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Once your child has the hang of using the potty during the day, you will be ready to enter the next phase of potty training.
Dry during the day is great. Dry during the night is even better.
However, you should expect at least a bit more difficulty than you would during daylight, simply because it is dependent upon your child’s ability to hold their urine for an extended period of time.
Here are some tips to help your toddler potty training dry during the night.
Keep bed time relaxing. The risk of your child having a night time accident is sure to increase if your child gets too excited prior to bed time. This includes any rough housing, rigorous tickling sessions, or even an overly exciting television program too close to bedtime.
When children get excited, their bodies start to produce more urine. Keep your child calm by engaging in quiet conversation or story time immediately before bedtime.
Get them to the potty one more time. Before your child heads off to bed, have them try to eliminate one last time.
Even if they insist they don’t have to, have them try anyway.
Your child might say they don’t need to go, but don’t be surprised if you hear water hitting water a second after they sit.
Consider going without training pants at night. Even though it isn’t your intention, putting your child in training pants while they’re sleeping and still expecting them to be accident free in the morning is sending them a mixed message.
By feeling the discomfort of an accident, your child is far more likely to learn.
Remain alert for during this phase of night time potty training. Dry is best of course, but if your child has an accident, the WILL expect you to comfort and clean them.
Don’t fret, this phase of the adventure is relatively short lived.
