When to stop nappy wearing at nightime ?? ... Approx what age ??

[*becstar*]

I don't think there is a 'usual' age and I think it's dangerous to look for one

My DD was 24months when she TT completely and not a wet bed ever. DS1 however is 5 and although he's not in nappies anymore (only in the last 6 months he stopped) he has a wet bed 4 nights out of the week. It surprised me as DS1 is a very intelligent kid and he's always not been a problem to learn things but bladder control is NOT his strong point

[Olive]

DD1 fully trained day and night the same day, 2.5yrs, we kept night nappies on for two weeks, all dry, then stopped, shes had two accidents in 6 months.
i think it was nai that told me a great tip (although ive never had to do it) and that was to make the bed up as follows:
mattress protector-fitted sheet- mattress protector-fitted sheet-flat sheet-doona
that way if the wet the bed just rip off the wet sheet and mattress protector and the bed is still made!! (as long as they dont wee on the doona like DD did )

[widdly]

wow Lorelle, how clever is Cendrine! I hear you totally on not wanting your only child to grow up, I think thats why I let Archie stay in nappies for so long and still have his dummy....

I am waiting for Arch to have dry nappies in the mornings then I'll leave the nappy off at night, though he sleps in our bed so I think it'll be quite a while before I trust him without a nappy on!

[Nai]

DD1 was day trained at 2.5 and then she told us she wanted to wear undies to bed at 3. As Olive said I would make the bed up double layered so that it was easy to change for accidents.

Initially she started on naps with undies and she was fine. When she said she wanted to go all night I told her she needed to be dry 5 nights in a row and she could wear undies (she was still flooding her night nappy at this stage so we didn't think she was ready). Well, when we said that, the next night was the start of 5 dry nights in a row! So she wore undies to bed and has ever since.

The main thing for us is to remember to make sure she goes to the toilet before bed as the times that she has wet the bed tend to be when we have forgotten to do that.

[Olive]

we make DD go to the toilet before bath and after getting dressed again, so twice in around 20 mins

[smiles4u]

Thanks heaps Nai & Olive ... yeh, we always pop her on the toilet before bed even if she tells us she doesn't need to go. Will DO Nai's tip for sure, what a brilliant idea

... and thanks Elissa for understanding, it's been a tug of war with my heart to some it might sound odd to say but for DD to be totally out of nappies at night-time now it means anything left of her baby years are now gone forever & it still breaks my heart i will never experience another baby ... but funny enough i was quick to get onto everything else early enough like the dummy, etc ... ' this ' night-time nappy thing was the last of everything before she was totally my little girl growing up so quickly

Thank you again everyone for ALL your wonderful suggestions