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How many nights in a row for a 2.6yr old boy constitues 'dry at night'??

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marge2 · 20/11/2007 12:31

My DS1 was clean and dry during the day at 2.6 and dry right through the night by 2.9. even though I was too chicken to take the night nappies off for ages. Kept him in nappies 'just in case' for ages and ages even though he was dry every morning.

DS2 was clean and dry during the day at 2.4. He is now 2.6 and has been dry at night 4 out of the last 5 nights. It's all looking very good. However how many nights in a row should I wait til I can take off the nappies?

Not planning on being brave any time very soon. Just want some opinions!

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NotQuiteCockney · 20/11/2007 12:32

I'd wait for weeks, tbh. There's no point in hurrying.

Dottydot · 20/11/2007 12:34

We did 20 nights with ds2 - he got a magazine when he got to 20 nights. Then a few nights later, when he was in pants, he had an accident...

So, back to pull ups for another 20 nights and he's been in pants for about 3 weeks now and no accidents.

sfxmum · 20/11/2007 12:38

I don't know if girls are different but dd (2.6) has been without night nappy for about 4 months. she had 2 accidents but she was just changed and back to no nappy. I just make sure she has a wee before going to bed, so far so good, but this is my first so no expert.

I still put pull ons when going out unless it is a very short outing, too chicken

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Iota21againAndMum22boys · 20/11/2007 12:39

my ds2 refused to wear night nappies as soon as he stopped wearing them in the day- he just used to take them off. He was about 2.6.

I'm not saying that in a competitive mummy way - I know it depends on when a certain hormone kicks in and that often doesn't happen until much later - but genuinely ds2 was dry at night from 2.6.

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marge2 · 20/11/2007 12:40

Blimey! Even for a girl that is very early to be dry at night isn't it? No experince of girls here though! Clever little girl!

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fishie · 20/11/2007 12:41

marge2 my ds similar age and i've just taken them off for third time (monthly attempts). first time he couldn't wear any pyjama bottoms or would wee, second go he had a couple of accidents but is fine this week.

i was (and am) quite happy to wait but it does seem ridiculous to be woken up by ds asking to have his nappy taken off so he can have a wee so i have persevered.

sfxmum · 20/11/2007 12:44

not sure what it is about really but happy to take the compliment

we have always pretty much just taken cues from her guess next baby will be utterly different.

it is like most stages each child takes it at it's own pace, the challenge is for parents not to fret

VictorianSqualor · 20/11/2007 12:54

My DD was dry by night at 23 months, by day at around 18, all through her own choice. However DS(2.10) was dry by night a few months ago, then started wetting again, I have no idea why, and he kicked off big time about being put back in nappies, he wears huggies pull-ups now in bed, and calls them 'nanite pants' if anyone says nappy rather than nanite pants he gets really angry! So just on that basis I would leave it at least a fortnight.

NAB3littlemonkeys · 20/11/2007 12:59

I would say 2-3 weeks.

micromummy · 21/11/2007 00:15

ds1 has not done a wee overnight for 2-3 weeks. He is 2.9. Annoyingly he still only poos in his pants in the day, so i'm looking at having a child who is sorted at night but nowhere near OK in the day...now what I really want for christmas is a continent toddler...

lemonaid · 21/11/2007 00:25

DS is nearly 2.10 and we've just dropped the night nappy. He was dry nearly every morning and also on a couple of occasions had woken up in the middle of the night and asked to do a wee, so we took that as an indication that the "need to go" signals were getting through.

sfxmum · 21/11/2007 09:40

micromummy i think that poo in nappy is fairly common we certainly had it and occasionally she asks for a nappy so she can do a poo,
generally she just needs reassurance and one of us sits with her while she does it but if she is distressed we put nappy and don't fuss but tell her she can do it in the potty/toilet too.

bozza · 21/11/2007 09:48

I'd be tempted to take them off now TBH. DS went through a phase when he was dry at night and I was pregnant and knackered and didn't bother and he started wetting again. And it was another 9 months before we took them off - and he wasn't dry then but we he was dry straight away without the nappies. With just the odd accident. He was 3 1/2 but I think we missed a window of opportunity when he was younger.

DD, OTOH, was dry in the day at 2 and dry at night at 2.1 but I kept her in nappies until after our summer holiday (didn't want accidents in hotel bed) when she was 2.3.

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marge2 · 21/11/2007 09:59

Thanks everyone. He was dry again this morning! I think we will wait a couple more weeks just to make sure and then we'll be brave and go 'commando' and see how he gets on!

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marge2 · 21/11/2007 09:59

Thanks everyone. He was dry again this morning! I think we will wait a couple more weeks just to make sure and then we'll be brave and go 'commando' and see how he gets on!

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Niecie · 21/11/2007 10:05

I'm thinking along the lines of a month without a wet nappy. DS2 is still wearing nighttime nappies and does well for a couple of weeks and then seems to have a wet nappy every morning for the next couple weeks. Not sure if that is me mentioning how well he is doing when he is dry so I am not passing comment at the moment and seeing where it takes me.

Problem is, he keeps coming into our bed in the night and I don't want to take the nappies off until I am confident he is not going to have an accident because I don't want to have to put a plastic sheet on our bed to stop it getting spoilt. I was hoping for at least another 30 years before I would need a plastic sheet again!!

Meeely2 · 21/11/2007 10:09

we went commando about 2 weeks ago and had accidents every night so far and I'm shattered! Thing is we have twins and they seem to wet about an hour apart - so just dropping off and the other wakes up!

Anyway we are not givong up 1) because they will not wear nappys now as they think they are being punished for wetting 2) we don't want to send them the wrong signals that they have failed.

So we are struggling through with matchsticks keeping eyes open, I'm sure they will twig in the end (they are 3 on the 1st december btw)

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marge2 · 21/11/2007 12:42

Ooooh Meeely that sounds like hard work - but then I think EVERYTHING about having twins sounds like hard work to me.

Best of luck!

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Meeely2 · 22/11/2007 20:10

thanks marge - we have gone for it again tonite BUT dh had a flash of inspiration and its TRULY inspired (well for a man, come on girls give him some credit).....

So they wetting EVER night, but with nappies on they dry - so what to do.....ok, put to bed WITHOUT nappies thus they are in the mental mindset that they are commmando - at bedtime (ours not theirs) put a nappy on each (bear with me...)....if they wake up wet, not ready to go commando as they will have THOUGHT they were nappy free, if they wake up dry, bingo don't put nappy on at your bedtime....what do ya think?

I'm thinking everyones a winner, cos if they do wet they don't wake and thus you all get a good nights sleep while also finding out without the hard work if they are ready!

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