Toddler Toilet Training help! (merged)

shirlyn

Thanks for all the advice. I will continue to keep pull ups on his and let him take his own time

FranDan

My youngest son is coming up to 5 and is still in nappies at nightime. We have tried everything from 'lifting' last thing at night to star charts and lucky-dip bags.

I think we have finally conceded that nature must takes it's course and we should hold out untill his body matures.

My eldest son never had the problem and became dry at night around the same time as dry during the day. Every child is different.

I think what we all need is a comparison on which is the best performing cheapest nappy to deal with the problem! I've had problems with size in the past, forcing me to buy pampers easy up pants, but recently found sainsburys own just as good. Has anyone tried the Tescos value? I'm sorely tempted!!
Will be interesting to find out what people have been using?? And could save us all a couple of quid!

krishna

FranDan wrote:

I think what we all need is a comparison on which is the best performing cheapest nappy to deal with the problem! I've had problems with size in the past, forcing me to buy pampers easy up pants, but recently found sainsburys own just as good. Has anyone tried the Tescos value? I'm sorely tempted!!
Will be interesting to find out what people have been using?? And could save us all a couple of quid!

Tried Tesco value. Problem is once they are stuck down you can't open and restick. So useless at this stage, I'd say, if you are trying to get your kid to go to the toilet when they feel the urge. We settled on Tesco own brand and more recently Lidl's nappies which are slightly cheaper. I figure an supermarket own brand is probably fine, but probably not the "value" ones.

No1Joker

I know alot of these have been from parents who have children who bed wet. I used to bed wet when i was a child, i think around 9 yo. I remember the alarm mat, being woken up in the night and the star chart.

The mat didn't wake me up because i was a heavy sleeper, but the star chart was great to see progress. I can still remember my first complete month!

I agree with most people that its probably something you grow out of and will vary between different children. It was about 15 years ago now so i don't know whats new on the market to help now. Rest assured there are no lasting effects.

chloejane_2

Hi my son still wets the bed and he has just turned six, we dont make an issue out of it i just put a bin bag on top of the matress and cover this with an old pram blanket and then put the sheet on found this to be cheaper than nappies as some nights he is dry, only down side is the washing of the bedding.

katskorner

If you can help with a potty training issue plese read my post here: http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=100407

Thanks. (not getting much exposure where I posted originally )

black-saturn

OK, I replied for you :T

Savvy_Sue

If you do a search for potty training on this board and on Discussion Time I think you will find several other posts on the subject ...

katskorner

Savvy_Sue wrote:

If you do a search for potty training on this board and on Discussion Time I think you will find several other posts on the subject ...

I did but none were specific to my problem - hence my new post. Thanks.

purplepatch

Potty trained DD last June aged 2 and 3 months which went very smoothly and all done within a week. Immediately she was also dry at night and nappies were dry for a good month before I ran out of them and having taken advice from a couple of friends, thought that we might as well try without them. All went well for a week and then she started to wet the bed.

We therefore went back to night time nappies which she is still wearing and I would say that she is 40/60 wet and dry in the morning. I have tried a reward system for dry nappies in the morning but she doesn't seem overly motivated by that.

Since my earlier attempt to withdraw nappies at night, I noticed a bit in Gina Ford's one week potty training book where she says that taking them away too early (before age 3) can actually cause problems - I suspect that is what happened with us.

She's 3 next month and I'm considering taking them away again then to see what happens. I feel that if I wait until she consistently has dry nappies in the morning I could be waiting a long time as I think it's possibly down to her being lazy due to knowing she's got the safety net of a nappy. She isn't a heavy sleeper and has a potty and nightlight in her room. She has always taken a drink to bed with her, which I know isn't particularly sensible, but I have explained to her that she will have to have this earlier and she seems happy enough with that.

Could do without the cost of nappies if they aren't really necessary. Has anyone been in a similar position and offer any advice/reassurance?