Night Leaking

Both of my children were severely premature and therefore were potty trained at older ages (3 1/2 for my daughter and 4 for my son).
One thing I did with both of them that worked for night time (surprisingly...) was that I simply stopped putting diapers on them altogether (even when they were still having accidents during the day)and put them in underwear at night.

I have never had a bed wetting incident with either one of them since then.
I would put down a rubber sheet and give it a try.

Good luck!

I know this may sound weird but this week I've been giving my son peanut butter sandwiches for lunch everyday and he's been dry every morning this week. hehe. I read somewhere that giving them snacks with high fat and low sugar makes them not pee at night. I get the natural peanut butter, so it doesn't have as much calories in it.

First of all I wouldn't use pull-ups at night. I'd use the diapers intended for heavy nighttime wetting. Make sure she uses the potty right before going down, when she brushes her teeth. We still have problems if someone forgets to do this even in elementary school. She's learning the sign/feeling of having to go, so that's the first step. It's much harder to wake up from a deep sleep to recognize that feeling. Limit all drinks after dinner time, with just about 2-4 oz. before bed. We had to do that also. If you go to bed much later than her you could, for a while, wake her to use the potty then. I wouldn't continue that for too long though.

Taking the steps of limiting drinks after dinner and using the potty before bed should help her move into waking up dry. You'll get a fuss if she's used to free drinking all night, but stand firm with a positive explanation why there is the new rule.
Good luck.

Hi B.
I had the same experience as kelly. My son never wet the bed if he was in underware. Good Luck :)T.

She probably hasn't gained total control over her bladder yet, or maybe her bladder is still small. So I wouldn't worry yet. Especially if she's getting it during the day. Just be sure she has no water or liquids at least two hours before bed. Also make her go potty before getting into bed. This might help some. I don't think I would disturb her sleep if she's not waking on her own. At this point in the game, the only thing you'll accomplish is getting a cranky child who might become resistant to getting up. Especially since you haven't officially begun to night train her.

If down the road, long after you start working on "night" training, she's still having accidents without a good reason, I would consider purchasing a bedwetting alarm. This is a whole different ball of wax, and its assumed by then you might be dealing with issues such as a heavy sleeper, a weak bladder, or the inablity to feel the urge, and therefore a theraputic measure is needed. But as I said before, it sounds like it's too early for that in your case.

However, there are schools of thought that you want your kids to get used to responding to urges at night and to not empty their bladders before bedtime. Forgive me, I don't remember where I read that. I personally disagree with this. My oldest peed after being fully trained if he went to sleep with liquids in his system. Since we started taking care of this before bedtime, he's had no accidents, accept when he's ill. If he sleeps to heavy like when he's ill, he says he can't "feel" it and will miss his call. I believe him. No liquids before bed. It helps.