DD potty trained for nearly 1year, soaking wet nappies at bedtime but we are stopping nappies tonight, advise please?

[returningstress]

DD has been potty trained for nerly a year, but still has soaking wet nappies every night. She drinks alot before bed.

She has a rash on her bum from the nappies at nighttime and she never had rash when she wore nappies (I have changed to a cheaper brand now she only needs them for bed).

She does not want to wear nappies to bed now and I dont want her to either.

She sleeps in her cotbad most nights now, which has a built in matress protector. She is right next to my bed so if she needs the toilet in the night I can help her.

Is it a good idea to get her out of bed and put her on the tolet in the night? If so how should I go about it? As she might not wake up properly. And how many times a night should I do it?

There is a bit of advice on MN about this but perhaps the info that Kew posted could be added to that.

returning stress - how did you get on?

My DS was daytime trained at 2.5 and nighttime a year later. He had a wet nappy every night, but he decided he wanted to stop wearing nappies and from that night was dry with no accidents. I did limit his drinking a bit after 4.30 - he was allowed drinks but not excessive.

I should add that DS was dry daytime at about 2.5 and dry at night by 3 (and would have been without night-time nappy sooner if I had let him but I just couldn;t beleive he was ready).

It's absolutely luck when they are dry at night although daytime potty training can require perseverance.

I think DS has a large and strong bladder, can drink a full galss of water before going to bed and still not need to wee for 30 mins after waking up (at least!)

Not many people know the requirements for being dry at night so no-one should beat themselves up about it. I know because I had persistent UTI's as a child and some (minor) bed-wetting as a result and now have a damaged kidney so was well informed from a young age!