How to deal with newly potty trained dd waking to wee in the night?

[Ab31]

We've been potty training dd for a week now and it's generally going really well. The trouble is that now she's waking in the night all fidgetty and uncomfortable needing to wee. Last night I managed to convince her to wee in teh night time nappy but it took a while.
Should I get her up in the night to wee on the potty with a view to ditching the nappy soon or is that just asking for sleepless nights? I wasn't even thinking about the nights but as it's obviously already instinctive for her to hold it in at night maybe teaching her to wee in the nappy is just something I'll have to unteach at some point.
Anyone else had this??
Thanks!

if she needs to wee in the night then I would take her to the toilet/potty rather than getting her to do it in the nappy. Try and make sure she goes to the toilet just before she gets into bed and that will maybe see her a bit longer through the night.

maybe you could try not giving her too much to drink in the evenings, or maybe nothing at all to drink for about an hour before her bedtime, then onto the potty before bed and hopefully she wont need to go too much in the night.

sounds like she is doing really well though, so its a shame to encorage her to do it in her nappy, although i can totally understand where you are coming from there!

Personally I didn't 'teach' my ds's that it was ok to wee in a night time nappy. If she is waking/fidgetting in the night needing a wee then thats a really good sign I think.
DS1 was dry day and night within a month of starting potty training - we just 'went' for it at night, wet beds for a while then he sussed it and would wake and get up for a wee.
Ds2 still needs to go in the night, but doesn't always wake up. we lift him on to the loo at 11pm though as he WILL NOT wear a nappy at night - if we sneak one on after he's asleep he just wakes up screaming and pulling it off.
I know some children are not dry at night till quite old, but your daughter sounds like she is ready to be with a bit of encouragement - if you teach her to wee in a nappy then it could take a lot longer for her to get dry at night.

If she's waking up, I'd just pop her on the potty rather than wee in the nappy (mixed messages!). Keep a potty in the bedroom (take it away and clean it after use!) and keep the lighting dim and everything quiet and calm - just like night feeds. Hopefully she'll then drop off to sleep again. I wouldn't wake her to use the potty.

Don't let her think its ok to wee in the night time nappy,
my dd is just trained and although it was 2/4 in the morning when she called to go to the potty I took that as a sign shes completely trained as the urge to pee woke her up
If she thinks its ok to wee in the nappy then it will be harder to train her

btw my dd took the nappy off at night herself saying it was too big so I had to just pray she wouldn't wet the bed

Ds did exactly the same for a week then started sleeping through again. He had a potty in his room and would wake up and use it but then call out for me as he was all disoriented. You might find she stops waking after a while.

Well she didn't wake last night and had a dry nappy this morning. Do you think I should just bite the bullet and not use a nappy at night? I'm worried about causing sleepless nights (she's been sleeping so well lately!) and sheet changes in the middle of the night but equally I don't want to hold back if now's the right time!
God I'm so indecisive!

yes i would go for it - get a mattress protector sheet and a mattress protector pad on top
DD2 did this, was dry at night the same week she potty trained. Only one wet bed/pyjamas.

"Do you think I should just bite the bullet and not use a nappy at night?"

No. If I were you I'd switch to pull ups at night which she can pull up and down herself but will contain any accidents. Give it a week or so and see how many dry pull ups there are before making a decision.

Ab31 she'll be fine I fought with my dd everynight putting nappies on her until like I said one night she called me into put her jammie bottoms on because she took the nappy off herself, she was great,
she does shout now and again, but I tell her everynight no more peepees until the morn, its seems to work
no wet beds yet (touch wood)

Similar to you. Potty trained DD1 (2y 4mo) at Easter. Now often asks between stories/bedtime & actually going to sleep to do wee even though we make her sit on potty at bath/teeth time before putting nappy & pjs on. Had a couple of 4am & 6am incidents of waking asking for potty. Like you wanted to shout "you're wearing a nappy" but felt this would give wrong signals. Fair enough each time she does generally do a wee and went straight back to bed/sleep after night wees (I of course didnt). We moved to pull ups at night after a few days as trying to get normal nappy back on was a pain as now wont lie down. She accepts pull ups as her bedtime pants but informed us that she is a big girl and doesnt wee in nappies anymore and they have been bone dry every morning. Am thinking of ditching the pull ups too as she struggles to get them up & down herself where as can do pjs so could start learning to get to potty herself at night.