BABY CENTRE NIGHT POTTY TRAINING

BABY CENTRE NIGHT POTTY TRAINING

Night time potty training is the same as bed wetting. Most of the times it has been very difficult to actually find what the difference is between night time potty training and bedwetting. The night time kind of potty training is meant for children who are under the age of 5 years, whose bodies are still naturally growing as a very fast rate and their bladders find it very hard to keep up. However, bed wetting is for children between the ages of 5 to 13 years who have wetting accidents at night. Most of the times parents to children who have accidents at night are likely to be aggravated since they think that these children do it because they are lazy or they are trying to be rebellious.

Achieving night time potty training is not simply a learned skill, but rather a physiological development and the control is involuntary. In most cases, circumstances require learning how to achieve night time control. Research has shown that most babies urinate around the clock and then at the age of 18months, they make the transition from urinating around the clock to only urinating during the waking hours as is the case with most adults.

The key to dealing with nighttime accidents is slightly different with dealing with day time accidents, because these accidents are not intentional. The child does not have the aptitude to control the accidents so, there are no consequences given. The child does not want to have the accidents any more than you do. Therefore it’s the parents obligation not to get angry , clean up the mess and move on.

If your child is having more than 3 accidents per month, I would recommend the usage of pull ups and cloth training pants until your child get a bit older and hopefully achieve night time control.

Below is a guideline on how to achieve night time potty training faster.

• If your child is dry most mornings, subsequently try moving to underwear and see if your child will actually stay dry or wake up during the night to use the potty. Make sure that you have some mattress protection in place, so the clean up can be done easily with minimal frustration.

• Mattress pads can to put on top of the bed sheets or wrapped around both sides of the mattress. It is always safe to have two of these pads so you do not have to strip the whole bed at night but just change the mattress pad.

• If your child is wetting often say like 2-3 times per week, I would suggest that he be sleeping in disposable pull up. This makes it easier on everyone involved.  The pull ups should be put on just before bedtime and this is after he has used to potty or toilet. These pants should be removed as soon as the child wakes up. Removing the pants in the morning will encourage the use of potty in the mornings.

So, to be successful with night time potty training do the following,

• Know your child's behavior pattern for waking up dry
• Based on this information, be prepared with a plan on how you will address night time potty training
• Be patient and be flexible; adjust plan as needed.
• Consult your child's pediatrician if you have issues or concerns.