Ideas on potty training at bedtime?

Amazingly enough, she will start waking up on her own. I remember being in Orlando on vacation and in the middle of the night my son sat up and said Mommy, I need to go potty!

I was like wow, let's go let's go let's go. He just knew he needed to go, and was so used to going during the day.

Until then, there are a couple of things you can do to prevent the night time bed messes:

a) Be sure she isn't drinking a ton before bedtime. They all want that glass of water, but hello, it only helps to fill their bladder.

b) Be sure she is going right before bedtime. Even if she says she doesn't have to, make her sit and try.

c) Encourage her each night that if she has to go, she should not be afraid to holler for you.

d) Night time pull-ups are perfectly acceptable. Reward her any time she wakes up in the morning with a dry one, and any time she wakes up in the middle of the night to go. This will encourage her. (and of course I don't mean with a brand new doll baby every time, or money, but something that she enjoys, like 5 M&Ms, or getting to watch 5 minutes extra t.v. at bedtime, that kind of thing).

Wishing you much luck - God bless!

1. Limit her liquid intake a couple of hours before bedtime.

2. Take her potty before putting her down for the night.

3. Let her know that if she feels like she has to go potty in the middle of the night that its alright for her to come to you for help (light on, getting on the toilet)

4. Encourage her to night train herself.

Our daughter overheard me telling her dad one evening before bed that I was going to start night training her within the next couple of days. We did the potty routine as usual that night. The very next day our daughter announced to us that she was going to start night training herself that very night! Of course we encouraged it completely, telling her that if she needed help she was more than welcome to come get one of us.

For a few weeks she would come get one of us to help, had some accidents on occasion, and generally did really well getting to the toilet on time. Within a few months she was totally potty trained, day, nap and nighttime.

Now she is nearly 5 y/o and goes on her own without waking us at all. She still has an accident, but very rarely.

Good luck!