Dry in the day - but now confused at nights...

[Daffodilly]

DD (2.2) has done so well over Xmas/New Year and now out of nappies in the day. We put her in a nappy for nights and explained that when in her sleeping bag and cot she can wee in nappy as can't use potty.

However, she now seems increasingly confused and upset at night. She keeps waking/crying in first hours after going to bed saying she needs a wee. We reassure her it is OK to use nappy. But she is obviously now holding and then doing a huge wee in one go so that several times it has flooded the nappy and ends up leaking. This happened mid-evening last night and we had to change her nappy, PJs and sleeping bag. She then slept through the night and nappy seemed dry 12 hours later. I took her nappy off when she got up and shortly after she went for a huge wee on the potty.

I thought she had done days quite early and expected that it would be months/years before we were ready for nights. Not sure how best to proceed now though??? Any suggestions or experience?

It's not impossible that she's capable of going through the night dry - my ds was dry at night before he was two. I'd keep her in a nappy for now, but if she wakes in the night wanting to wee then take her to the loo. If her nappy is consistently dry in the morning for a couple of weeks, stop using them.

does she still need to be in a sleeping bag? Just seen she is still in a cot, so can't get out even if she's not in a sleeping bag, sorry....er, I would say she is confused bless her. We used to put pull ups on our boys for long car journeys and they would ask for a wee and if we were nowhere near a service station we would say it was ok to go in the pull ups, they never did and would fuss and moan until we stopped for a wee. We no go nappy free no matter how long the journey is and just pull over where we can and limit their juice drinking in the car.

I would suggest going nappy free at bedtime and lifting her say 10pm/11pm when you go to bed for a wee and then she should last til morning. If she is distressed in her nappy, best that she just calls you if she needs a wee and you lift her out, will be tiresome for a while til she can go the whole night.

One of my DT's is dry at night but it up for a 'wee' (more of a dribble) at least three times after he's gone to bed. The other DT incidently is still in pull up and is sodden every night - funny how they differ so much!

Thanks for suggestions. I do feel for her as it is confusing to tell them one thing in the day and another at night. I am reluctant to change anything that will affect her sleep as I am also 8 mths pregnant, but then I suppose this already is!

I just hadn't really even considered night training yet and have no idea how to tackle it!

I'm going through the same thing at the moment. She has taken to toilet training fantastically and we haven't had an accident for ages. Ive been putting her in a nappy at night, but she still comes to wake me at 5.30am to tell me she needs a wee wee. She doesnt understand that she can go in her nappy. Poor thing is confused! The problem is that at 5.30am, its too late in the morning for her to go back to sleep so we have had early mornings for the past week or so. Tonight for the first time Ive left her out of a nappy. Put her on the toilet just before bed for a little wee wee and hoping that she will go through the night! Like you daffodilly I wasn't expecting these problems for another couple of years! Has anybody used the method of waking them when you go to bed and taking them to the toilet? If so, did it work?

How would you feel if you couldn't get up to wee in the night and had to soil yourself? If she's asking to wee, help her out of her sleeping bag and let her wee!

janjas, my friend woke her DD religiously to put her on the potty, and it did not work at all. We'd stay up late, set an alarm, etc. and every night we'd either be too late or she'd wet the bed anyway. We were just teaching her to wee in her sleep as she wasn't quite waking up fully. We stopped the bedtime cup of water and she was dry nights immediately.