Night time - when to ditch the nappy?

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DS 3.5 has been potty training since August and we've had our ups and downs, but in the last month, something seems to have 'clicked' and we haven't had any wet pants for quite a while, he's asking to go now etc (he hasn't poo-ed in pants for months and months).

I've also noticed, in the last week or so, that he's had about 2 or 3 nights (not consecutive) where his nappy is dry in the morning, I've put him straight on the toilet and he's done a huge wee and I've given him lots of praise. Other mornings, his nappy is huge in the morning.

Should I be waiting until his nappy is consistently dry? He isn't bothered or asking for his nappy to be off. Just wondering really.

Thanks for reading.

Personally I would wait until he's had at least two weeks consistently dry.

2 of my DC were dry at night as soon as they were in the day. The others had to wait until they were 5-6yo; there was no way to rush it.

thanks ragged. trying to gauge from others whether these intermittent dry nights might be the start of things, or whether they might just be one of those things!

he still wears nappies at night, as i find the pull ups leak (because he wee's so much). would be nice to move him to pull ups, as he hates lying down for his nappy.

ho hum, i'll see how things go.

thanks

Regards 'hates lying down for his nappy', if I'm putting a nappy on ds (4) as we have run out of pull-ups then we put it on standing up. I place it on the back of him first, he holds the tabs whilst I pull it up between his legs and then he keeps holding the tabs until I take it out of his hand. DD (2) often copies although she will also still lie down for a nappy.
Sorry, can't help you on the dry in the night thing. I have a feeling dd will be dry in the night before ds! Keep going with the praise in the morning though.

my ds just gone 4 and only just out of night times, he seemed pretty sorted last summer tbh then it just all went to pot and over 2 months i got fed up of wet bedding so we went back in pull ups on a night - just this last month took him back nappy free on a night as we built it up and he was going 4 or 5 nights with them dry then it stretched out so we have made the break now.

thanks for posting.

sacha that sounds like a good idea, i'll try that, thanks.

itsnotfunny hmmm, i was sort of expecting it to not be yet tbh (ds is so laid back, every 'step' needs encouragement and he'd quite happily be dressed/fed/washed/picked up all day if i let him!). and i know others who are older who are still in nappies at night. i just wondered whether it was one of those 'seize it as soon as they show signs' type of things, or 'wait until they are doing it consistently'. i guess it's the latter

my ds suprised us he cracked the whole thing in a day no lie but nights were a different matter, dd clicked after a week of puddles and became dry at same time. This last month we set him a target and promised him a monster truck - bribery worked (the monster truck was dhs old tonka truck that probably would be illegal its so dangerous for a 4yo lol)

see this is what i don't understand. i can understand daytime is something kids can know about and practice and be aware of. but is night time weeing conscious? i read somewhere that it was something physiological (i.e. can't be done earlier). if so, how does bribery work? i.e. on a conscious level, your son was motivated to stay dry at night. do they wake to wee or do they do it in their sleep? i need to understand the logistics

oh i dunno but i think your right it is psyiothingyame, i think ds slipped into laziness as did we as he had a cabin bed he couldnt get in and out of so just thought ahhhh i will just wee, he got a lower bed a month ago and became dry , he wakes and shouts if needs be now. Im not saying to much as he will probably wet his bed big time tonight

guess that would suggest it is a conscious thing really, maybe they do wake up or stir at least.

fingers crossed for a dry night for you!

Good luck for you too

"trying to gauge from others whether these intermittent dry nights might be the start of things, "

DS(almost 7yo) is still wet at night. He WANTS to be dry. He doesn't like the baby label. He just can't do it naturally, yet, not very reliably. DS has spells of dry nights (up to 5 or 6 nights in a row) but he can also have 5-6 nights in a row fairly wet. So intermittant dryness not a sign of overall ability to be dry, ime.

DD deliberately wet her nappy for a while, probably a year or more. It was a comfort thing. I couldn't bribe her out of it (I tried!!). She just had to mature to let go of the habit.