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Parenting Snapshots #6: Nighttime Potty Training

Nighttime potty training: Tips in a hangout

Guess what – we are talking poo and wee again – this time Nighttime Potty Training with Kate Barlow on the old parenting snapshot hangout!

We love talking about stuff like this; we have already covered withholding when you potty train (not you personally of course ;-)), and the potty training signs to look out for in your child.

This time we are looking at an often ignored part of training; no idea why but nighttime potty training seems to be something that we parents don’t tend to talk about. Perhaps its because we are worried to admit our six year old still wears nappies at night? Perhaps it is because there is more of a sense that our children don’t want us to go telling people that they still wet the bed sometimes? Whatever the reason, we are going to try and give you some thoughts about it today.

Kate and I discuss the following around nighttime potty training:

  • Is my child ready to be trained at night?
  • Is it behavioural or physiological?
  • How can I help my child during the day to go through the night without weeing?
  • Can we prepare to do nighttime potty training?
  • Do reward charts work for nighttime potty training?
  • How should I react if my children wet the bed?
  • How can we minimise the impact of bed wetting on us at night?
  • What are her best tips for potty training at night?
  • Should I be lifting, or giving them a drink before bed?

I hope this is useful, we have other resource links to potty training at night in our linky on the topic. Don’t forget our reward charts if you are potty training too. Otherwise, enjoy and I hope the post is helpful.

Do you have any tips for nighttime potty training? Do share them here, and also in our linky as well.

Helen is a mum to two, social media consultant, website editor and a qualified counsellor with experience of working with both children and adults.She is a registered member of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapists, with her own private practise. She also freelances with her local Mind organisation.Since giving up being a business analyst when juggling travel, work and kids proved too complicated, she founded KiddyCharts so she could be with her kids, use those grey cells at the same time, and supplement her counselling income.KiddyCharts has reach of over 680k across socials and the site. The site works with big family brands to help promote their services, as well as offering free resources to parents of kids under 10. She is a specialist counsellor for neurodivergent individuals and brings this expertise to her resources and the site. She is also an ADHDer herself.KiddyCharts gives 51%+ profits to charities, focused on supporting mental health and a community in TanzaniaHelen has also worked as a digital marketing consultant (IDM qualified) with various organisations, including Channel Mum, Truprint, Talk to Mums, and Micro Scooters. She loves to be creative in the brand campaigns she works on.Get in touch TODAY!

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