when to discontinue pull ups @ night?

KathrynMD · January 2012

DD has been fully daytime PT'd for about 5 months. the last week or so, she's been waking up dry (until then she'd been soaking through a pull up). She has NEVER woken up to go potty. I told her if she went for a week waking up dry, we could switch to underpants at night. I didn't thikn that would happen, but yikes, we're about 2 days away from that happening.

Tell me it'll be alright and I won't wake up to a soaked mattress 3 mornings a week!!

MrsHughesNC · January 2012

We switched to undies at night a couple of months ago. Before that, she'd been daytime trained since last January, but still had a wet Pullup overnight occasionally. For the last few months, I'm talking like once a month, but it was still peace of mind for us knowing we wouldn't have to change sheets the next morning. :-) She's yet to wet the bed since we switched to undies.

Personally, I'd give it a few more weeks just to make sure. We started reusing the pullups if they were dry--she bathes right before bedtime, so I didn't feel that was terribly gross...LOL. But that way a regular pack would last us well over a month. But if she keeps up the good work, give it a shot!

NaplesWifey · January 2012

I waited until DD was consistently dry for about a month before I switched to underwear at night. The funny thing is I had to convince her that it was ok to wear underwear to bed. Since we made the switch (its been about 10 months I guess) she has wet the bed maybe 3 times. I have a waterproof mattress pad, and one of the Gerber waterproof pads on underneath her fitted sheet so it won't go through to the mattress.

KristinKD · January 2012

DD1 started waking up dry around four months after she was daytime PTed, and then I waited another month or so before giving up the bedtime diapers. It really was almost sudden for us too; it was like one morning she woke up with a soaking wet diaper, and the next she was dry and never wet again. Still, I didn't want to deal with any accidents, and I had diapers to use up anyway, so I prolonged it, probably longer than necessary. She rarely has to go to the bathroom during the night, but if she does, she'll come into our room and let me know.

You could be fine switching in a couple days, but if I were you, I'd probably try to hold off at least another week just to be safe.

Pesky · January 2012

I was pretty cautious and waited about 3 wks of dry pull-ups before making the switch. I will say I would take the precaution of getting one of those vinyl mattress covers that cover the whole thing and zip up before putting on your mattress pad and sheets. Those have saved us several times!

Harper'smom · January 2012

DD has been waking up dry for about a year and PTd for 6 months. We haven't had time to get the expected baby's room cleared out and transition DD to a bed yet. I'm too paranoid she will have a off night and ruin the crib matress right before the baby comes. We will stop the night time pull ups once she in a new bed.

dutchgrl678 · January 2012

DD is still in pull-ups at night and still wakes up wet in the mornings. I'm in no rush. Once she can stay consistently dry I'll think about it but for now this works fine. She's been daytime PT'd for almost a year now.

Brewtowngrl · January 2012

We put him back into under jams because he was waking up several times at night to go potty and didn't really have to. He was just too worried about having an accident. It is a huge waste of money since they are dry, but we all need our sleep. He has been PTed for 9 months.

DBride2006 · January 2012

DS has been daytime PT since August and pretty much right away started staying dry at night. We made the switch to underpants at night in September and we've had one wet bed since. But DS doesn't wake up at night to go to the bathroom.

I think we're just lucky that he got my super bladder. I wish I knew the secret... PT was super easy with DS... I'm sure baby #2 will make up for it.

Quiksilver620 · January 2012

I was also going to recommend the waterproof mattress pad

kmhunt11 · January 2012

DD goes back and forth on this often. She'll do fine in panties, then stop waking to pee or holding it for a few weeks or months. She's back to staying dry at night and we're on the dry-for-a-week = panties at night plan. 2 accidents and we go back to pull-ups. She's emotionally a little rocky with the new baby coming, so I am not pressuring her one way or the other. Just know that she might fall off the wagon a few times

Arsco181 · January 2012

SD has been daytime PT for maybe almost 1.5-2 years now but still consistently wets her pull ups at nights. I'm sure a lot of the problem is DH allowing her to get something to drink shortly before bed when she claims she's thristy. It'd be nice if we didn't have to buy pull ups & diapers when the baby comes.

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