Top tips needed - drowning in wee!!

[Bigbird01]

I'm trying to get my 4 year old twins dry at night, but it is just not working!

Both seem oblivious of wetting the bed and will sleep straight through until morning, despite being soaking wet. They were both keen to not wear nappies in bed, but after several days of waking up cold and wet they have now both asked to wear them again.

I've tried limiting liquids for the last hour or so of the day and last night I tried lifting my son (my daughter was wearing a nappy) at my bedtime, but he was already wet. Thinking that he surely couldn't have another accident, I put him back to bed without a nappy and at six this morning he was soaked through again!

Any ideas please? I don't want to back to nappies, but I don't think my washing machine can cope with much more!!!

If they're not ready, then they're not ready. You can't be dry at night until the "being dry at night" bit of brain kicks in. Go back to nappies and wait a bit.

Oh, an limiting fluids is a bad idea, because it concentrates the pee, which irritates the bladder and makes wetting more likely. Sorry!

Agree with curlew. Unlike daytime potty training you can't really train for the nights. It is more like a switch in the child who suddenly becomes dry at night when they're ready.

Agree: back to nappies.

Mine stayed innappies looong after they were usually dry because the inconvenience of washing sheets etc is too great!

It may take a few more years- don't put yourself through it especially with two sets of washing!

Agree, dryness at night is to do with production of a hormone which regulates things , sorry can't remember what it is called .Why make more work for yourself , I would use pull ups though rather than normal nappies

Thanks all - great (and reassuring) advice. My son has tonight asked to wear pants, so I have let him (but plan to lift him very shortly!), but my daughter put up very little resistance to wearing a nappy (outtolunchagain, you're right about the pull-ups - we've been using them since we did potty training). It's weird - there seems to be such a stigma attached to your kids not being dry at night, but now I've started asking people I'm finding so many people in the same position!!