It is one of the milestones in your child’s life: Potty training. Soon the diapers, one of the most prominent symbols of babyhood, will be replaced with a potty and the toilet seat apparatus of childhood.
Potty training is one of the milestones in your child’s life. Soon the diapers, one of the most prominent symbols of babyhood, will be replaced with a potty and the toilet seat apparatus of childhood.
POTTY TRAINING AND NIGHTTIME DIAPERS
During this important transition period, to ensure that your child is comfortably adjusted to this significant change and peacefully continues their development, you must start potty training initially during the day and continue using diapers at night.
Many specialists define potty training in two stages: Daytime training and nighttime training. Children who start potty training complete their daytime training in a shorter period of time compared to the nighttime training. This is because it is easier to exert control of the bladder when awake.
Your child’s nighttime potty training can start only after they are fully trained to use the potty during the day. That being the case, there is no drawback to putting a diaper on your child who just started their potty training, to ensure that they have a comfortable night.
Some mothers are ashamed or feel guilty about using diapers at night. These are completely pointless feelings and reactions. All being said, you cannot teach your child to use the potty when they are sleeping. They can only achieve this themselves after they master the requirements imposed on them during the daytime training. Using nighttime diapers until your child is ready will be a practical and useful solution both for you and for your child. Do not ever mistakenly think that this method would mitigate the effects of potty training.
When should you start nighttime training?
If your child decides that they don’t want a diaper at night, listen to them and promptly stop using nighttime diapers. If your child does not make such a request, you can wait until they turn 3. Many pre-school kids are able to complete their potty training when they are 3 or 4 years old.
When they wake up with dry diapers you can understand that it is time to stop using them at night. This is an important sign showing the readiness of your child for nighttime potty training. After this sign, you can start your child’s training by explaining to them that you will no longer put diapers on them at night and explain the reasons for doing so. You can tell them to use the potty or the toilet if they feel the need to go at night.
The most important thing to remember regarding nighttime diapers is: to remove them when the day dawns! Your child may spend the night dry but wet their diaper instead of going to the toilet in the morning - as they are aware of the presence of the diaper.
Alternative Ways
In addition to the nighttime diapers, you can also use waterproof bed linen, baby care mats and padding, disposable linen, or absorbent mattress mats to prevent the bed from getting wet. To reduce the risk of bed-wetting, ensure that the last thing your child does before going to bed is to use the potty. If they wake up needing to use the potty at night, leave the corridor or bathroom light on, or use a night light on your way so that you can easily take them to the washroom. Tip: keep a potty and Molfix wet wipes in their room.
Do not forget…
If your child wets their bed in spite of all your precautions, try not to show an excessive reaction. This is an accident and a part of the natural development process. Instead of reprimanding your child, encourage them to use the potty/toilet. Be constructive at all times. Your positive attitude will help them complete their potty training faster in a shorter period of time and contribute to their happy development.
