Night time toilet stops

Jen, I posted on this in the toilet training thread as I read another mum posting about this and I had been wondering the same thing!.

Apparently no amount of "training" can prepare your kiddo for being dry through the night and it all depends on hormones. There is a certain hormone that they have to start producing which concentrates the wees so that there is little(ish) of it but it is quite strong smelling and coloured.

I noticed it a few weeks before I was game enough to stop 'lifting' Hannah at nights... but it was when she was at Mum's house that Hannah was dry all night as Mum couldn't be arsed taking her to the toilet before bed. And she's only had one accident since! (She's been dry at night since November without being lifted)

So, if the urine is concentrated in the morning then I'd be inclined to think she'd be ready for you to stop lifting her to the toilet at night.

Every now and again Hannah will wake up in the early hours and ask to be taken to the toilet but that is rare (and the fact that she wakes up is super good)


HTH

Just found this which explains it in a bit more detail and much better language!

"Weeks and often months later, daytime bladder readiness is followed by nighttime bladder readiness. When potty training commences before 30 months, there is usually a delay between daytime success and complete nighttime dryness. That is because nighttime dryness requires more “growth” time. Your child’s bladder must grow to the point that it can store concentrated urine for 8–10 hours. In addition, the bladder-wake reflex must have time to mature. This is the mechanism that wakes us up out of a sound sleep when the bladder is full, so we are not incontinent.
Then there is ADH (antidiuretic hormone). The production and release of this hormone helps to slow the making of our urine. The body normally produces more ADH at night so that the need to urinate is lessened. If the body does not produce enough ADH, the bladder can fill, leading to wetting. With all of these factors playing into your training, no one really knows exactly when a child might achieve nighttime bladder readiness. We only know that based on normative statistics, the average range is between 24 and 40 months."

Growing Families International
http://www.gfi.org/java/jsp/article6.htm

Edited by nikkiwhyte

ooo Good luck with that!!!

We still aren't there with the night time toilet yet... :(

But it has forced me to put my thinking cap on and develop a new product!!! (Which works REALLY well BTW!!) LOL

Well... just to warn ya - they do regress! Han had an overnight accident 2 out of 3 nights last week... forgot to ask Mum how she's been the last few days but hope like heck it was a one-off (two-off??)

Thats great! I still haven't been brave enough to try Next weekend!