Night time toilet training
My daughter is fully day time potty trained (pretty much, odd wee on the floor!). She’s goes to bed in a nappy, at 7pm, and I change her around 12am. Shes been waking up the last couple of nights at around 4am and taking her nappy off without necessarily waking me up, and then inevitably having an accident.
She’s a naked child, she strips the moment she has a chance, and since she’s been potty trained I think she just dislikes a wet nappy.
The problem is she won’t settle without a drink, so she goes to bed with a bottle of water or very diluted juice, and then when she wakes at midnight won’t go back down without another.
I don’t know if the 4am strip is a sign of wanting to be night time potty trained.
So I guess I have two questions -
One - how do I wean off the night time drinks? She’s never had a dummy and I don’t want to introduce one at this late stage.
Two - any tips for night time potty training? Do I just set an alarm for myself around 3.30am and take her for a dream wee? Or like the day time training do I just accept there will be accidents until she understands that she has to tell me when she takes off her nappy?
I know she’s super young to think about night time training - my eldest is four and still in a nappy at night time. But I don’t want to force her into a nappy if she indicating she’s ready to not be in one?
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You can’t night time train, it’s a developmental/hormonal thing that you just have to wait to happen.
Does she use a potty or the toilet? If it’s a potty could you put it in her bedroom so when she takes her nappy off she can use it in the night? If it’s the toilet, can she get to the toilet in the night?
I also don’t think you can (or should) wean off nighttime drinks - if it was milk people would say give water instead but if she’s already having water there’s not a lot you can do except go cold turkey, but if she’s genuinely thirsty then that’s a bit cruel. I’m 34 and still go to bed with a drink incase I want it in the night.
Im surprised she is waking at midnight at this age, is it just a habit from being used to getting a drink? I would personally be going cold turkey on that one, I would go bananas if I still had to change a nappy at night 😦🙈 If shes still napping it would also be worth capping or dropping in case thats a factor in her waking.
Is she is a sleeping bag or a onesie? You could try putting either on back to front so she cant get the nappy off? Or nappy with a pull up on top?
My question is how did you do the daytime potty training. I’ve got another one due April and I really want my 1st to be toilet trained but he always hides and tells me after he’s done a poo. As for wee he does not seem aware at all
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