Night time training - all your experiences please!

[scotchbunny]

Hi, Looking for as many past examples as possible for when you night time potty trained your children.

DD is 3 and a half and has been potty trained for a year. She has not now worn pull ups at night for 13 nights. This was decided by her, she has been asking for a while for 'no bed time pants please mummy'. Ok, so her pull ups were wet every morning but she knew they were a 'vessel' to wee in and would do so even if awake and lying in her bed with a potty right next to her. SO we do without, first night wet, so next night I put a pull up on her when she was asleep as I was just so sure this was not the right time developmentally for her. She woke up at 5 with a dry pull up, yanked it off, shouted to me no bed time pants and did a wee in her potty, back off to sleep. So night 2 dry, and then night 3 and 4, then we had 2 nights in a row when she was wet, but she woke up calling us and was upset, then another dry, another wet, 2 dry and this am she woke at 6 shouting that her bed was wet.

So, do I perservere? Or put her back in nappys at night? I would not care remotely if she was in pull ups longer, just I think its a shame that she does not want them anymore and I force her to wear them. But, when taking out of pull ups should a child be dry every night and thats it or can it take a few weeks to get the hang of it? I realise its a developmental and hormaone thing also, some nights she can hold on, others I wonder if she's just in too deep a sleep.

Any advice???

[likingthespring]

scotchbunny - I'm interested to see what advice you get as I was also going to ask this question.

[Boobz]

Me too. DD has been toilet trained for 3 weeks (is 2.1) and I'm trying to work out when we ditch the night time nappies - is it usually weeks? Months? A year? They are still very wet at the moment so I know it's not going to be next week or anything like that, but not even sure how you go about losing them... do I try and explain to her to shout for me if she wakes up needing a wee? Or do they just wee in their sleep at this age?

[Vangough]

No replies? I need help in this area too ! my DD is 3.5yrs and refuses to wear pull-ups anymore but is so deep asleep she wets the bed and doesn't even notice ! we lift her around 10.30pm which helps some nights but not all.....she sleeps right through the whole thing !!!
I too would like her to go back to nappies but she wants to be grown up, I just don't think she is ready until she actually 'wakes' when she needs to pee....

[5318008]

okay

night time dryness cannot be trained for

it all depends on when the child's developing body starts to produce a hormone that concentrates urine at night

this might be at age 2 in child A age 6 in child B and age 12 in child C

if the child is not regularly waking up dry then they are not ready physically

[dowhat]

Great question. My daughter is 4.5 and only just dry at night, although potty trained from 2.5. She never wanted to ditch the night-time pull-ups. She decided about a month ago that she wanted to wear pants to bed. Maybe we left it too late and should have pushed the idea earlier because there was the extra problem of breaking a habit. But - after about a month (and shed loads of sheet washing!) in the last 8 nights she's only had one wet one. If you're prepared to wait it out I'd be tempted to keep going with what you're doing because your daughter sounds like she's doing a lot better than mine in the first few nights of trying.
My son however (and I was dreading potty training him because boys are supposed to be worse than girls) started potty training last Sunday at his request. He's 2.5. Very hit and miss during the day, but he's not had one wet night time nappy since.
I think it just supports what 5318008 said - just depends on the child. I'd be tempted to perservere with what you're doing rather than going in and out of nappies.... but then I'm no expert!!

Good luck.

[monkeyfacegrace]

Bump for me too. My dd, 4.5 had dry nappies for a week, so I had a chat with her and we decided no more nappies.

Ive lifted a few times which seems to work, but after 15 dry nights, the last 4 have been wet.

So is she really not ready, do we go back to nappies?

The only thing I know is that she is going to need a new mattress when all this is over!

[BibiThree]

I'm in the exact same position. DTs are 3.10 and asking to lose the nappies at night. Wake up every morning with full nappies, but I'm not sure if that's just because they've got them on so they know they can wee.
I've been talking to them about it for a few weeks and they both wanted to try but last night was the first night and they both wet themselves. I'm going to try for a couple more nights, they've got a light they can put on to see their way to the toilet, but I don't think they're awake enough to get out of bed quickly.
DD1 said "no more nappies" before she was 3 and rarely wet the bed, so she was clearly ready.
I'll be following for more advice anyone has?