My nearly 2 and a half year old daughter has been completely dry now for 3 weeks during the day and, as all the books suggest, I am putting her in a pull up nappy for her sleeps. However, she point blank refuses to go in her nappy overnight and instead screams for me to go and put her on the toilet/potty several times a night. I have told her she must use her nappy at night time but she gets really distressed "noooooooooo, can't go in nappy, need toilet!!!" etc. etc. Obviously this is understandable as I'm telling her not to go in her pants during the day but I just don't know how to get round it.
I have put a potty right next to her bed and have even installed a night light so she can see what she's doing but she absolutely refuses to get out of bed on her own and instead screams for me. I have tried lifting her before I go to bed at around 11pm but this just results in her waking up and she never seems to want to go then anyway. The only liquid that she gets within an hour of going down is her milk (probably about 6oz). Should I just explain to her that she must either go in her nappy or get herself out of bed and use the potty on her own and then let her scream it out when I don't go to her? (Seems so mean ) I just don't know what to do but I'm having serious trouble functioning on the 3 or so hours of sleep that I'm getting at the moment - I feel threadbare! Please HELP!!!!