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Nappie at night or not?

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leander · 28/05/2004 09:55

I know this has probably been covered but there are too many threads to search through.
My Ds has been going the toilet with no problem for the last 2 wks, but of a night he is still weeing his pants,out of 2 wks he has probably been dry in the morning about 5 times.Should i persevere without a nappie or do you think i should put him in a nappie.My dh thinks that by putting him in a nappie for bed it is taking a step backwards.My DS is 2yrs4mths.

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charliecat · 28/05/2004 09:59

My dd was dry through the day since she was 2 and shes now 3 and a half and ive only just night trained her. Do you think hes ready for it or has it just been goodluck that hes been dry in the morning?
Dont think it would be a step back at all, one nappy at night when hes asleep is really rather good!

littlemissbossy · 28/05/2004 10:00

IME I would still keep him in a nappy until he's been dry overnight for a whole week, boys are often slower at girls for being dry overnight so don't worry if it takes some time. It's very common for boys of 4 and 5 to still wear nappies at night. My ds has only just stopped wearing nappies at night and he's 3. Keeping a nappy on at night will have no effect on him being dry during the day. HTH

maisystar · 28/05/2004 10:00

i would definately put him back in a nappy at night-its sounds as though hes doing well during the day and hes only young.

my ds became dry at night at about 2 1/2 on his own. he had about 2 months of nappys being dry in the morning before i put him to bed without one on!! couldnt face the thought of wet sheets. hes now 3 1/2 and has never wet the bed.

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Hulababy · 28/05/2004 10:01

I have just done day time potty training a month ago. She is now 25 months. ut only for day time. DD is still having maybe 1 or 2 wees in the night so I am sticking with her nappy for now.

DD does wake up in the night since potty training. She mornally asks for a drink at the time but I am now wondering whether she may be waking for a wee - now her body is more in tne with the feeling. My MIL suggested seeing if she wants her potty at the time, so my give that go for a bit and she how she is.

elliott · 28/05/2004 10:11

I thought it was normal to train in the daytime first, with the night time coming quite a lot later. Ds1 (two and a half) has been out of day nappies for about 3 weeks but it hadn't occurred to me to try at night - don't think he's anywhere near ready for that. HTH

albert · 28/05/2004 10:21

I'm going through this too at the moment and my DS is 4. He's been out of day nappies since before he was 3 with no problems and we are only just reaching the dry night time stage - last night was the second successful 'no nappy' night. I wouldn't rush it if I were you, he'll do it in her own time...eventually. Check the thread I started earlier this week with the same topic, I got some very good advice from other MNers and some good websites to check too

LIZS · 28/05/2004 11:40

I wouldn't rush him unless he really shows signs of both wanting to and being able to. Don't see the point of creating disturbed nights - I love my sleep too much - and extra washing.

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leander · 28/05/2004 14:17

Thanks I tried to put a nappy on him last night and he said no and he screamed when i tried to put one on him,thats why i started this thresd.Should I wait for him to go to sleep and then put it on him ?

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leander · 28/05/2004 14:18

Albert, what was the other thread called?

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Pancake · 28/05/2004 14:24

Hi. My ds1 was dry during the day at two and three-quarters but has only just gone dry during the night and he's nearly 5. We didn't stress about it and let him decide when he was ready. He decided about two months ago that he was ready and so we took the plunge and he's only had one accident. We do still lift him to go to the loo at about 10.30pm though but this seems to work ok as he goes straight back to sleep!

Kayleigh · 28/05/2004 14:30

Much the same as Pancake here. My ds1 was dry during the day at 2 and 3/4. But not dry at night till almost 5. Ds2 was dry during the day at 2.5 and immediately became dry during the night too. So they are all different - but I would say wait until 5 or 6 nights of dry nappies on the trot before they are ready to be without a nappy. And FWIW at almost 6 my ds1 still wets the bed about once a fortnight.

rolymoly · 28/05/2004 20:35

DD1 was dry during the day (barring a few accidents now and then) for nearly a year before we took the night nappy off. THat was when she asked to do it. So far so good on that, though she has had the occasional wet bed.

zebra · 28/05/2004 21:24

I did a poll on MN once and the typical age (many replies) to go dry overnight was about 3y+1 month. 2y+4 month would be very lucky indeed! I thought we lucked out with DS who was mostly dry o/night from 2y+5 months. He just did that naturally, wasn't something we worked on. DD has sometimes done it, too (mostly day dry since barely 2yo), but I know she's still (2y+8months) not ready to understand consistently going overnight dry yet, and she's not doing it naturally (although it happens sometimes).

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leander · 29/05/2004 08:24

Well I went with the general opinion and put a nappy on him last night,and what do you know he woke up with a dry nappy!!!!Then at 7 oclock he preceded to strip, took his nappy off and went to the toilet for a wee.
Iknow, I know its just luck.

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Ghosty · 29/05/2004 08:34

Well done to your DS Leander
I would keep the nappy until he has been dry in the morning for a week or so.
We day trained DS first at 2.11 and I had no intention of night training him at all until he was ready. When he was 3.3 he started waking at 5am with a dry nappy and wanting to go to the toilet. So we stopped nighttime nappies, stopped bedtime milk and started 'lifting' him at 10pm. We stopped lifting him when I couldn't pick him up out of bed anymore due to being too pregnant ... but really we could have stopped lifting him before that.
I think 2.4 is very young to expect dry nights every night.

exaussie · 30/05/2004 23:02

Tonight dd 2yr 10mon said she wanted to go to bed without her nappy. She has asked a few times recently - so I decided to let her have a go tonight. Ripped an old sheet in half and put it on her bed with plastic underneath to hopefully prevent stripping the bed completely later tonight when she wets. Been out of nappies in the day for about 8 months. Never had a dry nappy in the morning yet! Wonder whether this was a silly idea - probably have a really crappy night now! Oh well - ya never know - figured I'd just encourage her as she wants to do it.

Does anyone know whether bedwetting runs in the family - I was about 12 before I stopped

rolymoly · 31/05/2004 13:17

Good luck exaussie How did it go?

albert · 31/05/2004 13:44

Leander, sorry to get back to you so much later after you asked but I tend to only write on MN at work!! Too busy at home. The thread was called Bed wetting - help needed please.
To update on my situ, we got through 5 dry nights and have just had another soggy one, oops, never mind, thank God for washing machines! How are you getting on with DS?

exaussie · 01/06/2004 01:27

Well, dd woke at 5am all soggy - quick change and straight back to sleep - thank god!! Was dry at 8.30am when she got up. Tried again tonight, she's still keen!

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