What time do you stop drinks before bed?

[Mamabear04]

What time do you stop drinks before bed?

My 2yo often wakes up dry from her naps but her night time nappy has always been wet. Would rather avoid having to wake her to pee. My mum said it's possible for them to just eventually stop peeing during the night...does anyone have any experience of this?

[busyeatingbiscuits]

Yes all children eventually stop weeing at night, somewhere between maybe 18months and 7 years usually.
I have never stopped drinks before bedtime and mine usually have a bottle of water by their beds!
Mine were dry at night after they were toilet trained in the day - somewhere between 2.5 and 3.5.

[dementedpixie]

You dont have to wake her to pee. She should be able to end up holding her pee in all night or will wake to go to the toilet with the sensation of a full bladder. 2 is a bit young to worry about it so leave her to it just now.

[sadpapercourtesan]

I wouldn't personally deny a child a drink if they say they are thirsty. Night dryness is more about physical maturity than whether they have had a drink or not.

[DropYourSword]

I never restricted drinks at any point. I just made sure DS had done a wee before going to bed (lots of arguments with that one!).
I only took him out of nappies overnight once he was reliably dry.

[GoodnightGrandma]

My DD was still setting the bed at 6 so I gave her a drink with her tea at 6pm, then she had no more drink unless she asked for it, and she stopped wetting the bed.

[DropYourSword]

Oh, forgot to add - overnight dryness was almost magically achieved overnight!
He'd wake up with a sopping wet nappy every morning, until one day it was dry. And the next and the next. It wasn't a gradual thing for us - all of a sudden he just managed to stay dry!

[MajorCarolDanvers]

You can't train children to be dry at night. They need to produce a hormone that wakes them up when they need a wee. That usually happens between age 2.5 to 5. Doctors won't even worry till age 7. Without the hormone they simply won't wake up.

Stopping drinks musts risks dehydration. I wouldn't do it.

[Bushkin]

Agree with other posters, mine don’t have drinks in their room so probably naturally stop drinking about an hour before bed. I wouldn’t deny them if they asked and were thirsty though. I do make sure they go for a wee right before bed. Other than that it just happened. DC1 was 2.5 and DC2 was 4.5

I wouldn’t try to hurry it, you’ll just end up with loads of washing and a child frustrated over something they can’t control

[Whoopsies]

I don't limit drinks before bed, ds is 2.5 and often still has mill right before bed and is dry all night.

[Katnissx]

Don't limit drinks before bed, night time dryness is a developmental milestone that usually happens from the age of 3 upwards, to do with bladder capacity and muscle control and hormones etc

[XXDeannaWsxx]

In desperate need of advice!

my little one is 2 yrs 9 months. Potty trained during the day for 3 months and went really well. He has one nap during the day and is usually dry so always put him down in proper pants. Still in a pull up for night time.

he started to wake us up at night to let us know when he needed the toilet which was fine but really disrupted all of our sleep.

last week, we said “if you need a wee wee at night, try to hold until the morning, tell mummy and daddy or if your really tired, go in your nappy’

im worried this has now confused him. During the day, he is still doing great but on a couple of naps, he has woken up wet.

at night time, he is still waking up to tell us and his nappy is a bit wet where it was dry before — but I think we are all getting a better nights sleep.

im just concerned I have confused him and he might go backwards with the training.

we have started just saying to always tell us when he needs the toilet whether it’s day time, naps or night time.

I’m feeling like a bad mummy and have messed up with his potty training development so any advice would be appreciated!

thank you x

[Theeasypeasywoman]

Yes. My DD will be 3 this July and I am potty training her right now but she has been dry during night and naptime since she turned two. I think its hormone related as they can stop anywhere between they are 1.5 to 7-8 years old. Potty training during the day is another issue for me but she is always dry when she wakes up so when I started potty training two days ago I went cold turkey and got rid of nappies all together. And this morning she actually asked to use potty for first wee of the day and poo. (I am still going through loads of struggles because she is scared of sitting on a potty without clothes but other than that, she has showed all the signs. I am going to try naked from the waist down once she wakes up from a nap today for few days)