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How do i get my 3 year old dry/out of nappies at night?

My son is toilet trained during the day and has been for 6 months but we can't seem to get him dry at night, Help!!

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This is just my opinion and what worked with my daughters, but Pull Ups are the worst thing that ever happened to parents. My girls would not get potty trained until we threw them out and used regular undies and they wouldn't get up and pee at night until we did that same. Just put a plastic sheet on the bed under the regular sheet, stop all liquids a couple of hours before bedtime and make sure he goes before bedtime. He may still have accidents. It's very common for a child to have them until they are 6 or 7 but they will become much less frequent with age.
Buy one of the pads that go on the bed and set off an alarm when the child wee's on it. It is a nuisance in the fact that you have to get up and change the child but it does tend to make them aware of the weeing and helps to break the cycle as they will want to get up to go to the toilet themselves.
Children often aren't dry for years! At three, this is normal. I would cut down on the drinks - I gave my children nothing to drink after 5. My daughter in law wakes her 6 year old up during the night. I also found that my kids were dry at night but on waking in the morning, needed fast help to get to the loo. By the time, you've unwrapped the nappies, etc etc it is too late.
dont put the diapers. put plastic sheet on the bed. ensure that the child goes to bed after finishing his peeing. then after every 2 hours wake him up and take him to toilet and do the ssssssssshhhhhhu noise. it will be tiring for the first 3 days. but from the 4th day he will get up by himself.
Hi. My son had trouble at night time with toilet training. What I did was stop any fluids after 5pm. When I put him to bed I would wake him at around 8pm to take him to his potty or to the toilet then again at 11pm. We got into a routine for around 2 weeks and then he started to wake on his own. The times you put him to bed and wake him are entirely up to you but it does work. Good luck
take him for a wee he goes to bed. if he doesnt want one turn the tap on, the sound of running water will trigger him to go, reduce fluids after tea time and most importantly-leave the nappy off. every time he feels the nappy he knows he doesnt have to bother getting up to go,its like a security blanket..i did this with my 3 boys and non of them ever relapsed and it worked right away.all kids are different though so be prepared for accidents. oh, and leave the bathroom light on till he gets used to it...good luck!
Hi, I am just coming up to potty training my son myself! However I remember in the dim and distant past my now 6 yr old was 3 1/2 before she was dry in the day then she clicked with the nighttime one day and never had a problem since. All children do things at different times as I'm sure you know, so don't worry or feel pressure to get over this milestone - although I realise it is better for you when your son finally cracks it! I presume your son is in a bed not a cot, so he can get out to use the potty (he should have one by his bed at this stage) another useful tip is to "lift" him - When you go up to bed get him up and put him on the toilet/potty, this will help him stay dry. Do it without bright lights or talking and it shouldn't disturb him too much. A nightlight and whispering are OK, but should be kept to a minimum to avoid waking him too much, then put him back to bed. If he wakes then just say "time for potty" and don't make a big deal of it. Hope this helps you and Good luck! It doesn't last forever!
when training both of my children i stopped fluids 2 hours before bed time and then at bed time asked them to go to the toilet even if they said they didnt want to, then it was like going back to when they were babies i woke them when i was going to bed to ask them again to go to the toilet and then i would wake them at around 2 in the morning to go again after about 2 weeks both of them got the hang of it and started getting up and going on their own. although its not a fail safe method cos they can still have accidents, the trick is not to make a big deal of it and say next time remember to go to the toilet, children are fast learners and also learn by example. You will find the best way of doing this by listening to everyones suggestions and adapting it to your routine, the key word being routine. hope this helps xx
With my daughter we put a plastic sheet over the mattress and covered it with regular sheets then we just let her wet the bed and kept telling her it was wrong. After a month she was only wetting the bed once in a while and eventually we removed the the plastic cover. Our washing machine worked very hard to supply us with clean sheets.
it seems harsh but the best way to do it is throw any nappies away that you have, decide you are not usung them again and then get to grips with the little one!! ok, at 3 he understands, he's dry all day so he knows to 'hold on' and he knows to use the toilet, get a waterproof undercover for his bed and stop any drinks 2 hours before bedtime, if he goes to bed at 7 for example, then his last good drink is at 5pm, then each half hour after take him to the toilet, by 7pm he should have got rid of a full bladder, no nappy, no pants and really encourage him to wake up if he wants a wee and to go to the toilet or call for you to go with him. If he has accidents don't make a fuss but give him the job of removing wet sheet and putting it for wash, also he needs to put another dry sheet on!! it won't be perfect but it will be inconvenient for him, 3 year olds are very able and cunning little creatures, if you can persevere for a few nights I bet he's dry, good luck
stop the night time drinks and toilet them about two hours after going sleep and again when u go to bed and relax with it he will pick up if u get stressed out
I recently had a problem with my 7 year old daughter reverting to bedwetting,and the doctor told me to try 'double emptying'. Basically,before bed,take your child to the toilet for a wee,then 5 minutes later,take them to the toilet again. Then after they've been asleep a few hours,wake them,and take them to the toilet before you go to bed. Star charts and a 'dry night' piggy bank (where they can put,say 5 pence in the bank themselves when they've had a dry night) work well too,as they can see the rewards.
Boys are different.....Be patient. He will get it in time. Try getting in a routine yourself and get up at a certain time get him up so he will form a routine/habit to get up at say 2 a.m. to use the restroom. Or just give him alittle more time.....I've had friends with boys that just didn't get it til 5 or 6. Good Luck!
Hi i have a 3yr old she is dry day and night and has been since 2 all i did was reduce drinks at bedtime regular knickers and id take her to toilet at about 11pm as i was going to bed they stay asleep but know that if you talk to them calm and gentle they will go to toilet and fall back to sleep try it for 2 weeks and they will get into the habit of doing it for them selves as they will recognise the feeling of needing to go also plastic sheet till your sure they are OK I've got 3 children and it worked for all of mine
Wake him up in the middle of his sleep and make him go to the bathroom!!!!
Dont worry too much a friend was told that its not a problem till they are 5 yrs old. You could try waking him up just before you go to bed and put him on the loo
here's one my nan passed on to me and it really works what we did was when it was bed time for him put him on the potty and take it up to the bedroom with him when it was bed time for us then when we went to bed, we would get him out of bed (this was normally about 12.30.1) and put him on the potty gave him lots of cuddles he was very sleepy at this point and his head will drop so we where there for support and he would just wee instinctively within a week he was dry he now doesn't wear anything apart from pj's to bed, be prepared for a bit of a scream to begin with but they soon quite down and just go.
My son was 5 before potty trained at night and the pull ups are the devils work! it's just like a diaper so he would say he was dry when he was really wet. He couldn't feel it. What we did was stop drinks about 2 hours before bedtime. We got a crib sheet that was made for adult beds or a shower curtain liner would work as well and laid that on the bed. Put him in regular underwear. His bedtime was 8:00 and when we went to bed later that night we would wake him and make him go potty. Any time I woke in the night I would wake him to go potty (even if I had to carry him to the bathroom). He had accidents (maybe 2 or 3 times a night) but eventually he got the hang of it and started getting himself up to go. The wetness alarms are supposed to work well also but we never made it to that point. Sometimes its almost like having a newborn getting up numerous times again but consistancy is the key!