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Potty Train Your Toddler at Night: Readiness signs and tips for success.
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Jan 31, 2025
Im sharing how we successfully potty trained our 2 year old son at night with no accidents, so that you can apply these methods and have success too! Here are my tips, trick, readiness signs and success story! Hopefully it helps and motivates you! www.themomresource.com
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in this video i'm going to share with
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you how to successfully potty train your
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toddler at night
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hello and welcome to the vlog my name is
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heaven and i'm going to help you with
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one of the most challenging tasks as a
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parent potty training your toddler i'm
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going to share with you how we
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successfully nighttime potty trained our
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two-year-old son noah and just a few
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short nights and give some tips on how
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you can do the same so that everyone can
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get some much needed sleep before you
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can begin a nighttime potty training you
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must have either completed or made some
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progress in daytime potty training
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if you've mastered daytime potty
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training that's great but if not and
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you're in the process and you want to
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tackle both daytime and nighttime potty
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training at the same time it's
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completely possible i know because we
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did it if you haven't began daytime
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potty training or haven't made any
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progress i encourage you to check out my
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last two videos in this series as well i
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will always tell you that patience
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communication and timing are key in the
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potty training process and that's for
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toddlers of both genders all ages and
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all abilities your toddler has to be
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able to communicate with you in some
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type of way either verbally by signing
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or by using manipulatives
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you must be patient and your toddler
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must be ready so now that that's been
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said let's move on once your toddler has
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begun to grasp going to the potty in the
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daytime and understands the concept you
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can begin nighttime potty training one
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very good way to tell the true toddler
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is ready for nighttime potty training is
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that they can hold their bladder for a
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few hours at a time and they can also
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sometimes wake up dry which means they
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do not wet the bed throughout the night
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of course sometimes this is natural and
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it may occur especially if you haven't
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actually began nighttime potty training
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or you're just now beginning daytime
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potty training so if your toddler does
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deal with the bed and they don't always
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wake up dry that's completely okay but
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again if they have began to grasp the
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concept of daytime potty training and
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they can hold their bladder for a few
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hours at a time then you can still begin
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nighttime potty training always set the
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tone let your toddler know in advance
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how things are going to go and set
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realistic and firm expectations from the
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start you can say something like you're
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doing such a great job with your potty
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training sessions i am so proud of you
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and i knew you can do it you can do
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anything you put your mind to now you're
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ready for the next step because you've
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been doing so great with your potty
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training you're now ready to start
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wearing your underpants at night but
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remember you have to try and keep them
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dry it's okay to wake mommy or daddy if
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you have to go to the potty but try to
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keep your underpants dry once the tone
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is set
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give your toddler an adequate amount of
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hydration throughout the day and then
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withhold all drinks and beverages within
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two to three hours before bedtime if
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your toddler normally goes potty about
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every two hours then you want to make
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sure that you're withholding beverages
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about two and a half hours prior to
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bedtime if your toddler normally goes to
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the potty about three hours or more then
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you want to make sure that you're
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withholding beverages at least three and
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a half hours prior to bedtime
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the goal is that they will have time to
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empty their bladders before they go to
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sleep and without any more beverages
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they should be good through the night if
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your toddler can't hold their bladder
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for two to three hours or more or even
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really three to four hours then they may
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not be ready for nighttime potty
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training but that is not for certain so
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you should definitely still try if you
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nurse your toddler to sleep or
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throughout the night they may also not
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be ready to nighttime potty train but
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again that is not for certain and you
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should still give it a try maybe just
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give your toddler a chance to go potty
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during your midnight time sessions next
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invest in some waterproof mattress
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covers and sheets and have clean bedding
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set aside and readily accessible just in
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case do not use pull-ups because this
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will give your toddler more comfort and
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even confuse them
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either the pull-up will absorb any
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dampness so that your toddler won't even
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be bothered with it and may still use it
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or
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they will know that because they have a
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pull-up on they'll just assume that they
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have the choice to use it so try to use
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underwear or bare bottom at night
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they will remember the feeling and if
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they do have an accident the wet
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blankets or underwear will provide a
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sensation of uncomfortableness for them
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to probably wake you up so that you can
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acknowledge it clean them up and they
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will surely remember the experience and
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hopefully try to avoid it next time
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if your toddler does have an accident
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that is okay just clean it up don't make
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a big deal out of it or get upset just
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talk to your toddler reset the
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expectations and continue to run the
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course if they do wake up dry do make it
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a big deal
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praise them heavily give them a reward a
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sticker a snack one of their favorite
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toys whatever you have to do to let them
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know that what they've done was a really
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huge big deal and it was a really great
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thing so that you can encourage them to
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continue this success make sure that you
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stay consistent continue to run the
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course and the next few nights just
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continue to monitor them continue to set
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the expectations continue to remind them
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and whenever they have success continue
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to praise them
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if after a few nights your child
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continues to have accidents that's okay
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too just reassess your routine to see
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what could be the issue and then you'll
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just need to revamp it a little for
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instance you may need to withhold
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liquids a little bit earlier in the
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night compared to your daytime potty
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training success or they may need a
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little more time and it's okay if it
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does take a little longer even if they
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aren't ready another thing that you
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could do is wake your toddler once per
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night to give them an opportunity to use
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the potty
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now i do not recommend this method i
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know a lot of people they do this but me
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personally this is not something that we
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did and this is not something that i
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would recommend but if this is something
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that might work well for you then go
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ahead and give it a try because remember
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every family is different every toddler
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is different so potty training is going
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to look different for every family so if
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your toddler continues to have accidents
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at night and you've stepped back and you
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reassess your routine you revamp it a
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little bit and you haven't had any
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success if you would like to try waking
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your toddler up once um every night to
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give them an opportunity to use the
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potty then go ahead and give it a try
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you may have some success with though
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though the reason why i do not recommend
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it is because typically if you have to
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wake your child in the middle of the
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night they haven't had any beverages a
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few hours before bedtime and they're
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still having accidents through the night
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it could be a sign that maybe they just
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aren't able to hold their bladder or a
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sign that they just aren't ready for
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nighttime potty training
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forcing a milestone that we're ready for
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but our children aren't ready for can be
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a really stressful time for us and for
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our child and it can also create a
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negative experience for both of you when
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you're ready to try again so i always
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say that timing is key and i always say
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that you never should ever force a
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milestone on your toddler if they're not
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ready just because we're ready
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furthermore waking our child in the
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middle of the night can disrupt their
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sleep pattern and sleep stages which are
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so important and crucial for child
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development during this time either
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you're waking them in the middle of the
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night to give them a chance to go potty
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or they're waking you up in the middle
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of the night or waking themselves up in
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the middle of the night because they wet
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their underwear and their bed is wet and
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there's nothing to absorb it either way
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all three are sleep disruptors that
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doesn't help anyone get any sleep and
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can also be negative on your child's
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development if they aren't getting the
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necessary stick that they need if you
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have to wait a few more months that is
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completely okay especially if they have
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mastered daytime potty training they
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will soon get this too eventually
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one of the most important things during
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this nighttime potty training which i
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didn't mention yet is to make sure that
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the potty and the bathroom are easily
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accessible and well lit this way if your
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child does wake themselves to go to the
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potty and to go to the restroom they can
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do so without being afraid of the dark
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and it won't be too far for them to
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access it always always always and i
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will say this a thousand times
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throughout this series be sure to offer
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a ton of praise rewards and
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encouragement and not just for the
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toddler but also for ourselves we also
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have to praise ourselves encourage
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ourselves and reward ourselves because
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we're in this together we're teaching
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our child a new milestone and it's not
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an easy thing every bit of success
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deserves recognition and it deserves
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praise for us and for our toddler and
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these i cannot stress enough so now i'm
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going to explain how we nighttime pretty
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trained our two-year-old son noah he's
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three now but we did this when he was
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two years old so
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we decided to tackle night time and
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daytime potty training at the same time
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i encourage you to check out our daytime
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potty training schedule and our daytime
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potty training tips and how we potty
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train noah in just under a week in that
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video you can get a bit of a background
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of how daytime potty training went as
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well as some tips for success and i also
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talked about what we were doing through
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the night so now i am just going to
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reiterate more in depth what we did for
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his nighttime potty training so
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the very first disclaimer i would like
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to give is that we did not fill him up
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on liquids outside of what his normal
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eating and drinking schedule was i know
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some people do this and if you do and if
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that's something that um worked for you
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then that's wonderful the only reason
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that we did not do this is because we
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really needed to know and this is
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something that will be helpful for
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nighttime potty training what his
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bladder capacity was we needed to know
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how long he could go
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holding his bladder and how often he
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would need to use the patty and if we
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were giving him more liquids or less
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liquids than what we normally give him
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throughout the day there would be no way
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for us to really truly know what his
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bladder capacity was so we just fed him
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and gave him water
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and just how we normally would we didn't
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give him any more to encourage him to
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use the bathroom so on day one when we
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did the nighttime potty training we had
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full success during our daytime potty
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training sessions
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we introduced him to the potty a few
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months before we actually began potty
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training so that he can get acquainted
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with it and then once we actually begin
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potty training we knew that he was ready
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he already knew what the party was he
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knew what it was for and so we had a lot
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of success with our daytime potty
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training because he didn't have any
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accidents during the daytime we decided
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to go ahead and give nighttime potty
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training a try the first night we
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decided to use a cloth diaper we did not
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utilize cloth diapers
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anytime um throughout his infancy we
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tried it for about a couple of days and
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it just didn't work well for us so for
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him a cloth diaper it's not a diaper
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it's just equivalent to underwear except
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it's a lot more absorbent so
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that just gave me a bit of peace of mind
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knowing that if he did have an accident
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in the middle of the night at least he
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would still be comfortable he wouldn't
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get any diaper rashes and he wouldn't
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completely ruin the bedding to wear it
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it would take a lot for us to get him
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settled back down and to sleep because
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again i talked about how i just don't
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really like having to disrupt their
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sleep patterns when it's so very
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important in child development with that
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being said we did wake him one time in
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the middle of the night the first night
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the wee night time potty trained him i
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was so worried and i was a little bit
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ancient and
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i wanted to give him the opportunity to
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use the bathroom at night this is
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something that i've heard a lot of other
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parents do this is something that
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they've had success with so i figured
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why not try it the only way that you
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would know what works for you and your
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family is if you try it so we did we
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would tell beverages about two and a
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half hours before he went to sleep right
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before he went to sleep we gave him a
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chance to use the restroom he went potty
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he emptied his bladder and then we put
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him on the cloth diaper and i set the
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tone i let him know that he's gonna go
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to sleep in his cloth diaper but he's
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gonna have to keep it dry i let him
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touch it and feel what a dry
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diaper or underwear feels like so that
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he will know this is how you know i want
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it to feel
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when you wake up if you can
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so after i set the tone and explain to
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him that i know you can do this you've
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done so great with your daytime potty
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training we're going to continue it at
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night this is just the second part of it
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and i know that you can do it we read
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our nighttime book and then he went to
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sleep i want to say
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about five hours after he went to sleep
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i woke him up in the middle of the night
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and carried him to his potty which was
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in the same room as us i made sure that
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i kept the potty inside of the bedroom
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so that i didn't have to expose him to
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any unnecessary lighting or you know go
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too far i just picked him up out of the
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back to him on the potty and he was not
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happy he cried he fussed he was not
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happy he did go potty it was just this
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much like it was such a small amount
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that i really felt like
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it was worthless like it wasn't needed
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so then i went ahead and you know i told
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him great job i put him back to sleep it
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didn't take long for him to go back to
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sleep he went right back to sleep
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instantly because he was really tired he
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really didn't want me waking him up in
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the first place noah sleeps anywhere
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from 10 to 12 hours at night sometimes
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it's 10 hours sometimes it can go up to
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12 hours and then whatever sleep he
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lacks throughout the night he gets
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during the day with a nap 14 hours is a
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good amount of time for a child to sleep
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per 24 hour period when noah woke up the
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next morning he was completely dry he
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stayed dry throughout the night without
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any accident so of course i offered him
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a lot of praise i also gave him a
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sticker to put on his sticker chart and
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i let him pick out one of his favorite
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treats from our treat bucket what i did
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was got a basket and put a lot of noah's
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favorite snacks all of his favorite
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types of candies or chips or cookies or
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crackers and i put those inside of a
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basket and i made sure i picked the ones
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that he normally doesn't have often and
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i put them in there so that every time
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he had success in his potty training
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journey he could pick a treat from his
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treat bucket so we did that and then we
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continued with our daytime potty
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training
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that night we set the tone again to let
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him know how we expected him to behave
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if he needed to use the restroom i let
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him know that it's okay to wake me up if
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you have to use the restroom
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but i
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was not going to wake him up this night
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i had no intentions on waking him up in
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the middle of the night if he woke up
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because he needed to use the restroom
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then of course
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i would you know help him go to the
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restroom because either he's going to
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wake up because he needs to use the
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restroom or he's going to use the
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restroom on himself and he's probably
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still going to wake up because it's
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uncomfortable and we're going to need to
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change him so todd were waking up on
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their own in the middle of the night to
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let you know that they have to go potty
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that's completely okay and that's what
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we want them to do if they have to use
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the restroom but if we can it's best to
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avoid waking them up in the middle of
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the night we want them to be able to
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learn on their own what it feels like
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when they need to wake up and use the
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bathroom so that they can get used to
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getting up and letting us know if they
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don't wake up and they just go
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throughout the entire night without
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wetting the bed then that's wonderful as
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well so on day two we didn't put noah on
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the cloth diaper instead we put him on
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underwear that was the first time we put
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him on underwear during the potty
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training process we wanted to introduce
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it to him the following day through our
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daytime potty training but again i
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decided to remove the cloth diaper so
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that he can
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feel that dampness in case he did have
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an accident so that he can get the idea
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of waking me up if he needs to go to the
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restroom when lula woke up the next day
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he was completely dry he did not want
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the bed he went his completely full
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um 10 hour sleep schedule without
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wetting the bed again we withheld his
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beverages about two and a half to three
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hours before he went to sleep and gave
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him the opportunity to empty his bladder
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right before he went to sleep so
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night number two was a success every
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night after that we have had complete
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success with noah's nighttime potty
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training i wouldn't say that the biggest
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thing is just making sure that they were
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ready noah was ready he was able to
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communicate with us and he had success
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during his daytime potty training so
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those are really important daytime potty
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training success
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setting the tone
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timing being patient and being confident
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we were confident in him which made him
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confident in himself we continued to set
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the tone and we continued to praise him
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encourage him and reward him so that he
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actually wanted to conquer this just as
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much as we wanted him to so that's
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completely important hopefully by
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following those tips that i gave you
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guys early in the video and by getting
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that an idea of how our night sign potty
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training routine went you can try to
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apply these same principles in your
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nighttime potty training routine and
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hopefully you too will have success so
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that you too can get some well needed so
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i really hope that this video was
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helpful and i encourage you again to
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check out my other potty training videos
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in this series and i will also leave a
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link below in the description box to my
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blog i have a ton of potty training blog
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articles and resources that you can
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check out and and even more in-depth
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nighttime potty training guide
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definitely check that out it'll be in
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the description box below again i hope
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that you found this video helpful if you
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