My DS is just about 2 1/2 and doing very well with toilet training. He's in underwear and has only had one accident in the past 3 weeks. I remind him to go potty every 2 hours and he does sometimes tell me on his own he needs to go (though most times I catch him grabbing himself and when I ask if he has to pee he says yes and runs off to the loo).
He wakes up every morning (and nap time too) and calls from his room "mommy I hafta pee" and I meet him in the bathroom to help him up onto the big toilet. We leave him in underwear for his nap, but I use pull ups overnight just in case since it is such a long time. After nap he is always dry and in the mornings he is dry 99% of the time (I think we only had one small dribble in there in the past 2 weeks.
So when do you stop using overnights? I have a waterproof mattress cover but his bed is loft bed and stripping it and re-making it is really difficult (especially being 6 1/2 months pG). I feel so wasteful throwing out dry pull ups but don't really want to invest in cloth ones at this point (he has some for when he was smaller but he's outgrown them). Any advice would be greatly appreciated .
DD1 became day and night dry the same day, we waited for 2 weeks to make sure she was ok at night then stopped using pull ups! shes wet the bed maybe 6 times in 12 months
Why throw the pullups out? Use again for the next night and then throw them out. If he is dry 99% of the time, then at bedtime, tell him that he won't have nappies on and make it a big deal, that he is a big boy now etc... and let him have a go at it. You wont know until you try it babes.
I actually do re-use the pull-ups a few times. I guess you're right, i just have to go for it. Tonight we will go pull-up free and see what happens!
Today he made me so proud. We were out for brunch for mothers day and mid bite he hops off his chair and says "I'll be right back I'm going to the potty" and he ran off towards the washrooms (stopping at a nearby table to announce his intentions to them as well LOL).
He is dry all day having the odd accident but he always wakes up wet in the mornings even though we take him to the toilet before putting his nappy on for bed!
Will keep an eye out on this thread for more tips and hints!
When to stop overnight diapers
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