My 4 1/2 yr old daughter has been potty trained for over a year now (during the day), but she still wears a pull-up at night...and NEEDS to wear a pull-up at night. She has gone a couple of nights here and there keeping her pull-up dry, but for the most part, she still wets it quite a bit every night. Does anyone have any suggestions on getting her to keep it dry at night. We've tried various rewards if she keeps it dry 3 nights in a row, but it really seems like it's out of her control while she's sleeping. We also have tried limiting her liquids in the evening and making her go potty before she goes to bed. Any other suggestions that might help?
I am in the same situation with my five year-old boy - he is NEVER dry in the morning. From everything that I have read...it will happen when it happens. This is a maturity/growth issue and there is nothing you can do to speed it up. I decided to just not stress about it and not to stress him about it but to just keep buying pull-ups until it happens naturally. I hope this helps.
My daughter had this problem and after taking her to the doctor her muscles were not developed for her age. The doctor prescribed a medicine and it hslped clear it up. We also went to a specialist and they inflated her bladder with liquid and took xrays to ee if there was anything wrong but it was just a matter of the muscles growing and catching up to her. Once that happened she has never had any problems and she is 31 yoa. Something to think about for your little one. The other S..
Well, my son is only 3.5, but he still wears diapers at night because he doesn't wake up dry, either. Partly I think it may be because he is wearing a diaper. He knows that if he has a diaper on, he can just go, but if not, he has to run to the potty. I have friends with children my son's age and younger who've bee night trained for a while and they just stopped putting the pull-ups on. Because I don't want to deal with changing the sheets at night, I am planning to buy these covers that go across the bed over the sheet, so if they have an accident, you just change the "sheet saver" (buy 2). I found them at http://Health-Products.drleonards.com/Health-Products/Inc...
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Just a suggestion. I'll try to remember to let you know how it goes when we try it out. Obviously, we'll have to change pjs at night if he has an accident. Hopefully he'll wake up, but you never know.
We are in the same boat. I have a 4 yo and 5 yo both boys. I tried rewards...and taking away the pullups all together w/using sheet savers, limiting fluids. They don't just pee once per night, they end up wetting several times through the night. I have decided not to stress any more.....I'm keeping them in pullups, and we talk about staying dry and give them positive praise...but I'm certain that their bodies are not ready...they need more growth and development. Good luck!
Potty training (during the day) just kind of clicked for Zoe (2). She's been using her big-girl potty and wears undies all the time now. When she started taking her pull up off at night, we took that as a sign that it was tim to start trying for nights too. What her father and i have been doing with her is waking her up about every few hours and walking her to the potty, then walking her back to bed. This actually seems to be working, because we are up to every 4 hours now and she hasn't wet the bed in four days (its a small victory, but I'll take it). When I woke up this morning, I even found that she had used the potty by herself and I didn't have to wake her up to do it.
Every kid is different, this is just what works for Zoe. Her sister Carmen didn't night train until she was almost 4. You're going to have to wiggle the pieces around a little till the potty training puzzle is complete.
I agree with some of the other moms. Some kids just aren't developed enough to make it through the night dry no matter what you do. We too have taken the road to not stress about it. My daughter will be 4 at the end of June, she sleeps in an overnight pull up and she needs it as it is wet every morning. I don't want to pressure her with this issue, cause it can actually make it worse.
Good luck.
When I was potty training my 2 year old all the advice I got was to through away all pull ups and diapers even at night. So I just let her wet herself at night and changed the sheets. She has only done it twice so I guess either I was lucky or she hated wetting her bed. I would try it and see if she does not eventually learn to get out of bed and go potty when she needs to. I know it very messy and exhausting to do each night, but it might work. Before you do that I could call your doctor just to see if maybe there is something else you can do for her.
