Possible Bedwetting Regression?

Since he has no control over this and it is NOT a choice he is making then putting him in a pull up will have no effect on him wetting or not wetting. That is the assumption that YOU are wrong about. Are you thinking he just decided to start wetting the bed again?

He has obviously had a growth spurt or something. He cannot control this neither can you. Waking him up makes him HOLD THE URINE when you are trying to get him to urinate. He is asleep mentally and is only awake enough to hold it. He will urinate as soon as he lays down and is back fully asleep. Waking them up does nothing except make you and him more tired the next day. It also eats away at his self esteem.

You need to put something on him to protect his dignity so he won't be waking up to a pee bed and feeling that wet stinky pee each morning. That is making him feel bad.

He will outgrow this pretty soon. It usually only lasts about a month or two. A lot of kids will start peeing their clothes during the day at this time too, it's usually around the time they start kindergarten or pre-school. They just almost all do it for a short time then go back to how they were before.

Bedwetting is nothing the child has control over. It is entirely a brain chemical issue and a growth spurt issue. Let him sleep and by putting either a pull up on him or something to keep him drier you have to just wait this stage out. He needs to be drinking normal amounts of fluids even in the evening. Limiting his fluids does nothing except make him wet more since he never feels the need to go urinate. His bladder doesn't get full if he's restricted on fluids.

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I would let him wear pull-ups to bed. Please try not to confuse stay dry at night with "potty-training." Your son has no control over what his body does at night.

The ability to stay dry all night or to wake oneself to pee is a biological development. His body needs to be mature enough to do that. He cannot stay dry until his body develops the ability to do so.

Some kids are able to stay dry from a very young age. Others will have trouble until they are 7 or 8 years old. A few "lucky ones" will begin to stay dry once they hit the teen years.

Save your sanity, and just buy the pull-ups. You won't confuse him, and you'll be letting him know that this is not his fault. He needs to know that.

We went through something similar with my daughter who just turned four. We didn't think of any triggers for her...no extra stressors, no big changes, no change in schedule. She just went from dry 4-5 nights, to wetting almost every night. And then recently it went back to dry 4 or so nights a week. She just had a well check last week. When I mentioned it to the pediatrician he reminded me that at this age bed wetting is not considered a problem. He also reminded me that she was NEVER dry consistently. He said 4-5 nights is a good run, but it is not night time training".

When I asked which method is better - undies or pull ups. He said it really didn't matter too much. If kids are ready, they stay dry either way. He said that some of the mothers he talks to say that there are more accidents with pull ups because it's like giving their kids "permission" to pee. Other moms say that the mess is just not worth it to them, so they rely on the diapers. ( The point is moot in our house, our daughter associates pull ups, over nights and panty covers with babies and will not wear them. We aren't certain where she made that association, so we think she just came up with it on her own. )

our almost five yr old has accidents every once in a blue moon. its rare like once every three months. its more about how much he has to drink a couple hours before bed. if he drinks a big drink before bed time he will wet his bed. if we cut off drinks before bed time then he wont go. we usually ask that he goes to the bathroom and then put his pj's on then we ask that he go again right before bed time (after book or chill time in his pj;s).

Go ahead and let him wear pullups again. He will be so proud of staying dry and earning his big boy undies at nnight. That is what I would do. Also the bladder does not fully develop until 5 or 7 yrs of age...so i hear.

Has he been going #2 regularly? Has he had a growth spurt?
These things both affected my child. Ped said that constipation puts pressure on the bladder, making it harder to hold urine at night - thus, bedwetting. Also, growth spurts can mess kids up, because the bladder can't keep up with the growth at first, and has to catch up in size over the next few months.

However, the first thing my ped did with my child when he reverted to bedwetting was to check his blood sugar to make sure it was not an early sign of diabetes, which can increase urine output.

So, could be a lot going on that you could check on.

Oh, and we did switch to 'underjams' during these periods. Much less stressful for everyone to not wake up soaking wet in the morning.