Anyone else got a 6 year old in a nappy at night?

[Elf]

DD is just not bothered about staying dry at night. We have just always put a nappy on, (or she does now!) and that's what we do. Every now and then I think well perhaps we should force the situation, hope she wakes up to wee in a potty or something but the broken nights puts me off I think. We have two other dcs as well.

DD was slow to get out of nappies in the day time, she just wasn't concerned about it.

I just wondered if she was the only child in the country still having one at night, except for children with special needs of course.

Thanks for any answers.

Nope - my DD finally quit drinites this summer after some months attendance at the clinic. She is 8. Its not considered an issue till they are 7.

At some point you will probably need to 'force the issue' - I realise now that DD was never going to start being dry while she had the pullup on. But you may want to get some more advice first - there may be some underlying reason for the late dryness. In some cases its because they aren't producing the hormone that slows urine production at night. In DDs case it was largely that she didn't drink enough and therefore had a small bladder. Treatment was essentially to drink about 1.6 litres a day and also do some positive thinking exercises before going to sleep.

I think I would take the nappies off.

DD is 5.5yo and although is not 100% dry at night she hasn't worn any bed nappies/pants since she turned 4. However I do appreciate that this was at her request and DD is very keen to be dry completely at night, but just hasn't been able to just now.

We have discovered that DD only tends to wet at night if she drinks the wrong things. For us that is anything other than water after about 3pm in the afternoon. Even a sip of juice can result in a wet bed. Also DD does not wake in the night at all, she is a very heavy sleeper. We wake her up about 10:30pm when we go up and walk her to the bathroom, for a wee. We do try to ensure she is awake when we do this - not sure if this is actually helping or not at present though, going to try stopping this bit once Christmas is out of the way.

DD has a resuable bed mat on her bed. I got them from Mothercare for about £15 each. They go on top of the bed sheet, directly under the chid. This means if she does wet then we generally only have to change the mat and her PJs, and not the whole bed. DD will sort this out herself, and it is discreet enough for her take to a friend's house with her to use inside her sleeping bag.

My ds was 6.8 when we took the nappies off. We did it over half term and he was dry straight away. Until then he had had very soggy nappies nearly every night. I came to the conclusion that he was lazy about it rather than unable IYKWIM.

We also used the bribe that he would be ablt to go to Beaver camp in the spring if he didn't have a nappy. I think that swung it!

Thank you everyone. As usual, it is so helpful to hear of others in the same situation. Some good ideas and info from you all. Emsmum, interesting about the 1.6 litres - I have to hand DD a glass of water three times a day and watch while she drinks it as she seems to not feel thirsty till about 6pm otherwise. I wonder if that is a factor - that and her personality. Thanks again everyone.

yep. dry nights, wet nights, no rhyme or reason to it.