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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So my 6 year old is still in a pull up at night. We started training him a little over age 2 and while pee was easy, poop was a DISASTER. Rounds of constipation. Years of MiraLAX. Withholding. Pooping in his pants. Tears. It was a SCENE. Finally succeeded at just over three years old, just in time for PK3.

For us, night training just wasn’t a priority. He sleeps a solid 12 hours a night, very soundly, and wakes up with a VERY full diaper. He tends to drink a lot of water/milk with dinner and given his history of constipation, I do not want to limit fluids. Honestly, we just haven’t bothered. We’ve been focusing on things like chores and table manners.

He turned six about a month ago and we started trying at night for the first time, but we’re being low key about it. Moved him from a diaper (with a sposie pad) to a Goodnights pull up, put a little potty next to his bed, encouraging him to use it, offering a gummy bear if he wakes up with a dry pull-up. He’s made huge progress - he’s definitely getting up to pee first thing in the morning and sometimes at night, and he’s earning that gummy bear about 3 times a week. He’s pretty motivated. I feel fine about it, and am not in a huge rush.

His little sister is 4.5, and I’ve never tried with her at night. She’s still in a regular diaper. She potty trained in about 48 hours at 2.5. Would have trained earlier but we were coming off such a bad experience with her brother we made her wait.

So in our case, for better or worse, it’s really a parenting issue. [/quote]

I wouldn’t reward if he wakes up with a dry  diaper because that’s not in his control. If he wakes up wet he doesn’t get the reward but it’s not his fault. Kids that are heavy sleepers often do not get the signal to wake up to pee. You should only reward for daytime training.[/quote]

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