Night training

[AuntyQuated]

can anyone help me please?
until friday my 5 and a half year ols was still in nappies at bed time. the school nurse told me that he would never be dry as long as wore nappies so take 'em off and go for it.
we give him lots to drink until 6pm
we give him nothing after 6pm
we get him up as we go to bed
when we wake up at 6.30ish he is wet but still sleeping. he wakes between 6.30 and 7.30 having just done a wee and is sopping wet....including duvet.
normally during the hols he sleeps 'til 8.30/9. so we ahve one tired and wet boy.
BIG QUESTION should i put him back in nappies?
any views, ideas or experiences would be appreciated.
tia

anyone?

I don't think the stopping them drinking after 6 does anything .. at least according to other advice I've read .. I think its just juice / ribena they're not supposed to have

have you tried lifting him to the loo in the morning before he wakes up? it sounds like its just the morning he's having trouble with .. as he gets into lighter sleep he recognises the full bladder but isn't conscious enough to control it maybe ..... I'm making this bit up

have you got mattress protector .. and those pampers mats are quite good too

no i think he is diong 2 wees, one in the middle of the night that doesn't wake him and one huge on which does at about 7ish.

i have mattress protection but can you get duvet protection that doesn't make them sweat like mad?

I don't think they can be trained to be dry at night, it just happens when they're ready. Depends on size of bladder, and how heavily they sleep.

My ds (3) has been out of nappies at night for a few months, but we lift him at 10pm, and make him pee then. He's almost entirely dry, we have an accident once a month or so. I don't think early night training is even vaguely important, but we found he was waking us at 5am because he needed to wee, or sometimes, getting his willy out of the pull-ups at the start of the night, then wetting the bed in the middle. So the nappy wasn't doing us any good. Without that, I wouldn't have bothered giving it up.

Certainly I wouldn't bother with wet beds every night! Nappies exist for a reason. Five isn't late at all to be wearing a nappy at night.

I used to baby sit a 2 year old who was being trained to stay out of nappies, and I was under strict instructions to pop her on her potty at 10pm, whilst she was still asleep! and it worked she peed and carried on sleeping! (I was 14 at the time, so very amazed by the whole process!) needless to say I haven't tried potty training with my dd yet, as shes too young, but thought I share this with you!

Hi AQ. My ds2 is 5.5, and still definitely in nappies: I'm in exactly the same boat as you, every now and then I leave the nappies off, but he is so clearly way off success, and it just results in mountains of laundry, including duvets. (He's usually in bed for 13 hrs, asleep for most of it.)

A friend recently told me I should persevere as she had with her dd ... turns out she had 2 or 3 sets of bedding to wash EVERY NIGHT through the summer for weeks and weeks, and even now still has 2 or 3 sets every week. NO WAY am I doing that.

Waterproof duvet protectors are horrid, rattly, sweaty things. It's like trying to sleep under a gigantic crisp packet! And you are very welcome to the one I have, but I doubt you want it after that recommendation

DS1 was very wet until he was almost 5, and then dried up literally overnight. Now he has the most fantastic amazing bladder control!!! I'm surprised ds2 hasn't made it yet, but I'm trying to be patient and wait, as I just can't face the alternative.

PS I thought your ds was older than mine.

AQ i would agree with others and not worry about this too much. Especially not at thistime of year (not best for drying bedding).
I think children vary so much.
My experience; DS1 was out of nappies at night at 4 but not very reliable, i think it was about this time last year (when he was 4+) that he managed a whole dry week (but i thought it was worth pursuing as cost of maybe 1-2 wet beds per week; it was generally limited to sheet, duvet was usually dry).
Even now (he's 5+) he will have the (very) occasional wet night, maybe once every 2-3 months.
DD meanwhile was out of daytime nappies a year ago aged 2+, then by January was getting up to do a wee in the night so we dropped em and she's done really well.
I think they do need to either manage to go right through or else learn to wake up for a wee. Doesn't sound to me like your DS is doign either.
FWIW I never found lifting helped at all but i know it does work for some.
Drinks; advice from HV (which we think worked) was no juice after 4pm, but lots of milk and water (as wanted) - important not to limit fluids.
In the end we made it no juice at all all day.
Ribena is definitely the worst for that, seems to go right throught them. Worth a try perhaps?