There is nothing to worry about at her age. It is a physiological issue, not a mental/emotional one when they are this young. Put her in the pull-ups until her body/bladder are able to hold the wee through the night and get a good night's sleep!
A good rule of thumb is to wait at least six months after your toddler is fully potty trained (which usually happens anytime between the ages of 2 and 3½) during the day before you do a test run and let her sleep sans diapers.
Under 5 Years Old
This is a sign that they have control of their bladder whilst sleeping and they are ready to be dry at night. This might happen soon after they are potty trained in the daytime, or might occur quite a few weeks/months later. Every child is different.
It can take months or even years longer for kids to master nighttime potty training. In fact, about 15% of healthy 5 year olds are not dry overnight. So, doctors recommend that you wait until the child is totally dry overnight for 2 weeks before you try a night without pull ups.
If your child wets the bed, they are not alone. Although most children are toilet trained between 2 and 4 years of age, some children may not be able to stay dry at night until they are older. Children develop at their own rate. For example, studies have shown that 15% of 5- and 7-year-olds wet the bed.
Children who wet the bed tend to have a parent, aunt, uncle, or grandparent who wet the bed until a late age, suggesting a genetic component. Sleep. Children whose sleep is disturbed by snoring, television or pets, and children who are deep sleepers are more likely to wet the bed. Stress or life changes.
Tips for Nighttime Potty Training Success
Limit drinks one hour before your child's bedtime. Help them use the potty a half-hour before they go to bed—and again right before bedtime. Wake up your child to use the potty before you go to sleep. Tell them to go to the bathroom any time they wake up during the night.
Watch the video for more information, but the cliff notes: although Pull Ups are convenient, at times they may hinder and prolong bed wetting. If your child is potty trained but wears a Pulls Up/diaper at night, never having tried a night without them, there may be less incentive to potty train.
Explain to your child what they'll need to do in the night now they no longer have night nappies/pants. Talk about going to the toilet – be encouraging and offer lots of praise and support. Let it be an adventure – let your child feel excited about being grown-up! Try not to apply too much pressure.
There is no set age for when to stop using nappies, but children usually show signs they are ready to use a toilet or a potty between 18 months and 3 years. Some of the following are signs that your child may be ready: Your child notices when they are doing a wee or poo, or when they think they need the toilet.
The jump from wearing diapers to using the toilet is a huge childhood milestone. Most children will complete toilet training and be ready to stop using diapers between 18 and 30 months of age,1 but this certainly isn't the case for all kids. Some children are not fully out of diapers until after the age of 4.
Mostly it is simply maturation of the urinary system. For most children, around the time that they are trained to use the toilet, they naturally fall into the practice of staying dry through the night too.
Use a hospital-strength plastic mattress cover to avoid damage to the mattress. Place a large towel underneath the bed sheet for extra absorption. Don't wake your child up to pee when you go to bed. It doesn't help with bedwetting and will just disrupt your child's sleep.
However, pull-ups are an excellent option for overnight use once you begin potty training. Up to 25% of boys and 15% of girls still have accidents overnight by age six. The ability to hold their urine or wake up and walk to the bathroom if they need to go depends on maturity and genetics.
Instead, try Goodnites® NightTime Underwear. Unlike Goodnites, Pull-Ups are designed for daytime use. Goodnites® NightTime Underwear are designed to keep kids — and their beds — dry throughout a long night. You might also want to try Goodnites® Bed Mats.
3-5 years old: should go to sleep between 7:00 and 8:00 pm. 6-12 years old: should go to sleep between 7:30 and 8:30 pm. 13-18 years old: should go to sleep around 10:00 pm. Bare in mind that once puberty hits, it will be difficult for teenagers to fall asleep until around 11 pm.
For a more gradual approach, you may want to start with just naps in their own bed, and gradually move towards including bedtime. You can also try gradually moving from co-sleeping in your bed to them in their own bed over the course of a few weeks.
You may be more at risk of nocturnal enuresis if you have severe emotional trauma or stress. Bedwetting can also be genetic and runs in families if a parent or sibling also had or has this issue.
Yes, it is normal and expected for your child to keep wearing diapers at night and during naptime while potty training. Daytime training is typically achieved before nighttime training. This is because the ability to control one's bladder overnight is typically not achieved until closer to age 4 or 5, sometimes even 6.
At 5 years old, 1 in 5 children still wets overnight. At 6 years old, it's 1 in 10 children. Bedwetting is also called nocturnal enuresis. Most children who wet the bed are healthy and naturally stop wetting the bed as they get older.