potty training at night - how to begin?

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DS, who has just turned three, has been toilet trained for about six months now but i have not attempted to go without nappies at night. he seems to produce a huge amount of urine at night and by morning the nappy is often soaked through and the sheets are sometimes wet too. as this is happening regularly i have started wondering whether we might as well start trying to lose the nappies altogether - either way we are spending a lot of time washing sheets. but i don't know where to begin. can any more experienced parents offer some advice?

The ability to hold on during the night is physiological and related to hormones. If they can't do it yet, they can't do it. You can't really 'teach' it. I waited until dd's nappies were dry at 2.3 and then stopped using them. In a year or so she has had 3 accidents, 2 when away from home and 1 when poorly.

AS NATBA said, it's physiological. When the nappies are dry, they no longer need them. They're ready when the pee-producing hormone stops them weeing at night. Most of my son's class and him were dry at night somewhere between 3 and 5 years old. Some sooner, some not quite yet. Lifting them doesn't help. It just makes more work for you.

Agree with previous posts-we waited until ds' nappy's were dry in the morning before going to pants. I wouldnt be at all concerned at 3yrs old, its quite normal (especially in boys apparently) to still wet at night for a good while longer.

Only thing we do to help ds is give him his last big drink of juice with dinner at 5.30pm, then he only has milk before bed (this doesnt go through them like juice). I always take him for a wee, whether he wants to go or not last thing before he gets in bed.