how long after child was dry at night did you stop using a nappy?

[ChazDingle]

DS was a slightly late potty trainer at 3.3. At the same time as becoming dry in the day he has more or less become dry at night (that is since august). I have still been putting a pull up on him at night but since August there has probably only been 3 ocassions when the pullup has been wet in the morning (one was earlier this week when he was ill with a tummy bug so i think that would be a one off).

There about about 4 pullups left in the pack so when i go shopping should i buy another pack or just stop putting a pullup on at night. I only buy the supermarket own brand so its not really a cost issue.

Due to the late day training, night training hadn't even crossed my mind and i would have been quite ok if he'd have needed a night nappy till 5 or 6 but being as he seems to be dry wondering if i should just go for it.

for info, he usually holds his wee all night, a couple of times when he has woken up he has asked for a wee in the night.

[Panzee]

I chose an arbitrary 7 consecutive dry nappies. Had a handful of accidents since.

[CecilyP]

I ddn't wait until DS even had one dry night because his nappies were always wet through in the morning. But I decided to bite the bullet anyway and try a night without a nappy and all was fine; he just didn't wet the bed. My last pack of nappies was one that had been passed on to me by a friend whose DD had become dry at night - and I passed them on to someone else. So, no, OP, I wouldn't buy any more pull ups.

[Wincher]

Hmm, my 3.4 year old has been dry in the day for a few months now but his night time pull up is still always wet. I just wonder whether I should try him without a pull up for a night just to see if he can do it? He has a potty by his bed anyway.

[hardboiledpossum]

ds had never had a dry night but I took nappies away for night and day at the same time. he doesn't wet the bed but wakes up every night to use the potty still. he was 2.5.

[CatWithKittens]

LittleSiouxieSue, that is exactly the type of thinking my poor DH had to put with from a sadistic prep school matron thirty years ago when he was 7! I am amazed that some people still simply do not understand that night time dryness varies form child to child, that there may be a hereditary or genetic component to it and is at least partly hormone dependent. I suspect that the quickest way to embed the problem, if you will excuse that expression, is to react as you do to it.

[thegreylady]

Dgs1 wasn't reliably dry at night till he was 5 whereas his brother was completely dry day and night by 2.3.
In op's position I wouldn't buy more pullups now. See how you go with layered sheets and lots of positive reinforcement.

[Jiltedjohnsjulie]

I stopped straightaway but did fold up a big towel and put it under the sheet and leave a potty in their rooms. Nobly ever had one accident when DS was ill.

[NoNoNoMYDoIt]

DS was 5 before out of night nappies permanently. Dry during the day from 3 days after 2nd birthday. First dry night time nappy at 3. Then periods of being dry. One period lasted 3 months. So stopped nappies. Thought we had it cracked. Then back to wetting most nights so back on with the nappy. Then weeks dry, no nappy. Then more constant wetting. You get the idea. Anyway by the end of reception he was pretty dry. He still wets occasionally (he is 7). Say a handful of times a year. No big deal. He sleeps through it.

DD dry in the day at 2.6. Dry in the day at 3. Only wets the bed when we camp. Literally.

[Mintyy]

I stopped with the pull up at night more or less as soon as I realised that they were dry nearly every morning. So I guess about a month or two after potty training?

Ds (10) has only wet the bed once. We were staying in a holiday cottage ffs! So had to get all the bedding and undersheet (thankfully waterproof) washed and dried during our stay.

Dd (12) has had about 3 or 4 wee accidents in the night.

I know we have been incredibly lucky.

[Wandastartup]

3/12 with DD1 as waited till she went into a bed. 1/52 with DD2 as promised her she could dispense with pull ups once she'd been dry for a week- so she was!

[Meglet]

I left mine in pull ups dry at night for 4/5 months, they were dry in the spring, but I wanted to wait until after our summer holiday to stop with pull ups all together. It was more me worrying, and not wanting a disturbed sleep on a work night, than them being fussed about it.

[CharlotteBronteSaurus]

dd1 was nearly 5 and halfway though reception year at school before she was dry at night. she was very keen to be out of pull ups, and so we did it straight away.

dd2 was dry by day and night at 2.8, but we left it 3 months before getting rid of pull ups, mainly as we were in a state of disbelief after our experience with dd1. she's been great though. no wet beds.

[Whereisegg]

Little, my ds is 7 next month and still wets almost every night.
It has never occurred to me to be embarrassed by that.

[lljkk]

DS1 went dry at same time as day training, too.
DS3 was almost the same.
Others not until about 6-7yo!

[ChazDingle]

When i said i would have been happy for him to wear a nappy to 5 or 6 my thinking was, he'd been that late day training and then just done it overnight that i expected he would do the same with night training at some point so wasn't going to let myself get stressed about it, however it was a total shock that he's more or less done at the same time as day training.

[lljkk]

Between 2 weeks & 3 months of always dry before I braved it. I'd go nappy free if I were OP. Get a PVC cover for mattress, too.

With mine wearing nappy or not didn't make a diff to when they went reliably dry. It was all hard-wired physiological response for 3/4. 4th child was curious case; loved wet nappies, I guess! but also couldn't quite do the nights either, I reckon, until nearly 6.

[mejon]

Whether your child needs a nappy at night at 5 or 6 is no-one else's business so hardly cause for embarrassment LittleSiouxieSue. I was under the impression that it was perfectly normal at that age and isn't considered a 'problem' until 7 or so. DD1 did not have any dry mornings hence the pull-ups at night at 5. In hindsight as she was dry immediately after stopping then I could have tried sooner but it's a bit late to worry about that now. I'll definitely try sooner with DD2 though unless she does it of her own accord.

[ilovepowerhoop]

there are lots of children who still need a nappy at night at age 5/6/7 and even older as you cant train night dryness - it is linked to producing a hormone to suppress urine production at night plus the ability to wake up when you have a full bladder.

How would anyone else at the school know if a child needed a nappy at night, its not something you would broadcast to everyone.

[Mrsmindcontrol]

ODFOD LittleSiouxsie.... embarrassed, really??

What a nasty thing to say.

My DS1 was in pull ups at night until he was 6. Through no fault of his own. Why on earth would I be embarrassed by him??

FWIW, my DS2 was dry at night by his 3rd birthday and DS3 is currently 3.5 and has never had a dry night yet. They're all different.

But, embarrassed.....no! That's horrible.

Oh- and OP DEFINITELY ditch the pull ups!

[Janek]

What would you have done about siouxiesue, to save your embarrassment?

[LittleSiouxieSue]

A nappy at 5 or 6 would have been ok? No it would not! A few days of consecutive dry nappies then go for it. I would have been embarrassed if mine had started school needing a nappy at night.

[fififrog]

About 2 nights here too - after advice from a friend. DD was 2.5, nights sorted instantly, days we are still a bit hit and miss with the number twos at 2.8

[Hippychickster]

I meant 2 consecutive dry nights btw

[Hippychickster]

When I had my children (ages ago!) I did everything by a book I had by Sheila Kitzinger, because I didn't really know much about babies.

She said when they had had 2 dry nights, never put a nappy on them at night again. I didn't and neither of them ever wet the bed!

I don't know how I dared now! But it was all fine

[NellyTheElephant]

I would have stopped ages ago. By this stage I'd say night nappy is counter productive - i.e. hard to get up and down so if he does need a wee he either needs to call you to help or else just use the nappy. If he doesn't have it on he can more easily use the loo (or leave a potty by his bed for a while until he's used to it in case he wakes in the night and needs it).