Toddler waking in the night for unnecessary nappy changes - any suggestions?

[Thurlow]

2.5yo had a bout of diarrhoea a week or so back and this proved the push she needed to start telling us her nappy is dirty and she wants a new one. So for a few nights she was waking once or twice a night and shouting for us to come and change her nappy - all good, and we did lots of praise for telling us that she wanted a new nappy.

However the past few nights she has shouted in the early hours for a new nappy when she doesn't need one, which is a bit of an eye-opener purely as we've been lucky and she's slept through from a young age! And as her nappy wasn't that heavy, she doesn't get nappy rash etc I don't want to get into the habit of changing her in the middle of the night.

But the last thing we want to do is to make her feel bad about asking for a nappy change in case that sets her back (having had a few nappy free times recently she is definitely not ready to start potty training ), so it feels wrong to tell her it's not on or naughty to wake us up for no reason.

Any suggestions?

Are you sure she isn't ready for potty training?

Perhaps with the hot weather, the nappy is just making her feel uncomfortable, but she's confusing that feeling with the need for it being changed. Maybe she doesn't need it in the night?

My nephew was dry in the night before he was dry in the day. Maybe it's worth a try having a potty that she can wee on if she calls you, and getting her to go on the potty before bed followed by pull ups (if you're not confident to go cold turkey?)

You never know, if she doesn't have the nappy on she might stop waking up and asking for it to be changed?

Good luck, and sorry in advance if you follow this advice and it leads to a terrible nights sleep!

Sorry, don't you hate it when you start a thread and then don't remember it

I'm pretty confident she's not ready for potty training as there are no other signs and the odd occasion she is nappy-less, she's very confused when she does a wee and shows no sign of realising that she is doing it herself!

But will store the tips for when we do get there

I've done that Thurlow!

Hope it all settles down soon.