getting a 4 year old out of night time nappies

[clarahj]

Hi

help me !!! My 4.4 year old has been dry in the day time for 2 years but just cant get the night time sorted!
We are yet to just leave the nappy off at bedtime and see what happens as he is yet to wake up with a dry nappy - but i feel it is really time to put a stop to this - preferably with as little trauma to all of us as poss.
We are due a new baby in August and he starts school in September so we want it sorted well before then - but what to do?
I do all the obvious things like no drinks after supper time and a trip to the loo before bed but what else?
Has anyone else been in this situation? My eldest dd was all done adn dusted by 26 months nigh and day, i dont know where i have gone wrong?

Also - should he pee standing up by now? He does when he is out in the park or whatever but not at home - he seems to prefer sitting! I dont know about boys toilet habits and dh isnt much help as toilets seem to mosltly be my thing!

All advice welcome -

Thanks

my ds, 5.9 in year one of school has yet to have a dry n ight.
hv tried to refer to dr, but they said it wssnt a problem
ive gvien up trying at the moment. just keep buying ppyjama pants.
i just hope he is dry by the time he will be going cmping with cubs, or he wont be doing tht.

DON'T PANIC !

DS2 is 4.8 and we have only just started going without bedtime pull-ups this week.

Boys often take longer than girls it would seem, judging from my experience (2 boys) and my friends.

We just decided to wait until he had about 3-4 nights of being dry in a row, and then 'went for it'. About 50/50 dry/ accidents so far...

I don't think there's anything you can do to hurry it along if they're not ready I'm afraid.

ditto stitch - my DS1 is 5.3 and has a completely soaked nappy every morning. I figured that there is absolutely no point in trying to do anything about it until he is at least dry sometimes.

I think that the GP wouldn't be worried until age of 7 (so says a friend of mine who is a school nurse)

my HV blamed me, effecftively, actually i used to talk about wee willy winkie coming if they didnt go to bed! therefore she didnt like to get out of bed to have a wee!

i think you just have to be patient about it. if he isnt waking with a dry nappy perhaps it is too soon.
don;t know aobut standing up to pee? i spose if he prefers to sit down, then let him be.

we stopped using night nappies when dd1 was 4 because she had thrush that the gp thought was being aggravated by the nighttime dampness. we then had - 2 or 3 times a week, sometimes more - wet beds (thank god for pampers bedmats) despite a little "lifting" and changing drinking habits (more during day, taper off towards bedtime). she's just stopped wetting (though had two incidents in the last couple of weeks - must check for worms!) at 6 yrs 9 mths. I think the "link" between bladder and brain takes some time to mature - or in some cases the child doesn't produce enough of the hormone (vasopressin) which puts their bladder into night-time, sleep mode.
i don't think you've done anything wrong and would try not to get too bothered by it