My son is three years old and has just been potty trained. I would like to take this opportunity to thank a lot of you guys out there who have time and again helped me out, resolved my problems and always shown support and encouragement. I thank you from the bottom of my heart.
Coming back to the issue at hand, although my son is potty-trained, he still needs to wear a diaper whenever he sleeps. He cannot wake up and go to the toilet then. So accidents are happening. Is this part of the process? What should I do now?
2007-03-05 16:39:51 · 13 answers · asked by Megane 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Toddler & Preschooler
Yes this is part of the process... Sometimes it helps to wake them before YOU go to bed and walk them into the bathroom... Sometimes this works and sometimes it doesnt.
My daughter just turned 3 and is fully trained...day/night while my going to be 6 year son is wearing diapers yet at night
2007-03-09 16:23:15 · answer #1 · answered by *G* 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My daughter is 4. She was completely trained until she got a bad uti..then we had to start over with the training. She still, now months later, doesn't make it thru the night unless I get her up about 2 hours after she goes to sleep and put her on the potty, then back in bed...gets up dry everytime. I know that it seems like a lot of work but the alternative of training pants, diapers or washing sheets everyday was getting tiresome. Also, cut down or cut out fluids after 6...it really does help.
hang in there..it'll happen
2007-03-05 16:55:31 · answer #2 · answered by sammibelle6 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We kept diapers on at night even though our daughter was fully potty trained. Now she's not wearing diapers, but we have a pad just in case. It's OK to be potty trained during the day and not yet at night. Eventually, he will get it.
2007-03-05 17:48:33 · answer #3 · answered by rinib2 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Make sure he goes potty before going to bed, then wait for him to outgrow the nighttime accidents. My daughter was night-trained about a week after being day-trained. My son, bless his sweet lil heart, was night-trained about 1.5 years after he was day-trained. It just seems to take little boys a lot longer to physically mature, and there is really nothing you can do to hurry this process or change its course. There are plenty of boys who wet till they reach puberty. When I was a teenager I was a camp counselor, and we'd load the luggage for the kids, then unload it from the bus at the end of the week, and I cannot tell you the percentage of boy sleeping bags that REEKED at the end of the week, but it was HUGE. Just give your little boy time and don't make a big deal out of it, and he will outgrow it. He will probably outgrow it soon but if he doesn't, make sure you make that okay, because as he gets older he will feel really bad about it.
2007-03-05 16:49:17 · answer #4 · answered by Cris O 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
My daughter is also three, and like your son, is toilet-trained during the day, but not at night. I know of children are night-trained at this age, but I also know of children who are not. My Maternal Health Nurse told me that sometimes children are not fully trained (at night) until they are five years old.
With my oldest daughter (who's now 5), it started with the occasional dry night. Over time, this became more and more common, until we knew we could do away with nappies fully. I think she may have just turned 4 or was close to 4.
Don't worry. It will all happen when the time is right.
2007-03-05 16:49:51 · answer #5 · answered by Mandy-Jane 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
DEAR THIS IS OK
I SAW A DOCTOR TO DAY FOR A EAR INFECTION AND WE TALK ABOUT HER SON WHY I WAS GETTING BLOOD WORK AND SHOTS HE IS 3 AND IS FULLY POTTY TRAINED BUT HAS A LOT OF ACCIDENT'S TOO ALSO A SPEECH PROBLEM LIKE ME TOO SO THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN OK TAKE CARE PS USE A OLD COFFEE CAN FOR # 1 OK IF YOU NEED TO RE POTTY TRAIN HIM WITCH I DO NOT THINK SO OK
2007-03-05 18:57:49 · answer #6 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is entirely normal, and some children are not dry at night until they are around 5 years old.
But you can try all of the advise, IE cut down on fluids before bed etc.
Children often become dry at night, in their own time. So in the mean time just use a pull up diaper.
Hope this helps & good luck :-)
2007-03-05 17:21:57 · answer #7 · answered by Dee B 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It is just a part of the process. If he is only wetting himself then you should cut back on liquids before bedtime. Sometimes there will be accidents but that will reduce the chances. It just takes time and working with him. If it's the other then I've got no experience there, both of mine always woke up for that.
2007-03-05 16:49:03 · answer #8 · answered by psychoholiday1976 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Just cut down on how much he drinks an hour before bed. Put a pull-up on him and night, so it is easy for him to pull it down and keep a light on in the bathroom that way if he decides to go at night, it will be easy. You're lucky, it's almost over.
2007-03-05 16:50:44 · answer #9 · answered by lilly j 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Cut down on fluids before bed. He will be completely potty trained when he makes it through the night. Your almost there. Hang in.
Take care,
Jen
2007-03-05 16:46:34 · answer #10 · answered by Jen 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋