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Not many do. There is no such thing as training them to go at night. Waking them up makes them clench the muscles they clench during the day so they are in effect "holding it until the go back to sleep" when you wake them up to go pee. They can't wake up and go pee. It doesn't work. So stop, it's only making you and them tired because it's ineffective.
They have to produce a chemical in their brain that tells their kidney's to stop producing urine when they fall asleep. Until that time they are not in control of their bladder during the night. There is NOTHING that you or they can do until their brain tells the kidneys to stop making urine when they go to sleep.
When you wake up do you feel that sort of rush where your bladder suddenly fills up and you have to get up and go quickly? That's the way it is supposed to work. Your kidney's stop producing urine when you're asleep then when you wake up it starts all over again and your bladder fills up and you have to go right away.
When a kiddo is not doing this there is nothing anyone can do to make their brain do this. It is a growth and brain maturity issue. The doc can give you medication to help the kidney shut down for the night but it has some nasty possible side effects.
The doc can do some X-rays to see if your kiddo is constipated too. When they are full of pooh and they lay down it is pretty heavy on the bladder so it is compressed all night and it leaks urine out all night.
So, put an overnight pull up on the kiddo and save yourself a lot of laundry and have that extra time to do something fun.
If anyone tells you it's cheaper to wash the bed linens and clothes instead of buying a box of pull ups each month you might want to keep track of the actual expenses of doing a load of laundry.
Water
Gas
Electricity
Laundry detergent
Wear and tear on both machines
Wear and tear on the linens and clothes too
Dryer sheets
Bleach to sanitize the pee
Fabric softener so it will feel softer and it will smell prettier than pee smell
Your time is worth something too
All this adds up each load. Spending day after day after day washing those bed linens and clothes over and over is demeaning to you.
Having a wet bed each morning is also demeaning to your child. It's a matter of fact in my house that they just put on a pull up if they still wet. No one here gets to choose. It's part of growing up to stay dry. No matter how old they are or how young, if they have accidents they wear a pull up. They feel better about themselves when they can wake up and not have pee smelling clothes that are dripping wet too.