Dry at night - I'm confused by my daughter!

Sophie is 3 years 2 months, and until the last few nights has not been dry at night, normally telling me in the morning that she has a full nappy. 

About 2 weeks ago, H forgot to put a nappy on her at bedtime and she slept through the night, in her own bed (itself a miracle) and when I went in to her in the morning she was bone dry and told me she needed to go to the toilet.  We put it down to a lucky fluke and put her back in nappies, and again they were full every night.

A few nights nights ago, we forgot again, and again she was dry, so for three nights we haven't put a nappy on her and every time she's stayed dry, waking once or twice to go the toilet and then back to sleep. 

Is that it then? Going from full nappy every night to being bone dry just because we forgot to put one on her?  What about this whole hormone thing that is supposed to be the key?  I guess she could've have been capable for ages then, and just being lazy about having a nappy on so using it.

And why is she sleeping well and getting back in her own bed after using the toilet as well?  She's a horrific sleeper normally. 

Kids are confusing!

Not at night but in the mornings when Zoe is awake if she still has her pull up on she will wee in it so I guess it's not entirely unbelievable that she could be doing the same, ie knowing she's got a nappy on.

I'd give it ago again and see what happens.

I'm thinking that's what it is Jelly Baby.  She does love her nappies.  It's just weird that she's sleeping through, happy to wake up and get back into her bed and being dry at night.  I feel like all my Christmasses have come at once!

I think this is how it can go.  We thought out 3.5 would never be dry at night (wet nappies all the time) but we gave it a go and within 2 night she was dry!  Just shows they know they are wearing nappies and get lazy. 

I say don't question it, sounds brilliant

WJBS though, she probably uses a nappy purely because she has one and knows that if it's not there she has to get up for a wee. Fantastic that she's decided to sleep through too, proves they can all do it if you wait long enough.

sofa leopard:

I say don't question it, sounds brilliant

WJBS though, she probably uses a nappy purely because she has one and knows that if it's not there she has to get up for a wee. Fantastic that she's decided to sleep through too, proves they can all do it if you wait long enough.

 

I'm not counting my chickens quite yet SL, she has pulled short stints of sleeping through before, and then it's ended and gone back to normal, but I'm going to enjoy it while it lasts!

That's great. When my 2 were dry at night for a few nights in a row, I decided that was it, we're not going back. If I were you, put a plastic sheet on the mattress under the normal sheet and chuck out all the nappies so you're not tempted to go back to them! My eldest is 6 now and still sometimes wets the bed but it's less and less often now, prob only once in last 3 months.

Well done to your LO xx

Sounds good to me!!!  H is 3 years and 1 month and I tried the other night for the first time (she asked) so it was bed at 7pm and up for a wee when I went to bed 9.40 and she'd wet the bed a lot. She didn't even wake up when I stripped the sheet off and changed her bottoms.  Funnily enough, she said to me in the morning 'and I didn't have an accident last night Mummy' even though she now had a nappy on and it was wet!

What's this about hormones?

My friend's daughter did something similar - went from wet to dry when they forgot the nappy. She didn't manage the sleeping through bit so enjoy it! My daughter didn't - even a few nights of not having a nappy on didn't work here. In fact, she seemed to get worse, wetting the bed twice a couple of nights. So the nappies went back on and suddenly about 5 days later she was dry every night. She was over 4 though, so not a little girl.

It is possible that part of why she's been waking is an awareness that she needs the toilet. We did also tell my daughter when she was threeish that she had to go back to her own bed now and she suddenly became much better at doing this when she woke in the night whereas before this hadn't worked.

Suds:

What's this about hormones?

I'm sure being dry at night is supposed to be controlled by a hormone, so you can't train them at night, you have to wait for the hormone to kick in, which is does at varying ages.