How to get almost 6 year old out of nappies at night

[wafflesandcream]

DD was dry during the day at 2 years old but has very wet nappies every morning and they sometimes leak in the night. Some say wait until they are dry for 2 whole weeks before removing nappies and others say go cold turkey. We lift her around 11 pm and she will go on the toilet but she still has a wet nappy in the morning. Please share your experiences as not sure whether to just wait until she's naturally dry at night.

At 5 I took my dd out of night nappies because school was looming, but she was still having wet nappies. After about 4 nights we started getting success. She wasn't consistently great for about 3 months, but it improved every week. We lifted her at 11 and after a while rewarded her for dry nights. She always was dry when we focused on it. She is 7 now and can still pee the bed every few weeks or once a month. I think some children just do.

they basically told him to wee in a jug at random points through the day and record the ml, to see what his bladder capacity was at any given point during the day....surprisingly it was very low every time.

anyhow, I cant remember how much it was if they did tell us an amount, but basically every time he was hungry He had a glass of diluted squash and I sent him into school with 2 x 500ml bottles and requested he be regularly prompted to drink, with the aim of finishing both before the end of school. he quite enjoyed the challenge of seeing how much he could drink! we also dropped blackcurrant squash for orange as I think I read somewhere that doesn't help.

we were also told the same as another poster-that he should hold on a little bit longer once he felt the need to go-not ages but say 5-10 minutes-to get his bladder used to the sensation of being full and giving his brain time to register his bladders full also.

I was expecting late bedwetters tbh but have always been dead relaxed on the subject, as it is both boys were just before and just after 7 when they stayed dry but I was secretly very relieved.

hope that helps!

we bought this alarm for my 7 year old who had never had a dry night and it worked in three days! Absolutely amazing.

Hi all ....just to update, we have done the double bedding- thanks do much to poster who suggested! Genius. And he has been drinking loads more and holding his wee for 5 mins each time he says he needs to go.....thanks also to all who suggested it and guess what , four dry nights in a row!!!!!!!! We can't believe it and he us over the moon. Only thing is, we've just come on hols so have got to wear a nappy in case......so hopefully won't send him back.

wow krisskross, that's wonderful

I can't believe it....just shows he can do it!,thanks for the drinking advice give me.....think it's really helped and would never have occurred !

We have had this issue with DD2, who will be 6 in Oct. Decided after talking to our health visitor to take pull ups away over summer holidays and give it yet another go. She said to get her to go to the toilet before the bath as usual but then as a very last thing just before tucking her in ie. after hair dry, story, potter about (4 kids to get to bed), teeth etc, she has to go to the toilet and wee again. It took her nearly 3 weeks to master this final everything out of bladder wee but now we are down to one wet bed a week instead of occasional dry nights.