3 Day Potty Training - Naperville,IL

I tried it with my older daughter, but she had never had juice or really any beverage besides milk and didn't eat salty foods, so didn't work for her at all.

Hi M.! My almost 8 year old still wakes up wet. She doesn't even fit into pull-ups anymore so she has to wear "good nights". You cannot "train" a child to be dry at night. When they are physically ready it will happen. I have spoken to my pediatrician about this b/c it took awhile for my older daughter to be dry at night (she was almost 8). I was concerned about it when she was 4 and had been potty trained during the day for 2 years!! LIttle did I know how long we'd have to wait for night time dryness. With my second one I've just been waiting it out. Trust me, she WANTS to be dry at night. She just can't do it.

Yes, we did it with my daughter at around 32 months. We didn't know if it would work, but we'd made several half-tries without a real method, and knew we needed a guide to go by. We followed it pretty close. My wife did the main work, but I would take her to the potty at night -- about two hours after bedtime, and, for a short period, early in the morning (she rarely needed to go then so we quit).

She had a handful of accidents in the first few months, so we kept a liner under her bedsheet, and would let her sleep on a big towel if it was a small amount.

Right off, she was very aware that she was flying without a diaper and would wake herself in the middle of the night if she needed to go. If we had put her in pullups, I don't think she would have developed the awareness so quickly. She would have continued to use them as diapers.

I tried it, but failed miserably. I got upset with it and did it my own way. I didn't put my son is pull ups during the day, just underwear. I basically did what she advised during the day. He had an accident every time and then on day 4, he just got it. I still use pull ups at night. I just don't like to deal with the mess. It works for us.

I've talked to a number of moms who tried and failed at various 3-day methods, but one mom for whom it did, sort of, work. Looking back on it, she figures her kid was nearly ready to train anyway, and it probably would have happened within the next month or so without the 3-day method.The most important success factors seem to be whether your child is physically, neurologically, and emotionally ready, and whether you can give all the follow-through and encouraging patience required.

Night dryness depends more on the maturation of certain functions. For almost all childfren, it's an entirely different situation than daytime training. He or she can not simply decide to stop producing urine throughout the night, or decide to have better bladder control, or decide to wake up when the bladder gets full. These three areas of maturation come at different times for different children, and in some cases, kids can't stay dry at night until they are approaching puberty. It is not their fault, and those kids would probably give a finger to be able to wake up dry.

Here's a wonderfully informative website you might find helpful. It gives a few variations on"readiness" checklists, plus tips on various training strategies, the best ages to start them, and the advantages and disadvantages of each approach: http://www.parentingscience.com/potty-training-tips.html

I potty trained my daughter in 3 days. I started a week or two after her 3rd birthday. It was over the weekend. We stayed in the whole time. No one left the house. The first day was full of accidents but near dinner time she was doing much better. She did worse when my husband would get upset because she had accidents. He wasn't allowed to help so after trying to explain how it was done, she relaxed and so did I. But I tried not to make a big deal when she wet her pants. We used lots of undies. By Sunday she could stay dry in underwear. I actually learned it from a teacher that I taught with years ago.

I put on pull ups for car rides and night time. I limited the amount or drinking in the evening to avoid her waking up wet. Sometimes she did other times she didn't. I personally don't think you can teach how not to pee in your sleep. It happens when it happens. For her it didn't take long for her to not pee at night.

I will say it is difficult to potty train in 3 days but possible. It takes a lot of patience on the part of the parents. I said so what if she pees, that's how she learns. Even on carpet it can be cleaned up.

There were people who thought she should have been trained at 2 years old. I personally waited until she seemed ready. I didn't push her although we did get the potty at 2 just so she could get used to sitting on it. If your child is not ready don't force her because then it becomes a bad experience for her. She'll let you know when she's ready. You will see the signs. Good luck!
S.

I love this method! I did it with my daughter when she was about 2 months shy of her third birthday and plan to use it for my son in the next couple months. It was hard and we had a lot of accidents the first day and my daughter begged me for diapers all day. But I stuck to it and used rewards like crazy. Animal crackers for going pee and m&ms for poop. She also got dollar spot puzzles for the end of each day no matter how tough it was. Once she felt the wetness of the underwear it just kind of clicked for her. Our daughter's diapers were always totally soaked when she woke up, but once we started the training she was fine.The main thing we did was limit her juice and water intake after 6:00. She goes to bed around 8:00. She still got a cup of milk with stories. Don' t worry about the waking them up to pee at night, our daughter barely even woke up and always went right back to sleep. I know every kid is different, but try not to be too freaked out about the idea of waking her. Give it a try! Best of luck.

C.

I used her method for daytime with my son and he was trained in two days. However, he is still in pull-ups at night and is almost 5. I thought his sleep was more important than night training - doesn't she advocate waking the child up in the middle of the night to pee, if I remember correctly? - so I didn't follow those recommendations. My son won't go to college in pull-ups - he'll wake up dry when he's ready. :) Good luck with your training!

We did it and it worked for us. My son is 3 1/2 now and was potty trained at 22 months. We didn't follow the night time training exactly as she says to. He sleeps in underwear (and has for a long time now) and often we'll take him potty around 10 pm, he goes to bed at 745, and he'll wake up dry. Even on the nights we don't take him potty, he wakes up dry, but it makes me feel better to take him, just in case!! :) You have to really be committed to the 3 days...throw away all diapers, stay at home all day, repeatedly tell them to tell you if they have to potty, etc... There will be alot of accidents, so be ready for that!! Feel free to pm me with any questions!

I did this with my son...I would never do it again. I don't think it's something you can push in three days. Truthfully, it left him just as frustrated as we were. he got there in his own time...fully potty training but he does still wear pull ups at night and he's 4.5 yrs old. night vs. day seems to be a separate training/maturity thing
good luck!