Nighttime potty training age

13 Nighttime Potty Training Tips: How to Potty Train at

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1. Go in order. Somehow, somewhere there is probably a child who learned how to hold his urine through the night before he learned how to do it when he was awake.
2. Know when to start. Your child may tell you that they’re ready to sleep without a diaper – go with their enthusiasm! But if your son or daughter seems perfectly content to sleep in diapers until middle-age, you might have to seek out the signs that they’re ready for the next level.
3. A word of caution on diapers. Many parents put their kids in overnight diapers for an extended period after they’re potty trained. That’s understandable: it gets old cleaning sheets day after day.
4. Mentally prepare yourself. In order for nighttime potty training to be successful, both you and your child should be mentally prepared. For you, this means summonsing every ounce of patience (you’ll need it!)
5. Stock up on extra……everything! It’s time to go shopping! When you’re planning to conquer overnight potty training, stocking up on materials is essential.
6. Don’t punish or shame. Sure, potty training can drive even the most patient parents insane. But your child isn’t having an easy time either – they don’t like wetting their bed (sitting in your own pee isn’t fun for anyone).
7. Limit liquids. You don’t have to limit your child’s consumption of liquids at all hours – here’s one ice cube for the day Frances, make it last. But timing is everything.
8. Go potty before bed. It’s a given that you should instruct your child to go potty before they hit the hay, but don’t just do it once: do it twice. An hour or so before bed, take your child to the restroom.
9. Encourage bathroom use. Kids wake up for various reasons during the night – they hear a noise, they have a bad dream, the monster under their bed snores too loud.
10. Wake them up early. Many nighttime accidents don’t happen at night, per se; instead, they happen when your child first wakes up in the morning. They begin to stir and then they begin to pee.

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