Night training (flame away)

[TheNightIsDark]

DS (4.9) and DD (3.6) still have pull ups for bed.
Occasionally they will wake up dry but it's not reliable enough to not use the pull ups.

Everyone else's children of the same age appear to be dry at night and I have no idea how to do it.

They take a small flask of water to bed, they go to the toilet before getting into bed.

I guess taking the water away is the first step?

I can only support what others have said. None of our 4 older children was regularly dry at night until at least 56 months; the two boys were over 6.5 years old. Apart from the hormone - or perhaps linked to it, I don't know, there is said to be a hereditary element to the age of dryness at night and my DH suffered, literally, in less enlightened times, at school until he was in his teens. On the bright side only one of the boys had occasional accidents after he came out of night time nappies at nearly 7 and then only perhaps once a fortnight or so for a year or eighteen months. the youngest is now 24 months and we haven't even started potty training. I am resigned to another two or three years of nappies at night it the family precedent is followed. All I mean to say is that it does come right in the end - very few children do not grow out of it.

My ds was 2.8 when he toilet trained. After 2 weeks I forgot to put a pull up on him one night and he woke up dry so it was just lucky but he's only wet the bed twice since, once when babysitter forgot to get him to wee before bed and once when he had a bad cough and he's almost 4 so maybe get a waterproof sheet and accidentally on purpose leave the nappy off. I think sometimes they do come to rely on nappies. Sometimes it does just take longer to get the sensation at night. Good luck. x

Just to say that DD1 was dry in the night just before 4. But she was wet through in the morning every night before that. we just thought we'd try her one day and, lo and behold, only two accidents in the year since (one soon after, one months later when starting school). I think she was weeing in that drowsy waking up stage and not when deeply asleep and actually could control it when she knew she didn't have a nappy on.

This is a helpful thread - my ds is 5.4 and has never had a dry pull-up overnight - he wasn't potty trained until he was nearly 4 but has been pretty much dry in the day and completely independent using the toilet since then (occasional accidents due to being too absorbed in activities or too lazy to go to the toilet!). There was a form from the school nurse and one of the questions asked if the child had a problem with bedwetting and the information about it made me wonder if I should actually be doing something and pushing it (my previous approach had been to wait until he was waking up with dry pull-ups which isn't looking like any time soon). He is quite a deep sleeper but he is also lazy in that he will always wee in the pull-ups if he has them on rather than go to the toilet (e.g. if I don't get him dressed until after breakfast or if I put them on after his bath and he doesn't go to bed immediately). Just wondering, particularly in light of Penguin's post above if it is happening when he first wakes up and whether it might be worth a try.

Have recently started lifting ds at night with good results. I know it's not recommended but we wake him for a wee at 11pm, then he is fine till morning, even when he has slept in till 8.30 sometimes! In the past he has still bbeen wet with this approach so I am really pleased. If nothing else I am saving a fortune in night time pants! Will try letting him sleep through at the weekend...

Where is the best place to get disposable bed mats, or something to put under the sheet that protects the mattress (but isn't plastic or crinkly and sweaty?)

Sorry, just noticed someone has recommended the hippy chick sheets

We have an asda one that is ok.

Dd1 is 4 in a week, and always had wet pull up but she was lazy with it! (She would wee in it while reading her a story) I decided to bite bullet and stop using pull ups and see what happened, over 2 weeks she's managed 5 dry nights but last 4 she's had accidents in middle of night. I was up last night with dd2 and could hear that dd1 had been woken, 5 mins later she came through saying she had wet the bed. I can't work out if she's just not ready or if she's choosing to not get out of bed. Is it detrimental to go back to pull ups? I'm tired and so is she and I don't want to stress her out if she's just no ready yet. Thanks

V good thread, where to people buy their pull ups, ds 3.5 and we buy pampers but thinking we should switch to a cheaper brand, what is reasonable and does the job?

The Tesco own brand pull-ups are excellent - DS is still in them overnight at 5 and they have literally only leaked once or twice.

Ohh thanks, we'll try those!

Just been looking and those Hippychick protectors are about 24 for a single bed and I would need two!

Any cheaper alternatives that peeps would recommend?

Theonlyoneiknow- I know the hippy chick sheets are more expensive ut they really are worth EVERY penny. I bought the for my DS1 and am now using them with DS2. In the Summer they don't make ds sweaty at all and you really wouldnt know they are waterproof as they are so soft.

Ikea!
Small flat sheet that can go on a cot bed/ sibgle bed under a normal sheet
m.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/art/40143304/
Not tried this one

m.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/art/10258872/
They also sell waterproof single sheets.

I bought 2 of these recently, seem to be doing the job well so far - here.

Good to read others'comments, my DS is 5.4 and nowhere close to being dry at night. I'm just going with it for now and hoping it'll happen naturally when he's ready.

DD nearly six and wakes with soaking wet pull-ups every single morning. We call them 'pyjama pants' not nappies, and she isn't embarrassed in the least by it. I do worry about when she gets invited to her first sleepover though.