How long before you dared leave off the pull up at night?

[Anonymous]

Take it all away now. It's time.

[Anonymous]

For what it's worth...

Of my three kids (all boys).

ODS was nighttime potty trained a week after he daytime PT'd, at 3~ yrs old. Not a single accident since then.

MDS is about to turn 8, and still wears Goodnites every night (and very much *needs* to..)

YDS is 5, and daytime potty trained like dream before he was even 2, basically on his own...but is still in diapers at night, with no end in sight.

[Anonymous]

OP here. First night without diapers. Wish us luck. 😬

[Anonymous]

Hope the transition goes smoothly for both of you!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For what it's worth...

Of my three kids (all boys).

ODS was nighttime potty trained a week after he daytime PT'd, at 3~ yrs old. Not a single accident since then.

MDS is about to turn 8, and still wears Goodnites every night (and very much *needs* to..)

YDS is 5, and daytime potty trained like dream before he was even 2, basically on his own...but is still in diapers at night, with no end in sight.

Do they still try to stay dry? Does your 8 year old mind wearing them?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My son will be 6 late this month and still wears a pull up. I know, I know.

My 7yo DS is no where near ready yet. His pediatrician shrugged at his 7 well visit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My son will be 6 late this month and still wears a pull up. I know, I know.

My 7yo DS is no where near ready yet. His pediatrician shrugged at his 7 well visit.

He still have a nighttime diaper? I know it happens a lot with kids that age.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My 3yo has recently started being able to stay dry at night (for about the last week she's had a dry pull-up in the morning). I'm struggling with conflicting impulses: avoid disrupted sleep/unnecessary cleaning by keeping pull-ups for a good long time vs avoid unnecessary landfill contributions by disposing of them as quickly as possible. What are other people's experiences? Anyone have a good process (e.g. plastic sheet/layers of sheets/whatever) for preparing for the possibility of nighttime accidents?

What? Just put a waterproof pad on the bed and do it NOW. She's ready!!!

You just need to suck it up and deal with potential inconveniences to you (because be hones, you're worried about your sleep, not hers). Do it now, she's clearly ready.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Thanks for the responses! A couple of points of note:

1. She wants to do no pull-up at night! I would not push it if she wasn't interested, but she's been asking to try without a pull-up and I have been saying no because she usually wasn't dry in the morning/it's only been a few days and I don't want to deal with middle of the night messes. I'm figuring I'll at least finish out the pack we have open, I'm just trying to start planning ahead because I wasn't expecting the dry pull-ups (she went from having maybe one dry one every few months to every single night consistently just last week).

2. I don't think buying a few months or even years of pull-ups is going to have even a noticeable effect on climate change, realistically. But they're expensive and bulky and super annoying to get home (I don't have a car) and I feel vaguely guilty putting them in the trash effectively unused anyway. Honestly both competing factors are largely trivial in the grand scheme of things.

3. Thanks for the waterproof sheets link; I will check them out!

Why are you even asking??? If she's asking, do it now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My son will be 6 late this month and still wears a pull up. I know, I know.

My 7yo DS is no where near ready yet. His pediatrician shrugged at his 7 well visit.

He still have a nighttime diaper? I know it happens a lot with kids that age.

He wears goodnites pull-ups. But yes. And yes, it’s frequent from convos with parents of kids age. If the pediatrician says it’s normal, and that he will suddenly just be dry, then I’m not worried either. Lots of people have told me that this happened around 7.5 for their DS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My 3yo has recently started being able to stay dry at night (for about the last week she's had a dry pull-up in the morning). I'm struggling with conflicting impulses: avoid disrupted sleep/unnecessary cleaning by keeping pull-ups for a good long time vs avoid unnecessary landfill contributions by disposing of them as quickly as possible. What are other people's experiences? Anyone have a good process (e.g. plastic sheet/layers of sheets/whatever) for preparing for the possibility of nighttime accidents?

What? Just put a waterproof pad on the bed and do it NOW. She's ready!!!

You just need to suck it up and deal with potential inconveniences to you (because be hones, you're worried about your sleep, not hers). Do it now, she's clearly ready.

Yes, she’s ready. Some kids are ready at 3, others aren’t. But yours is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My son will be 6 late this month and still wears a pull up. I know, I know.

My 7yo DS is no where near ready yet. His pediatrician shrugged at his 7 well visit.

He still have a nighttime diaper? I know it happens a lot with kids that age.

He wears goodnites pull-ups. But yes. And yes, it’s frequent from convos with parents of kids age. If the pediatrician says it’s normal, and that he will suddenly just be dry, then I’m not worried either. Lots of people have told me that this happened around 7.5 for their DS.

Is he shy about it? Is he good about remembering to go to the bathroom before bed?

[Anonymous]

My 2.5 year old never (like for months) peed at night once she was potty trained and finally asked us if she could wear underwear instead of a diaper. It was totally on her. Until your child is asking to wear underwear and is going months without peeing in their pull-ups, I wouldn't do that to yourself or them. Also, I would recommend that your child be in a bed and not a crib if they are not wearing a diaper at night. My daughter is 3 now and when she needs to go to the bathroom at night (rarely) she will come into our room and get us up and ask us to help her go to the bathroom. I think it would be much harder if she were in a crib and had to yell for us. Also, we have never limited what she drinks before bed and she has a water bottle on her nightstand when she goes to bed, so she has access to water at night. If you need to limit your child's water/liquids before they go to bed, you also shouldn't consider having them wear underwear at night.

[Anonymous]

My 3yo was dry at night most of the time so I just took it off. If he needs to go he comes out and wakes me up and we go to the bathroom together. He has yet to wet the bed. His dad says he wets it there, but I think that happened while he was up watching his iPad in the bed, something we don't do here.

[Anonymous]

We never did pull ups but stopped diapering after the cloth diaper was dry a few nights in a row.