my daughter does not wear nappies through the day but still wears a pull up at night?

Question

Any tips as to how to get her out of these. She is 2 and when I get her up the pull up is wet.

Answer 1

JUST be a bit more patient, she is only 2
some children wear them until they are 4or5 and also cut out drinks after a certain time
like 2hrs before she goes to bed.
then there is always the getting her up when you go to bed to help her on the loo.

Answer 2

My 3 year old is the same,potty trained and dry through the day in pants but has pull ups on at night which are wet in the morning. You just need to give her time and be patient, she is still very young. The only other thing to try is to not give her anything to drink after 6.30 and make sure she goes to the loo before going to bed. She will have some accidents but don't get upset or angry with her as she then won't want to go to bed without anything on. You could do a chart where for every night she is dry she gets a sticker and when she has a full week of stickers or so many days worth then she gets a little treat. Good luck but i think she needs a bit more time before you try

Answer 3

My daughter is 3 years old and has been dry during the day for six months and at night for 2 months. I had her in pull ups at night too and they were always wet in the morning, what I did was I lifted her when I went to bed about 11pm. She wakes up but doesn't really if you know what I mean! In the morning she can't remember a thing about it. I kept her in pull ups for 2 weeks at night and then took her out them. She's never had an accident at night. Some people say don't lift them but I feel its a long time to go without when your bladders still quite small. Good Luck you have my best wishes! Gx

Answer 4

I don't have a solution but just wanted you to know my daughter is 2.5 and dry through the day but still wears nappies on a night. I just don't think she's ready as nappy is wet on a morning.

I have been told that best thing to do is not give any liquid after 6.30pm then before you go to bed semi-wake them and lift them to the toilet. That is how i'm going to try anyway!

Sorry its not much help just wanted to re-assure you that you're not on your own - its very frustrating when the older generation keep telling you how kids in their day were dry day and night at 10 month!!!

Good luck xx

Answer 5

My daughter came out of pull ups at night about a month ago and she was 5 at christmas!! I told her that if she wanted to wear knickers for bed, she had to have 7 consecutive dry nights and I gave her a sticker each time her pull up was dry.
I wouldn't worry too much - the trouble with pull ups is that the child doesn't know they are wet so they are not aware of 'going' in the night.
Your daughter is doing really well to be dry in the day at 2, the rest will follow......
Good luck

Answer 6

She is only two some children take longer than others. She will tell you when she doesn't want to wear pull-up any more to bed. Take it from me as a childcare worker if you get her out of pull-ups by the time she is 2.9 years give yourself a pat on the back i know children 4 years old still in nappies going to bed. Its all about waiting and your daughter will let you know.That's what i did with my two sons and they have never wet the bed. GOOD LUCK.

Answer 7

The advice given to me by our family doctor when I was trying to get one of my children out of nappies at night was that drinking lots of water will help increase the bladder size. He told us the worst thing to do is reduce fluids at night, let my child be the judge, but if the child is drinking excessively of an evening it is due to not enough liquids during the day. They don't become thirsty until they are past the point of needing liquids. This will also impact on the bladder size. Another thing he told me was that I shouldn't encourage frequent toilet trips during the day. Wait until the child needs to go. If the child still isn't dry at night when they are a bit older, bladder size can be increased by getting them to hold on before urinating each time. This will slowly increase the bladder size. Some children are deep sleepers and do not wake in the night to go to the toilet so increasing bladder size often helps with this. Try not to be worried about it. Everyone develops at their own rate. In some cases children have been known to be still wetting the bed at night right up until puberty and an immature bladder often causes this. I wouldn't worry about that until your child is 6 or 7. That would be the time to go and see a Dr about a child still wetting the bed at night. Good luck and relax. You just can't hurry nature.

Answer 8

No rush – she’s only 2. Just wait until she consistently wakes up with a dry pull-up (at least a week). It is not un-common for children to need this until 5 years old.

If you are really set at having her stay dry through the night then you have to wake her up before you go to bed to have her pee and then again in the middle of the night until she learns to do this on her own.

You could also try to teach her control during the day. When she’s peeing, get her to stop & start again 2 or three times (per potty trip) while she’s going so she learns how to control herself.

Answer 9

My both daughters where dry in the day at 21 months and it took my eldest until 3 years and 3 months to be dry in th night and my youngest was 2 years 11 months.

I would wait another couple of months, she is doing great to be dry in the day.

I also know 6 year old who wear nappies at bed, wouldnt reccomend waiting that long though.

Answer 10

Be patient with her, 2 is still quite young to be dry both day and night. My youngest wore pull-ups until he was 3. I waited till his pull-up was dry in the morning and then carried out letting him wear one for another week to make sure he was dry every morning, then I gave it a try with just pants on and he was brilliant. It certainly saves having wet beds and loads of washing!! We also used star charts for having rewards for being dry for a certain amount of time. Good luck.

Answer 11

Patience my friend! My sister, brother and I were all potty trained by 18 months, I used the exact same methods to train my daughter and she didn't end up being potty trained until about a month before her 4th birthday! It's soooooooo aggravating I know, and I sympathize with you completely, but just know that your daughter will definitely give you clues as to when she's ready.

The BEST cue as to when your child is ready is when they wake up in the morning completely DRY. When that starts happening, THEN that's the time to become focused on the goal. If your daughter is still urinating in her sleep during the night, then chances are she's not even ready.

With all that being said, it's also been shown to help many boys and girls (even helped my daughter) to wear actual underwear. Let your daughter pick them out so that she'll be even more fond of them.... but in the end, patience is the key. She'll give you cues, I promise!

I wish you you the very best during this often times, frustrating milestone!