Potty Training Through the Night...

Most three year old are not physically ready to stay dry all night. If you really want her to wear underwear at night, take her to the bathroom before you go to bed. This may help her go all night.

Maybe no more drinks after 7pm. But I think she will over time develop stronger muscles to be able to contol herself @ night.

She might not be able to hold it yet. All kids are different.
AND, give them some credit! Once my son was potty trained, I used a pull up at night b/c I thought I'd avoid the whole sheet change issue at night. After about a week of him being dry in the morning, I was still reluctant to get rid of that pull up! He told ME: "Mom, I want to wear underwear at night, not a pull up." I figured, here we go....but he never had a wet bed after that. He knew he was ready!
I would advise you to follow your daughter's lead. If she wants the night pull up let her use O. until she has a few weeks of dry mornings. Then try the undies. She'll get it!

Hi T.,
I'm going thru the same thing with my daughter. I have 2 older boys who were fine sleeping thru the nite. They were completely potty trained b-4 their 3rd birthdays. My daughter, turned 3 in September, is fine in her panties all day. However, she still requires a pull-up at nite.
I do think it's the immaturity of her bladder.
For my boys, I waited until the pull-up was dry for 7 nights...and then that was that. I put them to bed in their underwear. However, my daughter is not dry when she wakes up. She's been dry a few times, but not consistently.
I wouldn't worry about it.

Just wait until she dry for at least a week.
HOpe this helps.

My experience has been that you cannot really "train" them for staying dry through the night. Three years old is really too young to expect your child to stay dry all night. Your daughter's body isn't ready for that yet. Just relax and it will happen in your daughter's timing, not yours.

I would suggest, if you haven't done so already, to get a vinyl mattress cover. The kind that you put the mattress inside of and it zippers closed. This will avoid the need for you to have to replace the mattress because of your daughter peeing on it during the night.

Good Luck.

Mine are deep sleepers and won't wake to pee. Staying dry at night is just developmental. When all of those little muscles and nerves are ready, she'll be dry in the morning and it will be time. It can take years beyond daytime training for nighttime to happen.

T.,
I've been through this with both of my kids! Your daughter is still very very young. . Some kids just don't follow the wait until they are dry at night until you potty train them. Bedwetting runs in families - like mine My middle school teachers would have been changing diapers if my mother had followed that rule!

I've done far more than my share of reading about this. My understanding is that not being potty trained through the night is more of a laundry issue than a parenting or medical issue. Children mature at very different rates and there are a few different parts of them that need to mature for them to achieve night time dryness. If she still needs a Pull-up at night when she is in 1st or 2nd grade, then there are things you can do to help her. Most kids outgrow the problem long before that. My daughter, who is in second grade now, is almost always dry now without any interventions at all.

We did take a more active approach with my son between 1st and 2nd grade because he was still soaking everything every night and, most importantly he asked for help. Having successfully coached one child through this I would not do it again unless the other child begged to. I would much rather wash wet sheets every day than try to do it with someone who wasn't ready. Teaching him to actually hear and listen to his body's signals was a long and complicated process. It took considerable work on his part and mine. I wholeheartedly believe the books I read when they say children aren't mature enough for any of that before they are between 5 and 7 years old. It really was a struggle for him and I am still very proud of him for sticking it though. I doubt your daughter will every get to this point - most kids don't. If neither you nor your husband wet the bed the odds are strongly in your favor!

I've also read that the only time you need to worry about medical or psychological issues causing a lack of nighttime dryness is when the child was previously dry and begins wetting again. (Of course if you have concerns it never hurts to talk to her doctor.) My advice to you would be to relax and wait. When she's asleep she really doesn't have control yet and you can't teach her control.

Good-luck,
K. L.

Hi, My daughter is 4.1/2 and has just started to be consistently dry at night the past 2 mths, apparantly its an unconcious thing and there isnt much they can do about it. almost like a switch in their body that matures at different times.. Frustrating I know.. Do yourself a favor dont sweat it, it really just happens on its own..

I think it is very exciting that she is trained during the day and is still wet at night. I have four children. The pediatrician and every well meaning person I knew at the time said that kids are usually ready to be trained when they are dry at night? That is what mine did. I left a pull up (or diaper) on them until they were dry at night.

One theory is to cut back on liquids in the evening. Personally, unless the cost is an issue, I would give it neither positive or negative attention. Eventually it will happen natuarally. You will have a dry night or two, then a few wet, until the pattern is all dry.

I teach preschool- better dry at night- trust me:)
M.

I agree with the other moms-- you can either try to get her up in the middle of the night (which I don't really support-- most kids are sleep deprived as it is, but you know your kids best) in which case you really have toilet trained PARENTS, but can get out of pullups, or you can just wait until she's developmentally ready. It is considered "normal" for girls to be still wetting the bed at night at age 5 (6 for boys). So, I'd just give her some time, and NOT make an issue about it, or you'll be in a power struggle.

We used to take them to the bathroom before we went to bed (about 11) and then again when my husband got up (6:30). They used to go right back to bed. Hope this helps :-)

There is no such thing as "potty training" through the night. You're daughter's bladder simply isn't mature enough yet. I would be careful making a big deal about it and giving a complex. Be thanksul she was trained so young and let nature take it's course ;-)

T.,

I can't really give you no advice on what to do, but I can give you some input on what could be causing it. My friend had the same problem until her daughter was five, and the doctors told her that it could be something psychological related. I'm only saying this because the child has been trained for a year.

Hi T.,

Here are two web sites:

http://www.kidica.com/raising-children/parenting-tips/toi...

http://www.underjams.com/stop-bewetting/bedwetting_101.php

Hope this helps. Good luck. D.

Relax and give it some time.

It's hard to "train" a child at night since they're sleeping. My two youngest boys (2 of the triplets) are having the hardest time with this. The other three stayed dry at night not long after staying dry during the day. Some kids can stay dry soon after day training, but many others can take months for their bladder to mature to the point of holding urine for hours during the night when theyr'e sleeping. I know it's annoying but you'll have to wait it out until the bladder matures. After all, she's still just 3.

K. B
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there are a couple of tricks. No soda. No liquids after supper. And at bedtime, have her go on the potty, then 30 minutes later, have her try again. The "double void" thing might help to drain any extra.

If that doesn't work -- I would give her the gift of time and not make a big deal of it. The fact that she's got it down during the day is a BIG blessing. :-)