just wondering if night training my daughter (nearly three) would be too much, as i am expecting bubs in approx 8 weeks time. is it too close to the arrival. my daughter is fully day trained, but will wake up with wet nappy in the morning from night sleep (but she sleeps 10-12 hours, so it's very wet)

just wondering if night training my daughter (nearly three) would be too much, as i am expecting bubs in approx 8 weeks time. is it too close to the arrival. my daughter is fully day trained, but will wake up with wet nappy in the morning from night sleep (but she sleeps 10-12 hours, so it's very wet)

From what Ive read and experienced on this subject, night toilet training sort of happens on its own (correct me if im wrong). Its more about bladder control and capacity than awareness. So once your daughter starts going for a long time between wees during the day and starts having dry nappies in the morning these are the signs she might be ready to go to bed without nappies.

I think all kids are different. Some kids wee and wee and some kids are like camels and can hold on for hours and hours. I'm fortunate enough to have a camel and it wasnt anything I did to help train her she just did it on her own.

Ive also read to make sure they have a lot to drink during the day and get them to hold on a bit before going (if they have the control) to help increase the bladder capacity helps with night time training.

Also I bought 2 'brolly sheets' for the bed which sit over top of a regular sheet and they sleep on top just in case of accidents then you can just whip it off in the night and swap it for the clean one.

To sum things up I think for most kids its just a matter of time

If it were me, I'd leave it for a while longer...

Just a tip for you tho - when DD was TT, I would often double or triple sheet her bed, with a plastic protector in between each layer and one over the mattress..
This way if she had an accident in the night I could just generally whip off the top layer and pop her straight back into bed with minimal fuss... there was a nice clean layer right underneath grin

Some nights she'd have a couple of accidents, so triple sheeting meant I could handle more than one accident with minimal fuss..

You basically just make the bed as normal, then pop another waterproof sheet down, then another fitted sheet.. you can do this as many times as you think you need to smile

Makes middle of the night accidents soooo much easier!! smile