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willow ↓

Mon, Aug 10 2009, 5:59 am

My dd is 3 and half and she has been toilet trained since 2 half. However she isn't trained at night.
We tried a bit but she wakes up soaked so we have her in (expensive) pull-ups. My Chinuch teacher
when asked (she did her thesis on toilet training and is considered an expert) said don't even try till 4 especially because on both sides of the family my dh and I have family members that wet at night (older then normal). Do you agree? Its so frusterating because its really expensive but we do it because of the chance she will go (occasionally) she can pull it down herself. I want to be fair to her and not make her pressured but I'd love to see her completely toilet trained.

evie

Mon, Aug 10 2009, 6:12 am

This might seem kinda "out there" but since I've used only used cloth diapers on my kids, it's the first thing I thought of.

How about a cloth pull-up type of diaper? I would save you a ton of money and not even be that big of a deal to clean up - only #1, just throw it in the machine just you would anything else.

Here's a few links for some:
http://www.weebunz.com/training.php
http://getantsy.com/
http://www.bumwear.com/shoppin......html

I hope this helps. I'm not an "expert" but I think it's normal. Smile

Tamiri

Mon, Aug 10 2009, 6:13 am

Why can't you just put a diaper on her? I think that even 3 diapers/night comes out less than one pull up. In "the olden days", when there were no pull ups, what do you think people did?

Marion

Mon, Aug 10 2009, 6:15 am

Who said you have to use Pull-Ups at night, just because she's trained during the day? We had Pull-Ups because that's what my mom bought when we visited there. We're out of Pull-Ups; I still have 1/2 pkg. regular diapers that I brought home from the daycare and that's what we're using at night. Most nights he wakes up dry anyway, so I think when those are gone I'll try skipping it entirely and pray I don't have too much extra laundry to do.

I'd go back to regular diapers, since it doesn't sound like she needs to be able to get them off so fast anyway. (As an aside, DS still has trouble with the up and down of underwear, but he can get a regular diaper off in a flash!)

shalhevet

Mon, Aug 10 2009, 6:30 am

My 4.5 yr old is still in Pull-Ups. And, yes, to me it's worth the money for his self-esteem. We call them 'tachtonim shel halayla'. Diapers are for babies. It also means he can go to the bathroom like a normal child if he needs to once he is already in PJs.

Some of my children were bed-wetters till later than this - it does seem to be genetic. Cousins etc also seem to have the same problem (on one side). For 2 of them I solved the problem with an alarm, but that is from around age 4/5.

↑ willow

Mon, Aug 10 2009, 11:33 am

shalhevet wrote:

Thats the reason we put her in pull-ups. A- B/c she will sometimes go at night (though before sleeping) B) she feels like a bigger girl. If I mistakenly say put your diaper in the garbage she says no its a pull up I am not a baby. evie I do like the sites you posted I will have to research it more.

beilariva

Mon, Aug 10 2009, 12:45 pm

My SIL carries her son in his sleep to the bathroom at around 12 PM and if he has to he does. This is how he stays dry throughout the night. She plans to do this till he doesn't need it anymore. She goes to sleep around that hour anyways so she says it is easy.
My 2,5 DS is in diaper in the night even if I could take him to the bathroom when I go to sleep. I think I'll just let him stay that way till he wakes up dry in the morning.