Personalised book about night nappies and potty training: your child and the Sleepy Night Nappy

What happens in your child and the Sleepy Night Nappy

1. After bath time, your child notices a night nappy giving a great big yawn.
2. The sleepy nappy explains that it is for bedtime, while the potty is for daytime practice.
3. Your child remembers trying the potty or toilet during the day, with no need to get everything right at once.
4. The nappy makes your child laugh by asking for a quiet bedtime story of its own.
5. In cosy pyjamas, your child says goodnight to the potty and snuggles down with the sleepy night nappy.

How the first page could read

After bath time, your child pulled on cosy pyjamas and looked at the potty by the bathroom door. “You’ve helped me practise in the daytime,” said your child. Then, from the clean-pyjama basket, a soft night nappy gave a tiny yawn. “I have a bedtime job too.”

Your child’s name, look and little details replace these words, and the whole story is written for their age.

Why this story works

This bedtime-focused story gives your child language for a very ordinary split: practising the potty or toilet while awake and wearing a nappy while asleep. Rather than treating the night nappy as something to hurry away from, it makes it a cosy part of pyjamas, with a small joke in its yawns and bedtime “job”. The familiar sequence of bath, pyjamas, toilet, book and bed lets parents read it as part of their own evening routine. Seeing your child drawn from their photo can make the conversation feel personal without turning bedtime into a test. Short, reassuring scenes suit ages two to five.

Reading it together

• Read it after bath time, when the potty, toilet and bedtime nappy are already part of the conversation.
• Pause when the sleepy nappy speaks and let your child decide what its funny bedtime job might be.
• Use the final page as a calm cue to say goodnight to daytime toilet practice and move on to sleep.

Suggested art style: Coloured pencil

Coloured pencil gives the bedroom, pyjamas and sleepy nappy a soft, cosy feel for a quiet bedtime read. A sidekick idea: a tiny yawning mouse in the pyjama basket. You can pick any of the four styles and change the details in the form.