Please or to access all these features

Add post

Watch this thread

Save thread

Start a new thread

Flip thread

Hide thread

My feed

Active Unanswered threads

Getting started FAQ's

Unanswered threads Acronyms Talk guidelines

Hide shortcut buttons

Talk

Behaviour/development

Talk to others about child development and behaviour stages here. You can find more information on our development calendar.

Flip

Original poster

Give me your top tips for getting DS dry at night.

15 replies

WannabeNigella · 10/04/2011 17:34

He is just 4 and his pull up is always very wet in the morning but I'm not sure how much of this is done immediately on waking.

I know all about the hormone thing but am thinking that he would probably stay in a pull up forever if he had his way so want to attempt it now he is 4, unless you all now persuade me otherwise.

How did you do it?

OP posts:

Are your children’s vaccines up to date?

Set a reminder

feedthegoat · 10/04/2011 17:40

Ds told me at 4 that he did want to wear pull ups for ever! He was exactly the same as your ds.

He was 5 in October and told me a couple of months ago he wanted to try and take them off that night. He was still wet every morning but I let him try. He had 5 or 6 accidents the first month but has not had one for over a month now. I think the key was just letting him decide when.

TheVisitor · 10/04/2011 17:43

I waited until they started having some dry nights. You could try a couple of nights with a rubber mat under a drawer sheet (means you can just whip that off if wet, rather than having to strip the whole bed) and see how he goes.

jetgirl · 10/04/2011 17:53

DD was 5 when she decided she wanted to sleep without a pullup. We had tried to get her dry at night at 4, but it didn't work as she was not at all ready. We just went with her in the end and she was dry from the start with maybe a couple of accidents in the first few weeks.

Original poster

WannabeNigella · 10/04/2011 17:55

Ok now you're all making me think I should wait. But that's ok, I'm happy to do that, just didn't want to not make the effort if I should.

OP posts:

mum2JRC · 10/04/2011 17:57

My DS is the same as yours WannaBeNigella and we have just started sorting out nights.

We had a good run a few weeks ago where he was dry 4 nights in a row. Then last week he had a nightly accident for a few nights and quite early in the night so I put him back in pull ups and the last 2 nights he has been dry. So i will probably let him go without again.
We layer his bed so if he has an accident we only have to take one sheet away. It goes mattress, waterproof sheet, huggies bed mat, sheet.
I do not let him drink after about 5.30pm for 7pm bedtime and encourage him to use the toilet lots before bed. His potty is by his bed so when he wakes in the morning.

ilovemykitchenaid · 10/04/2011 19:14

at 3.6 we had some dry nappies in the morning and so I went for it.

Used a bed mat under the bottom sheet and i alwat lifted him when i went to bed and sat him on the toilet. He always did a wee and then i carried him back to bed and he went straight back to sleep.

Fruitpastels · 10/04/2011 19:36

We did the same as ilovemykitchenaid and just went for it when ds1 was 3. He was dry during the day before we started on the nights. But made sure we lifted him out of bed for a wee when we went to bed. We had a mattress protector and plenty of sheets at the ready if he had an accident. It worked really well.

NotQuiteCockney · 10/04/2011 19:39

Both my boys were dry at night from 3.

I did this through the magic of ... being lucky.

No point in fiddling with these things until they're dry most mornings, imo.

You can't sleep train kids, they will be dry when they're dry, it depends on a particular hormone, and also their bladder size (huuuuuge in my kids).

CharlotteBronteSaurus · 10/04/2011 19:44

dd1 is 4.1 and has been reliably dry be day for over a year with no accidents. we've never had a dry night nappy - they're always absolutely sodden.
last month, at her request, we had a 3 night no-nappy trial. bed was wet every time, although interestingly not as wet as i would have imagined given the nappies. anyhow, we went back to the nappies, and will have another little trial if and when dd1 wants to.

smokinaces · 10/04/2011 19:53

Dont rush it - wait until the pull up is dry once or twice at the least. Both mine did it on their own, after a week or so of dry pull ups at night we took them away and didnt look back.

Bumperlicioso · 10/04/2011 19:57

Marking spot as we are in the same position with 3.9 yo dd1.

Loopymumsy · 10/04/2011 20:48

This reply has been deleted

Message withdrawn at poster's request.

ceebeegeebies · 10/04/2011 21:04

DS1 had always had very full pull-ups in the morning upto December last year - he was 4.5. Then literally overnight, his pull-ups were completely dry in the morning so after 3 days of this, we asked him if he wanted to try without them and he said he did.....and he has not looked back since Not had any accidents, we don't 'lift' him and he never gets up in the middle of the night for a wee.

I honestly think he just became ready and therefore didn't require any type of training whatsoever. Maybe we were lucky but I know which tactic I will be using with DS2

lljkk · 10/04/2011 21:22

2 of my DC were dry at night as soon as they were in day (well before 3yo).

2 of my Dc were in night nappies until nearly 6yo (and older), despite threats/bribes/rewards/cajoling/scolding/punishments (5yo DC2 quite liked the feel of a wet nappy and frequently lied about very deliberately wee'ing in it). One day she got tired of that game and was dry overnight from that moment onwards.

I think they do it when they're ready & precious little you can do to make it happen any sooner. Try various things but don't be surprised if nothing works.

Original poster

WannabeNigella · 10/04/2011 21:24

Thanks all, think I'm going to leave it a bit and see how he goes. Really appreciate all your advice.

OP posts:

Flip