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nighttime PT'ing help needed!
DD has been daytime PT'd since February. We didn't even attempt
nighttime, because we finally got this kid sleeping till a reasonable
hour and I just didn't want to deal with it. Anyway, over the past two
weeks, she has taken her Pull Up off in the middle of the night, every
night. She always puts her PJs back on, but puts her wet PU in the
corner. We've gotten wise to this, so before we go to bed, we make a
stop in her room to put a new dry one on. Then, often by morning, that
one is off again. When you ask her why she does it, she says it's
because she peed in it and it was wet. So... I'm thinking she's
"ready" to start night training. Any suggestions on how to attempt
this? Go straight to underwear? Stick with the PU? Put a potty in her
room? There are two staircases in our upstairs hallway (one up, one
down) so I'm scared to let her try to get to the bathroom on her own...
What did you do that worked? Thanks!
Re: nighttime PT'ing help needed!
We just winged it Amy. He was only in pull up's at night, then one night I said what the heck, he has a mattress protector if he wets the bed.
Well I just made sure he did not have drinks after 6:30-7pm and made sure that using the potty was part of our routine right before we walked into his bedroom. He has only had 1 accident in a week and that was partially my fault because we were having it out trying to get him down, he was using the "I want to brush my teeth again, I need a drink, I need to pee" excuses and I ignored it, and he did need to pee!
No real help here because when we started potty training, we went full out, and did day and night training at the same time. Straight to underwear full time, so I never had to transition her from a pull-up to underwear, it was just part of our process.
But, here's what we did... Perhaps it *will* help you!
Like Amanda, we cut off drinks a couple hours before bedtime. Basically, after dinner, no more drinks. If she said she was thirsty, I'd let her have a sip of something, but not a full cup.
Our nighttime routine starts with brushing our teeth downstairs. I'd ask her if she needed to go, at that point. If she didn't, I didn't push it. Then we go upstairs and read/play in her room for another half hour. At the end of that time, we go to our upstairs bathroom and she has to try to pee. Then, it's prayers and a song and a reminder to "let mom know if you have to go potty during the night." At the beginning, I even had her "practice" calling to me. I'd ask her, "how do you call mom when you have to pee?" She'd then call out, "Moommmm! I have to go potty!!" If she was to quiet, I told her to try again because I couldn't hear her. That little addition helped because my daughter can be very.very.very quiet!
After 2 nights with an accident where we had to change the sheets mid-night (she was waking up and sitting up, but not getting out of bed to go to the bathroom), I put a mattress on her floor and slept in her room. When she'd stir, I'd quietly remind her, "Remember to tell mom when you have to pee or poop." Sometimes, it would be a quick question, "Do you have to pee? Do you have to poop?" She got to the point where she'd quietly answer me "No" without even waking up fully. When she did have to go, she started telling me. I slept on her floor for about one week beyond the point where she started either waking up during the night and telling me she had to go without my prompting, or waking up dry. All in all, I was on her floor for less than 2 weeks.
When she woke up in the morning, I immediately had her go onto the potty to try. If she didn't go in 10 or so seconds, we'd take her off. Then we were back on our regular daytime potty training process, and she typically would just go when she had to.
Nighttime training only took a couple extra days in the whole potty training process, but I still bunked in her room for a little longer than that just to be on the safe side. There were still a few small accidents in the month that followed, but they were typically where she'd catch that she was starting to go in her underwear and stop herself. Most of those "accidents" only required changing her underwear, or had the smallest wet spot on her bottom sheet (that didn't even make it to the mattress protector!).
If you end up having specific questions, I'd be more than happy to help if I can!
We never used pull ups. Not even at night.
Ella was still in the crib when she was potty trained so there was no way she could get out to use the bathroom without calling for us.
I was putting her in a diaper at night for bed and one night she said she didn't want a diaper so I put panties on her. She woke up dry and has literally had 1 accident since then. That was like a year or two ago too. She also has never woken up to use the bathroom at night.
This!! LOL!
Just kidding, I wouldn't bunk on the floor either. I haven't been thru it myself yet, but this could cause her to get used to you being in her room with her and have issues going to bed alone again when its all over IMO.
For what it's worth, it was a super easy transition for us even after this. But, really as long as Shannon hasn't had anything to drink for a few hours before bed, and has gone potty 2x since dinner, she pretty much sleeps right through the night.
Since you know that Cassidy has at least been waking up to take off her Pull Up when she feels she's wet, it will probably be an easier transition for you and my "potty whisperer" routine won't be necessary. Maybe try limiting her nighttime drinks now and see if she is able to wake up dry. If she does for a week or so, then just put her in underwear at night. Have several sets of sheets/blankets ready for if/when she has an accident at night.
Good luck!