Lifting

[cedar12]

My dd is 3.9 she wears a pull up at night which is wet most of the time but not soaked for ages. Some of the pictures(that diappear when wet) are usually still there in the morning. We had 2 totally dry nights before christmas. Last night I left her in her pull up but lifted her at 10.30 her pull up was totally dry this morning and she was very pleased with herself lots of praise from us. Should I do the same tonight still with the pull up on or let her go with out one.
I have read some where lifting is not a good idea but she was so pleased with her self. I thought I might vary the time but not sure I can stay awake much longer. My mum said she did it with me and my sister and she never had any problems. Also by lifting she woke up at 7 as normal one of my friends children wakes up really early for a wee then wont go back to sleep. If anyone has any advise who has lifted there children I would be grateful thanks. How long should I do it for?

Just a quick bump for you.

For what it's worth, I don't personally feel that lifting has a lot of value. If the aim of night-time "training" is to make the child aware that they need a wee, and presumably wake up for it instead of wetting their nappy, then I'm never quite sure that training them to continue weeing in their sleep is a great idea.

Night-time "training" is a bit of a misnomer really - it's not about training; there is a hormone which kicks in to suppress urination overnight, and that can happen at any time up until the age of about 7. There is nothing that can help this along, and that's another reason why I'm dubious about lifting.

But that's not really what you wanted to hear, and I understand that you want to give your dd a bit of a boost. I'm sure someone will be along in a bit who has a more positive opinion and can give you some information.

Any advice please

I wouldn't lift her, but try raising foot end of her bed 6 inches or so. If it doesn't work, I would just play it down - it's not something she is conscious of, but obviously wants to be dry at night because she knows it's important to you. Good luck.

Thanks wil try the bed lift thing how does that work?

No idea - except my grandmother told me that what she was advised to do for my mum who still wet the bed when she was 6. My dd1 had been dry at night for months and suddenly started wetting the bed. There was no upset/infection to explain this so she suggested raising the end of the bed. Weirdly enough it worked first night. After three or four nights, I lowered the bed back down and she wet the bed again. The Yellow Pages went back under the foot of the bed and stayed there for about three weeks and she was dry thereafter. No idea about the science of it or whether it only works on people related to me but it's worth a try.

never heard of this- are you saying that by just raising the foot of bed it can have such an effect! might have to try it on ds 4and a bit see my posting