DD 4.7 still in nappies at night...

[minko]

We have been trying to go without for the last 3 nights but I have had to get up and change sheets up to 3 times a night!
We've been lifting her at 11 which she hates. She sleeps very deeply and rambles on like she's sleep-talking and gets very upset.

What got me started with trying to get her dry was her admitting to weeing in the nappy even when she was awake, so I wondered if it was just laziness!

Now though she seems quite traumatised about it all and clearly doesn't seem ready. She also had an accident at school yesterday which is unheard of. She's been dry since she was 2.5.

Should we go back to night nappies...?

i would for now, as its upsetting her.

Not unusual to be in night nappies at her age, ime.

Bung 'em back on, you'll save a fortune in washing detergent!

and then, next time you give it a go there are some strategies to make it a bit easier.

have proper waterproof sheet next to matress, then an easily whipped off waterproof mat of some kind (you can get washable ones or disposible ones which are expensive but effective and easy) then a sheet on top of that.
then if you need to change in the night, you just whip off top layer and put new mat and sheep back on top. or even have several layers ready to go when starting out, so it really is simply taking off top layers and going back to bed.

you could also get an old cot mattress and have that made up as a standby bed to mover her into if she wets the main bed. or even just while you change the first bed.

the idea is to minimise disruption, discomfort and upset in the night. (for her anyway!!)

my ds1 likes to sleep in pants, which seems to remind him he needs to go to the loo to wee. or something. seems to help anyway (im a no undies at night, you need an airing sort of girl normally)

try not talking to her about it, just doing the changes in silence, no negative mood or annoyance (easier said than done, i know!) that way, if they are doing it for the attention theyll soon stop coz theyre not getting any. supplement strategy with LOTS of attention at other times and esp after each successful loo use.

and fret not... some kids just take longer to get the hang of it. i think they can still be bedwetters up to about 10 or older... so shes really not that old.

Minko,
Having EXACTLY the same prob as you. DS wets bed 3-4 times a night. She is good in pants during day (sometimes poos in pants ) Night time she does exactly what you have described but she hates wearing nappies. She used to wear Easy-Ups but she hates those and they caused bad nappy rash so I prefer her without Easy-Ups on, but it means either getting through those bed mats like nothing on earth or washing and washing and washing. The rubber sheets take 2 days to dry without a dryer but recently bought a mattress protector from JoJoMamanBebe that dries in a day but is quite small. We do't know what to do since she is totally unaware that she has wet the bed. If we lift her and take her to the potty she is more than likely to scream blue murder than to get up and wee and return to sleep. She has always beena deep but troubled sleeper so I wonder whether this has something to do with being totally unaware that she is weeing...Any more solutions since posting>?

I wouldnt lift her unless she wakes up and asks to go - am going through this at the moment with DS (3 years) sho has bene out of nappies daytime for over a year. I was told that by lifting you are not letting message from bladder get to brain and wake them up to tell themselves (you) they need to go - just tried again this week and so far so good for 3 mornings - have previously tried and had to go back to nappied. I really wouldnt worry too much if you read things on MN there are kids of 5 years or more in nappies at night - think we just push too hard sometimes! xxx

Our little boy was around this age when we started to night train him.

We had a few wet beds and sometimes he got upset about being lifted at 11pm, but we persevered and he had cracked it after a couple of weeks. We stopped lifting him at 11 after a week. We think we was actually aware of weeing in the nappy, after catching him "at it".

I sympathise. My cousin has a boy of 8 in pyjama pants though, so dont worry about it.

Its your call whether you persevere or go back to nappies. But honestly in a child of 5 a daytime accident isnt a big deal: I know I used to be an early years teacher.