Potty training at night

Nighttime dryness takes longer. Even though your child may have mastered toilet training during the day, nighttime dryness can take longer (sometimes months or years) because some children are deep sleepers, or their bladders still need time to mature. To help your child stay dry at night, keep drinks to a minimum a few hours before bed and make sure he empties his bladder completely. You may need to wake him for one last trip to the loo later on when you go to bed. (And investing in a plastic sheet can keep late-night laundry loads to a minimum.)

Overall, be patient. Like every other skill your child has mastered, toilet training will take time and he’s doing the best he can. Just stay positive and supportive and eventually he will be successful.

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Alyson Schafer is a psychotherapist and one of Canada's leading parenting experts. She is the best selling author of Breaking the Good Mom Myth (John Wiley and Sons 2006) and Honey, I Wrecked The Kids (John Wiley and Sons 2009). Her popular TV call-in show, The Parenting Show, is now in its fourth season. For more on her principles, rule and tools for parenting visit: alyson.ca

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