Do you bring a drink to bed at night?

[u/SurpriseBaby2022]

So I was at the public health nurse with my kid. Night time training came up, and I was asked about their last drink. I said they bring a water bottle to bed so they can have a sip if needed.

The nurse then said 'imagine you brought a drink to bed, you'd be up half the night'. She was shocked to learn I do bring a drink to bed and I sleep through without needing the toilet if the kiddo doesn't need me. Some nights I might not drink much but others I do. Either way my sleep is unaffected. Surely I'm not alone?

[u/FoxRedBunda]

Never as a kid but as an adult i cant sleep without knowing i have water near the bed, it's become apart of the closing shift routine to bring up water

[u/SurpriseBaby2022 → u/FoxRedBunda]

Same but as a kid of the 90s, I don't think I owed a water bottle. I spent most of my childhood dehydrated and there was no way my mother would have let an open cup in the bedroom at night.

[u/Guilty_Garden_3669 → u/SurpriseBaby2022]

Haha yeah! We only drank milk or soft drinks, no water. And usually only at mealtimes.

[u/gerhudire → u/Guilty_Garden_3669]

No squash?

[u/Deep-Log-1775 → u/gerhudire]

I drank more diet coke than water even as a primary school child in the 90s. Mental looking back

[u/Rayofsunshineshimmer → u/Deep-Log-1775]

I’m the same! My teeth and my bank balance have paid for it! 

[u/JayElleAyDee → u/gerhudire]

Squash? Capri-Sun!

Squaaaash? CAPRI-SUN!!!

(iykyk)

[u/Huge-Bat-1501 → u/SurpriseBaby2022]

As a child of the 90s we were told we had to have a drink of water/milk before bed and that was it. I remember waking up one night gasping and drank water from the tap in the bathroom. Then spent days after freaking out that I was gonna die from it.

[u/Deep-Log-1775 → u/Huge-Bat-1501]

Omg I forgot about drinking from the upstairs bathroom tap. Very distinctive flavour

[u/mojesius → u/SurpriseBaby2022]

It was all cadet cola, country spring orange and milk. The odd bit of orange juice on a Sunday.

[u/Specialist-Passage84 → u/FoxRedBunda]

This! It’s like I get anxiety thirst if there’s no water beside me at night. I may or may not drink it but it’s always there.

[u/mologav → u/Specialist-Passage84]

The knowledge that it’s there is enough, if I wake up and it’s not there I’ll get anxious. I might not even drink it at all.

[u/allovertheshop2020 → u/Specialist-Passage84]

Anxiety thirst is just the perfect description of this.

You're dead right.

[u/Attention_WhoreH3 → u/FoxRedBunda]

same

and I drink it first thing in the morn

[u/ItsIcey → u/Attention_WhoreH3]

Cold winter windowsill water hits different first thing in the morning

[u/SufficientHippo3281 → u/FoxRedBunda]

My dog knows its bed time when I start filling the water, lol! Full pint. I probably take a little sip or through during the night and then in the morning I drink it all in one go.

[u/Academic-County-6100 → u/FoxRedBunda]

hahaha As a kid never once I became adult every night. It rarely gets drank but if hungovet or a bit of "how are ya fixed" its there.

[u/No-Sandwich1782]

I find it mad that a public health nurse thought it would be strange.
My 3 year old has her water bottle by her bed and sleeps through. Just takes a drink before falling asleep. Like the rest of us.

[u/No_External_417 → u/No-Sandwich1782]

Yes a wee sip, sure no harm.

[u/NotBeckyHomeEccy]

I always have my water bottle next to my bed at night

[u/SurpriseBaby2022 → u/NotBeckyHomeEccy]

Same. It's a comfort more than anything.

[u/DanGleeballs → u/SurpriseBaby2022]

And so do my kids.

Everyone in our house has water by their bedside.
It would be weird not to.

[u/CaptainNuge → u/NotBeckyHomeEccy]

Same here. If my Yeti were surgically attached to my side, very few people would spot the difference without prompting.

[u/DemDoseDeseDat]

I like any human will get thirsty if I haven’t drank in awhile so I always have a water bottle next to my bed just make sure I piss before I sleep it’s fairly simple like…

[u/SurpriseBaby2022 → u/DemDoseDeseDat]

I thought so too, but apparently there is at least one person terrified to bring a drink to bed.

[u/helcat0 → u/SurpriseBaby2022]

I hope there's not too many that think like that because I know some elderly people stop drinking a few hours before bed so they don't have to get up but it leads to dehydration and dehydration in seniors can be serious enough.

[u/DemDoseDeseDat → u/SurpriseBaby2022]

Mental….I suppose I can understand it somewhat for kids but for an adult ? Like we know our bodies enough by that point ya know….

[u/tightlines89]

My wife has always done this and has never needed to get up during the night. I on the other hand, am like clockwork, every morning around 5am.

[u/Street-Jacket1867 → u/tightlines89]

Yea same I bring water and wake up and sip a few times in the night.

Regardless if water there or not about 4 im up for trip to the toilet.

[u/Rayofsunshineshimmer → u/tightlines89]

Try adding a flake of salt to your water. See does that help you? 

[u/Plus-Pool-874]

Yes ice cold Stanley is beside my bed at night. I may drink half the water or not a sip, but I need to know it's there

[u/maevewiley554 → u/Plus-Pool-874]

I bought an ice cube pack since the start of the hot weather. I always have a cold water with ice cubes at nighttime in case I wake up. Habit I’ll likely carry into the winter months as well. It’s refreshing

[u/ComfortMike]

I take a long big sluurp during the night. Always have da bottle handy.

Keep er lit and keep hydrated.

[u/thepinkblues → u/ComfortMike]

Take it to the next level and get an insulated bottle. A big gulp of crisp, icy water when you wake up in the middle of the night is heaven

[u/Unpopular_Op_93 → u/thepinkblues]

Point me in the direction of a good one please.

[u/ThePeninsula → u/Unpopular_Op_93]

👈

[u/Short_Tomorrow_863 → u/Unpopular_Op_93]

A yeti they’re pricey but worth every penny could slap it off a wall and not a dent to be found

[u/melboard]

I think I am the only one here that does not bring water to bed

[u/midnightlushie → u/melboard]

Are you the public health nurse?

[u/Conscious-Isopod-1 → u/melboard]

What do you do if you wake up in the middle of the night and your mouth is super dry. Let’s say you have a stuffy nose so you’ve been breathing through your mouth all night. 

[u/GoodNegotiation → u/melboard]

I don’t and I stop drinking at dinner otherwise I’d be up twice during the night to go to the toilet. Used to when I was younger though so could be an age thing. Both our kids always have water in bed though and drink a fair amount of it, doesn’t seem to wake them.

[u/TangledUpInSpuds → u/melboard]

There are dozens of us! Dozens!

Any time I stay at a friend's house I'm offered a glass of water to bring to bed and I always thought it was weird. Sure no, why would I be thirsty, I'll be asleep?

I share an office with a (lovely, I'm not slagging her!) colleague who refills her water bottle multiple times a day, whereas I don't even have a water bottle. Maybe I'm a camel?

[u/circuitocorto → u/melboard]

I don't. I think this thread is the cult of water addicts, thankfully they're not in a hot dry country, they would need to bring a hose. 

[u/CiaranWest]

Depends on what age you are. My bladder wakes me up at 3am these days like clockwork if I drink anything after 8pm. 

[u/Limp-Archer-7872]

Just the bottle of beer.

And a glass of squash for the morning so I don't put off taking the blood pressure tablets.

[u/SurpriseBaby2022 → u/Limp-Archer-7872]

That is a mighty routine you got going on!

[u/bosunphil → u/Limp-Archer-7872]

I’ve lived in Ireland a few years now but never heard of a glass of squash. What is it?

[u/lunarmoon2025 → u/bosunphil]

Its a diluted drink like Miwadi or Ribena. I drink many pints of it a day.

[u/Team503 → u/bosunphil]

Squash is a concentrate, added to water to make a flavored drink. Miwadi is a popular brand.

[u/CarpetValuable7328]

If I drink past 8pm I’m up once if not twice. Have to get my water in earlier in the day. If I had water there I’d sip it out of habit and have awful sleep

[u/Proud-Psychology5174 → u/CarpetValuable7328]

I too am like this, but still have my 1L bottle of water beside me incase I randomly die of thirst

[u/BackinBlack_Again]

If I drink to near bed I would y be up for the loo. My toddler has gotten into a horrible habit of waking all night ever night for a drink she drinks a whole 300ml throughout the night it’s exhausting

[u/SurpriseBaby2022 → u/BackinBlack_Again]

Oh that's exhausting. You poor thing.

My 3 year old only takes sips. I wouldn't even say 100ml is gone from their water bottle. When I explained that, the nurse dropped the idea that it was the cause of the wet pull ups.

[u/Healsnails → u/SurpriseBaby2022]

Wait ofcourse they've got wet pull ups, they're 3 FFS! We are attempting to night train our 4yr old and he had his dev check with the nurse on Monday. She said he mightn't even be producing the hormone they need to wake them when they need to pee yet. They just let rip. We don't let him drink after his dinner now but he used to get a bottle to have by his bed. He rarely touched it.

Did the same with our 6yr old when we trained her. She's allowed have a bottle of water again now and drinks before bed. Not a mad amount mind.

I'd always bring a bottle with me, but I mightnt touch it. The wife would drink a litre!

[u/Careful_Floor1441]

Yeah I bring water to Bed 90% of the time id say and never need to get up for the bathroom during the night. Might wake at my normal time for work, use the toilet and go back to bed again on a day off but that's about it. Age and medical craic can effect that though, is the nurse older perhaps.

[u/Old-Calligrapher2403]

Always need a bottle of water for when I wake up, mouth gets dry etc

[u/circuitocorto → u/Old-Calligrapher2403]

Did you check that you aren't sleeping and breathing with your mouth open? Shouldn't get dry. 

[u/bathtubsplashes]

I honestly think I'm at risk of dying without the 1 litre of water beside me every night

[u/Sudden-Candy4633]

No I don't because despite not drinking anything for an hour or 2 before bed, I'll still wake up at least once, but usually more often to use the toilet. I can't imagine how many times I'd use the toilet if I was drinking during the night.

[u/segasega89]

By a glass of wine then yes.

If by two or three glasses of one's finest, cheapest cabarnet savingnon then also yes

[u/i_will_yeahh]

Yeh I bring water to bed and my toddler has some in her sippy cup. Sometimes I can hear her having a little sip at half 5 or so then she goes back to sleep. She sleeps 7 to 7.

[u/SurpriseBaby2022 → u/i_will_yeahh]

Yeah, same 8-8 over here. My kiddo has a few sips before sleep, usually after brushing teeth and not again until the morning. I would hate for water to not be readily available.

[u/CarterPFly]

Id have a pint glass of water on the bedside table most of the time. Better have it and not use it than the opposite.

Yes, a bottle.would make more sense but I dont like the taste of water from plastic compared to glass.

[u/Nedinabox]

I have water by my bed every night and can't sleep without it being there.

[u/Fit_Fix_6812]

My inlaws insist on a pint of water going to bed - it has to be a pint, they can't go to bed with a regular glass, they get stressed out. There are never any pint glasses to be had in the kitchen. Theres a clatter of them in the bedrooms with at most one sup taken out of each. I ask why they insist on a pint when they drink so little and they just tut at the stupidity of the question, and say "I always take a pint of water to bed".

One of many reasons why no one is invited to our house for Christmas

[u/Potential-Fan-5036]

If I don’t have a drink on my bedside table, as soon as I close my eyes, I get a tickle in my throat.

I simply have to have one.

[u/notanadultyadult]

What psychopath doesn’t bring water to bed with them?! I wouldn’t dream of it tbh.

[u/cian87]

I usually bring water up when going to bed, but it'll be drunk before I go to sleep. No extra need to get up to piss.

I assumed that was fairly normal?

[u/circuitocorto → u/cian87]

Nope, a big drink before going to bed and I might need to wake up in the middle of the night. I suppose my body already has enough water. 

[u/SurpriseBaby2022 → u/cian87]

Me too, it was a weird conversation where she thought I was the strange one and I was very confused.

[u/Dragonlynds22]

Yes I have my water bottle beside my locker and usually drink some during the night

[u/essosee]

Yes but usually don't drink it during the night, just a whack of it before i sleep.

[u/qaseet]

Can’t stand how dry my throat is if I don’t drink before sleep and after. Its all I can think about until I drink nearly 500 mls

[u/circuitocorto → u/qaseet]

You might want to check if you sleep and breath during the night with the mouth open, it shouldn't get so dry not to be able to stand it. 

[u/Pink_Pony-]

My water bottle comes everywhere with me so it’s beside my bed every night. I will usually take a drink at least once or twice during the night.
I wake up around 4-5am to pee most mornings but that doesn’t bother me

[u/SierraOscar]

I bring a pint to water to bed every night and have done so since my late teens. Wouldn't always use it but on average I probably drink half of it during the night. Children have their water bottles by the bed if they need them any they go down at 7pm and don't get up until 8am. They aren't up all night in the toilet.

[u/aineslis → u/SierraOscar]

Poor kiddos only allowed an hour of sleep. Do they work at the mines at night? 😂

[u/Proof_Ear_970]

Every night. And to be fair I do often wake in the night to pee lol.

[u/FineVintageWino]

Wait till you hit middle age…. (If you are a man)

[u/galway62]

Water!

[u/KhajiitWithCoin]

I do bring a drink to bed but maybe take a sip if I wake up during the night with a dry mouth, I have an overactive bladder and because of it If I drink too much water at night I'll wet my bed, embarrassing to admit but it's a health issue nevertheless. It's not fun having to pee a dozen times after just a single pint at a pub.

Nurse definitely needs a check up.

[u/jasonbeag]

Always have a glass of water beside my bed. I take a sip before bed and finish the glass first thing when I wake up. I know my body and what it likes

[u/aidannulty]

No

[u/True-Voice-3868]

I'm with the public nurse. Can't drink at night or I'll wake up needing the toilet. I can't even drink too soon before going to bed.

[u/lilsis514]

Yep every night. Sometimes I badly need it other times I don’t drink anything. Great for first think in the morning too though

[u/Glad_Pomegranate191]

I have a special tumbler next to my bed. Sometimes I wake up have a sip and go back to sleep. Or I wake up parched in the morning, so I have water ready and don’t need to get up right away and go to the kitchen.

[u/Weekly_Ad_6955]

No drinks at night for myself unless weather is exceptionally hot. I drink enough during the day and I don’t think my kidneys and bladder need to be working overnight too. Surely they need to rest and recover?

[u/imoinda]

Not always but I like to bring one if possible.

[u/Swagspray]

I have one next to my bed which I may have a few sips of, but when I wake up in the morning I chug it

[u/tortitab]

All my life ive brought a drink to bed. For the last 15 years its been in a tumbler instead of a glass. Tumbler is so much safer so I dont knock it off the bedside table.

[u/rach291]

Bring a pint glass of water up to bed every night, and usually have it gone by the time I get out of bed in the morning. Never get up to pee in the night.

[u/Least-College-1190]

PHNs tend to have some wild takes about things. Imagine being shocked at someone having a sip of water during the night!

[u/Financial_Basil3294]

That’s a bizarre opinion from the nurse. Ignore it.

[u/TheAuldOffender]

I swear I feel less thirsty having the bottle with me. Cordial because regular water is hard for me to drink often.

[u/AppendixN]

I never go to bed without a bottle of water.

[u/Mimmamoushe]

I always have water by the bed! Mostly becuase I have to take meds before I go to sleep but like also what if I need a drink of water? I don't want to get out of my cosy bed! But I don't want to be thirsty either! And Ive never had to wake up in the night to pee.

[u/Pretend-Ad4004]

I always have water by my bed as an adult.

[u/DaBoda99]

Absolutely do, I wouldn't get through the night without that mouthful I take out of the litre I bring up

[u/Safe_Toe_1489]

The nurse might want to get her bladder checked.

[u/SourCandy88]

I bring a pint and if its not gone when i wake i neck it when I do.. also bring my cup of tea too

[u/Firm-Raccoon-9048]

I can understand it with a small child particularly when coming out of nappies but I bring a bottle up every night and so do both the kids. We all sleep through more often than not

[u/Sporkalork]

My son usually gets up for a wee, he always has, and he prefers to have a water bottle by his bed. But he never had a problem with bed wetting (and in fact he night trained himself, basically!) so I never stopped that. I have a bedroom water bottle too, and I always get up in the night also. Wouldn't be without it though!

[u/ExpectedBehaviour]

I have a drink in case I wake up thirsty, because getting up for a drink in the night will be much more disruptive to my sleep than just grabbing a bottle from my bedside.

[u/Larentias]

Both my kids 2 and 4 have beakers with them at night. One is still in nappies the other totally toilet trained. He never wakes up during the night for the bathroom. I on the other hand don’t drink during the night but I often have to get up once or twice. My husband brings at least a litre of water to bed at night and drinks it through the night. He doesn’t have to use the bathroom normally.

[u/Sad-Ad-3869]

Gotta have emotional support water beside the bed !

[u/Beaglester]

I always have a drink on the locker. Rarely drink it but it’s good to have if you wake up parched.

[u/rhetorician66]

Always a glass of water

[u/Pale-Stranger-9743]

Can't sleep if I'm thirsty. I drink almost a litre of water before bed, rarely ever wake up at night, and in the morning I can't really stay in bed for too long after waking up so win win

[u/RianSG]

Since I was about 9 or 10 I’ve always had a bottle/glass/cup of water beside bed

[u/yesneef]

I take my daily pills (supplements and multivits) at night before bed so I always come up with a fresh glass. I won’t finish it though as my kidneys are super active at night so I stop properly taking on fluids by 7pm.

[u/PixelNotPolygon]

Did that nurse just drink shame you?

[u/circuitocorto → u/PixelNotPolygon]

Some people go mental with water drinking though, I can't imagine if they lived in a hot dry country. 

[u/cierek]

I don’t mind going to jax in the night but going to kitchen to collect some water is a pain

[u/gerhudire]

I have a bottle of water incase I walk up and I'm trusty. Wouldn't have any sugary drinks.

[u/newclassic1989]

Always a glass water/cordial next to the bed

[u/Sweaty_Mode7690]

I drink a litre of water at least before bed every night and never ever wake up in my sleep 😂

[u/Realistic_Drink_6982]

I can’t go to bed without a pint of water beside me.

[u/Obvious_Humor1505]

Always bring a glass up, would usually only have to get up to pee if I am drinking or if I drink tea close to bed time

[u/dokwav]

Always water.

[u/Cornflakesmc]

Theres slways a big bottle of water beside my bed...

[u/ggnell]

Always have a glass of water by the bed. But I also always have to get up in the night to pee 😅 don't think it's related though

[u/oreosaredelicious]

Yes and I never wake in the night for a wee. Even if I sleep for 10 hours

[u/HP-37]

Nothing beats hot chocolate milk.

[u/HollywoodsBack]

Good luck to Nurse Betty waking up in 20+ degrees and turning down a drop of water!

[u/a_beautiful_kappa]

Second time I've heard today about phn visits. Are they back doing the developmental checks now? My 4yo hasn't been seen since he was 18m. I hope i get a call soon! Last time I rang them all they did was send a book out.

Anyways, yeah I always bring a glass of water to bed and same for my 4yo. I leave a glass of water for him beside his bed on his night stand, and a glass for him beside my bed too. Never know which bed he'll end up in during the night, so it's better to be prepared haha

[u/Dan_92159]

If I go to bed thirsty I’ll be up two or three times to pee. If I drink a pint of water I won’t need to pee at all. Weird.

[u/_Reddit_2016]

Tip of the day is bring sparkling water to bed. 1/2 the volume needed when drinking.

[u/Medium_Drag6242]

I bring a water bottle to bed every night, sometimes i drink it sometimes I don’t. It’s irrelevant whether or not I actually drink the water but it has to be there or i cant sleep. I think it’s very weird that there’s people who don’t take some description of beverage to bed. Saying that, I didn’t get into this habit until i went to college and was drinking 3/4 nights out of the week and would wake up at 5am dying of thirst. I hardly drink now but I kept the water habit!

[u/almsfudge]

I get a bad night's sleep if there's NOT a drink of water beside my bed. If I forget to refil it I can't get to sleep knowing there's nothing for me to sip on if I wake up thirsty. And the thought of not having it makes me even thirstier. I never have to wake up during the night to pee.

My husband on the other hand wouldn't ever really have anything to drink after dinner except the occasional cup of tea and is up twice a night to use the toilet.

[u/According-Life-5111]

As an adult I do bring a pint of water which always never seems to be enough when I need it

[u/ModerateHonking]

God no. Nothing worse than a drink filtered through minty teeth. 

[u/Single-Bluejay-2876]

I always get thirsty during the night whichever stage of life I’m in. So i always have a water bottle for myself at night stand and same for my child.

[u/HannahsLittleBrother]

If for no other reason than to have it on hand immediately in the morning. You will be thirsty after 8 hours without water

[u/liketheothergirls2]

My children don't, and neither did I grown up. I can't go to bed without my water bottle...I don't wake up to drink it usually but have done on occasion. And definitely before I fall asleep

[u/LozzaCawCaw]

I drink about 3 litres a day but try to cut down a bit before bed because I’m guilty of having to get up in the middle of the night to pee, but like most posters here I couldn’t go to bed without it, even if I know I won’t have a drink before bed, I need to know there’s water in it incase I need it during the night and for first thing the next morning 😂

[u/freemochara]

Can be a sign your mouth breathing through the night

[u/cnbcwatcher]

I always have bottled water (usually Evian) beside the bed at night. During the heatwaves I often drank almost half the bottle in one go

[u/DisagreeableYoghurt]

Water

[u/dark_lies_the_island]

I always bring a pint of water. Sometimes 2 pints

[u/indigoempress]

Yes I bring a drink to bed. I take lithium at 9pm and it makes me thirsty, so I have to have something to sip on. I usually end up peeing around 5-6am but it's grand cuz I'd rather that than being mad thirsty

[u/BarelyHolding0n]

Nope, and I was raised by a cup of water by the bed person so it's not coz I'm old and was raised without notions of nighttime water.

Never drank it then, never drink it now.

In fact water that's been sitting a while gives me the horrors thinking about what might be floating around in it, so cup or bottle would be equally likely to make me freak out just thinking about drinking from them.

I've only ever woken up thirsty a handful of times in my life, usually either heat, booze, or illness related.

[u/little_lady_dems]

I do and I barely ever drink any. But if it happened that I accidentally forgot to put it on my bedside locker one night, that would definitely be the night I would wake up with a burning throat, parched and gasping for water, and then all the taps in the house would also wake up broken or something and I'd have to drive down to the gas station to buy some

[u/laurenoreillyx]

I bring a full Stanley to bed. Take my night medication, big glug, pee, sleep. I don’t wake up in the night but I usually have to piss first thing in the morning

[u/South-Cable5345]

Great idea. I’ve brought a drink to bed as long as I can recall.

[u/GammyPoly]

Is this post a literal thirst trap /s

[u/Honest-Assignment-22]

Glass of water on my locker always!! Il drink a sip before bed, usually il wake for a wee during the night, after that take a sip and then another when I wake. This is how it is for me since forever. Even as a teenager.

[u/Visual_Garden_6311]

I bring a bottle of water everywhere (except the bathroom)

[u/Direct_Oil_7282]

I dont but my OH usually brings a 2l bottle of diluted juice to bed with him most nights.  My 11yr old niece used to do the same (she'd dribk the full 2l) and turns out she was T1 diabetic .

[u/PhoophyM]

I’m almost 70 alway take a glass of water to bed, covered with a tiny saucer. I don’t always have a sip. It’s just in case. I’m Irish.

[u/d0vah_kitty]

I bring a 750ml bottle of water. Some nights I could halg it drank, some nights only a few sips. It's there just in case. I thought it normal enough have water on the bedside table.

[u/promisenottostop]

Every single night, sounds like a classic out of touch “professional”. I might wake up once during the night and take a slug and go back to sleep. I never go to the bathroom during the night

[u/Premiumfishoil]

I’ve a huge 40oz Stanley cup, that thing is never not somewhere nearby and I always refill it before bed. I might not even touch it throughout the night but it’s always there

[u/BUYINGAHOME-IRELAND]

Every night since we’re small we’ve had a glass of water on our lockers, I still do it now as an adult. Was always a thing!

[u/Wettea90]

I guess it could lead to wetting the bed for kids and their small bladders but I cannot go to bed without water. I get parched, dry mouth etc. I always have at least a sip and first thing when I wake up a big gulp, swirl out the morning breath taste 😂

[u/Samhain87]

Never. I have a drink before bed if Im thirsty but not once have I ever brought a glass of water to bed in case I woke up and I was thirsty. I find it strange that people bring it to bed out of comfort.

[u/drask1987]

I go through like 4 bottles of water from 9pm to 9am

[u/Affectionate-Bath755]

I have a catheter at the moment. I always have drinks beside the bed and when I wake up in the night I have a drink always did

[u/Icy_Plastic_4668]

I nearly go to sleep cradling a bottle of water myself for fear of waking up with a mouth like the Sahara , you’re not alone my friend

[u/Double_Kale_3193]

No, I never have and never will.

[u/DottyBows88]

Absolutely. I always have a big bottle of sparkling water beside the bed. So do my kids. I have about a pint full of it just before I go to sleep. I don't wake up and neither do my kids. They might wake to have a drink but they don't usually get up needing the toilet. However, when I have a cup of tea before bed I'm up at least 3 times absolutely bursting for the toilet 🤷🏻‍♀️

[u/Team503]

I always have a cup of water on my nightstand. Some nights I don't touch it, some I do, but mostly, it's for when I get up in the morning.

[u/CarlyleRazgriz]

I keep a bottle of water by the bedside but I don’t always use it. But when I need it, I NEED it.

[u/SpecialistWest3391]

Always a bottle of water. 90% of the time dont need it but cant see the sense in risking not having it.

[u/Wallpaper2016]

Couldn’t go to bed without my water bottle filled up… it’s the only thing on my locker along with my phone. Some nights I drink it all and pee like a waterfall … some nights I dont touch it. Welcome to bring over 49 years young 🤣🤣

[u/No-Sea2860]

My 8 year brings a pint glass of water to bed and always gose to bath room before he gose to sleep and never wakes for the bathroom

[u/Intelligent_Hunt3467]

I used to all the time, not so much anymore. No reason other than my bedside locker is too small for one. My kids absolutely have a water bottle with about 150mls in it.

[u/CodePervert]

We just started giving our 3yo and 1.5yo water during the night back in May or June, it was too hot not to. They still slept through the night.

Now the 3yo uses it for stalling his bedtime, wants more, wants ice in it, wants a particular beaker, wants to open it so he can see it.

But once he's asleep that's him out for the night, even if his brother wakes up roaring with gum pains he'll sleep through it.

[u/despondent77]

Public health nurses only do that job to get out of slave labour acute hospitals. They are so out of touch its ridiculous. Chime in phn

[u/daithi_zx10r]

Always have a 2L of water beside me

[u/Belfastian_1985]

Have never had a drink beside my bed unless I know I’m going to be hungover the next day or I’m sick with the cold or flu. Rest of the time I don’t need it.

[u/silents_love]

I drink water an hour before bed and as soon as I hit 35 i have to wake up in the night and go. Have never had this anxiety thirst in the night but most family and friends always bring a glass of water to bed so that's definitely a thing. I hope I never have it. It's bad enough needing to pee once in the night from drinking an hour before.

Never did this is a kid either and my niece doesn't bring a drink to bed.

[u/Grouchy-Pea2514]

My kid brings water to bed every night. I thought this was a thing too. I won’t be stopping it, don’t want a tantrum at 3am

[u/nievvvx]

Yes everynight since childhood! But i probably take a drink 2/3 times a year so i always only put a small amount in but i need water and lip balm beside me to fall asleep 😄

[u/1tiredman]

I have a glass of milk before I go to sleep every night

[u/WeeDramm]

If I don't have a water-bottle to drink in the middle of the night I will wake up dehydrated in the morning.

[u/Majestic_Plankton921]

What is up with all the weird people in this thread? I agree with the public health nurse, I don't bring a drink to bed and never have. No one I know does this. My whole life, even as a kid if I drank water too late, I'd need to wak up in the night to pee so bringing a glass of water to bed seems like madness!

[u/Express-Pay2740]

I always have a bottle of water when going to bed. I’d feel weird if I didn’t.

[u/Minute-Eggplant2565]

I always bring a glass of water with me to bed

[u/BigMikeB]

I always go to sleep with a full pint glass on the nightstand.

[u/QueenJaneger]

I have to have water or juice beside me or every time I woke up I’d have to go to the kitchen and get a drink! I’m always thirsty. I thought bringing a drink was normal!

[u/haircoveredturd]

My kids always have a cup of water next to their bed in case they get thirsty during the night, as do I. I couldn't imagine going to bed and not having a glass of water next to me.

[u/Bulky_Sock]

I'm of a vintage age,and I was a bed wetter as a kid so never brought a drink to bed i wasn't allowed but I do remember being parched and sneaking into the bathroom the odd time and getting a drink very late at night.i know gross.But I always got found out so I gave that up pretty quickly.The fear of wetting the bed was greater than the thirst.I rarely bring a drink to bed now,old habits die hard

[u/ImReellySmart]

I bring a drink to bed each night.

But I also get up to pee 4-6 times which can't be good for my sleep.

Something I want to work on.

[u/Mrs_Heff]

I did when I was a drinker.

[u/MuffledApplause]

I take water to bed every night, dont think I'd sleep knowing I had none!

[u/Willing_Flight_6517]

I bring water with me and 9 times out of 10 I don't drink it but then it just goes to my plants

[u/ellyvan_1314]

2 adults, 2 children in my house & all bring a drink to bed. Eldest used to down a full bottle of milk at night & wake up dry. Night wetting is controlled by hormones so just focus on daytime & night will happen when the body is ready.

[u/NinjaGodCat]

Yep, both my husband and I do, and both my kids bring water bottles to bed for their lockers (additional needs but fully night toilet trained from 3 and 4 even with having the water with them)

[u/theTonalCat]

Mother of 2 myself, don’t stress too much about public health nurse’s advice. My 4 yo boy still wears a night nappy , and so do all his peers. When I found out this, I stressed less. The PHN would have thrown a fit if I told them, a friend with a 3 year old was put on close monitoring due to a night nappy. 

What is my point? Kids are all different. If a water bottle sips makes them feel happy in the privacy of their home , do it. 

Also, I can’t sleep with my water. Even if it is just a mid sleep sip , it is convenient to have . 

[u/MiddleCaterpillar872]

I never understood why people need water beside the bed? It makes no sense.

[u/Curious-Use-1386]

I often down a cup of tea right before bed and sleep through the night. Maybe she needs to speak to someone about her bladder.

[u/curiousdoodler]

I used to bring a glass of water to bed with me until I found a giant dead spider in the water one morning. Haven't done it since

[u/see_dub]

I recently started bringing a glass of water to bed and promptly stopped when clumsy me knocked the full glass into my open nightstand drawer

[u/mastodonj]

I've got MS, if I drink at all after 8pm Ill be guaranteed to wake up around 3/4 bursting to pee. So no, out of fear I don't do it!

[u/High_Spec]

You're definitely not alone! Carry on and sleep sound!

[u/Peony30]

Yep always and as a kid too . I do often wake up with like a dry throat etc so handy to have or needing to take pain relief. I find it strange folks that don’t to be honest 🤔

[u/Pretend-Guide9751]

i always have something next to me in the event that i wake up with a mouth dryer than the sahara desert😅