To put my DD back in night time nappies

[1Veryhungrycaterpillar]

DD will be four in a couple of months and has only come out of night time nappies in the last month, she has started wetting the bed in the last couple of days, she has a cold so I don't think that's helping. I don't want to take a step back and for her to be upset but I'm thinking of putting her back in the nappies as she and her DS who shares her room look exhausted

We saw the school nurse with DD1. She was 8-9, and this helped a lot. No tablets for her, just chart and advice.

The advice was; drink loads throughout the day, not to drink fizzy or blackcurrant, stop drinking after tea time.

We also used a chart. If DS is still wetting the bed in a few months when he turns 7, we shall go again (is referal through GP, I have forgotten,DD1 is 18 now)

mamma- our gp doesnt deal with bedwetting we had to go through school nurse, not sure if it would be different depending on location though.

can you remember what age your dd grew out of it?

Another tip - we bought a reusable, washable mat for ds1's bed - from Boots, iirc - and that did help - if we were lucky, we only had to change the quilt, and whip the wet bed mat off - which was a bit easier than changing sheets too.

I would never have bought ds1 a bunk bed if I'd known he was going to have this problem!

It was around 9. I can't remember how we got to school nurse though. She is not based in our school, so I don't think we went through them either.

Mine was still in night nappies at 5.
Mind you I wasn't bothered with keeping to advised guidelines or rules on any stage of potty training with my children, as long as they're both out of daytime nappies before school that's fine. And they were.

My friend's DD is 9 wears night time pullups and still wets herself occasionally during the day. I'd rather have them in nappies than having to change the bed every 5 minutes.

Mamma Noooo thank you. Any advice is most welcome.

At the Moment we've had more dry then wet.. but we have had this before... he could be dry for two weeks then go back.. I've charted things down to look for a pattern but its completely random.

I'm hoping he'll be dry for good pretty soon. Though I'm gratefully I now know I can go-to the school nurse and there is actual help.

DD2 is 3 and wears pull ups at night we call them 'night time knicker ' , she was dry in the day quite early but cannot seem to master nights . I'm not worried she will do it when she's ready.

Another thing, if it's an occasional thing not linked to sickness/being overtired is additives.

My SIL was puzzled when her 3 might trained boys all wet on the same night, but didn't dwell. When it happened again weeks later she pinpointed those were the only times they had eaten this crisp type snack (in oz - chicken twisties for expats!). She found some article that said same - so her kids avoid them now.

But if it is occasional but not too far between each time, a food diary might pinpoint a culprit.

Totally agree with City. We put dd back in nappies at 3.5 because after months of dry nights we had a regression. I got her checked for an infection and then went back to nappies I never made a fuss about using them and she did not care that she was using nappies. I used nappies because pullups are extortinate and we had the nappies for her baby brother anyway. Once we had a few dry nights we stopped using them and started lifting her before we went to bed but now she is waking and going hersf.

DD is nearly 5 and still in pull-ups for night time. Have also got a Brolly sheet but I cannot be bothered washing it every night, so we only use it if DD is going through a "dry spell". She can be dry for a few nights in a row but then goes back to wetting. No big deal, she likes the pull ups with the princesses or cute kittens on or whatever. Just a shame they are so ridiculously expensive!

Some good advice here, but if she has managed to be dry at night and its only been a couple of nights, I'd wait a bit before resorting back to nappies at bed. It might just be a blip and it is early days. Our son was dry at nights for a while and then went through a week of wetting the bed. He soon got back out of the phase though.

Good luck whatever you do though. X

We call them night knickers!

one of my dts is eight and a half and still in pull ups. It's not an issue for us but he's not delighted - just one of them things which I thoroughly believe he'll grow out of.

we call them 'beddy pants'

Meister 'the only issue really comes when they start main stream school rather than nursery. some schools and clubs like rainbows and beavers do overnight camps. Your DD definitely would not want to be going on any of these if she is still in overnighters as kids can be really cruel'

Just wanted to say that parents shouldn't be afraid to send their kids to camp if they are still in nappies (as long as you let the leaders know!). I've been on both Brownie pack holidays and guide camps where there has been at least one child in pull ups at night and some daytime accidents too. We get these children set up for night while the others are distracted and unless the child in question tells their friends, the others are none the wiser. Where the other children have been told by the child, they have been supportive.