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Training to be dry at night (dd 4y5m)

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RomySchneider · 03/09/2010 11:13

My 4y5m dd is completely dry during the day but was still wearing a nappy at night until 8 days ago. Unfortunately she has wetted the bed every night, often even twice.
My question is: should I perservere and will she learn? Or should I put her back into nappies (maybe a bit lazy on my part - but maybe she is just not ready yet?)
Or am I making it worse if she stays in nappies and thinks it's ok.
She told me she doesn't care that she wets the bed, has no ambition to get out of the nappies...
Has anybody got experience with this? Or might I already have missed the right point in time when she first started to be dry during the day?

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neolara · 03/09/2010 11:22

I would stick her back in nappies asap.

I understand that generally being dry at night is a physiological thing - at some point a hormone kicks in and ensure they can stay dry. For some kids this happens early and some much later. Until this happens, the child can't stay dry, even if they want to. It is pretty common for kids of 4 and 5 still to be in nappies at night.

My dd was still wearing nappies at night until she was 5. At some point, she suddenly became dry at night. After about a week of this I took the nappies off. I don't think she ever wet the bed after this.

My HV recommended waiting until a child is dry at night for two weeks before taking nappies off.

Loopymumsy · 03/09/2010 11:47

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RomySchneider · 03/09/2010 12:02

Many thanks, Neolara, I will try that. Just wanted to make sure I am not making a mistake by carrying on with the nappies but it seems like I am not delaying things unnecessarily that way.

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