When should my daughter stop wearing nappies at night?

Question

My daughter is 2 and a half and is potty trained but she still wears a nappy at night. It is wet on a morning but it is through sheer laziness that she wees in her nappy. Should I just stop using them?

Answer 1

You should ensure that she stops wearing them before she has her first boyfriend for sure...... hope that helps

Answer 2

no I dont think so. I have 4 boys (who can teach any girl a thing or two about laziness!!) and I am a firm believer in doing these things when the child is ready. She will be dry all night soon enough and that will be when you should take the nappies away. 2 and a half is really very young anyway and if she prefers her sleep than getting up to use the loo, it shouldnt really cause anyone much bother at this age.

You could always offer her an incentive to keep her nappy dry all night - a small toy or trip out? If she is ready, this will be all she needs to give her the impetus.

Its only my opinion tho, as we all do these things in diff ways. There is no wrong and right way. Just what you and she are most comfortable with.

Answer 3

Well from personal experience I would say No, Not Yet. Both my children were potty trained and still wet their nappies at night. It is a long time to go without having to wee. We waited until their nappies were dry. The thing that helped with my daughter was putting knickers on OVER her nappy.

A friend of mine has done it differently and expected that her child would be ready as soon as potty trained, and consequently has had loads of stress changing beds and pyjamas in the night. Her son has ended up getting really stressed about it, crying and stuff in the night and she has been getting down about it (lack of sleep etc)

All children are different but they will do it in their own time. If she is only 2 there is LOADS of time to get her out of nappies at night, just let her dictate the pace, that avoids all the stresses, for her and for you.

Good luck with it.

Answer 4

My first two were dry through the night within two and three days of being potty trained. My third had 2 dry nights so I left the mappy off last night and hey presto - a soaking child this morning!! I'd leave it on until she is dry through the night. So long as she can be out of them by Nursery/school then don't worry. Try less fluids at night - you know yourself what it's like having a good drink before going to bed immediately. Chances are you'll be up too!
I don't advise waking them to take them in the middle of the night. I think this just trains them to want to wee in the night and the whole point is training them not to! I tried with my 1st son(to please mother in law even tho I disagreed with it but she's always right) and he fought me all the way and refused to even try(So I was right. Hurray!!). Never tried again with the next and the 3rd can be the same. Would you like to be deliberately awoken from your dreams for that?I know I wouldn't!!

Princess s - I have 3 boys and they have all been out their nappies faster than my nieces and most girls my friends have!! That was a sweeping general statement - every child is an individual and has to be treated so.

Answer 5

ask her?
My daughter hated wearing a nappy for bed at night and I said if you use your potty I will leave your nappy off, she was 16 months old.
I left the potty at the side of her bed and put a waterproof sheet on the bed, she took to it straight away. Restricting fluids at bedtime is not such a good idea as she may become dehydrated through the night, also restricting fluids can cause urine and kidney infections and this can reduce her ability to control herself day or night.
So ask her, encourage her to go to the toilet before bed and leave the potty where she can use it throught the night, give her lots of encouragement and try not to be disappointed if it doesn't happen straight away.I am sure she will do well. If it doesn't work then chances are she isn't ready so suggest she goes on to trainer pants or something until she gets the hang of things, don't be tempted to go back to nappies.
Good luck

Answer 6

i also have a 2 and a half yr old but he's a boy, he's potty trained but has not yet learnt 2 wake up when needing the toilet so is still in nappies at night, i'm considering getting pyjama pants. i suggest u get her some "pyjama pants" like pull up nappies but dont say the word NAPPY, instead explain that they r special knickers that big girls use at night. as soon as she hears the nappy word she will use it as a nappy. or try shock tactics and leave any type of nappy off and let her wet herself, she should be upset or shocked by how it feels and all the changing of clothes business that she will want 2 use the toilet.
good luck

Answer 7

When my son was dry during the day he stayed dry at night too but then again what I did with him was when I went up to bed. I would get him out of bed and sit him on the toilet and tell him gently to do a wee. 9 out of 10 times he would do a little wee while still sleeping then I would pop him back in bed then after a couple of weeks I started to leave him to sleep and that was that. But you are right, in my opinion anyway, she will wet when she has a nappy on because she can. As long as you don't mind a few wet beds to start with then go for it.
Good luck and little kisses for your angel. xxx

Answer 8

doctors dont worry about bed wetting until the age of 9/10 so your little girl has a llong way to go yet. If you want to try fine but dont be cross if you have to get up several times a night to change her and the bed it wont be her fault. You say she is dry during the day, do you still have to ask her if she needs a wee do you still have the occassional accident ? If so I would leave her for now.

Answer 9

shes not lazy she sonly little and cant control her bladder when asleep yet. Its good shes dry in day. Dont give any drinks 3 hours before bed. Maybe wake her so shes half asleep and stick her on loo about 10pm, if it wont wake her up fully! Try a sheet protector over mattress when you do leave nappy off at night. she will soon be dry at night girls are quicker than boys!

Answer 10

shop song of while she takes her final drink. Quietly go in and look at on her in the previous you visit sleep your self for the evening. Is the nappy moist then? if so, the subsequent evening go in and look at the nappy hourly until you come across it moist. on the 0.33 evening, wake her as much as circulate to the potty a a million/2 hour or an hour in the previous she had the moist nappy the previous evening. and make it a recurring. optimistically, which will help her stay dry for the period of the evening. Conversely, she must be filling the diaper minutes in the previous she actually wakes up, wherein case wake her up for the day early. do no longer push the undertaking or it ought to backfire.

Answer 11

A lot of kids are still wet at night past the age of 4. Sometimes even later. Don't worry yet. A lot of advice says wait until you start getting dry nights, I did. However you should do what you feel comfortable with, as long as you don't put too much pressure on either of you.