Night Toilet Training HELP

[tam_aiden3yrs]

My 3.5 year old son has been fully toliet trained during the day for over a year now. :D Still having trouble getting him out of nappies at nights. :confused: Your tips and advise needed.

[melzy]

I threw myself in the deep end when it came to toilet training. I didn't really know what to do. I decided not to use nappies or pull-ups after about a week during night and just though I'd see what happened. I was told that putting pullups and nappies on makes them lazy but I hear boys are harder than girls.

I'd make sure you have a matress protector.
Do you give your son lots of drinks prior to going to bed?
Get him to do a wee just before going to bed and as soon as he gets up.
Tell him that he is a big boy now and that he doesn't need to wear a nappy to bed.

Good luck.

[mummyb]

dont even worry about it ,seriously .
i had the very same problem with my darling ds .he was 4 last july and has only been fully toilet trained at night since the start of this year ,so four and a half.
we took him to the ecc and they said you can get arefferal to the kids hospital to see a specialst but they dont consider it a problem untill there 7 yrs with boys but 5 yrs with girls.
heres my ideas on how to realy help hope they work for you .

no big drinks after an hour before bed,
toilet before bed
pick him up before you go to bed and put him on the loo make sure he wakes up alittle so he knows he is going .
buy pull ups i know there not cheap but they build confidence, realy push the idea that there not nappies.
dont lecture ,nag or seem disapointed if he isnt dry in the morning . only postive renforcement will make i happen.
start a sticker chart ,when theres a dry night you get asticker when you have 5 in a row you get a treat.

remember little ones play hard so they sleep hard :) most of the time if you dont say anything htey wont even know.

every child is diffrent it may take him a long time or he might just get it tonight.
dont make a big deal out of it we keept it between me dh and granma that way he didnt have to feel any shame about something so small.
oh and have you noticed they make night nappies for up to 9 year old s ?? theres no way huggies is making those at aloss people must buy them . :rolleyes:
good luck and may you have peacefull dreams and dry night s love mummyb

[Ky]

Night training is completely different to daytime training. It is not a matter of just feeling the urge to go, but a chemical "switch" has to have been activated in the childs brain which allows them to concentrate thier urine overnight before you have any hope of training happening! In some children this is as early as 18 months or as late as 13 years!

My daughter is 4 ½, no problems with day time but still has a very wet nappy each morning ... her body just isn't ready! My son is 2 ½ and is dry most mornings although he has no idea during the day!

Docotrs will usually not even consider that your child has a problem until they are past the age of 7 and still wetting continuously. For some children (and I know of an entire family this happened with!) the switch does not turn on until they hit puberty!

Needless to say, I don't think that you should be worried yet ... he is obivously doing extremely well during the day ... a nappy at night shouldn't be too much of a concern. Ask parents of children in thier first year of school and you will find that almost 50% of the children are still wearing a night nappy/pull-up of some description. It is not uncommon and nothing for your child to be embarrassed by.

Personally, my daughter can stay in nappies until she has several dry nights in a row and then I will consider taking her out of them.

Now to train my son during the day .... :rolleyes:

[Artemis]

I agree.. It isn't something that you really push a child into. Their brain experiences chemical stimuli that alerts them to the need to go to the toilet.. it is purely a wait it out issue until they are over 7 years..

I think that simply making as little fuss over it as possible so that he doesn't feel abnormal is the best way to go.. When you have a dry night - talk about it with him and then leave it at that.

Good Luck :D