When did you stop using night-time nappies?

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When should you get rid of the night time nappies?

My DD is a couple of moths over 3 and is dry at night most of the time. About 1 wet nappy every 3 or 4 weeks. She sometimes comes and asks for help toileting in the night and often just doesn't need to go. Should I be looking at trying for dry at night or just see how this develops? Is there a chance that if I just gently encourage she will basically do the work herself?

One possible complication is that I am expecting my second in November so I would rather either do something well in advance or leave it longer. Hopefully that doesn't sound too harsh.

My dd is 3 as well and I stopped using them once I realised I was throwing away dry nappies most of the time. Give it a try, I think dd has had 2 accidents since but otherwise is dry.

Thanks. I had sort of planned to do so over half term but got the first wet one in weeks this morning so was second guessing myself. This is just what I needed to hear.

I would say she’s dry and assuming she’s having plenty of fluids in the day and it’s not because of dehydration, I would get rid of them. Mine were 6 & 7 before they were dry at night most of the week.

Sounds like you can stop. Just put a waterproof sheet on her bed, if you haven't already, and expect the occasional accident. I used to use 2 waterproof sheets - waterproof, cotton, waterproof, cotton - so if there was an accident during the night I could whip off the wet ones and it was already made up underneath (spare pj's and cover handy nearby, plus a laundry basket for the wet ones) it was a game changer for getting back to bed fast.

Thanks for this tip. I think I need some more sheets and mattress protectors then will start.

She isn't the best at drinking loads but isn't dehydrated. I watch to be sure she drinks enough just if I don't prompt she won't remember.

DS1 was 3, like your DD just kept waking up with dry nappies so after 3 weeks we stopped putting them on him. He had the odd accident for about a year after. DS2 was older, 5 I think, and that happened by accident - he was still having wet nappies but my exh just forgot to put one on him one night and that was that.

With such long dry stretches, I would ditch them and just use a waterproof pad thing under sheet so bed can be changed easily if needed.

DD1 was almost 5 I think before she was dry overnight, she was always a heavy wetter overnight from a baby and a very deep sleeper but it just sort of stopped one day, I guess the right hormone kicked in or whatever! DD2 is almost 4 and still in a pull-up overnight, I expect same trajectory as DD1 for her.

We just put a pull up on them until they had been dry for a month. Can’t remember what age they were. I think dd was later than ds though even though she potty trained earlier.

I didn’t see it as a big deal which is surprising as I am generally a very uptight person who obsessed over milestones. I think it was knowing that it is connected to a hormone that they either had or didn’t helped. I used to joke that either it would happen or we would definitely be safe from a teenage pregnancy in 12 years! 😂

My view is that life is too short to be washing sheets!

Pampers actually do absorbent pads almost like a massive sanitary towel. You just stick them onto the bottom sheet, saves changing bedding each time. If I'd have known such a thing existed I'd have had mine out of night-nappies ages before as once they'd had a few bed accidents even with the pad they learned to get up in the night if they needed x

I waited for two weeks of dry nappies. You can encourage drinking water earlier in the day so they aren’t thirsty and drinking loads just before bedtime.
Touch the nappy in the morning, I realised one of mine was weeing just on waking but was dry all night so I spent a few weeks rushing in and taking him to the bathroom as soon as he stirred.

I'd wait for a week of dry nappies then go for it. Our oldest was dry at night as soon as she was potty trained just after she turned 2. Our youngest potty trained at a similar age but still needs nappies at night and he'll be 4 in August.