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NIGHT TIME NAPPIES?

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Dixie · 17/04/2004 00:21

I am feeling really stumped at this parenting stage...toilet training & me don't seem to be doing well....

I tried toilet training ds1 & it went absolutely no where I got very overwhelmed & so my (at the time quite new) partner (not his father) took on the mission & had him out of day time nappies in a weekend!

I am now trying to get ds1 out of night-time nappies & again failing...its been 4 weeks now & it's constantly wet PJ's & sheets every night (sometimes more than once in a night) I'm feeling terrible about it, I just don't know what to do.

My partner & I look like we've split up (very confusing to go into) so I'm feeling a little lost on the suggestion front...anyone got any ideas? how did you all do it? what am i doing wrong?

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Beccarollover · 17/04/2004 00:24

How old is DS dixie?

My DD only came out of night time nappies a few months ago at the grand age of 4 - she had been dry during the day well before that and it just took that bit longer...

I incorporated into her bedtime routine that she had the last drink of the day at 6 and the last thing she did before bed was have a wee - touch wood after a ropey week she has been dry ever since. I think what helped was to wait until she was really really ready and wanting to be dry.

I have a waterproof sheet on her bed with pampers bed mat on top of the "bum" area so if she does wet it doesnt ruin the mattress - in the first week or so I also lay her on a towel so didnt always have to do full bed change in the night!

gemilou · 17/04/2004 00:26

hi dixie,
how old is ds1.
Great tip on here yesterday for dry nites, double sheets.
Waterproof sheet then normal sheet, waterproof sheet then normal sheet.
Then if they have an accident you whip 1 set of sheets off....
hey presto another set ready and waiting

midden · 17/04/2004 00:28

dixie how old is your ds ? I am at the same stage with mine - 3, 4 in july - all I can do is echo the advice that i have been given by others, watch how much they drink after 6pm big pee before bed, potty beside bed etc but you probably already know all that! Are you lifting him for a pee when you go to bed? We tried this to no avail but it seems to work for some.

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Dixie · 17/04/2004 00:36

ds1 was 4 in feb. got waterproof matress cover & put the pampers shet on the bum area but he quite a mover in the evening....ends up down other end of bed sometimes. trie potty in room but he just doesn't even seem to realise he's weeing & on the one occassion he did..he insisted on going on the big toilet because he's a big boy now wearing no nappie

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midden · 17/04/2004 00:43

dixie this is just a thought but you mentioned he doens'nt seem to realise that he is weeing, have you thought of trying non diposable pull ups at night?. A friend of mine swears that it worked for her 3 kids as they felt the wee sensation and wetness and did'nt like it. Might seem a bit cruel but disposable nappies and pampers pads do mask the reality in a way as they absorb so much. might be a bit more washing but I think we will try it next month!

essbee · 17/04/2004 00:50

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gemilou · 17/04/2004 00:50

Have you tried boxer shorts, a friend of mine swears by them. her son has been dry ever since

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Dixie · 17/04/2004 00:59

right now i'll try anything..so I'll get myself armed over the weekend with supplies & be all ready for sunday when he returns from his dad...I did tell him I was doing away with the nappies at night too but not sure if 'daddy' has been bothering so could be sending ds1 confused messages?

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insanidee · 17/04/2004 07:23

what we did, was lift dd1 onto the toilet every night b4 we went to bed around 10pm. she would be asleep but still wee on the toilet at that time. now she wakes up most times to go to the toilet herself. still have a few accidents but nothing major really.

Kittypickle · 17/04/2004 08:29

www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/bhcv2/bhcarticles.nsf/pages/Toilet_training_staying_dry_at_night?open

The above might be worth reading (sorry, couldn't get link to work) I waited untill DD had dry nappies in the morning for a couple of weeks, which worked well - it was the daytimes I had trouble with ! As much as possible I would try not to worry about it, it will happen when he's ready. It's certainly nothing that you have done wrong.

Jimjams · 17/04/2004 09:00

Do you know when he is weeing. Ds1 (5 next month) is only recently out of day time nappies, but kind of trained himself for night about a month later. (what I mean is I didn't do anything I just noticed his napies were dry) We have had a couple of accidents- both as he woke up. On both occasions I had to wake him up to go to school- and it seems as if being woken up made him less reliable than if he had woken up himself.

If you've got lots happening at the moment I would just keep him in night nappies and wait until he does it himself.......

Flip · 17/04/2004 09:54

My ds1 was five in March and doesn't look like being dry anytime soon. I spoke to the school nurse and she said to forget it until he was seven so I have. Mainly because my washer is so unreliable. If he's not ready, I wouldn't push it. My ds1 is a very deep sleeper and doesn't wake when he wees. Also I tried the caremat on the bed but he riggles so much it was useless. I'd let it go for now and just praise the dry nappies on a sort of start chart.

twiglett · 17/04/2004 10:14

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suedonim · 17/04/2004 13:46

My dd's weren't trained at night until 6 or 7yo. Dd1 was particularly difficult to do anything about, as she'd wee within an hour of going to sleep, even though she'd done a wee before bedtime! In the end I waited until they had some dry nights and then stopped the nappies. Once trained, they were very reliable, I could count the number of wet beds on one hand. I suspect it's a lot more common than we imagine, otherwise Pampers etc wouldn't make nappies in such big sizes!!

Lesley76 · 17/04/2004 14:25

My DD is 4 1/4 and shows no interest in stopping nighttime nappies. I assume she's not ready as her nappy is soaking wet every morning. To be honest, I would rather put a disposable nappy in the bin than change sheets at 3am. Sorry if this makes me a lazy/bad mother!! She was quite late to be dry in the day (just before her third birthday) but trained herself over a few days.

I should add she is the kind of child who decides when SHE is ready to do something. She has been dressing herself for ages (cant remember when) and could put on shoes, socks etc at 18 months. She can tidy her own room, set the dinner table with little guidance, empty and fill the dishwasher (small items only), dry some dishes (usually non breakables like saucepan lids and plastics) etc etc. So I guess I?ll just wait until she seems ready (assuming this happens before she?s 8)

champs · 17/04/2004 16:11

hi all!! I just wondered if the fact that you keep nappies off in day but put them on in night may let kiddies think that using nappies/wetting at night is ok.
Maybe using the disposable pull up type pants first until kiddy gets used to asking for toilet/potty.
then move onto big pants/knickers, it may mean a few wet sheets but could help in long run. this seemed to work

ds1 is like your dd, lesley. He does things in his own time too!! all the stages are done when he's good and ready!! wonder where he gets that from

bloss · 18/04/2004 01:11

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Dixie · 18/04/2004 02:05

Thanks all for your replies. I'm not really in a rush it's just he's my eldest & I just thought it was about time I got onto this stage, not sure when is the time to do it but he's been dry in the day for for over a year now & thought it was time...learning by error i suppose...i've put the dry nites pull ups back on for now...but am worried i may be confusing him.

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