Night Time Dryness

[ThePippy]

I know that night time dryness is hormone related, but I have a 3yr DD who has been out of daytime nappies for 6 months (very easy) and she has started frequently protesting that she doesn't need a night nappy and saying she is not a baby. She is very often fully or almost dry in the morning, but not every night which is why we haven't removed the nappy. I worry her growing independance is going to force our hand soon though and just wondered if removing the nappy and allowing a few accidents actually helps speed up night awareness, in the same way that often daytime dryness will never fully happen until you bite the bullet and ditch the nappies.

I am not an expert in any way, and can only speak from my experience.

DS was dry during the day at 2.3, but wsa still totally filling his night-time nappy with wee at 3.6. We decided to 'bite the bullet' as we were sometimes getting leaks from over-full nappies.

We just explained to him that he wasn't going to wear nappies at night any more and put him in pyjamas. we used the pampers bed sheets under his sheet, and he has a mattress protector as well. We had 3 nights of totally soaked pyjamas (we had tried lifting him at 10 before we went to bed but just couldn't rouse him). After that, DH started lifting him at 3 am after doing DD's night-time feed (she was 4 weeks old). He was dry and would wake up reasonably easily and do a wee.

After 3 days we stopped lifting him and he was dry after that. We have about one accident a year now - usually when on holiday so out of routine.

I think it sounds like DD is ready to stop using nappies at night. I, personally, would bite the bullet, get some pampers bed sheets, and go for it! Good luck.