going dry at night - when and how?

[LetThemEatCake]

dc1 will be 3 in August and is dry by day. Still wears a nappy at night. I'm not in a massive hurry to get her out of her night nappy but it would be quite nice to do it this summer so that a) any wet sheets can be washed and dried quickly and b) before dc3 arrives at the end of September.

She rarely naps by day now but when she does, never wees in her sleep (she doesn't wear a nappy for naps)

She and dc2 still drink milk last thing before going to bed, as I'm reading their stories - would this nighttime milk have to be dropped to help ensure a dry night?

Basically, how do I do it??

I've just done this in the last few weeks with ds2. He was out of nappies in the day for several months and sometimes dry in the morning. We just decided to go for it and talked about it with him a lot beforehand, emphasising that it wasn't a problem if he wet the bed and it was all very exciting, as well as getting some extra pyjamas.

He wet himself the first night but wasn't upset as we'd been reinforcing the "not a problem" line and reminding him all the time to call us if anything happened. In 3 weeks or so since he started, I think its only 3 nights that he's been wet, which is fantastic. He still drinks milk as well, though we've reduced the amount a bit, and he has a wee after he's brushed his teeth straight afterwards. We give him the choice; we've explained that not having milk would reduce the chance that he wet the bed, and he does understand that, but he still chooses to have milk, which is fine with us.

Lots of positive reinforcement and reminders that it's fine if the bed is wet. And plenty of sheets and new night-clothes at the ready. Good luck/.

My DD was dry during the day at 24 months. This was self led and was sorted within a couple of days, no hassle. She was dry during day times naps from this time also.

However, night time was a totally different story. She stopped wearing her reusable night pants at 4y as she refused to have them any longer. However she was still wet most nights - we had reusable bed mats on top of her sheet. The frequency of wetting gradually reduced over time. She was much much better if she drank nothing but plain water after about 4pm. She is now just turned 7y and in the last few months has been consistently dry with few accidents, and with no restrictions to drinks.

DD was desperate to be dry at night and hated having accidents. But her bosdy just wasn't ready to let her.

DD was nearly 5 when she was out of night-time nappies. We had had an attempt at going a few months earlier without them and it was a disaster, so left it and tried again.

The second time she was dry from the outset. I didn't lift her, didn't restrict drinks or anything. She was just ready.