https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 25 Apr 2026 23:09:52 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-night-train-when-you-day-trained#post-1935382 Fri, 07 Nov 2014 18:52:03 +0000 sarac 1935382@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yeah, night training is kind of a myth, imho. In that you can't really 'train' them as you might be able to during the day - it's purely physiological. My 3 year old has been trained for nearly a year, and she still has night time accidents every few weeks. Honestly, we're the ones who need training - if we'd just remember to be firm about making her pee if she wakes at night, it wouldn't ever be a problem. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-night-train-when-you-day-trained#post-1935342 Fri, 07 Nov 2014 17:51:21 +0000 MamaG 1935342@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>In May (about 6 months in) I was ready to pull night time diapers as she was waking up fairly consistently dry. Then we went on vacation. It's been highly inconsistent since then, with diapers wet more than dry. We are currently working on 7 days dry before changing over to underwear. I'm not sure how this will work out, but today was day 5. This is the longest stretch we've had dry since May!</p> <p>Like @looch: I haven't been able to just bite the bullet and be done. I don't have the time to deal with a wet bed every morning. As it is/was, her diapers were leaking and I was having to change sheets nearly twice every week regardless. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-night-train-when-you-day-trained#post-1935339 Fri, 07 Nov 2014 17:44:36 +0000 regberadaisy 1935339@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope, we just day trained and fully expected her to have wet overnight diapers for a long time after. But a few weeks after being day trained she started waking up with dry diapers! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-night-train-when-you-day-trained#post-1935326 Fri, 07 Nov 2014 17:32:59 +0000 cascademom 1935326@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We day trained but not night and naps a month ago. Once he's dry for naps consistently, we'll move to night training. Last night before bed, he wet his undies as he told us. It was random compared to how good he is normally. He's a little over 2 years old. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-night-train-when-you-day-trained#post-1935258 Fri, 07 Nov 2014 16:41:12 +0000 lamariniere 1935258@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We didn't night train. I was fully prepared to do night diapers for years. But, within about 3 weeks of potty training, DS was waking up dry every day. We completely ditched diapers about 2 months after we trained him. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-night-train-when-you-day-trained#post-1935077 Fri, 07 Nov 2014 15:30:15 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 1935077@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No! We day trained when DD was 2.5... she is still wearing pull-ups to sleep and she's turning 4 in 2 more months!! At first we decided to wait bc she had a regression and we wanted to get day training squared away first. Plus, she was still waking up with a pretty heavy pull-up!</p> <p>Then, we ended up having them share a room, and the idea of night training her and possibly waking up DS deterred us. </p> <p>My SIL is moving out at the end of the month, so once she moves out we will put them in separate rooms temporarily just for night training purposes.</p> <p>Has anyone by chance night trained while the sibs occupied one shared room? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-night-train-when-you-day-trained#post-1935069 Fri, 07 Nov 2014 15:24:56 +0000 Baby Boy Mom 1935069@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Bao: no problem! :) honestly it is more about when WE are ready than it is about them. Psych yourself up and dive in. (I was SO sick of washing cloth for two and we had travel plans coming up that I really didn't want to lug around so many diapers, so that was my motivation). :goodluck: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-night-train-when-you-day-trained#post-1935061 Fri, 07 Nov 2014 15:21:08 +0000 mauxie 1935061@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We night trained at the same time. There wasn't much to do besides limiting liquids after dinner and making sure she went to the potty right after waking up for the day. It was a bit of a drag having to go to her as soon as I heard her wake up, but now I know she can hold it for 10-30 minutes after waking so she will play a bit in her room and then go pee. I did get a mattress protector though just in case and she wears thicker underwear at night than her usual daytime undies. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-night-train-when-you-day-trained#post-1935023 Fri, 07 Nov 2014 15:04:58 +0000 looch 1935023@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So, in our case, I still have my son in pull ups at night. He's 4 soon and mostly dry in the mornings, but there are occasions when he does wake up wet, and as a working mom that has to get out of the house at 6:30am, I don't have time to deal with bed changing mid week. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-night-train-when-you-day-trained#post-1934967 Fri, 07 Nov 2014 14:46:39 +0000 Bao 1934967@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Baby Boy Mom: ok, thanks! She is 26.5 months now, was thinking of waiting until January...we will see! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-night-train-when-you-day-trained#post-1934963 Fri, 07 Nov 2014 14:45:34 +0000 Baby Boy Mom 1934963@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Bao: 22.5 months </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-night-train-when-you-day-trained#post-1934951 Fri, 07 Nov 2014 14:42:22 +0000 Bao 1934951@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@autumnlove: Yes, please let me know ;) good luck! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-night-train-when-you-day-trained#post-1934945 Fri, 07 Nov 2014 14:41:11 +0000 autumnlove 1934945@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Bao: We started potty training at the end of March. She still wet or pooped in her night and nap diapers consistently until July. She has been mostly dry since August so I think I need to pull the plug...I'll let you know how it goes tonight. FX! I just waste disposable diapers right not but I guess I could find a larger cloth diaper cover for her to use at night with a prefold or flat CD. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-night-train-when-you-day-trained#post-1934934 Fri, 07 Nov 2014 14:37:30 +0000 Bao 1934934@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ok! Re-wording my question, how long after you initially started potty training did your LO stay dry all night, and then at what point did you decide to go to underwear only :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-night-train-when-you-day-trained#post-1934931 Fri, 07 Nov 2014 14:35:31 +0000 cheesetomywhine 1934931@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD has been day trained for about 7 months but she still wears diapers at night. She stopped wearing them for naps about a month ago. She still pees a lot at night so we aren't there yet. Just recently she has said she wants to wear her big gitl pants to bed but I don't think she is ready. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-night-train-when-you-day-trained#post-1934930 Fri, 07 Nov 2014 14:34:53 +0000 Bao 1934930@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Baby Boy Mom: When did you start potty training him? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-night-train-when-you-day-trained#post-1934921 Fri, 07 Nov 2014 14:31:58 +0000 Baby Boy Mom 1934921@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Bao: ya, I changed a lot A LOT of sheets those first couple of months. One thing some people have success with is taking them to the potty half asleep before you go to bed, so around 11pm or so. That didn't really work for us though because the problem was always the early morning hour or two before he woke up. Limiting liquids as night helped a little but the thing that helped most was time...closer to 2.5 he could stay dry the whole night. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-night-train-when-you-day-trained#post-1934896 Fri, 07 Nov 2014 14:20:29 +0000 Bao 1934896@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Baby Boy Mom: I can see my LO being that way, once she can wear "big girl underwear" I know she is so stubborn/independent she won't want to wear the diapers anymore. This is one of the reasons why I asked this question, probably not worded the right way, but hoping LO can jump right into underwear at night, too, without me having to clean up a mess every morning :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-night-train-when-you-day-trained#post-1934879 Fri, 07 Nov 2014 14:15:09 +0000 Baby Boy Mom 1934879@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Once he was day trained he didn't want diapers at night anymore. It took a while longer for him to stay dry all night and we still have occasional accidents from time to time. But I know what our triggers are so it's basically my "fault". </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-night-train-when-you-day-trained#post-1934861 Fri, 07 Nov 2014 14:06:45 +0000 Bao 1934861@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ok to clarify, for example my siblings just ditched all diapers with their kids, no night diapers at all and their kids wet the bed maybe once or twice. I have a few other friends going through potty training right now and they just put a diaper on their LO at night and they always wet it. So I guess maybe it's just coincidental as to how it worked out with these kids...clearly, I don't know how potty training works yet! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-night-train-when-you-day-trained#post-1934840 Fri, 07 Nov 2014 13:57:21 +0000 MamaG 1934840@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't know how to night train, so we didn't. Nearly a year later we are to the point where I'm hopeful we will get out of night diapers soon. We started training November 2013. We didn't do any specific method. We stayed in nap diapers for about 5 months, before we abandoned them. She will still occasionally have a nap accident at school. At home we limit her lunch drink and force the usage of the potty before nap. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-night-train-when-you-day-trained#post-1934828 Fri, 07 Nov 2014 13:54:43 +0000 Mamaof2 1934828@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I agree with others - I don't think you can night train - Like I told my DS "when you brain learns to say "wake-up wake-up its time to pee" then you can stop wearing diapers at night.</p> <p>For both kids it happened on its own about 3 months after being day trained. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-night-train-when-you-day-trained#post-1934811 Fri, 07 Nov 2014 13:47:50 +0000 autumnlove 1934811@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>no, LO still wears a diaper at night. I think I can switch to undies because she wakes up dry almost every day. I tried it once last month and of course she had a big accident!</p> <p>It wasn't training, just something she started doing. She even sleeps with a water cup! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-night-train-when-you-day-trained#post-1934797 Fri, 07 Nov 2014 13:41:33 +0000 Maysprout 1934797@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We focused on having her use the potty before bed but we kept a diaper on her. She was still night nursing and would sometimes wake up dry, which we'd celebrate, but it was slower progress at night for us. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-night-train-when-you-day-trained#post-1934752 Fri, 07 Nov 2014 13:27:21 +0000 looch 1934752@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>What do you mean by night training, exactly? I've understood that you can't night train, as per below:</p> <p><a href="http://www.pottytrainingconcepts.com/A-Potty-Accidents-Nighttime.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.pottytrainingconcepts.com/A-Potty-Accidents-Nighttime.html</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-night-train-when-you-day-trained#post-1934744 Fri, 07 Nov 2014 13:24:06 +0000 Bao 1934744@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Or did you focus on day time potty training and then move to night potty training? I have heard of people doing it both ways, so I am looking to hear from you guys! </p> <p>If you didn't night train at the same time as day training, what was your reasoning? And if you day trained and night trained at the same time, was it successful right away? What made you decide to go that route? </p>