Probably been discussed loads but is there a way to get your child dry at night?

[DiscoDizzy]

or is it something that just clicks one day. DD is 3 this month. Not overly bothered but would prefer her dry than not. I don't limit drinks at night, she has a cup of milk in the run up to bedtime at 7pm. Whether she has it or not makes no difference to the 10 ton nappy i've got the day after.

hi disco, my dd is 5 in july and still in pull ups at night, she just sleeps sooooo soundly and seeing as dh works shifts and I'm getting more heavily pg I don't want to start lifting - we tried it a couple of times but she was wet even after a wee while

have cut out her bedtime drinks this week so just seeing how it goes

am not worried about it but as you said would be nice

some people do lift at about 10pm and find that works?

good luck, sorry not been much help

Well she took her nappy off last night and when I came in from my friend's at 11.15 she was asleep in bed without any nappy or bottoms on (nice n dry) but by morning she was a tad damp (to say the least). Unless anyone comes along with some inspiring methods i'll just have to put up and shut up i suppose.

am sure someone will, its just not me unfortunately!

I had heard that when they do waken up because they've wet to make sure they're involved in the whole get up/change pyjamas/sheets etc

and to put a pad down under a tip sheet under dc so you only have to whip that off rather than change whole bed

problem is you could pick up my dd1 and wave her round your head by the ankle and she wouldn't waken up so she certainly hasn't anytime she's wet the bed

wanted to have it done before dc3 arrives in summer though

Luckily she doesn't wake in the night if she's sodden, just when she gets up in the morning, when she matter of factly just gets changed and puts her nappy in the bin, on the floor or wherever she fancies. Lets see if anyone comes with any pearls of wisdom after the school runs. Thanks dizzy (thats what my DH calls me)

My dd cried last night because she didn't want a nappy. she was 3 in Sept. I have tried before now but we have reverted back because she has been wet 3 or 4 times. Last night we were dry for the first time. I did this though, I put a potty in her room and an hour after going to sleep I wake her and stick her on it, she pees sleepily and then goes back to sleep I then do it again later, last night it was around 2 and she was dry all night. I think if you can work out when they need a wee and get them out of bed at the right time it works ok. Problem is they aren't regular as clockwork. I say just keep trying and gradually introduce it until they get the hang.

I read somewhere that they can't adapt to the 'getting out of bed to wee' as their brains don't engage with this until about 5.

If you don't want to lift, then I guess it's pull ups, which you could re use.

I did lifting and used pampers bedmats and one pack lasted ages.

I think 3 is quite young to expect them to be dry. DD started being dry most of the time fro her 3rd bday but only now (3 months later) is she consistently dry. she has just started nursery so I am in no hurry to take her out of her pants at night - but have moved down to toddler training pants (I use cloth anyway you see) so that it can catch dribbles rather than a full nights wee.

I honestly wouldn't worry for another 6 mmonths at least - the best way to do it is for it just to click. Otherwise you coudl create all sorts of anxieties unnecessarily with wet beds etc.

According to HV I talked to, they don't worry about bed wetting until at least 7 yo

Re-use!!! we did this with DD1 No chance with DD2, unless you were able to wring them out and start again

Moondog posted some good advice about this a while ago.
We followed it and dd2 was dry almost immediately.
I can't remember exactly what MD said, but we stopped putting her in nappies at night, told her that she needed to wake up if she needed a wee, and lifted her at 10pm. She only wet the bed twice, both times she was ill.
We stopped lifting her about a fortnight later and she has been fine.

Before this she was waking with the fullest nappy believable.

yep.
just keep putting on nappy at night till they insist you dont. then invest in waterproof sheets and protectors, make the bed up in layers (easily peeled off in the night) and wait for total dryness.

well, it has worked for ds1. ds2 is now asking for no nappy. i will keep putting on nappy till he insists. ds3 still only 2 so havnt even thought about him yet.