3 and 1/2 time for night time toilet training?

SnoopyLovesYou · 2013-08-08T12:38:03+00:00

Hi My DC has been in night nappies but is obviously perfectly dry during the day. I wonder what age it's usual for dry nights? Will she be able to wake herself up to go to the toilet? Doubtable! My older child was a very different toilet trainee so comparisons not really relevant there. All advice greatly appreciated!

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MissStrawberry · 08/08/2013 13:40

You can't train a child to be dry at night. It is about hormone levels and having the bladder stretched enough to hold the wee as well as being able to wake up when they need to wee. I think.

The age a child is dry in the day doesn't have anything to do with when they can go all night ime.

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SnoopyLovesYou · 08/08/2013 14:26

Thanks Miss S. Anybody else got any stories or experiences? She is quite a heavy sleeper and a heavy wetter and night nappy always full in mornings.

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SnoopyLovesYou · 08/08/2013 14:29

(Hoping someone will say 'leave it til next summer') ;-)

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cottoncandy · 08/08/2013 14:31

If nappy is still very wet in the morning I would wait. I tried to night train my son at 4 and he just wasn't ready so back in nappies again until they are dry in the morning. Leave it :-)

Smartiepants79 · 08/08/2013 14:34

If you are still waking up to soaking nappies I would say she isn't ready. My Dd, 2.8, day and night trained virtually at the same time. It was like removing the nappies just made her stop being lazy and within 2 weeks of being dry in the day we were waking to dry nappies every morning.
She seems to be able to wait for a considerable time ( at least 12 hours ) before she needs to go.
I would wait a bit longer and see if she starts being dry at night.

noblegiraffe · 08/08/2013 14:34

My DS's night nappies were mostly dry in the mornings so we just stopped using them, at maybe 3.10.
I wouldn't say that he's night 'trained' in that he doesn't get up in the night for a wee, but he has only wet the bed a couple of times.

notnowbernard · 08/08/2013 15:13

Yes it's about hormones - you can't night train, happens when they're physically capable (ie when the hormone production starts)

Dc1 was dry at 8
Dc2 dry at 3.6
Dc3 at 2.9

All different, as you can see... Wait until the nappies are dry in the morning (or at least lighter)

pigleychez · 08/08/2013 15:41

Agree with waiting for dry nappies in the mornings. She obviously isnt ready yet.

I was lucky with both my girls they were day dry at 2.3 and 2.4, Both cracked dry nights almost straight after and were reliably night dry by 2.6.
It varies so much in different children though.

MissStrawberry · 08/08/2013 16:12

If she is still that wet she is no where near ready and she is only 3!!

As for leaving it until next summer - you aren't leaving it as you can't train her!

Mine were 7, 6 and 8 before dry at night. No big deal.

EskSmith · 08/08/2013 16:13

Leave it until next summer (or beyond)
I agree with all those who have said wait for dry nappies in the morning, when you are getting 4/5 dry nappies, that is the time to go for it.

It is important that they go for a wee as soon as they wake, a lot of wet nappies can be created in the 5 mins after they wake..

DD1 trained herself, about 9 months after being dry in the day.
DD2 has a bladder of steel and was night trained before she was day trained (constipation issues)

MrsHelsBels74 · 08/08/2013 16:20

What do you mean 'obviously dry in the day?' DS1 is 3.6 & still wears nappies, we've tried & tried but he just won't pee in a potty.

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SnoopyLovesYou · 08/08/2013 19:15

You know with my daughter, it hasn't been an issue. I haven't even tried to train her (i.e give her a talk about trying to pee first thing in the morning!). I've really done absolutely nothing and she often will keep her wet nappy on for a while in the morning!! Not good!! Just had a lot on my mind and as she's happy enough I've left her! Maybe over the autumn winter I can just try to encourage last thing at night and first thing in the morning toilet pees and that will start getting her used to the idea of not peeing (in her nappy) while in bed. I can start congratulating her perhaps if her nappies are a little bit lighter as a cconsequence. Yes my first born was also day & night trained simultaneously at 2 (but there were often sheets to be washed!) so maybe I'm just making life a bit easier for myself this time around. A friend has children who are a good bit older as some of you have said who still wear night nappies so that makes me feel better :-)

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SnoopyLovesYou · 08/08/2013 19:15

You know with my daughter, it hasn't been an issue. I haven't even tried to train her (i.e give her a talk about trying to pee first thing in the morning!). I've really done absolutely nothing and she often will keep her wet nappy on for a while in the morning!! Not good!! Just had a lot on my mind and as she's happy enough I've left her! Maybe over the autumn winter I can just try to encourage last thing at night and first thing in the morning toilet pees and that will start getting her used to the idea of not peeing (in her nappy) while in bed. I can start congratulating her perhaps if her nappies are a little bit lighter as a cconsequence. Yes my first born was also day & night trained simultaneously at 2 (but there were often sheets to be washed!) so maybe I'm just making life a bit easier for myself this time around. A friend has children who are a good bit older as some of you have said who still wear night nappies so that makes me feel better :-)

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SnoopyLovesYou · 08/08/2013 19:18

Hels bels I've got a top tip for training boys. Leave with no nappy on in the house and leave lots of interesting receptacles lying around. You know, small buckets or whatever, watering cans. If he's seen boys or men peeing already he won't be able to resist the temptation to pee in a watering can! It'll be good aiming practice and he'll be doing it in the potty in no time! :-)

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BabiesAreLikeBuses · 08/08/2013 20:20

Ds and dd are 5 and in night nappies. Dd has a thimble sized bladder, she was day dry at 2.3 but still goes most hours by day and wakes wet. Ds had a month back in june of bed in pants and dry nights (with lifting at 11) but then a month of wet every night. He's old enough to discuss it so i told him daily bed washing was exhausting and we'd wait a bit. No problem. Nhs advice is that up to 7 is normal, after that they'll see you although even then it might not be a problem.

tri10 · 08/08/2013 20:31

My dd would wake up and still wee in the nappy if she was wearing one laziness or habit I'm not sure. We used a reward to get her to stop. I know most others are saying don't worry but I would try and find out if she knows she is weeing in the nappy awake or asleep.

TeenAndTween · 08/08/2013 21:03

There's no hurry.
DD2 wasn't ready until she was 6.