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Dry at Night

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workingmumnhs · 16/02/2006 20:02

Hello everyone,

Have decided it is about time that my DD 3yo came out of nappies completely. She has been dry during the night for about a year but am getting nowhere with the night time.

She managed it the other day but not since. Has anyone any tips

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Sallystrawberry · 16/02/2006 20:08

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chipkid · 16/02/2006 20:12

I would just wait-my ds was in night time nappies until 4.5-he chose to get rid and we have had no accidents at all.
good luck whatever you decide x

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workingmumnhs · 16/02/2006 20:18

4.5

Oh feel better now. Everyone else says that their children were dry day and night at 2.5.

I do wake her in the night. just before I go to bed. Sometimes she wees sometimes she doesn't. I'll try not doing it tonight. She has her last drink at about 5pm. BUt MIL stuffs her with juice all day. SHe can get to the toilet at night but sometimes she can't be bothered.

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WigWamBam · 16/02/2006 20:31

My dd is 4.75 and still not dry at night. When I asked the HV about it she told me that there is a hormone that kicks in to suppress urination overnight, and until that happens there's no point in trying to get them dry at night. She has been dry in the day for about 2 years, but no sign of being ready at night, and since it's not something that can really be taught, I'm not pushing it until she's ready.

longwaytogo · 16/02/2006 20:33

My dd is 3 and dry at night and the other day when a play worker came round she was surprised that she was dry and said that 5 was the average age. All my friends children the same age as dd are not dry yet so I just count ourselves lucky. They will do it when they are ready.

chipkid · 16/02/2006 21:16

workingmumnhs

I was geeting up regularly with dd in the night-didnot want to add changing bed linen to my nightly duties so decided that I was just not going to go there with ds!!!
he was in fact ready before he opted to go without as he subsequently informed me that when he needed a wee in the night he just got out of bed to stand and wee in his pull up as he didn't want to get wet legs!!!!!-that was why he always had a wet pull up in the morning!

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hermykne · 16/02/2006 22:10

my dd was dry at night at bang on 3yr + 1mth.
ust talked to her loads about it, made a big deal about wee wee before sleep, very small drink for bed, and bar a few accidents, 5 max in 5mths, shes been pretty receptive to it.

if ithink shes had too much to drink or didnt go before sleep , i ll lift her.

Clary · 16/02/2006 22:19

Oh workingmum they are lying (about the dry at night at 2.5).
DS1 was 4. DD was 2.8 I will admit, but DS2 has been dry in the day since last April but still has a wet nappy at night most nights. I'm not stressing. He's 3 in April.
If you do want tips, we got DS1 dry by banning all squash/juice all day but giving him lots of water and milk. Blackcurrant is especially bad, if he had it after 4pm particularly. I still don't give juice after about 4pm actually.
Lifting at night never worked for me but does for some. Make sure dd can get to loo/potty easily - leave the bathroom light on if need be.
HTH

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workingmumnhs · 17/02/2006 17:19

DD has her potty next to her bed and knows it is there. Rarely ever uses it tho. Had one dry nappy last week. Think she is coming down with the flu now so don't know whether to give it a rest for a while.
Will try all the suggestions and keep you posted.

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Hulababy · 17/02/2006 17:25

DD is 3y10m and, despite a week or so of really good progress last summer, we are going nowehere. She just isn't ready. She has been dry in the day since 24 months, which took less than 3 days to sort out.

I tried all the suggestions here - toilet before bed, no drinks, waking her/not waking her, etc. - and none worked.

So I figure she isn't ready. And TBH I don't care anymore. It isn't holding her back in anyway and she is still relatively young for it.

As I said to a friend, if she is going to uni in her bed pants then I guess I will worry Seriously though, if they are not ready and you try and push it, it just makes for so much more hassle for you over a longish period of tme.

wannaBe1974 · 21/02/2006 17:54

oh wow I just clicked on this board to post a message to ask how to get my DS dry at night, seems I have my answer here.

My DS is 3.3 and showing no signs of wanting to be dry at night. We did have a few dry nights when he first started being dry in the day, been potty trained since last April, but other than that it just ain't happening. And my mother keeps asking if he's dry at night yet, and when I say "no" she just says "oh".

So just question - when they're ready do you just start getting dry nappies in the morning? and at what point do you ditch the pullups altogether?

Distel · 21/02/2006 18:09

My dd is 3.10. She has been nowhere near being dry at night but has been in the day since she was 2.3.

Yesterday I bought her some 'bed pants' (pull-ups) and told her that now she was a big girl, she could go to the toilet in the night and she diddn't need to wear nappies anymore. I expected it to take a while as her nappies were wetter than ds who is 21 months, so I couldn't believe it when I got woken in the night by her putting on the bathroom light. Fingres croosed she will do the same tonight [smile).

roisin · 21/02/2006 18:18

My dss were both completely clean and dry during the day by 24 months.

Ds1 was not dry at night until he was almost 5.
Ds2 was 6 and a bit

Every now and again we gave them a try with no nappies, but they just weren't ready, and it wasn't worth the hassle (and all the extra laundry!). Once they were ready they were suddenly dry ... literally overnight!

clairebear123 · 27/02/2006 11:23

I think there is a conspiracy and everyone who says theirs are dry before 3 is involved. Feel much better about my 3 1/2 year olds soaking wet pull ups every morning now. After a week of lifting/changing beds/no sleep am going back to pull ups and will wait until he seems a bit more ready. Can anybody explain to me the advice on other conversations I've looked at how giving them lots more to drink through the day helps?

lusciouslynda · 27/02/2006 14:45

My DD was dry in the day at 2.4. She is now 3.3.
I recently put her in pull ups at night time and they are usually dry - 1 wet in 14 - and she calls me when she needs to go. ( Doesn't want to use potty by bed and scared to go to bathroom on her own)
Past 2 night DD and I agreed that she would do without pull ups. Past 2 mornings bed is wet. What do I do? Should I persevere or put the pull ups back on. Extra laundry doesn't bother me. Just want what's best. Any advice?

deegward · 27/02/2006 14:52

Ds2 will be three at end of March and last month HE decided that he would not wear a nappy at night anymore.

Lots of pamper bed mats, and waking during the night, and now last week we had our first dry week.

Not lying nor boasting, I think it is easier when led by the child, ds1 was well over 3 when he was dry at night.

deegward · 27/02/2006 14:54

ds2 drinks like a horse during the day, so I don't know if that helped

Orinoco · 27/02/2006 21:53

Don't worry about it!

my dd1's 5 and still wears pull ups at night. She was dry last summer, but when she started school she was so tired she was wetting herself and not waking up. It's too cold at night at the moment to sleep in a wet bed, so I'll try again with her when it gets a bit warmer!

lusciouslynda · 02/03/2006 16:03

Phew, what a comfort to be reassured there is no "right" way.

You hear so many stories ( ridiculous ones, I now realise) about babies who were dry day and night before they were one.

We have had a couple of dry nights now so I will keep going for a while before reverting back to pull ups.

chipth · 02/03/2006 16:11

I'm one of those lucky mums whose children were both dry at 2.5. I waited until they had a run of dry nappies & then went for it.

I never woke them to use the toilet & never cut down on drinks-in fact they both went to bed with their milk. The reason i wanted to tell you this is to confirm that when they are ready they are just ready & will do it regardless. I believe that in the same way i drink tea before bed & hold my wee, they do the same. Don't beat yourself up about it...it will happen & 3 is still early, i have friends whose 5 year olds still wear nappies!

serenity · 02/03/2006 16:43

LOL, not everyone whose children were dry at night before 3 is lying!

You'll know when they are ready, as you'll start getting dry nappies in the morning. I'd make sure though that the first thing you do is take the nappy off and put them on the potty, you might find that the wet one in the morning can be avoided as they might be doing it as they wake rather than at night. DS2 was a total weirdo as he was dry at night from 2.6, but not in the day for another 5 months! (DS1 was 2.8 and DD was 2.2 - strong bladders and super strong hormones in my family!)

Mum2Ela · 03/03/2006 10:59

My DD has been dry during the day since 24 months (she is now 3.5 yrs) and only dry at night because we 'lift' her when we go to bed. The odd night we forget and we do sometimes have a dry bed in the morning, but its hit and miss. So I don't know what to do now as I don't want to carry on lifting her (its a PITA) but the last week or so I haven;t been and we have had a constant wet bed every night. She doesn't even wake after she has done it, so may lie in it most the night!

She has been poorly recently, so i'm wondering whether to give her the benefit of the the doubt and try her with a sticker chart before giving up completely and trying to get her back into nappies at night (which I know she won't go for at all).

Does anyone think the sticker chart may work or is it a definite 'she isn't ready'?

katierocket · 09/03/2006 09:53

can I just resurrect this.

DS is 4.5 and is still soaking wet in the morning. Can't decide whether to force the issue or just leave it until his nappies are dry.

reading through this it seems that it might be best just to leave it until he's dry?

cod · 09/03/2006 13:06

oh GOD yes
ds1 ( very bight obv ;) and bery early potty trained was wet till he was 5 and a bit

chill

as my sister siad
"well you cna afford hte nappies so whats the problem"

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