Stopping nappies at night....

[Writerwannabe83]

My son is 3.5 years and has been out of nappies in the daytime for about 6-7 months now but still wears a nappy at night which has never been an issue.

However, due to issues with him refusing to poo in a potty or toilet and instead just holding it all day until his night time nappy goes on, we are thinking about getting rid of nappies altogether.

Most mornings he still has a wet nappy however I don't know if that's because he had a wee whilst asleep or whether he did it pretty quickly upon waking.

Should we just stop using nappies overnight and see what happens?

Also, what time do you last give your children a drink at night? DS generally takes one to bed with him each night but I'm thinking about stopping this if we want him to stay dry overnight?

My three DC were all dry in the daytime at around 2 and a half, but nighttime varied massively from age 2 to age 6. It happens when they're ready.

I waited to take the night nappy off until it was dry in the morning more often than not.

No. Don't. Nighttime dryness is due to the production of a certain hormone. If nappies are wet each morning then he's not ready.

both my kids enjoyed a sneaky first see in the nappy. I had to remove it, if I waited until it was dry I would have been waiting for ever. I would recommend buying a waterproof sheet first xx

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That's what I'm thinking. Sometimes DS is awake for 30 minutes before he comes into mine and DH's bedroom in the morning so his wet nappy may just be because he had a wee when he woke up, not because he had a wee whilst he was sleeping.

Fresh wee means a warm nappy. Wee in the night would be cool.

Could you switch to pull ups and leave a nappy in his room for his morning wee.
Ds went dry at night the first day of potty training at 2.10 but I think that is because he is a stickler for rules and knew weeing was now only done on the potty. He would have about 100ml of milk 30 min before bed and a last wee after his stories. He also has a potty in his room even now at almost 4.

*leave a potty in his room

DS1 asked to not wear one, so we have it a whirl. He had a couple of accidents (definitely get a few waterproof sheets!) but soon got the hang of it.

We give him his last drink at 6pm and make sure he has a wee before bed.

You can get disposable pads "drynite". Try it. You won't know till you do.
My ds (3.5) wets himself if he has a lie in but can go till 7am no prob. The disposable pads get wet maybe once a month or two.

Our usual routine is up for his bath at about 6.30pm (and he usually wees in it) and then into his bedroom for pyjamas and stories. He takes a beaker of water to bed with him where sometimes he drinks all of it and other times he drinks about half.

He actually has an en-suite in his room so he could go the toilet whenever he needed to if he didn't have a nappy on without having to venture too far.

I just wish he'd poo in the toilet, or on a potty, and then this wouldn't be an issue. Until we completely get rid of nappies though he's never going to poo where he should.

Dd was dry in the day fairly late (3.5) but it happened fairly quickly, and within a few weeks she was dry in the mornings so we put a potty in her room and took night nappies away. She has had no accidents since!

Nothing wrong with seeing what's going on... if his nappies are cold and wet in the morning , don't bother but if you genuinely think he is dry over night then take nappies off. You'll soon know if he is ready.
You can't 'train' overnight dryness for obvious reasons; either they are ready or they are not.