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Night time nappy for 3 year old

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Allegrogirl · 03/02/2011 11:28

DD1 is 3.3 and was day time trained very quickly and easily last Easter. We are nowhere near night training and I'm not worried about this at all. The problem is her pull ups are really soaked in the morning and we often need to strip the bed. I have tried all sorts and she is currently in Pampers Underjams for girls rather than toddlers (17kg plus) but still really wet.

Should I try lifting her? I'm reluctant to do this as she really needs her sleep. Also she will never wee when asked as it's always got to be on her terms, so would this even work? Or should we wake her to change her pull ups?

Any tips appreciated.

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Simic · 03/02/2011 11:31

DH bought some pampers "mats" for the bed - they look like the throw-away changing mats but specifically for protecting the bedding. Maybe they would be useful??
Another tip I've heard is no drinks after 5pm - but my dd is thirsty ... I can't deny a child drinks!

Tgger · 03/02/2011 16:31

Have you tried just Pampers size 6 normal ones? I have a biggish 4 year old (about 18 kg) and they do him fine- no wet pjs or bedding at all

Tgger · 03/02/2011 16:32

By the way- we had to quit pull ups at night for that reason. He's been out of nappies since just before 3 during the day, but he's still in a nappy at night and the old style ones work best.

hillyhilly · 03/02/2011 16:39

We had to use nappIes (found huggies size 6 the best fit) until this yr (dd just turned 6), we can now use underjams so hopefully there's less we than there used to be!

littlebylittle · 03/02/2011 18:42

Second the old style vapours, pull ups just gave us wet beds too. Dd in night time nappy til well past four.

littlebylittle · 03/02/2011 18:43

Mean nappies of course- predictive blooming text!

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Allegrogirl · 03/02/2011 19:43

Thanks all. I guess I'm going to have to coax DD out of her 'pants' and back into nappies for night time. Looking forward to it.

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evolucy7 · 03/02/2011 23:01

How deeply does she sleep? If she really doesn't like the idea of a nappy, couldn't you just take pull up off and slip another one on while she was in bed without her waking?
I used to lift my now 4 year old, never did her younger sister, but she always went back to sleep straightaway, although it may have interrupted her sleep. But when my youngest was about 2 1/2 she was ready to come out of nappies at night, so I felt I couldn't leave the 3 1/2 year old still in them, so I saw lifting as the only option.

TheSecondComing · 03/02/2011 23:23

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milkyway2007 · 03/02/2011 23:29

My daughter has been potty trained since November, and I just use tesco or boots own branded dry nappies for night time, as its cheaper and theyre only used once a day. She wakes up with a full but not overly full nappy. I think pull ups are only designed to be worn during the day to catch "accidents", which is why they probably leak.

If you dont want to put nappies on her, then you can always use the pampers mats someone has mentioned above - but it still means wet clothes during the night.
Pampers active fit are really good, if youre looking for a nappy that will feel the same as pull ups. They are easy to move about in - nice elasticated type soft waist and they dont leak at night either.

I am going to night train DD during the summer!! I cant wait! lol

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piprabbit · 03/02/2011 23:43

It might be worth trying to get a up a little while before your DD wakes and seeing if her nappy is dry at the stage.

It is possible that she is not weeing for most of the night and does a huge wee on waking (or as she surfaces IYSWIM). The big wee is more than the nappy can cope with, so you get the sogginess.

Both mine did this, and we found that putting them on the potty the instant they woke really helped turn the corner re: being dry at night (although I'm still looking for advice on how to get DS to go dry for the rest of the day ).

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Allegrogirl · 04/02/2011 15:16

My DD is 17.5kg so a big 3 year old. The pullups she is in are supposed to be for nights and are for girls 17kg plus.

Evolucy there is no way she would sleep though a nappy change but I think she would go to sleep quickly after.

Piprabbit I think you are right about an huge early morning wee flooding her nappy. She's wet and warm first thing! Problem is I am dealing with 5 month old first thing and DH finds it hard to get up in the morning due to health problems.

I guess I am going to have to get up a bit earlier to drag DD to the toilet. I'm reluctant to interfere with sleep as she is growing fast and always tired.

Oh well. I'm sure we'll crack this then it will be on to something else.

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Rowgtfc72 · 05/02/2011 21:47

We get Tesco own brand size 6 and my nearly four year old is as big as a five year old .I do them up and use them as pull-ups (we call them sticker knickers).She knows shes not a baby anymore and doesnt need to lay down for a nappy. We've tried without and she sleeps so deeply she doesnt know shes wet till we wake her. Im reluctant too to lift her. We reckon its the early morning peeing that makes her wet but shes way to big for a potty and our toilet is downstairs. Luckily the nappies hold up well and she will grow out of them in her own time.

onelittleclara · 05/02/2011 21:53

We use Nature nappies pull ups for our 4 year old and rarely have a leak, although it weighs a ton in the morning. We also have a square mattress protector thing, which is great ((www.mothercare.com/b/44396031/ref=sr_nr_n_2/275-6022512-9306232?_encoding=UTF8&rs=44396031&mcb=core&rh=n%3A44396031%2Cn%3A486618031&page=1))

skydance · 05/02/2011 22:00

Have you tried the Huggies DryNites nappies, they are a pull-up sort.

We have tried the new pampers underjams and did find they leaked so have gone back to the Huggies DryNites ones, we have the occasional leak but not very often.

If that dosen't work I would change her pull-up when you go to bed, I bet she'd pretty much sleep through it anyway but if you did wake her she'd probably just turn over and go straight back to sleep.

Limelight · 05/02/2011 23:28

Just out of interest, why do you feel that you're nowhere near night training? I got to exactly the point you've described with DS in the summer when he was a similar age. Everything we tried leaked and DH very sensibly said that if we were having to change his bed every morning anyway, we might as well try night training. Which is what we did. He was done and dusted within a fortnight which was amazing as it took him almost 8 months to get the hang of the day time. I'm sure part of it was psychological on my part - i was constantly washing sheets anyway, so his accidents really didn't concern me at all.

evolucy7 · 05/02/2011 23:39

Limelight.. I think that is a very good thought. Did you then limit drinks after a certain time and make sure that there were several opportunities for a wee immediately before bed, that sort of thing. I can remember when my 2 were in nappies at night but pants in the day, those sort of things were not done, particularly the late night drinks as it didn't matter obviously, but once you do that it can make all the difference sometimes. Although my youngest could drink all night without a problem, my eldest has to be strictly limited after 6pm, a sip is alllowed only!

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