To lift or not to lift?

[Bubbaloo]

Ds1(nearly 4) has been out of daytime nappies since October and always wears a pull up at night.
However,tonight,he said he didn't want a nappy and wanted to wear pants instead,so after fully protecting the bed,he has pants on.
He hasn't had any dry morning nappies and occassionally there is also a poo in there and is a very deep sleeper.
I few people have mentioned lifting him onto the toilet when we go to bed,so wondered if this is a good idea,or whether to just leave him and see what happens.
Any advice on this would be great,thanks.

I would see how he goes first. I did that from the start (leave to sleep) with dd and only resorted to lifting her when she went through a phase of wetting again after being dry for a few months. When I did lift her I made sure she was aware of what was going on as otherwise you are just teaching them to wee in their sleep.

Thanks.
I have heard of lots of people who do lift,but tbh I did think the same and wondered how he would get the hang of going on his own,if he were being taken at a certain time.
I guess that by doing so,the bed will probably stay dry,but then again,he's got to know to get up himself,if he needs the toilet

You'll probably find that if he goes, it'll be sooner in the night, rather than early in the morning. DS has also been dry for many months, but wears a pull-up to bed. For about a month now we've been putting him on the potty when he wakes up which used to be 9:30pm (huge wee) but has been getting later and later. We have so many dry pull-ups right now I think it's time to take the plunge. We don't lift per se though, because he wakes up on his own.

I was lifting dd initially, then read on MN from a bed-wetting counsellor (sorry if that is not her proper job title!) absolutely not to lift as I was effectively teaching her to wee in her sleep. I found that I couldn't wake her enough to make her walk to the toilet herself, she was very sleepy and just flopped over my shoulder when sitting on the loo.

So I stopped lifting her. And she did have a few accidents over the next three months or so but no accidents since the age of four.

Two tips I did read was to make sure they are drinking enough during the day to 'teach' the bladder to be able to hold larger amounts and also do a double wee, eg before story and again 15 or 20 minutes later to empty out completely. Also no drinks after 6pm.

Thanks,that all very helpful but we're back in pull ups,as I honestly don't think he's ready yet.
I went to bed around 11.30 last night,went into him and he was soaked.
I changed his vest,pj's and bed sheets and the whole time he stayed asleep.
He really is a deep sleeper.He's out of nappies during the day and I think I'll leave him in pulls up at night,until his morning nappies are dry.