How did you get your special needs child out of night nappies?

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Keiara will be 6 in december she has been toilet trained during the day for well over a year now. One day I just took her nappy off her and she had never wet her pants.

But every morning her nappies are full.

I don't let her drink close to bed time and I always try to get her to go to the toilet before bed.

How do I stop the night nappy she will be 6 soon

[mum_I'm_hungry]

My daughter is 7 in November and has a slight developmental delay and we still haven't cracked the night nappy thing (she was toilet trained at about 3.5 years). We've tried using an alarm, taking her to the toilet again at about 11pm when we go to bed, buying special undies and pyjamas, but nothing's really worked. When you look at the statistics, it's not actually that uncommon even in 'normal' kids to have continence problems overnight in this age group.

[SimplyMum]

I wet the bed up until I was 12 years old. My parents tried everything- reward charts, taking me to the toilet of a night time than one day- it just stopped. I didn't have any control over it- it just happened. I am perfectly healthy.....well, almost perfect! :laughing:

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:laughing::laughing: ok I guess I should stop stressing about it then. lol

thanks girls

[Prickle]

Yep I'd stop stressing about it. My 6yo son doesn't have any disabilities and he still wets the bed every night. Some kids just learn faster than others, some medications can make a difference to the night continence as well. My oldest son (21) who has ADHD and an intelectual disability was still wetting the bed until a few months ago. I tried everything with him (I mean everything) and finally it took a nose spray called Minirin to get him to stop. He was on Minirin for years because if he stopped taking it he'd start wetting the bed again.

Bedwetting is really common, this is why they make Dri-nights up to size 12+. Honestly, it's not worth the stress on you or the child.