To ask how to get rid of night nappies?

[allotmentgardener]

DS is 2+9months. Been daytime dry since 26 months. He hates wearing a night nappy and kicks off every night about it, but its wet through in the morning and he doesn't wake to wee. How can I night train him is there a secret to it or am I destined to be washing pissy sheets for weeks?

[Musicalstatues]

It is hormone driven, there’s no secret to it. You can’t train night time dryness, it happens when it happens.

[Brenna24]

It is hormonal not training. All you can do is wait until the hormones kick in and he is dry. Then the nappies can go.

[wineandcheeseplease]

As the previous posted said, it is hormone driven so don't remove nappies until they are dry reliably

[Selfsettling3]

Night dryness is hormone based. Have you tried pull ups aka big boy night time pants?

[FloppyBiffAndChip]

Goodness! I thought you were going to say DC was 7 or 8, not 2!!!

I really wouldn't worry about it for a few years. Buy him some grown up night pants with cars or planes or something on, relax, and address the issue in a few years (if he hasn't grown out of wetting at night by around age 6/7/8)

[BellatrixLestat]

My daughter is 4.5 and still in night nappies. Dry in the day since 2. You can't train it, it's a hormone thing that can kick in any time before age 7. Other DD was dry at night at 2.5 so it can vary greatly from child to child

[Sh0na]

Put a pair of pants under the nappy when he's a bit older. He's still very young.

[FloppyBiffAndChip]

They are all different! My eldest was dry in the day by 2.5 years, but not dry at night til age 6.5. my youngest was dry in the day and at night at age 3.

They r all different. You can't rush it. Boys are notorious for not being dry at night til 5 or 6 or later ....

[didireallysaythat]

DS2 is 9 and still in pull-ups at night so don't panic if it doesn't happen overnight

[IAmUniquelyMe]

I stoped putting son in nappies at night when he got chickenpox. Not saying give your son chikenpox though.

Your son is probably still weeing in his nappies because a wet nappy is not uncomfartable due to the super absorbency of modern nappies. I'm sure that only one or two nights of being in wet pyjamas will do the trick and he will then become dry at night. But just in case, waterproof matress protectors all the way!

[CooCooCoo]

10 and pull ups here.
Incontinence clinic has been involved but again I know it’s hormone driven so I’m at a loss as to what they think they can do.

[IAmUniquelyMe]

My son was dry at night during the day at 2.5 years and got chickenpox when he was 3. This was over 20 years ago. Never heard of the hormone thing.

[Legoandloldolls]

My son is 7 and we are only just tackling this. He is trying a button alarm.and tablets soon, but at your sons age I wouldn't worry. Wait until he is dry 5 out if seven nights then just go for it. Once they can show they can hold it regularly most nights you will have far less wet sherts and less stress. My don has ASD so we need the extra help.

[GrungeBetty]

My four year old declared that he was no longer wearing nappies at night. So we bought some waterproof sheets and decided to give it a week. He peed the bed every night and didn’t wake up. And wheb he was wet in the morning, didn’t seem particularly bothered. Needless to say he’s back in night nappies!

[Constance17]

I used 'night time pants' instead of calling them nappies. I remember they had McQueen on them am sure you can get different ones now....

Or get some bigger pants and put them over the nappy.

I echo previous poster, you can not train ds until their body is ready

[KnickyKnacky2020]

Afraid that yes, it's a hormone thing. Unfortunately DS took until age 6 to be reliably dry and this isn't unusual. I believe girls are usually dry earlier than boys. True so far in my experience.

Can you let him go to sleep as normal and then put a nappy on him?

Don't do the wet beds/ PJs at night and he'll learn. It's just uncomfortable and makes no sense for something he can't control.

[allotmentgardener]

Ah I dont need to worry then. My sister is adamant all hers were dry by 2.5 and is stressing me out. I'll ignore her then.

[Selfsettling3]

On the whole good sleepers are dry later than poor sleepers. My DD was dry through the night by 2.5 but she wasn’t sleeping through.

[Camomila]

Same, DS is dry at night 90% of the time (3.5) but is a light sleeper and sometimes wakes to ask to go wee.

Why doesn't he like the night nappys OP - DS complained about pull ups being itchy so I've put him back in normal nappy pants for bed. Going to get rid of them all together when the weather warms up again.

[allotmentgardener]

Just complains that the nappy is podgy even though its fresh out the packet. I think he just doesn't want them on anymore.

[Selfsettling3]

Just remembered we moved to brand of pull ups with characters on and DD was much happier with these.

[DelurkingAJ]

We had a picnic just before DS1 started reception and this came up. About 25 parents there and about half the DC were out of nighttime nappies. DS1 was at about 5.5. Anecdotally therefore I wouldn’t stress.

[Softskin88]

Even 30+ years ago it was normal for 3 year olds to be in nappies at night, so you really don’t need to worry about training.

You might want to try Pull-Up type nappies (which are available in supermarkets from size 4) and call them night time pants.

[Jokie]

Following. My 3yr old is dry during the day but night time is another matter. We've tried waking her up to pee/not drinking as much before bed but it doesn't make a difference.