Multiple Potty Trips at Bedtime

I bet he is just worried he is going to wet the bed. As Micky said, any little thought that maybe he needs to go to the potty, he jumps up to just try.

I would not make big deal out of it. If he does not need help, do not even get up and check on him, let him handle this as best as he can on his own. That is the goal of all of this.

He will begin to be able to better judge the sensations as the weeks go by.

When he was in pull ups at night, was he able to get through the night without getting his pull ups or diapers wet? No accidents?

There isn't any such thing as night time potty training. Either he's dry in the morning every morning or his body isn't ready. If he's waking up wet then his body isn't ready.

Night time peeing isn't in his scope to stop. He goes to sleep, his body shuts down and he's not supposed to wake up to go pee. Actually if he's waking up to pee at night then he could have something wrong.

Limiting his drinks makes things worse too. Of course we're not going to give our kids a gallon of chocolate milk at bedtime and expect them to stay dry but normal drinks at dinner and some afterwards is pretty normal.

His bladder is supposed to stop/reduce production of urine when he goes to sleep. This is why everyone is able to sleep through the night. Our body gets a signal from our brain to sleep and many things change. Our brain takes all that excess energy/activity/excess ability to work on other things. Such as fighting off disease, repairing injuries, working through stressful problems (dreams), and more.

He should be going to bed and going to sleep and staying dry every morning for weeks and weeks before he's "night time" dry. It's not up to him or you when that happens. It's a stage of development.

Like....walking. You can decide a 5 month old baby is going to learn to walk. You can work at it and work at it but chances are that baby isn't going to have the developmental skills to walk until they're older. Then they'll walk on their own. Same with peeing at night or even pooping. If they are doing either one while sleeping then their body/brain hasn't reached that stage.

During the day time when they're awake they feel the urine or feces pressure and know but when their sleeping???? Their body is under the influence of their brain and there isn't anything a person can do to their brain to make it develop any quicker.

I doubt it's a stall tactic but it could be anxiety urine.
Meaning he knows he will be in bed, not be able to pee & his body/mind
create a little anxiety over it.
I feel this way as an adult. Going to bed, leaving for the morning, going on
a trip, riding w/others in their car. I feel I better go because I will not be
able to for awhile.
It's most likely all he's going through.
There's nothing fun in the bathroom. He's probably not stalling. He just has anxiety over bedtime vs. peeing. Being held captive (door closed &
having to go to sleep).
So just let him pee before bed then again when he needs to.
It's good that you are letting him "try to pee".
Just keep doing that. It's a stage. He won't keep this up forever.
Make sure he's not going to bed too early.

it might be, but unlike so many posts about this, it sounds as if your son is actually being quite good about it. he's doing what he's supposed to do- and if there are no results, that too is teaching him something, isn't it? if he were using it as an excuse to get you to redo his bedtime routine or otherwise avoid bed, i'd suggest more sternness, but as long as he's only going right to the bathroom and using it appropriately, i'd let him figure it out. he's very small and hasn't yet got his body's signals 100% down. i'd just let this run its course. don't go in with him, or make much of a fuss about it either way.
khairete
S.

I, too, suggest it's anxiety. This is new to him and he doesn't want to pee in bed. Was he dry for a couple of weeks during the night before you began this routine? A child cannot be night trained. He can only stay dry when his body is mature enough to do so. If he hasn't had pullups/diapers during the night and been able to stay dry every night for two weeks, take the pressure off him by leaving him in diapers/pullups. You can start teaching him to go to the bathroom before bed. Once he's consistently dry you can reassure him by talking about how he's been dry. Let him choose when he's ready to stop using tge diapers/pullups.

Know that some boys aren't ready for night time dry until 5 or older.