I started potty training my son at 19 months after my doctor suggested I start as I have another one on the way. He's been doing great right from the beginning. I let him run around naked for about a week and it didn't take long for him to realize the sensation and get to the potty. He only had one poop accident on the floor and after that he's been pooping in the toilet ever since (minus the small amount of accidents) It's been a month now and I've been trying to put him to bed in underwear but he still wakes up soaked. I will admit in the beginning I was sometimes putting him in a diaper to bed but not always. And lately I've started waking him up before I go to sleep and once during the night, but I still find at the 2 or 3am wake up he's already a little wet. So I'll change his underwear and by the morning he's a little wet again. Should I just put him in pull ups for night or does someone have some other suggestions on how to night time train my boy?
Potty training a 20 month old at night?
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- 3+ months ago by tadolyn
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- night, training, potty, great, right, doctor, month, old, son
Added 3+ months ago:
I will note he is usually dry when he gets up from his nap with no accidents and that I stop giving him liquid 2 hours before bed and make him use the potty right before bedtime.
Answers (1)
You don't say what country you are in. American children are almost always deficient in magnesium at one time or another. The first symptom of the deficiency is usually bed wetting. Magnesium strengthens muscles, calms nerves, stops cramps, and fights infections. Get epsom salt. It is cheap, five bux for a year's supply. Put a dose in a glass with water to cover and stir until it dissolves. Fill the glass with lemonade and drink it. You can take it without the lemonade but you won't like the taste. Milk of magnesia is more expensive but nicer tasting and gentler laxative action. Your choice.
I am a little surprised that you have gotten results at such an early age. Kids usually are not able to control bowel movements before age 3 or 3 1/2. The easiest way to potty train a kid is wait until he is talking and then tell him to use the toilet like everybody else. Kids want very much to be grown up as soon as they are physically able, and it's not useful to try to hurry their development.