Help with nighttime training

[Pippins2014]

Looking for advice:
Dd is 2.6 yrs, been dry during the day for a few months now. Had a spell where she would go to bed, we'd lift her at 10.30 when we want to bed and she'd get to morning dry. Then went to waking up wet around 3am more and more often- and if we go to bed a bit late, she's wet by 11. Seems that her bladder can hold it in all night, she just isn't waking up to go.

Baby Brother is due in 6 weeks so want to either crack it or give up before then!

Had a big chat with her- she says we should put a nappy on her and she doesn't want to get up in the night.

Trying to wake her up for late night wee, but she can now walk across the room for a wee still asleep! Also started reward chart- 1 sticker for dry sheets, 1 for getting up to wee in the night, working towards a DVD at 10 stickers. Also getting her to 'help' wash wet sheets to try and get her to see some consequence. Had 2 dry nights then 2 wet then 1 dry.

Have bought some reusable night time pants as don't want to go back to disposable pull-ups, plus benefit of feeling wet etc.

Any other ideas before we give up? Giving it 3 weeks till I go on maternity leave.

Thanks.

I would leave it for the moment as you cant teach night-time dryness - they need to produce a hormone that suppresses night time urine production plus be able to wake when their bladder is full.

I didnt take mine out of night nappies until they were regularly having dry morning nappies.

Don't take it any further. Go back to night time nappies straight away. She is very likely too young to be dry at night, and neither you nor she need this stress when there's about to be a new baby.

Being dry at night is generally a matter of physical maturity: if her body is not secreting vasopressin, then there is absolutely nothing you can do to 'train' her to do so.

I saw your title and came to say exactly what PPs have said. You can't teach nighttime dryness. It just comes when they're ready.

You say that she wants a nappy back on at nighttime - I wouldn't push it from here for fear of daytime regression.

Yep, night time nappies for now. You've done really well to get her dry in the day but night time dryness is very different.

My dd is 3.8 and is now dry at night. She has been dry in the day for over a year. We used the Huggies night time pull ups, called them "Big Girl Night Time Pants". Had a couple of attempts to stop using them but decided to wait for a whole week of being dry upon waking. Did this also for DS when he was little. We also got her into the habit if going for last wee just before she settles down for the night. And we limit drinks an hour or so before bed.

The disposable bed mats are also good for any accidents.