Logistics of night toilet training

Looking for some pointers on night TT. DD is still in pull ups overnight and I'm quite happy for her to stay in them for as long as we need, I'm in no hurry. But I'm starting to think about it.

A friend has recommended brolly sheets but they seem to be just a bottom sheet, is that right? I'm confused as to how that makes it easier - I understand "whipping" off the brolly sheet and not having to change the fitted sheet/mattress protector, but doesn't the flat sheet and doona get wet too?

What have people done in this situation?

Is there anything else we can use?

How long did it take your LO? What age? My hope is if I wait long enough, she will be ready ready and won't have too many accidents. But DH was asking tonight how long will she be in night nappies for and I thought I'd put it out there...

We did NOTHING. On DS1 4th Birthday he asked to wear undies to bed as he was a big boy now!!!!!!!!!!!! Has been over a month and not 1 accident!!!

He was only day time Toilet trained 6 months ago (only had 2 wee accidents then and a week of poo issues).

Good luck

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I read Ingrid Bauer's Natural Infant Hygiene when DS was approaching 2.5yo and whilst he was daytime continent I knew he was ready for night continence, if only I could figure out the missing puzzle pieces. The book provided those and I used what I learned, committed to a few weeks of sleeping in his bed to help him and it was only about 2 weeks, all up that I had to do that :)

Both times I did nothing. Dd1 was 3.5 and told me she wanted to wear undies to bed. I said she had to be dry 5 nights in a row and we did a chart. She was dry pretty much 5 nights from the word go so she went to undies. Dd2 was the same but was night trained 2 weeks after being day trained. She just decided.

I also made sure they had their last evening drink with dinner and went to the toilet before bed. Once they were dry overnight for a few months the drinks thing relaxed. The only accidents we have had have been when they have been sick with fevers which isn't unusual.

We also did nothing. DD1 was 2.5 and we just took her to the toilet before bed then put her to bed with undies on. Her nappies were previously wet... but wearing undies must have felt different, because she wet the bed once in that first week, and then only very sporadically since then.

My girlfriend did the same thing as Nai with her daughter who is 2.8 months. She wanted to wear undies at night so they agreed a week of dry nappies and they would. She's been around 2 months now with no issues, except one night when they forgot and se had a drink before bed but no toilet.


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We didn't always get a wet top sheet. And I've never (luckily) had her wet the doona.

But what I did was completely made her bed- mattress protector and sheets. Then I put another mattress protector and sheets (and blankets if needed) and doona. That way all I had to do was strip the wet set and drop it in the washer but DD had a clean dry set to jump into. Minimal fuss and time required.

When DD went for a few weeks with dry pull ups, we tried undies. We luckily didn't have too many issues. We seemed to only get wet beds if she was over tired or had drunk too much before bed.

DD1 just got it all at 2.5.
DD2 has a brolly sheet and has had for a few months, she's only wet about 4 times (including last night), the top sheet was wet this morning but I think that was because she'd been wet for a while, if she wakes as soon as she's done it, the top sheet doesn't get wet iykwim.
I love the brolly sheet, but don't like the PVC that's in it, makes her sweat, looking at making my own with PUL

We bought some cheapy mattress protectors (the plastic ones) and put them on.
DD1 hasn't worn nappies to bed for quite some time - she was night trained not long after day training.
DD2 has been a little different, she is happy to be in knickers during the day but on the occasions we have let her wear knickers to bed she has had an accident.

We will be trying again soon with her as she is a lot more interested so i think it's going to be a matter of no drinks after dinner, get her on the toilet before bed and just see how we go.

We bought Brolly sheets, but this was partly because DS1 has asthma and at night he'd often cough so hard that he'd vomit. Brolly sheets worked well. (We have another fitted mattress protector under the fitted sheet too.) They absorb well, and although they don't dry super easily - neither does our other full mattress protector. DS1 sleeps on his tummy so the wee goes down. Ds2 sleeps on his back like a starfish, so he has wet the top sheet too :wall: My flat sheets are never tucked in anyway - so it was easy enough to take it off and throw another one on. We've never had a wet doona - yet.

Nothing here too. Both girls were quite late with TTing, and after a few days of not having accidents during the day they each said they wanted knickers over night. Touch wood, DD1 has never wet the bed to this day. DD2 never wet the bed until a month or two before DD3 was due and she started having a few accidents, which thankfully have stopped now. The brolly sheets wouldn't have worked for us, but that's because of the way she sleeps - twisted and wrapped in her top sheet and doona. The times she has wet the bed have resulted in EVERYTHING needing to be washed.

I think I'm getting a bit demoralised reading all of the prior posts. DS is 4.5 and we started toilet training (day) just before he turned 3. However, the novelty soon wore off and he had accidents for about a year. OMG - the number of times he would delay b/c he was busy playing etc and he would refuse when we prompted him. He still wears pull ups at night and they have been sopping wet most mornings until recently. We tried a conni sheet (like a brolly sheet) for awhile before we had DD in May this year. We had about 30% success rate, but the other 70% he'd sleep through and was saturated. Obviously not ready and I couldn't manage washing the extra sheets when we had a newborn, so back into pull ups. Recently,he's been waking up at night to go wee and then being dry in the morning. We're going to see if he can transfer to undies again and we'll see how he goes. I'm really hoping he stays dry, as having 3 in some form of nappies for years is really $$$. Is it just a boy thing taking this long??

I remember someone posting that it helped when their LO didn't wear undies at night - just pjs. This is because the undies felt snug and close fitting like a nappy used to.

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... The brolly sheets wouldn't have worked for us, but that's because of the way she sleeps - twisted and wrapped in her top sheet and doona. The times she has wet the bed have resulted in EVERYTHING needing to be washed.

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Exactly what I'm worried about. Think I'll just keep waiting a bit longer.

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Is it just a boy thing taking this long??

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don't be disheartened :hug: my 3.5yr old DD is not night dry :wall: - i've tried many of the suggestions (no drinks late, toilet before bed etc) and she still wets. so we went back into Dry Nights (Pull ups) because i just couldn't deal with all the washing because she is a wrap yourself up in doona etc kind of sleeper so everything had to be changed....

I've just resigned myself to let it go and hope she eventually "gets it"

3G, don't lose heart. There's a sticky in the section that says that 1 in 10 kids go to school still wetting the bed. Most don't get the whole night thing until 5 or so. It is a complex thing that can take time - or so I read! And yes, apparently boys can take longer. Hang in there!

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DD1 just got it all at 2.5.
DD2 has a brolly sheet and has had for a few months, she's only wet about 4 times (including last night), the top sheet was wet this morning but I think that was because she'd been wet for a while, if she wakes as soon as she's done it, the top sheet doesn't get wet iykwim.
I love the brolly sheet, but don't like the PVC that's in it, makes her sweat, looking at making my own with PUL

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Just been checking out their website and are made with PUL not PVC... Maybe the older ones were PVC? :dunno:
NONE of my LOs are night trained yet! Even ds1 and he's nearly 5 1/2, in fact I still put them all in nappy/pulls for day naps coz they often have accidents then too :( there's a family history of bwing though so I'm not surprised just waiting it out. Wish it didn't have to be so expensive in the interim though *sigh* ds1 does ask to were jocks to bed but I'm not brave enough to try without him being dry for a week prior which hasn't happened yet. Soon hopefully.

my DD is 6 and she still wets the bed most nights. it is very frustrating. we have limited night time drinks and take her to the loo in the middle of the night but she still wets most of the time. we have brolly sheets which are great. sometimes she wets the blanket but we just wash it and dry it before the next night. my other DD is 3 1/2 and have just tried night TT she is slightly better but still wets. brolly sheets dont seem to be as good for her and she crinkles them up and gets underneath them.

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Just been checking out their website and are made with PUL not PVC... Maybe the older ones were PVC? :dunno:
NONE of my LOs are night trained yet! Even ds1 and he's nearly 5 1/2, in fact I still put them all in nappy/pulls for day naps coz they often have accidents then too :( there's a family history of bwing though so I'm not surprised just waiting it out. Wish it didn't have to be so expensive in the interim though *sigh* ds1 does ask to were jocks to bed but I'm not brave enough to try without him being dry for a week prior which hasn't happened yet. Soon hopefully.

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ohhhh might go check....

Last night DD went to bed in undies.....we'd put her in a pj top after dinner because her clothes were grotty and neither DH or I thought about it - she was in her pjs which just meant she was in a nappy. She got up this morning completely dry. She always has a heavy wet nappy when she gets up in the morning, so I figure she knows the feeling of undies. Don't know that I'm brave enough to try again though, especially when most of our linen is packed! :rofl:

Could you give it a go with DD? She's been day TT for a while now, yeah?

Yep she's been dry day time since about the start of the year or a bit before.

I say things to her casually like "you could wear undies to bed if you like" or "if you need to get up and go to the toilet in the night time, come and get mummy if you need to!" but she's showing no interest at all so I'm happy to keen waiting. She was dry a couple of mornings and I got excited but that didn't last.

DD1 often wears no undies to bed (under pants PJ's) so i'm not sure if that makes a big difference.
We didn't really wait or ask if she wanted knickers, one afternoon i forgot the nappy & put knickers on and she was fine the next morning, we kept going with it and if she had an accident we just changed the sheets, popped knickers back on and away she went.

DD2 is a bit more challenging but am limiting drinks and watching her nappy in the morning this week and next week if she's waking dry we will try the knickers again.

We are about to start with my DD and a friend advised having a mattress protector but then also putting one of those blueys on top of the bottom sheet. This way if they wet all you need to do is whip off the bluey which can then go through the washer and dryer. Oh and obviously change the child's pjs also LOL

Janie xxx