TT a boy at night

Those of you who have successfully TT a boy at night how did you do it?
I make him go before bed and didnt let him drink much before bed either but the last 2 nights he has woken up in the morning with a wet bed and pj's.
DD was easy as she decided one day that she didnt want to wear the nappy and was dry from them on. DS is a heavyish sleeper so not sure how we will go but he wont wear a nappy now.

All kids are different. Just keep doing what you're doing, he will eventually get it and stop wetting through the night. I know it's painful washing sheets etc. Maybe a reward chart may help?

I would love to know the answer to this!! My son decided to toilet train as soon as he turned 2 and it took a week and he has been dry every day... but I can not get him to stay dry at night and he turned 4 the other day!
He is such a heavy sleeper, he will wet the bed and not realise until he wakes in the morning. I tried a reward chart but it doesn't seem to make a difference, he just doesn't wake up when he needs to go.
I keep putting pull ups on as I got over changing his bed all the time - I even tried putting nappies on him so he felt like a baby but that didn't work either...

You can only do so much. Night time dryness is a developmental stage, not behavioural. Before he can stay dry overnight, his bladder and brain need to connect strongly enough to wake him when he needs to empty his bladder. Also he needs to start secreting anti-diuretic hormone so that the volume of urine decreases while he is sleeping. There is no way that you, or he, can control these factors.

Going to the toilet before bed is a great habit for him to be in, but it won't keep him dry in and of itself.

I don't believe in restricting drinks at any time. If my son is thirsty, he has a drink. Even before bed, despite the fact that I KNOW he will wake up for a wee. I am also not a proponent of waking the child to toilet them during the night. I believe in just waiting for nature to take it's course. smile

DS1 was dry overnight from about 3 years 4 months. He was wakng every morning with a dry nappy (I used nappy pants because they were more like his undies) and the desire to go to the toilet. Since then we have had a handful of accidents, but that's kids! wink I will night 'train' DS2 in the same way, when the time comes.

mum always told me to get dry nights you need to wake them before you sleep - get em to pee and then go back to bed, and also just going toilet before bed helps too

i cant help with the whole boy side as i have a girl who is dry most nights but id assume the ideas are the same!

our son was TT during the day within a week of starting him on the toilet when he was 2.5yo, and then about 2mths later he was TT for nights as well.
We tried the pull ups during the day, but found he wasnt getting them off quick enough to wee in the toilet, so we went from nappies straight to jocks really.
We only did the night TT by mistake really-my Partner put our son to bed and forgot to put his pull ups on, so when i got him dressed in the morning we realised he'd gone all night with no accidents i just his jocks.
We praised him like he'd cured all the diseases in the world that morning! lol
We put him to bed the next night in just his jocks and he was dry again, continued the same praising and have done ever since.
5mths later still no accidents at night time-we always remind him to go to the toilet before bed though, even if he says no, we make him and sure enough he goes!
But his night TT was just from our forgetfulness really! lol

We never restrict his fluid intake though-he's so active, he'd be dehydrated if we stopped him drinking 1-2hrs before bed like some people say/do.

Have u tried using a rewards chart (no accidents = him putting star on wall), or making a massively over the top big deal when he is dry to boost his confidence, or trying the "you're a big boy now, no dummy or nappies etc"??

Kids will do it in their own time, so i wouldn't worry if he's not TT at night just yet, you're half way there so well done!

You can only do so much. Night time dryness is a developmental stage, not behavioural. Before he can stay dry overnight, his bladder and brain need to connect strongly enough to wake him when he needs to empty his bladder. Also he needs to start secreting anti-diuretic hormone so that the volume of urine decreases while he is sleeping. There is no way that you, or he, can control these factors.

Going to the toilet before bed is a great habit for him to be in, but it won't keep him dry in and of itself.

I don't believe in restricting drinks at any time. If my son is thirsty, he has a drink. Even before bed, despite the fact that I KNOW he will wake up for a wee. I am also not a proponent of waking the child to toilet them during the night. I believe in just waiting for nature to take it's course. smile

DS1 was dry overnight from about 3 years 4 months. He was wakng every morning with a dry nappy (I used nappy pants because they were more like his undies) and the desire to go to the toilet. Since then we have had a handful of accidents, but that's kids! wink I will night 'train' DS2 in the same way, when the time comes.

I recently spoke to a help line for the same reasons, my DS is just 4. They said pretty much what this member has said. Also that the heavy sleeping is a developmental stage and until they can make the connection to wake themselves up then there is no point taking them to the toilet during the night as you aren't training them just yourself. My Gp said not to worry until they are 5 or 6 years old. One suggestion I did get if they are really anti wearing a nappy etc is to take them to the toilet before bed, then let them go to sleep. A few hours later go in and put on a nappy/pull up etc, that way no accidents and as time goes on you will be able to monitor how dry they become over night.

My son has been dry at night since I ran out of nappies when he was just over three. I'd forgotten to get him some when my baby brain only picked up newborns for DD. I explained the mistake and told him to go right before he went to bed and that I would come and get him to pee before I went to bed and again in the middle of the night. I only had to do this for about a week before he got himself up the second time during the night. After that I asked him if he still wanted me to come get get him before I went to bed and he said no he could do it. I remember a couple of accidents after particularly exhausting days, but that was that. He had a little wetproof pad on the bed for a while but hardly needed it. The thing is he was developmentally ready for it, he showed loads of signs of responsibility, independence, security in his routine...

Also, he is a deep sleeper so I have never had trouble getting him to do what I wanted in his sleep like transferring or getting him to pee. I think the key there is to minimise their effort so their brain doesn't realise they are shifting modes. Carry them to the toilet, pull their pants down and even support them while they go. For example, I even hold and aim for him while he goes so he doesn't have to think about it. But support could simply be letting him lean on you while he stands there. I still occasionally do it so he'll have a longer morning sleep since the effort to get to the toilet makes him fully alert at 5 in the morning.

Good luck, but don't worry about it nighttime dryness is atypical before the age of five in girls and seven in boys according to all the potty training books I read.