my daughter started school today but she still has a dummy and is still in pull ups on a night . How can i get her out of pull ups and to go without a dummy?

Sarah - posted on 11/06/2009

with the dummy go for the harsh approach, throw it away and deal with few days of tanturms,the pull ups, be more careful wait ill few dry nights then tell her about it and get her to try to make an effort, rushing them into it can cause bed wetting in older years, my daughter, just turned 4 has only just started dry nights, my 7 year old still has problems as the health visitor made me rush it! good luck!

Danielle - posted on 11/01/2009

Cut off all liquids 2 hours before bedtime and make her go potty right before bed. If she is not one to fall asleep right away go back in 20-30 minutes and take her again. Dont put a pull up on her for the night...Wait 2-3 hrs and even if she is asleep wake her up and take her potty again. Keep repeating it. it will be rough but some kids just need a reminder to get up in the middle of the night to go. I wouldn't worry to much about the pull up thing at night tho. I had friends kids who were still in them until after 5 yrs. I found that my daughter would pee in her pull up just becuase it was on and if i didn't put one on her she wouldn't pee. She would purposely pee in it just because she knew it was on. Good luck with the dummy thing. Both Vicki and Natalie seem to have good suggestions for you! hope they work! :)

Crystal - posted on 10/05/2009

Quoting sarah:

my daughter started school today but she still has a dummy and is still in pull ups on a night . How can i get her out of pull ups and to go without a dummy?

my son is 3, soon to be 4, and he just started school too.  he still wants a bottle and sleeps with pull ups.  My husband likes to give in to him when he wants a bottle.  I think soon I'm just going to throw it out in front of him and tell him "no more baba",  I don't have a problem when I go out, I just don't bring it with me and he is old enough to understand that we don't have the bottle and he has to wait, so just don't bring the dummy to school, and she'll see that the other kids don't have one, and you'll be surprised how different they are at school then at home.   But for the pull ups, some kids ware them for years because their bladders don't hold on for the night, so I wouldn't worry about the pull ups too much,  I never had to put them on my other boys when they were his age, he is different and needs them.  Some nights he pees in them and other nights they're dry and he holds his pee!  So they'll eventually grow out of it.

Natalie - posted on 10/01/2009

i 'accidentally' lost my sons dummy, he was miserable for a few days but soon forgot about it!! with my daughter i told her there was very poor babies and they needed it more than her, we put it in a box and i told her i would post it, i also praised her for been generous and promised a day out for been so good. u could also try the santa one, tell her if she can be a big brave girl and throw it away then santa will leave an extra pressie. or do the same as the tooth fairy and put it under her pillow and explain there will be a gift in the morning in exchange for her dummy! good luck! my 2 youngest are still in nappies for bed but if she is still wearing them in the day, buy her some fifi or dora pants and ask every 20 mins if she needs the toilet, try takin her to the toilet every time you go and show her how to be like mummy, when she has her first wee on the toilet, make a big deal of it and really praise her. if she has an accident tell her it will be ok and she can try again later

Vicki - posted on 09/28/2009

with the dummy, in the morning b4 she goes to school tell her the dummy fairys are coming to collect all big girls dummy today, and then u put it in the bin, and where she put the dummy u leave a nice prezzie for her, it worked for my girl