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Tips on how to get toddler dry at night

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ER1992 · 17/12/2021 08:31

My 3 year old son has been potty trained in the day for about 9 months but is still wearing a nappy at bedtime and wakes up with it is quite full. Does anyone have any tips on how to get him dry at night or does it just come naturally?

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Ihaveoflate · 17/12/2021 08:48

I'm pretty sure it relies on the production of a hormone, which you can't really force. Three is very young to be dry at night. I honestly wouldn't worry.

Grimbelina · 17/12/2021 08:52

You can't, you have to wait until their brain releases the hormone. This could take until they are 7/8. I have one who was dry at night by 18 months and one at 7 years. You keep them in nappies until you have a long run of dry ones.

Usuallyhappycamper · 17/12/2021 08:52

The things in your control are making sure he goes to the loo just before bed and not drinking lots late evening. The being dry overnight thing is his body and will happen when it happens. Both of mine were dry at night when they were dry in the day, but some kids don't manage it for years.

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yikesanotherbooboo · 17/12/2021 09:07

It comes naturally and age at daytime training is irrelevant.
The only tips are the very obvious things like not drinking huge amounts( particularly blackcurrant) in the evenings and making sure that they do get used to drinking plenty on the day so that their bladders get used to being full.
For context, my sons were dry in the day at 2 and wet at night until 10.No big deal and there were others still wet at night in their yr 6 classes as well which is statistically normal.

purplesequins · 17/12/2021 09:10

you can't.
as pp said it's hormone driven.
for dry at night any age between 2 and 8 years old is normal.
pull ups are your friend.

DappledThings · 17/12/2021 09:17

Yep, hormonal. DC2 has been dry at night since she was 2.5. DC1 is nearly 6 and still has a full nappy every morning.

Thesechipsdontlie · 17/12/2021 09:22

Have a look at the Eric website (about night dryness)

Things that we found helped were cutting back in milk at night (he has milk at lunch now) as the protein makes them produce more urine, and I switched to Huggies night pull ups just so he could see the pants indicator go wet (there's a shape that fades) just so he understands wet/dry a bit more.

MasonStreet · 17/12/2021 09:34

It comes naturally and is to do with a specific nocturnal hormone release that occurs at any time between 1-6 years of age

Trying to ‘train’ at night may prove futile and at the least, generate a lot of boring laundry

Shoobydooer · 17/12/2021 09:41

@MasonStreet

It comes naturally and is to do with a specific nocturnal hormone release that occurs at any time between 1-6 years of age

Trying to ‘train’ at night may prove futile and at the least, generate a lot of boring laundry

This is true. DP keeps trying to 'train' DS but it's me that ends up doing the laundry every day so I get him back in pull ups asap. DS just turned 7 so that's a lot of liquid too now and I just can't be bothered.

Am actually speaking to GP about it next week, but thanks to those who have commented so far as perhaps it's not as unusual as I thought. I had read about it being a matter of a hormone kicking in naturally.

Clarabellawilliamson · 17/12/2021 09:58

Yup, agree with everyone else- but here to echo what someone else said about blackcurrant. When DD totally stopped having that (and she was having it super weak, maybe one a day) that was the beginning of seeing an improvement. Took a while longer to be totally dry with no pull ups (just before 6).

MasonStreet · 17/12/2021 15:48

Well worth asking for Desmopressin, an artificial version of the hormone needed to stop nocturnal production.

MasonStreet · 17/12/2021 15:49

Sorry, meant to say that this would be considered for kids ages 6+

slaybell · 17/12/2021 15:53

DD2 was completely dry in the day 2 weeks after her 2nd birthday. Still in nappies at night until she was almost 6!

DD1 was dry day and night by two and a half. Completely depends on the child and the hormone production. It's not really something you can train (as I discovered with DD2 and could not understand why she wasn't 'getting it' like DD1)

Shoobydooer · 17/12/2021 16:19

@MasonStreet

Well worth asking for Desmopressin, an artificial version of the hormone needed to stop nocturnal production.

Oh that is interesting Mason, I hadn't heard of that. I thought the best they'd suggest if anything was an alarm of some kind, which I can't see working for DS.

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