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[quote=Anonymous]You can't frame it as "you are too old for pull ups, you have to stay dry at night." You are forcing it on her before she's ready and before you've done anything to get her ready. You will create more stress around this topic and you can actually create behaviors that lead to accidents this way (kids who are anxious about toileting issues, and who are afraid to ask for help with accidents whether they happen in bed or right next to the toilet, are more likely to have accidents).

You can start helping her get ready for ditching pull ups but teaching her to empty her bladder before bed and to get in the habit of visiting the bathroom when she first wakes up. The pre-bed pee can be especially useful because it can help kids learn to empty their bladder even if they have no urge to pee -- also a useful skill for before school, long trips, etc.

But don't take the pull ups away. Tell her when *she* is ready, she can ditch them. And she may continue to wet the pull ups for a while even if she's using the bathroom right before lights out and learning to go first thing because there is a hormonal shift that has to happen so that kid's bodies wake them to pee at night, so if her body is used to nocturnal peeing, this will likely go on for a while until her hormones shift.

You need to let this happen on her terms. You are creating unnecessary shame and stress around a normal body function.[/quote]

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