DD1 is dry at night but insists on a nappy, help?

[ChirpyGirl]

She has been trained for about 3 months and for the last month she has been dry at night but begs and pleads for a nappy. If I don't put one on ehr she has hysterics and weeps and wails, refuses to stay in her bed and then starts trying to put one on herself.
It doesn't help that DD2 shares her bedroom so her creating sets the little one off and then I can't cope.
Pull ups don't work and she is too big for my cloth nappies so it is getting really annoying that she insists on a nappy that isn't going to be used. Any ideas?
Is it too awful to bribe her with chocolate for wearing pants to bed? Does she need knickers or just her PJ bottoms(which I have also tried and had refused but it is one less layer to get on her)?

I am finding it just impossible at the moment to try and convince her as she just replies
'I just simply do need a nappy, mummy'

I once had a 3-year old who was certain he couldn't walk without a nappy!

It probably makes her feel safe and comfortable when she goes to sleep. Does it really matter? Buy the cheapest ones from Lidl (10p) each and if it is not going to be used, sureky she could have it for more than one night? You don;t change pyjamas every night, after all. If it's not an issue, she might just forget one night in a few weeks' time. Or could you tie it to an event? When you are 3/when we go on holiday/when granny comes to stay you'll be a really big girl and won't need that nappy.

Or bribery sounds good to me. A friend actually paid her children to get out of nappies. If you told dd they were worth 10p and she could have thenappy or the money? (Oe a huge shiney chocolate euro?)

My ds3 was like this I bought pull ups and because he kept them dry and we could re use them he earnt 20p a night enough for every friday to buy a comic,after id used the bag i told him the lady in the shop wont sell me any cos you dont need them.

get her some pull nappies so you can just reuse them until she's ready?

She won't wear pull ups as they are 'not real nappies' (her words, not mine!)
I can't reuse them either as they are cheapy ones and so the 'padding' bit between the legs gets all twisted and lumpy and she says it hurs (when I do try and reuse)

I think the 'when you are 3' line might work, as am reluctant to start bribery unless I absolutely have to as she still asks for chocolate after she poos!

Could you "run out" but realise a good half an hour before bed time so she has time to have a cry and panick about it. Perhaps she is worried about wetting the bed, can you show her a mattress pad which makes it okay if she has an accident etc?

what's the rush?
i mean i know there is some minimal expense there, but she's done really well, she's still small
i would go with it a while longer, but then i am idle

She hasn't ever wet the bed so I am pretty sure that isn't it.
I have tried running out, but unfortunately DD2's nappies just fit her, an she knows this (memory of an elephant!)
There's no real rush, I just wondered if there was some magical thing I can do to make her not want to wear them.....

mazzy, am idle as well, this has been going on for weeks, and I suggest knickers once a wekk and then don't bother for a few days, that probably doesn't help

I would be tempted to put up with it for now and back right off, if you push the issue and she does wet the bed you could be in a very tricky situation.

How about buying some fab sparkly 'night time' pants and putting them aside with an 'OK you can have a nappy as long as you want- and when you are ready these pants are for you'. Then dont mention it and come back to it in a few weeks and see where you are. The odd comment to a child you know is in pants at night in front of her along the lines of 'oh you are wearing PANTS?? How grown up you are, well done' blaa blaa without any direct pressure might help things along?? Good luck.

I like special pants idea!
Am going to back off and will let you know how it goes.