DRY AT NIGHT, WHAT AGE NORMAL

[angie0201]

DD was rather slow off the mark potty training was dry at 3.3 but is 4.2 now and still wet at night soaking in morning hv said they wouldn't intervine till 7! any one else experienced such problems tried lifting when i go bed but no joy

DD is 6y and only this year has been more consistently dry at night, but still has the odd accident every so oftem. getting less often now.

DD was PTd very quickly and easily in the day time at 24 months. Night time has been a struggle for her, but not for want of tryin and desire on her part.

For most children they will have "got it" by 7y.

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My DD1 was dry at 2 and never had a wet bed. On the other hand, DD2 is only just dry at night now and she is 4.6. It really does vary between children.

DD was about 5, althoug she'd been dry in the day since just before her 2nd birthday. Right up to the day I stopped using nappies at night, the nappies were sopping wet in the mornings, so having a dry nappy in the morning isn't necessarily a sign that they aren't ready.

thanks for all that makes me feel a little better that others out there are in the same situation. there are people in my daughters pre school that sort of look down their noses at you when i say i put her in nappies still at night

Don't tell them, Angie. None of their business. I admitted that dd was still in nappies at night (she's just 4) to a group of friends with children of similar ages recently and they were all horrified. One of them actually said "but she's so articulate, you'd have thought she'd have worked it out by now" .

Honestly, 4 is entirely normal. We're going to wait until the summer (one wise MN suggested it would be more pleasant getting up to change a wet bed when it wasn't freezing cold outside) then try a couple of nappy free nights and see how we get on, but I'm not worried, despite the best efforts of my mother and MIL to point out that she shoudld be out of pull ups at night by now.

No never tell anyone about your kids night time stuff - kind of along the same lines of being able to write your own name/level of reading book.

My ds 1 & 2 were dry at 2 and 4 then DS2 wet from age 3.2 - 5 and is now dry again.

Go with it or you will drive yourself bonkers!

normal 2 - 7 depending on when the hormone kicks in.

BUT a fair few older children and even some adults have accidents sometimes

I do know someone who was told if you lift them at night make sure they are really awake or your encouraging them to wee while half asleep and thay'll not recognise the need to wake up

good luck

DS was dry at night before he was dry in the day at 2.8, we didn't realise because he used to fill his nappy when he woke in the morning.

DD was dry during the day at 2.4 but wasn't fully dry at night until 4.3. Don't lift it doesn't help, tried it with dd and it made matters worse.

DS7 still wet 6 out of 7 nights. School health team wasn't concerned at all. Advised me to get him to up his fluid intake and keep a diary and see if that worked. It only worked insofar that his nappies are now not quite as heavy, but still wet. Waking him at night doesn't work. He doesn't seem to be able to wee on command. Apparently it's often hereditary and on my mum's side it's not looking promissing: my own mum was 10 and one of my uncles was well into his teens! So I've stopped worrying now.

Sometimes you've just gotta go with it i suppose its hard though with your first i'm sure will be a bit more relaxed with DD2. i think it must be in the family though as her uncle who is now 6 is still in pull ups although he's not happy about it! What did people do years ago wihout mumsnet!!