How can I convince ds not to wear a nappy at night?

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He is now at long last waking up dry most mornings, but gets upset when I suggest not wearing a nappy, he is 5.5.

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I thought waking up in a uncomfortable wet bed was part of the learning process, but I could be wrong, he is my eldest so I have no experience.

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you could 'run out' of nappies and see what happens!

If after a few wet nights that distress him you could go and buy one more pack.... then when those run out try again etc

Just about to take the step with my ds who is nearly 4. when we went shopping I told him that this was the last pack of pull-ups in his size and now that he is such a big boy they don't make them big enough anymore. As it took about 2 weeks to get to the end of the pack, it has given him time to get used to the idea and now talks about the next stage himself. which starts tommorrow- watch this space!! good luck to you too x

My ds's both decided at same time to go "Cold Turkey" mainly because ds1's friend was diaperless (sorry getting used to new terminology here ). I bought incontinence pads - like pampers changing pads and put these under the sheet and before the waterproof mattress cover. DS1 is now dry through the night. I did lift him for a while but now don't bother as he's got it sussed. Ds2 aged 3 is somewhat hit and miss lol but hey that's what washing machines were invented for. Go for it. I"m sure he'll be fine.

My ds was very attached to his nappies and screamed if we took it off even after he was fully potty trained. Someone said "Well, he has had that nappy all his life so to suddenly removing it can be as big a shock as changing Mums"
We kept trying. If one method didn't work we left it a few weeks and tried another. Here's some things we did:
*Put big pants over his nappies to get him used to pants.
*Let him chose which pants to buy.
*Strewed pants all round the place.
*Cut the nappy into smaller portions and held these in place inside the big pants.
*Gave him a clean nappy to cuddle.
Put nappies on his teddys so he was never far from one.
*Put pants on his teddys as they 'grew up'.
*Gave him a sweetie for each morning when he was dry(with no nappy).
*Used lots of praise.
*Explained that a wet sheet was no problem and encouraged him to help change the bed so he could see it was no big deal.
*Talked openly about bed wetting in the household so that it was not considered a dirty secret.
*put the money saved from not using each nappy into his jar each morning
*don't spring any surprizes on him, give him a count down of days/hours until such and such will happen.
*let him pick a day to begin a new method eg next weekend etc.