“My eldest has been potty trained since she was 18 months. But she still needs a nappy at night now at 4 years. Any tips on how to stop that?”
One of our lovely TMC followers needs some advice ❤️
What advice would you have for our follower in regards to helping your little one get dry at night?
Have you been in a similar situation? What did you do? Do you have any good advice?
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What our community has said about nighttime potty training
@baking_with_boys We talked loads and loads about not needing nappy in the future and our son decided on his own to try stay dry. He managed 7 days dry in a nappy and we have taken it away since. He isn’t perfect overnight still. We almost always do a dream wee around 10pm and leave potty in his room. He is dry overnight when we do this. We try reduce liquids before bed but that’s so hard, but would help too. Good luck
@kaylin.marie.ig I think my son was around 5 when we stopped diapers at night and my daughter is also 4 and still needs them. I remind myself that they sell nighttime diapers at the store for like up to teen years so maybe I don’t need to stress about it 😂
@mud.and.memories Agree with all the above – it’s not something like day time you can train. It’s more a waiting game. It’s been shown that all the old tricks of no drinks before bed etc , don’t actually work and it’s all hormone based. My oldest was 7 before she was dry at night. I did read once there’s some thought that it may be generic too. I don’t know more about that, but it’d make sense because I was on the later end of night time dryness as well.
@my_little_life_as_mummy My daughter was dry in the day at two but was 4 1/2 the time she was dry at night I think it just all depends on the child . She used to be a deep sleeper where is my son is a light sleeper and was dry night and Day by two
@tales.and.tarot I moved my eldest onto pull up pants and said they were big girl bedtime pants. It was toilet time for mummy and little one before bed (to encourage going before bed) and then we upgraded to pants in bed and then it was dry nights from then. It was a slow process but I fully believe kids work at their own pace xx
@our_jersey_life My son is 4 and we started to take him to the toilet at 10pm before we went to bed – he was half asleep but got into the habit of waking up around that time to go. Sometimes we still do this if he doesn’t wake up himself but means he’s out of nappies and no accidents – worth a try xxx
@positively_katiebee It’s purely based on hormones. It’s not something they can learn, it is to come when their body is ready. You can reduced drinks and encourage her to go to the loo before bed to reduce how much she wee’s overnight but that’s all
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