How did you do it?

For one, I made sure my children had plenty to drink during the day, and about an hour before bedtime, I would slow down or try to eliminate any fluids. Also, now they have pull ups, the disposable pants that look like underwear, but back when I was training my older kids, these were not available, so I put their training pants on and then put plastic pants. (If they still make them, these are pants that go over disposable diapers, made from plastic, it helps keep the urine from getting on anything) These plastics pants may not be readily available as they were back then, you can possibly look online..

Diapers just for sleeping. Otherwise it is mixed signals like your dad has said. I added a twist though, and as soon as the weather was warm and they were at least three years old, I told my kids that even if we had to change their bed and wash the sheets every night we were not going to use diapers any more they cost too much. I think neither of them had a problem after that. If you wait until you use less bedding and put a soaker pad on the bed it is not too bad.

It's been a long time since I potty trained anyone but I do believe I still used a diaper at night until they wanted it off. I don't think you are sending mixed messages....I think when they are ready and get sick of wearing it they know enough to let you know!

hi lovingmybabies I would just use the same method you trained your two older kids as it worked. do not let grandparents bug you like that as you do know what you are doing and you made with the two\ older kids so just keep on keeping on. lol.

I only put diapers on at night until I found that they were dry in the morning and then they came off. For our first birthdays my mother took us off the bottle and put nylon underwear on us. That way if we wet we were soaked, I guess we did not like it and were trained rather quickly. You have to do what you think is best. So use your Mother instincts. Know one likes to cleaning up wet bedding in the middle of the night or morning.

i remember we did the same as you. definately need the diaper through the night for the first wee while. keep it up, it'll not be long. i myself was in diapers until i was 32 until my wife potty trained be, bless her little cotton socks.

I would. Tell her these are big girl ones. Don't make a big thing out of it. Make a big deal out of when she makes it to the potty.

I am afraid my advice won't be to helpful to you as I had boys. They were fairly easy to potty train cause I followed my mom's advice and did what she did with my brothers. She used a big coffee can. Seems little boys love the sound that tinkling in the can makes and couldn't wait to make that noise. As for putting her in diapers at night, I don't think it sends mixed signals just as long as you explain to her that the diaper is just in case she does have an accident. I think that with all kids, when it comes to potty training them, you have to take your clues from them. It used to be that there was an expected age to have them trained by. In my mother's day it was said that kids should be trained by the age of two. When my boys were small, the pediatrician told me that it was not considered a problem as long as they were trained by the time they went to pre k (at 4). I think it is easier on everyone if you watch for signs that your child is indeed ready to be trained. Kids develope at different rates. I started training when my son started to give me clues that he knew what was going on (like grabbing the front of his diaper and telling me "wet", and a little later telling me "pee pee".

Mine was through magic! I was lucky enough to have both kids sleep through the night without diapers, when they were young. Although we still have the occassional 'accidents', they pretty much were very good. They slept beside me, and once in a while I would be waken up by constant movement. Their legs would be moving like restlessly, and that's when I know that they'd have to go to the bathroom. So, I'd wake them up and let them pee.

I don't have children of my own. However, that isn't to say I don't know a thing or two about potty training. I had one younger sister, and my sister's kids had kids (mostly males), but its all the same. It's a pain in the ars if you ask me. But, there are ways to do it. Now I can remember using pull-ups twenty-four-seven until the children got the hang of potty training. The child can slip them on and off like real underware, but its padded like a diper inside. It's an effective method, because the first year of potty training, there are going to be accidents. Both day and night. That's how they learn to reconize when they have to go to the bathroom. Some parents will put rubber sheets on their child's bed in addition to the pull-ups at night. This way if there is a leak, then a damp wash cloth cleans it right up without damaging the matress in the process. But, accidts in potty training are unavoidable. I hope those tips help.

I used pullups for nighttime with my daughter but I didn't push her to potty train until she was ready. Also, I had my own place so I didn't have to worry about pleasing someone else. When my daughter was going potty regularly during her waking hours, she still would wet the bed at night and I realized that she thought that since she had those pullups on it was okay so I left them off one night. She did wet the bed that night but it was the only time she ever did. Kids will naturally potty train themselves at their own rate. It isn't so much us training them as keeping up with what they are wanting to do and are ready to do. However, if you are in that situation where you have your parents interfering, I would just look for a place to move into and forget the potty training until you are in your own place.Good luck!

It takes time but they get it eventually. As far as not putting a diaper on the baby at night, well I would disagree with that. Maybe at times during the day would be a good idea to not let her wear a diaper. But in bed, I think she needs it. And eventually she will be wearing pull ups at night.

i barely remember ..hehehe

Hi lovingMyBabies, call me crazy, but I think that diapers at night if needed is not up for discussion...Maybe its something that I am not getting and if thats the case I am blaming it on a Senior Moment. But I think during the potting training time its like anything else its not from one diretly to the other...There are times when a little cushion is necessary...So diapers at night is ok I think... You can try not giving your toddler anything to drink after a certain time..which will help inprove the situtation a lot...and being that you are not working, if your child have an accident in the bed at night without a diaper why can't you be the responsible parent and wash the linen the next day...why are you waiting for your mom to wash them...Once again I am lost.. But as you know, having to have did it before...potty training is not alway easy to do...Just be patient with your child...it will happen, that I am sure of.... GOOD luck.....