If you child is waking up wet, then I would recommend considering other options. Again how you approach this depends on how often you child is wetting and your own tolerance level to accidents and accident clean up.
If you child is wetting often, i.e. 2-3 times per week, I would recommend staying with a disposable pull up. This makes it easier on every one involved. My only caution to the usage of disposable products is the issue of confusion in the child's mind, because the disposables do not let the child feel the wetness.
So, if you are going to use the disposable products, I would recommend following:
- Sell the pull up as a night time pant for big kids; you want your child to be proud of the fact that s/he is now wearing underwear and not diapers - so these are special underwear for big kids - just for night time. If you have been using pull ups already - switch to a different brand - so that you child will indeed see a difference.
- Put the pull up just before bedtime. Have you child use the potty or toilet before bed, and the put on the pull up.
- Remove the pull up as soon as your child wakes up. Most people will urinate right after waking up, and give you child the opportunity to urinate in the potty or toilet instead of the pull up.
If you child is wetting occasionally, 2-3 times per month, you may want to use night time cloth training pants. There are number of different brands available and the selection of these products is much better online that it is in store.
If you child is wetting only 1-2 times every 3 months - I would recommend switching completely to regular underwear and using a good mattress pad until s/he is completely dry.
The bottom line is that just over half the children (66%) will be dry at night by the age of 3; however 33% of children or 1 in every 3 children will still wet at night when being potty trained in the day time. So, to be successful with night time potty training (I mean success in term of the least amount of stress on you and your child), do the following:
• Know your and your spouse's bed wetting history
• Know your child's behavior pattern for waking up dry
• Based on this information, be prepared with a plan on how you will address night time potty training
• Be patient and be flexible; adjust plan as needed.
• Consult your child's pediatrician if you have issues or concerns.
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