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Refusing Nighttime Nappy

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ForAvidMember · 13/02/2026 09:18

My DD is 4 and fully potty trained in the day with no issues at all. However, she absolutely refuses to wear a nappy/pull-up at bedtime. The problem is she’s not waking in the night to wee, so we’re ending up with multiple wet beds each week.
She’ll happily go for a wee before bed and we limit drinks in the evening (without being unreasonable about it), but she still wees in her sleep and just sleeps straight through it. She doesn’t wake up or seem bothered at all. In the morning she’s sometimes upset about it, but still refuses a nappy the next night because she says she’s “a big girl”.

I don’t want to shame her or make it a battle, but I’m exhausted with the constant washing and bed changes. We’ve tried explaining that night time dryness is different and her body might not be ready yet, but she’s having none of it.
WWYD? Stick to my guns and insist on a pull-up/nappy? Use bed mats and just wait it out?

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SalmonOnFinnCrisp · 13/02/2026 09:20

My dd refused a nappy at night from before 3

We just take her for a dream wee at 10/10.30

Are you doing this already and still having accidents?

ForAvidMember · 13/02/2026 09:23

SalmonOnFinnCrisp · 13/02/2026 09:20

My dd refused a nappy at night from before 3

We just take her for a dream wee at 10/10.30

Are you doing this already and still having accidents?

Edited

Sorry! Should have included this, we do take her for a dream wee before one of us goes to bed and she’s got a potty in her room but we are still having accidents

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frenchnoodle · 14/02/2026 04:41

We used peejamas when DS felt too old for pull-ups.

xOlive · 14/02/2026 04:48

I just waited it out. Dream wees do nothing but disrupt their sleep.
They’ll continue producing urine at night until they develop the hormone to reduce production. It isn’t something you can train into them 😕 bless her for feeling like a big girl though.
I just had multiple bedsheet sets/mattress protector.
I think my DD was 4.5/5 years old when she was dry at night.
Still has an accident every now and again even now and she’s 8.

Nosleepforthismum · 14/02/2026 06:20

My DS at 4.5 is the same and still wears a pull up. Sometimes it is a battle but I insist on it because he just can’t stay dry at night. I call them “night time pants” though and explain that everyone wears these pants until they get older. It’s working so far.

princessbananahammock252 · 14/02/2026 06:25

We had friends who had a similar issue with their then 3-4 year old. In the end they realised that a couple of her friends at nursery wore the night time pants and they got her some peppa pig or princess pull ups to make the whole thing sound cool. It did work for them, mostly cos of the friends, so maybe that’s something that could sway her? As a PP previously mentioned, if her body is not producing the hormone to reduce urine production at night, no amount of dream wee’s will actually help.

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