2 Yr old soaks her nappy and bed most nights !

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Not sure if this is the right place for this ....Does anyone else have a 2yr old that insists on bottle after bottle of milk at night so then wets her bed through her nappy? We have cut down the milk (half a bottle with books, half to drink on her own) and that has helped, but she always tries it on for more. She also drinks water in bed at night too - I have to leave a little bottle in her bed otherwise she often wakes and asks for a drink. How can you refuse water at night, the kid is obviously thirsty (when I also drink lots of water at night too !) I can't ever imagine her being nappy trained and dry at night ! I'm sick of washing her douvet every morning !!

I think you need to get her off the milk before bed if you want a dry bed ! The water is fine (in my very non medical opinion) but the milk is the one that will cause the most problems. Someone gave me that advise when potty training DS (I was hapy to take the advise - I had no idea what I was doing ! Still don't to be honest !!!) We took him off the milk last thing at night (which wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be) - I gave him a small cup of milk with his tea (c.6.30pm) then a small beaker of water to go to bed with, and since we did that, I have only ever had one wet night - and that was the first night ! To be fair, it could well be more luck than judgement, but it worked for us. Fingers crossed for you too xx

We went through this with DD, ended up changing her nappy when we went to bed, after a couple of times she never wopke up when we did it. She also had a bottle of milk before bed and water to drink. She is now just 4 and sometimes dry at night and never needs more than 1 nappy.

my ds aged nearly 3 and 6yrs still have milk before bed. They have both gone through the bottle after bottle stage too - but i refused more than one eventually when it was interferring with their appitites. I would go up a nappy size at night and change the nappy when you go to bed.

My ds1 wasn't dry during the day till 3years and about 5 yrs at night. haven't even started with ds2 yet!

Sounds as if she doesn't drink enough during the day, I'd look to increase that and reduce the night drinks. A lot of adults drink lots at night because they don't drink enough daytime, and what they have isn't hydrating enough e.g. too much coffee. If you are home with dd perhaps you could encourage her by both of you having regular drinks together throughout the day.

Milk at night will end up rotting teeth unless you brush them afterwards. I would cut out the milk and just allow water, but also insist on plenty of water or milk throughout the day so there's no need to have the huge fluid intake at night.

Of course milk has natural sugars in it too...I think we will develop a plan to reduce the milk and replace with water over the next few months. She is a pretty adaptable little girl ! thanks all

DS drinks tons and tons of water all day long and has water at night as well. He usually has a huge nappy in the morning. But he's potty training during day. I imagine nighttime training will be a challenge.

I'd give water at night but make sure you change her nappy after a drink. Or if you don't get up to give her water but leave it with her then change her when you go to bed and then first thing in the morning. I've never thought that restricting water "just" to make them dry through the night was a good idea.

There's no need to rush the potty training, night dryness etc, they're all at the same stage in the end.

yes, I have DS does exactly the same.
I have been quite successful saying no in the middle of the night, but going off to sleep is still a problem if he isn't that tired.
He has just started to cut out a nap some days, so I find that he is really tired then and will go to sleep quickly with a small amount.
I think it is an association thing with him, he thinks that milk makes him go to sleep.
I think they can be trained out of this but it just takes willpower!

I would totally cut out the milk too. My son is 2.5 and only has milk and water, I do not give the milk to him before bed - if he wakes and wants a drink I give him a few sips of water. My son isn't fully potty trained yet, dry during the day but nappy at night, but I never give him any drinks before bedtime. Not too fussed about the potty training like another poster said they all get there in the end.