https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 08 Apr 2026 16:10:07 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-night-train-your-toddler#post-2056066 Thu, 05 Feb 2015 15:24:04 +0000 chopsuey 2056066@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We trained 2 weeks before her 2nd birthday and she immediately started holding it during the night.<br /> I kept her in pull ups for about 2-3 weeks just in case, but she always woke up dry so I stopped.<br /> She's never had an overnight accident! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-night-train-your-toddler#post-2056031 Thu, 05 Feb 2015 15:03:34 +0000 MamaG 2056031@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At our three year appt the dr was pleased that we were day trained. He said night will come. And it did. He asked us about it before I could get to it b </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-night-train-your-toddler#post-2056023 Thu, 05 Feb 2015 15:01:23 +0000 irene 2056023@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thank you all - this is all very helpful! I guess I'd chill until we meet with our pediatrician at the 3 year appointment. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-night-train-your-toddler#post-2055420 Thu, 05 Feb 2015 10:30:27 +0000 regberadaisy 2055420@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD is 34m and has been day trained for ~6m. She still has accidents at night. We're just going to let it be for now. Like you we might mention it at her 3yr appointment but I'm not sweating it for now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-night-train-your-toddler#post-2055368 Thu, 05 Feb 2015 10:09:16 +0000 LuLu Mom 2055368@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD is day trained (we've stopped using pullups at nap within the last week with success) but we still do night. She's 28 months. It's 50/50 if she wakes up dry or wet, and like you I'm not ready to deal with middle of the night tantrums of her wetting herself. Our solution is putting on a pull up and then we put panties over top, so she still sees the undies. She does wake up some nights saying she needs to potty, so maybe an end is near. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-night-train-your-toddler#post-2055359 Thu, 05 Feb 2015 10:03:48 +0000 yellowbird 2055359@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We didn't really night train. She just started waking up to pee from night one. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-night-train-your-toddler#post-2055353 Thu, 05 Feb 2015 09:56:57 +0000 luckypenny 2055353@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We stopped putting diapers on at bedtime around 26 months. She's always had a pretty during bladder :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-night-train-your-toddler#post-2055297 Thu, 05 Feb 2015 09:25:54 +0000 Mamaof2 2055297@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@blackbird: I remember telling DS something similar - that when your brain can tell your body "wake-up wake-up I have to pee" then you can wear underwear at bedtime.</p> <p>I kept them both in diapers until they were dry for about 3 weeks in a row - took about 3 months after day training </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-night-train-your-toddler#post-2055289 Thu, 05 Feb 2015 09:22:01 +0000 blackbird 2055289@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was talking to our daycare lady about potty training and she said there's a physical switch that has to be turned on (maybe hormonal) before they can actually hold it in all night. She said it was wholly physical in that regard. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-night-train-your-toddler#post-2055107 Thu, 05 Feb 2015 02:30:15 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 2055107@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We day trained DD at 2.5... and because our kids ended up sharing a room, we stalled on night training her. we started about a week before she turned 4, and she was night trained within the week. prior to this she was still waking up wet in her pull-ups, so we never got lucky with her just suddenly one day waking up dry. she didn't start waking up dry until she peed in her bed at night a couple times. maybe she subconsciously just got it? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-night-train-your-toddler#post-2055105 Thu, 05 Feb 2015 02:25:18 +0000 lamariniere 2055105@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS was potty trained at 30 months, and night trained on his own by 32 months. We kept him in diapers at night until about 33 months. I don't know if there is really a way to night train, I think they just do it on their own. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-night-train-your-toddler#post-2055095 Thu, 05 Feb 2015 01:43:49 +0000 Bao 2055095@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did it along with day training at 28 months. We did the cold turkey no diaper route so maybe that helped? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-night-train-your-toddler#post-2055078 Thu, 05 Feb 2015 01:08:03 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 2055078@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>27.5 months. She did it entirely on her own (just started waking up dry). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-night-train-your-toddler#post-2055075 Thu, 05 Feb 2015 01:07:04 +0000 Skadi 2055075@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We aren't there yet, but from what I've observed with other families, if the kid doesn't naturally learn to hold it all night, you either keep the kid in pull-ups until school age, or you consistently wake them once at night to go to the bathroom.</p> <p>The former means lots of money spent on pull-ups (or lots of washing if you have cloth training pants). The latter means it's your responsibility to wake them up at, say, 11 PM every night for a quick trip to the potty. Both approaches seem valid, but I like that taking them to the potty empowers the kid in a way that wearing a pull-up does not. It sends the message that although they may need a little reminder to get up, they are not babies who need to wear special pants--they're just like adults. I imagine that with pull-ups, waking up wet is not a pleasant feeling. If I didn't have the control over my bladder that most adults do, and I was told I have the choice of wearing an adult diaper or having my husband wake me up to remind me to make an extra trip to the bathroom to empty my bladder, I would choose the latter hands down. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-night-train-your-toddler#post-2055054 Thu, 05 Feb 2015 00:21:49 +0000 sarac 2055054@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Soon after she trained at 28 months. She was just ready - you truly can't 'train' for nighttime. I think that most kids aren't ready until 3 or 4, and plenty even later. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-night-train-your-toddler#post-2055039 Wed, 04 Feb 2015 23:53:12 +0000 MamaG 2055039@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I thought we were there back in May at 33 months and about two months into day training. She woke up most mornings dry. And then suddenly she was consistently wet. I didn't push. Finally I put a number to it in my mind. Seven nights in a row dry and I'd be willing to try no diapers at night. We got there in November at 3 years 3 months. Since then she's had just a few overnight accidents. She typically doesn't wake to use the restroom at night. Just holds it all night. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-night-train-your-toddler#post-2055009 Wed, 04 Feb 2015 23:29:52 +0000 looch 2055009@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Night training, as I understand it, is not possible...the thing that you're waiting for is a hormone to be excreted that wakes them go to the bathroom/controls bladder function.</p> <p>We use pull ups at 4 years old, my son wakes up dry most mornings, but as a WOHM, I just can't be dealing with laundry in the middle of the week. He also doesn't complain, we've talked about how pull ups are different than diapers and serve a different purpose. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-night-train-your-toddler#post-2055005 Wed, 04 Feb 2015 23:24:13 +0000 irene 2055005@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My son is 3, and he's been day-trained for 2-3 months now. He would have a few accidents sparingly during the day time. Some nights he would remain a dry diaper while other nights he would have a wet diaper in the morning. He would get up and go to the bathroom at night, if he was awake for it. He would ask to wear his underwear at night at some of the nights, but I gave him a diaper at night regardless.</p> <p>My question is, when did you night train your toddler, and how did you do it? Things are all good with us, and I just dread that thought of stripping him out of his night time diaper and deal with the pee accidents in the odd hours in the morning while dealing with tantrums of wetting his bed. If I had a choice, I would prefer not to do anything about it until he is consistently dry every night, but then I don't know if that's the right thing to do. Our 3 year old appointment is a few weeks later so thought I'd ask here if I should do it soon, or if I should take it easy! </p>