most kids find this sensation unpleasant and would rather go to the bathroom than wet their pull-ups. Hope this helps. Hang in there. The best thing you can do is take them to the bathroom often! :)

Answer 4

Put a padding on his bed and stop using the pull-ups. When he wakes up at night wet and miserable, he will want to do something about it.
Make sure he urinates right before lying down and has nothing to drink 1/2 hr (at least) before bedtime.
Doing all this, and making sure my sons did not have any type of cola after 6 pm really worked for us.
Investing in a matress pad will save the matress from ruin. I can hear you groaning already about the increased laundry load, but waiting longer to do this is only going to make night training harder to achieve.

Answer 5

My daughter is also 3 and is potty trained and has the same problem. Make her go to the bathroom before bedtime and wake her up in the middle of the night at a certain time (i wake my daughter up at 1 AM) and take him to the bathroom. Make a habit of it and eventually he will start getting up on his own. It's been working for me, you should try it out.

Answer 6

First you need to Relax next take him off the pull ups you will be doing laundry everyday for awhile but it is worth it then stop giving him liquids 2 hours before bed time you can give him a drink of water but that is it. I have a 3 year old girl and that is what worked for me.

Answer 7

you should make sure he drinks less liquids when it gets closer to bed time and praise him when he goes potty i baby sit a 3 yr old on fridays-sat. he spends the night and he has the same problem i would still keep the pull up on just in case at night you know cuz theres nothing worse than to have to clean a wet bed in the morning if its dry give him stickers on like a sticker chart so your setting a goal for him and he wil have fun at the same time good luck

Answer 8

start by limiting the amount of liquids that he gets before going to bed. Then you can wake him up at night to make him go potty for the first few times until he gets used to it. If he is in a big boy bed, and not in a crib where he can not get out to go then that will make it easier on him. He just has to get used to the idea of getting up to go..

Answer 9

I wouldnt worry...I have 5 boys and I have learned that they potty train at thier pace...The trick also is, never give liquids after 7pm... I would just keep encouraging him during the day about potty training and keep doing the great work that you are doing and he will be fine.... Trust me, Kindergarden is coming up, he will work hard to train himself so he can be like his friends..When he finds out that they wear underwear to bed..... :)

Answer 10

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