Help needed: Potty Training

Corne - posted on 10/14/2009

Go on the web to Thepottytrianer.com heplful hints!

Corne - posted on 10/13/2009

My daugther was potty trained by 2½ years. I limited the drinks before bed and when I got up to go to the toilet at night I whoke her up to go as well. She is now 4 years when she want to go to the toilet at night se call me to take her. That worked for me.

Michele - posted on 10/11/2009

My daughter is five and still wets the bed most nights. I just put her in training underwear with waterproof pads. I honestly don't have the energy with twins for reward systems and have read that some kids wet the bed until puberty. I don't sweat it, just lots of bottom washing and we move on.

Elyde - posted on 10/10/2009

dont put the pull up . i started potty training my son at 2 1/2 and noticed that he only had an accident if i gave up or was too tired. after one month i stopped the pull up at night and made sure that the bed had a plastic. It is not easy beacuse they will have accidents but you have to just smile at them and say it was an accident try again. Of course the CLEAN UP is not fun but it is worth it. My son is 4 1/2 now and never has a nightime accident. Plus i get to get him extra clothes and toys with the money that we save. Sometime if you help explain that to them it helps. We also used a sticker chart after each week of accident free he got either a new book, a candy or to pick what we would eat for dinner. I hope for the best I know that it can be hard the last thing mom was to do in the morning rush is to clean sheets. and if at all fails. Set up a time like at 2 in the am to get up and take him even if he is sleeping prevent it and start a night time schedule.

Sherry - posted on 10/09/2009

every child is different, my son had a hard time with potty training and even when he was he still wet the bed, try some of the suggestions to see if they work for your child but if it doesn't don't be too discouraged, my son wet the bed till he was 12, wasn't until i had this problem that i found out it runs in my family, most of the boys wet the bed till very late in age, as well my son is a heavy sleeper (just like the other boys in my family), so not much would wake him up at night, i even had a hard time with it and sometimes he had no memory of getting up and going to the washroom, i tried all the suggestions but unforunately didn't work for me (though the not having drinks after a certain time before bed help minimize it) and i also went to the doctor when he was 8 to ensure nothing was medical wrong with him, i just had to wait till his body was ready, so be patience with your son, if the problems persist as he gets older he will need someone to understand because they fell very embrassed about it and usual don't want to talk about it (of course i am talking of an age older than yours), bed wetting is more common than most people think espically among boys.

Sarah - posted on 10/09/2009

Quoting Jackie:

Help needed: Potty Training

I have a 4 yr old who is only potty trained in the mornings. He still wears pull ups at bedtime. Can't help putting it because he wakes up with a soaked diaper. I think he's so lazy to go to potty when he's sleeping. Any advice?

dont let him drink about an hour before bedtime also make sure he goes to the toilet before bed. when u go to bed wake him up to go again - it worked for mine,

Andrea - posted on 10/08/2009

He will do it when he is ready, let him train his own body. Don't push it, it will only backfire on you. My daughter will be four next week, she still wears a pull up at night. We cut back on the drinks after 6pm, and she has been getting up to go potty or waking up dry for about 3 weeks now. I'm going to use the last package of pull ups and call it quits.

Sheena - posted on 10/08/2009

try waking him up in the middle of the night and use the potty... that and no drinks 1 hr before bed. my son was like that and this helped.

Karen - posted on 10/08/2009

When I potty trained my daughter about 2 months before her 3rd birthday, I literally used the last nappy of the pack at night and in the morning said "that's it, no more nappies, now you have to use the potty." There were a couple of nights during the following fortnight when I had to strip her bed at 1am because she'd had an accident, but they soon learn that they have to get up and use the potty in the night or deal with wet bedsheets. I think it is more confusing to a young child to be a 'big boy or girl' during the day with pants and using the potty then resort back to baby nappies - or pull-ups - at night.

Andrea - posted on 10/07/2009

Our daughter just was fully potty trained just before she turned 4. She made a monthly calendar and put it on her door and every morning she woke up dry, she would put a smily face on that day. Then a couple weeks later she would start going to the bathroom just before bedtime and noticed that there were more smilies. Then it just clicked and she has only had 2 accidents in 3 months. I didn't think that was too bad and they were both within a month of her really starting to wake up dry.

I hope that this helps. He will get it. We didn't offer any incentives because we don't want her to think that every time she does something good she will get something. Maybe using a special treat or favorite snack or dinner would work. That is what we usually offer instead of something monetary.

Chrystal - posted on 10/07/2009

My son willbe 3 next month. He is potty trained,but a few weeks back he started wetting the bed at night. So we started limiting his fluids from about 6:30 and 7:00 pm and wemade sure he went potty before bed. We also woke him up half way through the night to get hom to go to the bathroom. I didn't want to do that at first, but then it seemed like it was what reminded him to wake up after awhile.....hope that helps.

Robyn - posted on 10/07/2009

I agree with Carol, he needs to have an incentive to try to hold it all night long. What helped with both my son and my daughter was thick training underpants that felt like diapers but were cloth like underware, and a plastic sheet under the regular sheet on the mattress. It may take a few nights and you may be tired and doing extra laundry, but being wet is the negative consequence of not holding it, or gettingup to go. It sometimes helps to have a lighted path to the washroom with a potty seat on the big toilet as well. (Neither of my kids would use a potty chair) Persistence and consistency is key! Good luck! And remember to praise his efforts even if he has some accidents. "You made a great try, don't worry, you'll get it next time!"

Carol - posted on 10/07/2009

stop drinks after tea.and make sure that hes been to the toilet before bed. Then tell him that if he can go allnight without a accident he can have a treat, it trains his brain to hold it in for something good.then change it after three nights to after a week.at first give cake etc after a full week the movies of a day out. it works.and hes old enough to understand the benefits