Overnight Potty Training - Ramsey,NJ

I am one of those parents that do not cut off the drinks, some kids just sleep harder than others, and some kids sdo not have the sensation that they have to go until too late. If that is the only accidents I would let it ride for a while she will out grow it. I know of kids that ware overnights until they were 7. Mine on the other hand all out grew the bed wetting issues by 3 3.5 yrs. Good luck, and give it time, she will get it.

nap time and night time dryness... does NOT occur at the same time as daytime 'potty training.' Sleep dryness, is a skill/ability/biological thing, that occurs as the organs matures.

So, diapers at naps and bedtime is fine.
They will NOT get confused.

AND use a waterproof bed pad directly under her. To make clean up easier. I got 4 of them from Amazon. For my kids. Which I used every night and for my son's naps.

She is normal.

Again, night time/nap time dryness is SEPARATE from day time pottying.
It can take even until 7 years old, to attain. Biologically.

all the best,
Susan

Night training is often a separate step, dependent on physical and nervous development. Your daughter may need a few more months before night-time bladder control kicks in. It's not within her conscious control.

I've heard (don't really know) that limiting liquids in the evening doesn't make much difference, but that's probably something to experiment with, because kids are such individuals. Thirst at night would probably also vary from one child to the next.

You could try getting her up for a potty stop during the night, but it may not be enough and the disturbance to her sleep could have other negative effects.

Some parents get a couple of absorbent, waterproof pads for the bed to catch the overflow.

I wouldn't push night training right now she is little. Most doctors don't consider wetting a night a problem until around 8 (or atleast that is when they will consider medication for it). Its been a hot summer at least in my area so I say let her drink as much as she wants right now. My oldest was a deep sleeper and wet the bed until he was physically capable to hold it all night. My youngest is a terrible sleeper and wakes easy and gets up once during the night to go.

Our cut off time for drinks is at 8:30 pm. She uses the potty before transferring to different activities, naps, and bedtime. We also used pull-ups at bedtime but found that since she knew she had one on, she'd use it and thus not learning to hold her urine. It took a few nights for her to get the idea that waking up wet was not fun.

She is just not physically ready and reducing her fluid intake will make her dehydrated and that makes the wetting worse due to bladder infections and all kinds of other issues. Just put some extra stuff in the pull ups, like the smaller Depends napkin shaped pads, and keep working at it. We used the overnight Huggies and J never leaked out of them. We use the overnight pull ups now that are dark blue and have Woody and Buzz Lightyear on them and he has never wet out of them either. Being night time dry takes years sometimes and it's not their fault. Their body is not producing the needed chemicals to wake them up and tell them they need to go. Some kids can be in elementary school before that chemical kicks in.

I'm assuming that you are using pull-ups all day as well. My daughter would deliberately wet a pull up at nap time in order to get attention instead of taking her nap. She wore Gerber training pants (thick panties) during the day and stays dry. I was putting a pull up on her for nap time and bed time. My mom suggested that I keep her in the Gerber training pants during nap time and see what happens. She now wakes up dry about half of the time and will get up and use the potty chair in her room if she needs to go while still awake. Once she masters nap time, I plan to do this at night as well. She refuses to use a potty while wearing a pull-up. She considers them diapers and uses them accordingly. This may not be the issue with your daughter though. Her bladder may not be large enough yet to handle a full 2 to 3 hour nap or overnight yet. It will mature as she grows and eventually she will be able to stay dry during nap and later overnight. My 4 year old boy still wets the bed, but boys bed wetting runs in our family and my doctor says we will address the problem when he is older. This problem effects both boys and girls although more boys than girls. Most outgrow it by the age of 4. I would not worry about it yet. My daughter is 2 years and 8 1/2 months old and we are still dealing with the issue. I do not limit her drinks yet but I do limit my sons drinks after dinner. I will let him get a sip of water if he is thirsty but not more than a sip. I do this by putting a very small amount in his cup and that is all he gets at that time. I still put my daughter to bed with a cup of milk and will until she turns 3. I am using the huggies overnight pull ups on my daughter. You may try waking her before you go to bed and take her to the bathroom and then back to bed since she is flooding the bed through her diaper. We are not having that issue yet.

Like many other posters said, it just takes time. My 4.5 year old is 50 lbs and still not dry reliably overnight. He started being dry for naps sometime when he was 3. He was not fully daytime trained until he was almost 4 (and he is still not perfect if he is sick or tired). Night time pull ups are okay for absorbency but Good nights are a lot better when she is big enough for them. Diapers are better absorbency than the good nights.

I had a friend who was a bed wetter for years (I think she was 12 or so when it stopped). They tried limiting fluids an hour before bedtime, waking up 2 or 3 times at night, etc. but she just had to outgrow it.

Hi- My daughter is onl a little older than yours. We don't cut off drinks (thirst is thirst for little ones). If you'd like to see what happens, try no diaper, etc, just for naps. If she soils herself, don't get upset, be matter of fact about clean-up. Maybe she'll show she's ready, maybe not. We had success this way.
As far as night time, I wouldn't tackle it yet bc you wouldn't want to overwhelm her. If she is always soaked, she is very likely not ready. One mom I know used to always have 2 sets of sheets on the bed with plastic in between. This way it was less disruptive (just rip top set off and throw in wash till more convenient time). Good luck.

typically, its takes one year from daytime potty training for a child to stay dry at night consistently.

Yank the pull-ups. She's not fully trained until she can make herself go thru the night without wetting. Pull-ups are just a lighter diaper in my opinion, so while she's sleeping, she thinks she's got a diaper on. I just potty trained my son and yanked the diapers cold turkey, never did pull ups for anything. He has only wet the bed twice and it's been over a month since he's been trained.

A friend of mine was having a similar issue...her daughter will wait until she has a pull-up on to poop. She took the pull-up away, now she poops on the potty.

Good luck,
Lynsey

Just let her be for right now. She just cannot go thru the night. Be thankful
she is trained during the day.

Don't rush it. Her body doesn't seem to be ready yet.

Hi There,
2.5 for a girl is average for daytime training, but very early for night time training. My daughter was fully daytime trained with no accidents well before her third birthday, but at 4.5, is still wet every single night. She wears overnight pull-ups and seem to absorb just fine. She too is a deep sleeper. I actually have started to wake her up at 11pm and sit her on the potty... she pees, and pretty much stays asleep, and I put her back in bed... she is still wet in the morning. She does not drink excessively, especially before bed, so this doesn't make a difference. Her pediatrician said it is nothing to worry about, some kids just physically aren't developed enough for their bladdar to send the message to the brain while sleeping. Also, it can be hereditatry, and my husbands family all wet the bed until like 8 or 10 years old (especially the males). Our pediatrician said if it goes on beyond ages 6 their are meds. My point is, she is very young to worry about her staying dry at night... if she is still wet every night, she just needs more time.