Is it pointless to start PT if DD isn't waking up dry?

lmdbww

She goes on average 1-2 times a day on the potty though, is showing lots of interest, and can tell when she's going or needs to go on most occasions.

DD is with me every day except for Tuesdays during the day (she visits IL's), but MIL's schedule changes next week and she'll be with me every day for the next 2 weeks.  I was thinking of starting PT next week since there wont break in her schedule. 

I have tried to restrict her fluids after dinner but we eat dinner at a different time every night (I get home from work at 5:30 but dinner isn't made some nights until almost 7).

Thoughts?

raceyrae

Not necessarily.  DD was not always waking up dry with a diaper but so far the last two days of active potty training (we're doing 3-day PT) in which she's in underwear, she has woken up dry for both nights and both naps (knock on wood, it continues).  Wearing the underwear has triggered a different response in her than having her diaper on.

mrsmikey

No.  I think most kids are day trained long before they're night trained. 

kgail11

Dude, my son's diapers weighed 10 lbs every morning.. and we still forged ahead with the 3-day. And it went very well (the pee part at least!!).

bim38106

LOL @ kgail DD's overnight diaper also weighs close to 10lbs every morning! And yet over the last week, she has completely PT herself (seriously, I barely did a thing) during the day.

If she's showing interest, go for it! Save the night time PT for later

springtime81

If we had waited to start PT until DS woke up dry, he would be in diapers forever!  His overnight diaper was always super soaked in the morning, but we forged ahead with daytime PT.  After we started, he had some mornings where he actually woke up dry - he was learning to not go in his diaper, and that was true for nighttime and early morning, too.  When we moved him to underwear, we were still scared to have him sleep without a diaper, so we used to sneak into his room after he was asleep and put a pull-up on him.  But after many mornings waking up dry, we stopped doing that and he never wore a diaper or pull-up again.  He goes to bed around 7-8pm.  We go in around 10-11pm to bring him potty, then stick him back in bed.  About once every couple of weeks he wets the bed when he first wakes up, but otherwise he is completely night trained.

We used to let him take a sippy cup of water to bed with him, but we did stop that once we started potty training.  Also, we stuck a little potty in his room in case he does need to go when we're not around.

CoastieFamily08

I was wondering this same thing!  DD turned 2 in June and she has gone on the potty quite a bit but I wasn't sure about the whole thing with her not waking up dry in the morning because usually her diaper is pretty full!  The only problem that we have is that she goes to bed with her sippy cup of milk.. if she doesn't get it she starts whining for her "cup, cup, cup!"  I don't know how to break her of that habit that way we can seriously start the potty training process & have her wake up with a dry diaper.. at least that's what I am hoping for!  At bed time she always wants her blankey & her cup so I know it will be hard to take that cup away from her!  Any advice would be great!!  Thank you ladies!!