The issue of upbringing: how do I get my child toilet-trained at night?

29 Mar 2024Updated: 4 hours ago | 52 people are reading

The issue of upbringing: how do I get my child toilet-trained at night?

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Thirza's daughter, 4.5 years old, is toilet-trained during the day, but at night she still wears a diaper. How do they get her dry during the night?

Recently a school friend of her daughter's home was playing at Thirza's house, when the young guest suddenly got the pack of diapers in sight: "Then the girl shouted very surprised to Lina: "Huh, are you still wearing diapers?" I know that Lina is a bit late with house-keeping at night and the last thing I want is that she will be teased with this later.Lina still wears a diaper every night, and she is quite full of pee in the morning "Perhaps this means that she is not yet ready to sleep without a diaper. How do we get her toileted at night and should I put pressure on that at all?"

"There are children who think: I have a diaper, so I can pee nicely '

A full diaper does not necessarily mean that a child is not ready to get toileted at night, says Annelies Bobeldijk of WOW! Parenting coaching. "Thirza's daughter is not bothered by peeing at night, because the diaper collects all the urine. There are children who think: I have a diaper on, so I can pee nicely. They don't see the need to go to the toilet themselves, a diaper is that easy. Such a child has to experience the burden of getting wet herself. With a pair of underpants she feels that she is leaking and she will make the click faster with going to the toilet. "

In the first phase, accidents will happen anyway, Bobeldijk emphasizes: "It is then important to realize that a child does not do this on purpose. And remember that every child develops at his own pace. Sometimes it is still too "Some people work with a reward system, but I am not in favor of it."

Timing is everything, the same applies to this issue. The parenting coach advises you to choose a quiet moment to practice getting house-trained at night: "Not around Sinterklaas or Christmas, that is all exciting enough. Tell your child that you think she is old enough now to without going to sleep, and then just try it. Some parents let their child go to bed again in the evening when they go to bed themselves, but doctors are divided on that: children themselves have the urge to go to bed You also have people who work with a reward system, but I am not in favor of that. A child finds it annoying enough when a plasma accident happens, in 99 percent of the cases it is really accidental. then such a child is also punished for not being allowed to stick a sticker. Keep it positive and light-hearted. "

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