Tricky business re: night training

[Ying]

I posted about this not long ago Night training, what to do?

Becky has been complaining more about wearing night nappies. She's been getting up several times a night asking me to take the nappy off, but she won't go to the toilet She's happy to do so before going to bed and waking up in the morning, but doesn't/can't do it in the middle of the night. Last night after 3 changes of nappies (some of them weren't even wet so it's clearly she just didn't like to wear them anymore) I bit the bullet and put undies on her. I laid 4 layers of towels underneath her and was praying they would be enough. Well, they're not, our bed is wet

The mega problem is that we're co-sleeping so I can't just use those kid mattress protectors. So I did a research and found this Brolly Sheets - fantastic range of mattress protectors for bed wetting
It's a little expensive for a QS bed and we need to get 2 of them to rotate while one is being washed. It sounds great as they can be tumble dried, our regular mattress protector (one that isn't designed for bedwetting business) takes ages to dry and can't be tumble dried. Has anyone use these?

I also was thinking about using a bedwetter pants for her http://www.nurturenappies.com.au/sto...lt.asp?One=337
It claims it can contain around 600ml of wee so that sounds very intriguing LOL

The thing is I'm not sure which way I should go, putting undies on her and using a mattress protector or getting her a pair of bedwetter pants I read somewhere that putting training pants/bedwetter pants can prevent kids to wake up and go to the toilet as they need to feel the wetness? Oh I don't know, this is a little confusing for me

Any advice? I know that she's not capable to go to the toilet in the middle of the night yet (gets very upset when asked) but she's very uncomfortable wearing nappies. The only thing I haven't tried is disposables nappies/pull ups.

[milasmum]

Mila night trained when she stopped having her night bottle.

I noticed she wasnt weeing as much and would sometimes ask to go during the night. So I put her in pull ups (she wouldnt wear cloth). After Christmas when the bottles stopped she would wake up dry. We would also encourage her to use the loo before bed and if she did she could wear undies.

She has been wearing undies to bed all week, except last night. She had a huge day so thought it safer...lucky because she was wet.

Are you still putting her in a night nappy? Maybe put her in a trim AIO if she wants to be changed anyway???

If she doesnt want to use the loo at night explain to her that she has to keep wearing nappies then.

The only way you are going to get her in to undies at night is:

do it when she has been waking up dry for a while (which she isnt)
or
do it when she wakes up and asks for the loo (which she isnt)

So maybe just make her more comfortable by using a smaller nappy and keep up the encouragement and discussion about it

[MadMel]

tell her if she wont use the toilet, then she will have to use nappies. It's one or the other.

I don't have any experience with those but when I was pregnanT I got a single mattress protector, and cut it so it was flat then used that. No reason why you couldn't do that for a more affordable option

[Ying]

Sarah, I tried trim nappies on her too. GK, Bumgenius, Bum Wear, Bubblebubs, all trim AIOs I can think of but she still doesn't like them. She still has one bottle at night and we've been working on giving up the bottle as well (although hasn't got much success so will continue on that).

Good idea Mel, maybe I'll just cut the single size mattress protector and see if it works.

[milasmum]

Ying, the bottle was hard work...we did have tears on occasion. She has stopped asking for it but we replaced it with something else...we would lie in bed with her and pat her. She wouldnt let us go till she was asleep, but we are weaning her off that now too. So we have a lie down, sing a song, 1 minute of pat and then goodnight

Cold turkey was the only way with the bottle otherwise she would have it till she left home I think LOL...funny thing is she doesnt drink milk at all now...but her appetite improved aswell as her willingness to try new foods

Back to nappies...hmm well

I dont think getting bedwetter pants would help if it simply a dislike for nappies.

Umm she is also having a bottle so does need to go wees overnight.

Is she telling you at night that she needs a wee...or is just wetting?

tricky Ying!

Sounds like she is not quite ready...she will get there

[marniehau]

A felted wool blanket makes a good mattress protector that is not sweaty like plasticky ones are. You could also lanolise it for extra protection. Suitable wool blankets are often to be found at op shops. Give it a really good wash - which will help to felt it even more.

I used a single bed blanket laid sideways across our bed.

[Ying]

thanks Marnie I'll have a look if we have any wool blankets lying around here too.

[Frangipani_mumma]

We have a similar issue here, Giarna is 3 and trained during the day but not at night, and the only nappy she will wear is a Fluffle, she will have a tantrum if we try anything else so she gets a Fluffle and knitted cover and it does the trick. The fluffles are huge and really really soft so maybe that might be worth a shot?? Giarna is about 17kg and they fit her fine whereas others seemed to annoy her around the waist.