My daughter who will be 5 in a few weeks has been potty trained both day and night since around 3ish. Other then the occasional accident it has been problem free until the past couple months. She has suddenly taken to pee'ing the bed at night. I am not talking about once in awhile, but probably 5 of the 7 nights a week. I have tried limiting liquids a few hours before bedtime, and even waking her before I go to bed for the night [ around 4 hours later] and she is already soaking bed by then. My question I guess, is: do I put her back in some kind of pull-up? Or do I begin the routine of waking her within a few hours of going to bed for the evening to use bathroom? I am afraid to wake her to often as this will disrupt her sleep, and more then likely wake her up enough that falling back asleep will be an issue. I am just at my wits end, and up to my eyeballs in stinky laundry! Is there something medically I could be missing all of a sudden? She is fine during the day as far as I know but am wondering why all of a sudden she is not able to hold it or wake up enough to go to the bathroom in the night.
I put my 4 yr old back in pull ups for a couple weeks and he hated going into little boy pants and hasnt had an accident yet. I hope I am not jinxing myself as I type this.Haa Haa
Its been over two months since an accident
Take her aside and explain to her that wetting the bed is not acceptable after she'd learned to use the toilet. If you call it scare tactics, do so, but I would definitely 'scare' her ego enough to get her to think about the prospect of going back into Pull Ups or worse diapers, if she can't adjust the situation. Ask her wat she thinks should happen, her growing up or diapers.PullUps, or you having to go throughout life waking her up to go to the bathroom. Teach her about making the bed, washing wet sheets, etc. Maybe she'll find that so 'yucky' that she'll adjust
Just in case, I would have her screened for diabetes, as urinating large amounts is the primary sign. It may be she is just incredibly tired from school, but I would want to be 100% sure it is not diabetes. Good luck!
My oldest daughter, now 12, did that until she was about 9 years old! It was very frustrating. We would make her take her blankets down to the laundry herself since she needed to take on some of the responsibility of it. My 2nd daughter, now 6 1/2, was potty trained since she was 3 and at about 5 1/2 she started wetting the bed. However, she started kindergarten and we moved to a new home. We also make her take her blankets down to the laundry. It is frustrating because it creates a lot of laundry and a lot of stink! But I guess I'm not as frustrated w/ her as I was with my first because I've been through it for so long now! It was like one child stopped and the other started! Oh, and trust me, we've tried everything that everyone else has mentioned - even medication!
I see you're pregnant with another baby. It's probably just all the changes going on at her age that is causing this to happen. As frustrating as it is for you, just buy a mattress protector and make her take her blankets down and wipe off the cover, and then don't make a big fuss about it.
But, if you do find something that really works please tell me too!
You should check with your pediatrician if she has a bladder infection. Even if she is not complaining, it sounds like it could be a UTI. The only time my daughter ever wet the bed, was when she had a bladder infection.
my son did the same thing. Is there a new routine? For my son it was starting school. I went back and made sure he went potty again and sometimes again when I went to bed. It took time (almost the whole school year) but finally he is dry again and his 2nd year at school I worried but he was dry. we also reassured him that we were not upset but hoped he would be dry tonight and did not get upset over it. also started him on changing his sheets (just ripping them off) so he could get "rid of it" and start new and HE was in control. Wetting was not going to control him!
hello I have the same issue with my soon to be 7 year old. we have been potty trainign since 3 and he still can't not pee he will do one week no peeing and the next peeing everyday. I have him good nights I couldn't take the laundry every day. Good luck if you find out what it is let me know. sometimes they say its if a routine has changed or if she is stressed out about something or upset. But its not like that around her its quit and nothing changed so I can't pin it. Good luck
S.,
My daughter has only been potty trained for about 6 months but everything was going great and then out of nowhere she started having accidents....like you, I wasn't sure what to do either so I just got up cleaned it up and moved on. But after I thought about it I realized she was doing this during a very stressful point in our lives. As much as we were shielding her from the cares of life as an adult she still sensed it...she has since stopped...I agree, it may be bc of a disruption to her schedule, changes in life...any of that. I don't think there's anything wrong w/withholding liquids right before bed and I also am unsure about waking her in the middle of the night because sooner or later she's going to have to get back to going on her own or holding it...but if it continues for 2 weeks or more I don't think I would hurt to call her doctor...just to know that you've covered all your basis...hope that's somewhat helpful...kids can be so confusing at times and there aren't any two alike...
M.
Definately call your peds dr. She may have an infection or something. Its better to be safe than sorry!
It certainly can' be a sign of a UTI. I'd check with the doc too.
buy a plastic cover for the matress. do not force the issue! children are not miniature adults. they are not physiologically developed yet, and you are blaming her for something that is out of her control. nothing could be more cruel or embarassing. withholding water is also cruel. her body is responding to that by putting out more fluids. It is also not true that if you wake her to take her to the bathroom before u go to bed that it will disturb her sleep, that will help this issue.
My daughter did the same thing when she started Kindergarten. She has a hard time with schedual changes and this is how it is manifested. Actually we are going through this again right now. It started with 1st grade beginning. I know that it is very frustrating but she probably can't control it. I usually wake her a couple of hours after she goes to bed. Usually she does not even remember getting up the next day.
When she has an accident you can have her help change the sheets.
Blessings, K.
My son is going through the same thing and I read about it all the time. I guess it's quite common. She might just be a very heavy sleeper, not being woken by the need to go. Just do now what will make it easier on you and her - put her in pull ups. That way everyone will the get the sleep they need. When she stops wetting the pull ups, put her to bed without them and try again. This too shall pass : )
S.,
With a 5 & & year old at home I feel your pain! :) We limit liquids in the evening and completely cut them out by 7pm (8pm bedtime). Then we ask them to go to the bathroom a couple of times during the evening to make sure they've emptied their bladder, especially just before bedtime. Once they've been asleep for 2 hours we get them up and take them to the bathroom. It's never been an issue getting them to go back to sleep. Sometimes my daughter is hard to wake up enough to go to the bathroom so we usually ask her a funny question like "do you think we will have any rhino's in the backyard tonight?" This usually wakes her up enough because she knows the question isn't actually going to happen.
Good luck and hang in there. We do still have accidents occasionally. If the bottom sheet is the only thing that is wet I put a thick beach towel under them so they can get back to sleep quickly.
C.
Have your pediatrician confirm she is free from a bladder infection or diabetes.
I don't have any great solutions for you, but we had the exact same situation with my daughter when she started kindergarten. I decided not to put her in pullups since she had been dry for so long and I didn't want to set her back, but it sure would have been easier. I double sheeted the bed with a waterproof pad in between to make late night bed changes easier. We would wake her up between 10 and 11 to go to the bathroom which helped a lot. She usually slept through it and had no recollection of it in the morning. This went on for a few years and was the worst when she was overtired, had big changes in routine, or drank a lot in the evening (hard to restrict water when they are sweating at an evening soccer practice!).
