Nighttime Bed Wetting - Eland,WI

If she's "helping out" by changing the sheets, it's not behavioral. For some children, they just aren't biologically "ready" until Kindergarten or first grade. Like the other mothers suggested, invest in some pull-ups and don't get rid of them until she's consistently waking up "dry".

She's got another year or two before sleepovers become an issue, so don't worry too much. You may want to talk with the pediatrician at some point if she's waking up completely soaked and starting to be upset about it!

Her brain has not turned on the signal to get up and go yet. Why not save yourself time and laundry. Buy some pullups and just tell her she needs to wear them. If you phrase it right she'll be more receptive to wearing them. She'll get more sleep and you'll get more free time and less utility and laundry supplies cost.

Making her dehydrated by limiting her drinks won't work either. Her urine will only be stronger and more concentrated. That leads to lots of other issues. Also she won't feel the urge to go and her bladder will just stay more relaxed. Therefore no urge to wake up and go for an even longer amount of time.

She can't help it. It's neither medical NOR pbehavioral.
Every child is different. Physiological development drives night time dryness. She CAN'T hold it all night yet. There is NO night time "potty training". It happens when her body matures enough to hold it all night--or wake up when she has to pee.
I think limiting the night time drinks is kind of a waste of time & effort.
Layer a sheet, waterproof pad, sheet, etc and thank GOD she can change it by herself.

Sounds like you've got it figured out, but FYI both of my kids were 6 before they were able to stay dry regularly at night (kindergarten). We just kept them in pull-ups. One of them was immediately able to stay dry all the time at age 6 when we put away the pull ups and the other one took awhile and had sporadic night time accidents (once every few months or so) until he was 8 or 9. Doctors probably wouldn't consider it a medical issue until age 7 or 8.

I have 4 YO twins and one has been dry at night since 2 months after we started potty training... the other I'm thinking it's going to be a year or two more! It's a development thing.... you can't really do anything about it.

If you're so inclined many people on this site have said that they have had some success w/ 'sleep walking' their child to the toilet prior to the parent going to bed so that the child isn't really awake, but is peeing several hours after they have gone to bed. some have said that the child will eventually get into a habit of doing this for themselves.... we haven't tried this yet but probably will after the summer.

My daughter is 8 and still wets at night. I am not into medicating but the doctor mentioned it and I asked her what she wanted to do and she said she wanted to try it so we did for I think 3 months and that didn't work. I took her to the chiropractor since I heard that could help and it didn't. He gave us some natural drops to try but they tasted so gross she didn't want to take them anymore. So we are just waiting until her body is ready, she wears Good-nights which are like a pull-up for bigger kids. She has a few other friends her age who also still wet so I guess it's pretty common. She goes to sleepovers and it hasn't been a big deal so far.

it is something that she will just have to outgrow. i had that problem until i was 15. is she a deep sleeper? they also make goodnights which i used for my son until he outgrew them. he is almost 13 and still wets, but he is finally growing out of it

Although many kids bodies mature to a point of night dryness between the ages of 2 and 5, 6 or 7 is not at all uncommon, and for some kids it takes even longer, my nephew was 8 and my cousin was 12. Let her wear some kind of pull up so she does not get sleep deprived getting up to change bedding at night. Once she is dry for 3 or 4 weeks you can go to undies at night. Since she is over 5 there are medications she can take to try to hurry the process, but unless it is really upsetting her I feel it is usually better to let nature take its course rather than pump in chemicals. I would, however, mention the bed wetting to her Ped at her next check up so he is aware and can work with you if and when the time comes for meds. Try not to stress it or single her out, she already feels bad about it I am sure and there really is nothing she can do about it until her body is ready.

My 5 1/2 year old son had never had a dry night despite our best efforts. Our pediatrician recommended a bed wetting alarm. They are pricey ($85+) but no more than we would spend keeping him in pull-ups. We are on week 2 with the alarm which works to train the brain to notice a full bladder and he had already had five dry nights. I highly recommend it. The Bedwetting Store online has tons of information and choices.