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How old are they when they are dry at night ?

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elfsmum · 07/12/2006 17:01

sorry if this has been a thread before.

My DS is 4 and 9 months, has been completely dry during the day since about 2 - we go through phases where he is dry for 10 nights, wet for 7, dry for 4, wet for 10, dry for 10 so no particular pattern.

Have tried putting him on the toilet when we go to bed, or if he wakes during the night, sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't.

Is this unusual DS1 was dry at night as soon as he was dry in the day so I have no experience of this

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WigWamBahhumbug · 07/12/2006 17:05

My dd is still in night-time nappies at 5.5, her friend was dry at 18 months.

It comes when it comes; there's nothing you can do to force it. There's a hormone that kicks in which suppresses urination overnight, and until that happens they physically can't be dry.

If you can, just relax and let it happen when he's ready. It's not considered a problem by doctors until 7 years of age.

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elfsmum · 08/01/2008 11:57

resurecting this now

DS2 is nearly 6 now, and the pattern is still as it was a year ago

is there anything else I could try to help him

he went to the loo before bed last night, he got up at 10.30pm to go, and was up at 8am this morning - still with a really wet dry night

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elfsmum · 08/01/2008 13:16

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Rhumba · 08/01/2008 15:03

As said before my understanding is it's not considered a "problem" until 7 but can understand why you're concerned. DS was dry at 2.5 but I know of a couple of his friend's who are 4 and nearly 5 that still use nappies at night.

have you tried a reward chart type system where by he get starts for being dry which a larger reward after X nights. other thing my friend has said that if she gets him up before he's been awake long he's dry as otherwise it's easier to just use the nappy/pyjama pant than get up (especially in the moment when it's a bit chilly)

Prabably not much help-sorry! just thought I'd bump it!

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paulaplumpbottom · 08/01/2008 15:07

DD is 4 and just now dry through the night

jeanybeeny · 10/01/2008 08:25

elfsmum, what do you mean when you say "still with a really wet dry night"?

Hulababy · 10/01/2008 08:28

Night time dryness can be anytime from 18 months upwards, and GPs aren't interested on the whole until the child is 7. All to do with a hormone.

My DD is 5y9m. She came out od nightime pants at 4yo but has had accidents since, gradually getting less and less. She came out of her nappies at her request. Even now she has the odd accident. She is almost guaranteed to wet the bed if (a) she drinks anything bar water after about 3pm, and (b) she has a night terror.

throckenholt · 10/01/2008 08:31

ds1 was dry at about 3.5.

Ds 2&3 are 5 next week - one is dry about 5 nights a week, the other is about 2 nights per week.

Sometimes they will do a we if we get them up when we go to bed (other times they dissolve into tears and won't wee). The dryer of the two can usually go through the night if he wees when we go to bed - the other it seems to make little difference.

We are doing a lot of washing at the moment !

HenriettaHippo · 10/01/2008 09:39

Also doing a lot of washing at the moment. DS1 is 3 2/3, and insisted on trying without nappy pants. Two completely dry nights, then several when he wet once or more times. Since then we've been taking him to the loo when we go to bed, and he always wees. Some nights he'll get through, others he'll be wet in the morning. The thing is he doesn't seem to notice, so he'll wee the bed, but not wake up and just tell me the bed's wet when his alarm goes off first thing.

Is this because he doesn't have the hormone yet that will wake him to do a wee in the middle of the night?

throckenholt · 10/01/2008 11:35

don't know - mine sometimes wake up when they have weed - othertimes they sleep through it and only notice when they wake up.

Boomally · 10/01/2008 12:34

I don't think there's any set time or age. My DS is coming up to 4, and still in night nappies. I have a friend who's DD was 6 last month, and also still in night nappies, with no sign of coming out of them anytime soon. I think you just have to wait for them to train in their own time, and hopefully before they go to university or get a job!

HenriettaHippo · 10/01/2008 15:35

thinking now of the next 3 years of changing beds in the middle of the night, and then a few more years when DS2 goes through it. Sigh. I'd go back to nappy pants, but DS1 and DH just refuse!

Boomally · 10/01/2008 16:33

Henriettahippo, I just could'nt put up with all that washing and changing of beds in the middle of the night. imo the child is either dry or not, and if not, then he has to wear a nappy. Why do DS1 and DH refuse? You must be firm! I'm not sure what nappy pants are like. They sound expensive? I use traditional terry nappies, which I reckon to be the easiest and cheapest option.

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