SLEEP REGRESSIONS

Potty Training and Sleep Regressions: What To Know and Do

BY SLEEP TRAINING KIDS

Potty training can cause sleep regressions during both daytime and nighttime sleeping due to increased awareness, anxiety, and delay tactics.

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Head over to some factors that could be contributing to sleep regression:

Potty training is an important life skill – and it can trigger sleep regressions.

Potty training may cause an anxiety-induced sleep regression.

Kids who potty train may experience sleep regression caused by separation anxiety.

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Toddlers who are potty training may also be experiencing age-related sleep regression.

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common ways potty training impacts sleep

01 The sensation of voiding

02 The feeling of a full diaper

03 Kids’ bladders can’t hold it in

04 Effort to remember to use the potty

05 Getting attention when they need to pee

06 Deep sleep affects potty training

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Daytime Potty training can affect sleep for more than a year!

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Nighttime potty training, on the other hand, can affect sleep for several years. It’s going to depend on how deeply your child sleeps – and how they react to nighttime potty training.

Do a potty before bed

Treat dry undies in the morning as a wonderful surprise

Assign an on-call parent for potty duty each night

The child’s behavior will guide you to adjust nap & bedtimes

Keep things sleep-friendly.

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Tips to Make Nighttime Potty Training Easier

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Potty training does take time and it can be a lot of hard work.

But when you let your child potty train on their schedule and you focus on helping them get good sleep, things do work out.

Even the sleep terrors will resolve. Just give it time.

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