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Need advice on potty training at night

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Emmalou · 24/04/2003 16:44

My dd is now 3 and toilet trained during the day for about 6 months. I'd like to try and get her dry at night as well but have got myself into a routine of giving her a drink to take to bed with her and she sometimes gets up in the night and asks for more. She has 2 full nappies over night
(I change the first around 10.30pm). I too drink a lot day and night (not so much wine these days unfortunately ...) and always take a drink to bed with me. Any advice on moving forward on this ?

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Jimjams · 15/08/2003 21:42

I've just bought some wee pad mattress things for Shiloh healthcare (0800 9170625)., They hold 4 litres (!) ansd had flap things so they can stay in place on the bed. if you get it addressed to your child they are VAT exempt. They also sell things like duvet protectors.

There'sd a recent thread on this with more ideas under Special Needs- title is incontinence pants.

mears · 15/08/2003 22:05

Sloggalog - I would slip them on her when she is asleep. She is not ready to go all night if you are having to change the bed so frequently. Many children are wet at night still, up to the age of 7 yrs.

sloggalog · 26/08/2003 17:29

Thanks for all support. Have discussed again with DD - not keen to wear pull-ups at all - gets very tearful and distressed. Have tried lifting before we go to bed - DD doesn't seem to mind this - and seems to work about 4-5 times a week - just wets before/after rest of time. Feel much less stressed thinking this is normal 'though!!!

Thank you sisters xx

willow2 · 01/09/2003 22:56

Ok - update time as tad confused as to what to do... stopped putting ds in nappies at night about two weeks ago as he said he didn't want to wear them. First few nights he wet the bed once each night, maybe twice. We tried getting him up and taking him to the loo but he just cried, got very distressed and wouldn't go - so cut back on bed time drink to see if that would help. Managed about five or six days without an accident - but the last three nights have been a disaster. He wet the bed three times in one night (leaving me stunned that he could have that much liquid in him!) and twice on the other nights - he even managed to wet the bed within two hours of going to sleep, despite being able to last for hours during the day. What's more most of the time he doesn't wake up when he has an accident - despite being absolutely soaked. Although there was one particularly nice night when he crawled in to our bed in sopping wet pyjamas. MMM yum. So now I'm completely confused. Were the dry nights proof he was getting the hang of things or just a freak occurence? Should I stick with it or put him back in nappies for a while until he seems better able to last? He's in a nappy tonight (he didn't mind) as we thought we'd give him, the washing machine and us a night off. (Which has probably blown it but there you go). Advice anyone?

judetheobscure · 02/09/2003 00:18

Leave it - as mears said it's very common for them not to be sorted until about 7 years old. My ds is 6 and has a wet bed probably 1 night in 3, and that's after six months of trying - wish I could persuade him back into trainer pants. My dd was wet until she was 5 1/2; then suddenly got the hang of it and has not had a wet bed since.

LIZS · 02/09/2003 11:39

willow

Take the pressure off him, leave it for now and try again in a few months time, if he feels he is ready. It really is not worth the aggravation of washing and distress to him.

willow2 · 02/09/2003 14:52

Thing is, the only thing he gets distressed about is being woken up in the night to go for a wee. He doesn't seem remotely bothered by having accidents - and we've been really playing them down too. So, as he isn't that fussed about lying in a pool of pee, should we just carry on changing the bed when necessary and see how it goes?

tigermoth · 02/09/2003 19:31

willow, I am attempting to do a link to a thread here on potty training. Perhaps waiting and keeping your ds in nappies might be the thing to do for now?
Ps this is the first time I have tried to do a link so bear with me. Here it is I hope:

www.mumsnet.com/Talk?topicid=8&threadid=10943&stamp=030827163545

tigermoth · 02/09/2003 19:33

Ahh it didn't work. The thread is called 'My son is suddenly dry at night - no help from me' under the 'behaviour and development' topic.

willow2 · 02/09/2003 20:04

Thanks for that tigermoth - very interesting. Also glad to hear your dh is dry at night too. Seems to me there is no sure fire way to know whether they are ready or not - but ds said he didn't want to wear a nappy tonight so am going to give it a go and see how he gets on. Certainly don't want to pressure him in to wearing one - so think I'll give it a while longer before chucking in the towel... and the bedsheets, pillowcases, pyjamas etc in to the washing machine!

willow2 · 04/09/2003 09:35

Well, so far so good. DS hasn't wanted to go back into nappes and has been dry so far. So will stick with it for a bit and see how we get on. Thanks for all your advice.

violetsareblue · 21/10/2008 22:19

I know this is a REALLY OLD thread, but just wanted to find some advice on potty training at night and came across this thread with some v. useful information. Made me giggle though because 2nd from last message says 'also glad to hear your DH is dry at night too'. Can you imagine!! Think it must have been a typo!!

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