5 out of 7 nights we have a wet bed, advice please.

[deanychip]

Ds is 5.5 and we decided to stop nappies at night about 6 weeks ago.
From having a soaking wet nappy every morning, he is now dry about 2 nights out of 7.

He has awee before bed, DH lifts him at 10-11pm for a wee, which he does.Restrict drinks after 6.30pm.

Loads and tons of praise when we have a dry night, dont make a fuss when we have wet bed.

What else can we do to help the little chappy?

Don't really know. My experience has been that they get dry in their own time and there's not a great deal you can do to hurry it. Just encourage and wait.

Our dd is 5y6m and still in nappies at night. She is now starting to have 2 or 3 dry nights a week but we have decided to let her keep the nappies until she is more reliably dry and we at least get more dry nights a week than wet ones.

Did your ds want to stop having a nappy or did you decide to stop using them?

His body is not ready it is something he cannot control. Put him back in nappies and increase his fluids during the day.

I have had 3 dry at age 2 but one of then isn't reliably dry at 6.

He's not ready. Neither of my older two were ready until 6 - and I know quite a few who were later than that.

As I understand it, being dry at night is not behavioural but hormonal so there is little you can do about it.