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Can anyone give me some advice on how to achieve dry nights with my 2 yr old. Ellie's been dry during the day for about 6 months and no longer wants to wear a nappy for bed, I didn't think it'd be a problem as her nappies have been dry in the mornings. Take them off however and its a different story, its early days this is only her fifth night, any advice would be useful though, she still wants a bottle before bed and I've tried waking her for the toilet when I go to bed but she wont wee.

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Oh i was gonna say not to give her drinks an hr b4 bedtime till she wakes up in the morning its the only advice i can give specially if u wake her n she wont pee, thats how i night trained my 2 altho there are times where accidents occur even when much older n i go back to rule no drink hr b4 bedtime n solves the prob.

HTH

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Thanks for the advice, I'll try and keep her up a bit longer after her bottle.

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Hi. We have a 2 year old and have had the same problem, the best thing i can suggest is stop the drink after a certain time and give a smaller ammount for bed. Glynn Web sell mattress protectors for about 2.99.

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Thanks Bob, mattress protector is in place already, dont mind the washing, will cut down the quantity in her bottle, just dont want to upset her too much.

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No problem grego hope the nite go well n dont worry over a few set backs as long as there is more dry nites than wet n good sug of mattress protectors will help :)

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Think it's all down to perseverence and patience Grego! It takes the little one a while before they realise there is no nappy there,habit i would imagine.

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Put her to bed at the regular time, then just as you're going to bed yourself take her to the toilet again. It feels a bit cruel waking them up but they barely notice and are asleep again within seconds. It does work.

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Oh, then I forgot to add - don't do it at the same time every night. You've got to mix it up a bit so that it doesn't become a routine.

Also, stop juice hr before bedtime like suggested.

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This may sound silly but try swapping the nappy for knickers.

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We used to leave a potty in the bedroom for our daughter, so that if she wakes up she can use it.

We made sure she knew where it was in case she needed it.

Other than that, it just takes perserverance - our eldest went at 2yrs 4 months, and our daughter got it at about 2yrs 6mths.

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Thanks everyone, had another wet night last night, I took her to the loo at 2200hrs (cant seem to stay up much later), she weed 2 hours later, I'll continue to do this though, I know I need to be patient and perservere, it hasn't been a week yet since removing the nappy so its still early days I suppose, the potty is now in position as well, though she does tend to pick it up and spill it!

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She'll soon get hang of it like ppl have said its perseverance somehow it'll click n then the odd deep sleep n forget :)

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This is really good advice grego as sometimes I think the cold can make them wee when they are turning over in bed, my little one still has accidents at 7 year old but it's usually in winter so that's the presumption I came too, it is the cold.

My health visitor told me when I was struggling with bed wetting not to stop the bedtime drink but yes to supervise the quantity because they need to strengthen their bladder to hold their wee in over night and stopping drinks doesn't strengthen it. She said what everyone else on here has said about patience and perseverance, never to make an issue of a bed wetting incident and that some children are born with strong bladders and others can take years to strengthen.

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Thanks Slinky and Tinkerbelle, I have heard about the temperature issue and the drink so I haven't stopped her drink, I've been lifting her but sometimes she doesn't want to wee, any yes I agree with the dont make an issue of it so I'm not, I dont want to upset her, thanks for your good advice!

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I just reckon you should throw away any books that tell you that a child has to hit target x by date y. I'd also ban new mothers from buying anything written by Miriam Stoppard. They say you shouldn't compare children as they are all different, but by writing these books they're making you compare your own children with others.

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The nappy-type knickers could be a good idea, but at 2 years old, it is still early days. Very few people still wet the bed at 18! It is really a question of time and goodwill, no big deal about it.

I have always thought "potty-training" is not the greatest idea. When my daughter was 2 and a bit, she went to a new babyminder, and there was another child who wore knickers. Catie asked if she could wear knickers too. I told her she could, but she would have to use the potty. No problem, it took less than a week. Like I say, there are very few still wetting the bed at 18, and fewer still in nappies!

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I saw something on the local news last week about some people who supposedly try and potty train at 8 weeks.

I don't think it was on April 1st, but it may have been...

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Eight week, that must have been a joke Vorlon, I wouldn't have thought they'd have any muscle control at that age. The toilet training during the day only took a week or so, she got the hang of that strasight away, yes I think your right Pendy there aren't many in nappies at 18, I'm not going to stress about it, but its good to hear other peoples experiences.

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I used to worry about it when my first child was a toddler. I thought it was the hardest part of child-rearing. Then someone said the same thing to me about not seeing many adults who wear nappies and just to let her find her own time. We'd have dry nappies in the mornings but betcha boots if I left the nappy off we'd have a wet bed. Then I tried the pull-ups things instead of nappies and after a little while (and warmer weather) moved from those to knickers and it worked.

I think the less I worried about it the more relaxed we both were.

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I discussed it with my missus Grego, and we agreed that a baby of that age would have no idea of what it was doing anyway.

The only time you know about it is when they start squalling for a new nappy!

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Also Vorlon at 8 weeks they haven't control of their bodies at all, and who'd want their baby potty trained at that age! Not me anyway.

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I have two children and neither of them have ever wet the bed i was'nt expecting my second to be the same as the first but he was and i think the reason is simply because they were ready, its not a problem if she isnt ready just leave her nappy on a little longer and keep trying what all the other posts say are true too dont make a fuss dont stop the drinks and all but dont force her if shes not ready mine were very nearly 3 years old before they went to bed full time with no nappy on and it worked.

Not saying it will work for you but give it a try.

Hope all goes well.