Pull Ups at Night

My child was the same way. I'd say she outgrew it at about 5 1/2. You are probably already doing the right stuff, limiting fluids, peeing before bedtime, etc. She will outgrow it!

I second the suggestion for Good Nights, or Under Jams (made by Pampers, and imo, softer).

Some kids take longer to stay dry overnight than others. Some until 12 or so. Give her more time. Try regular undies occasionally to see what happens, but don't get mad if there's an accident.

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She will be dry at night, all night, when her body is matured.

My daughter, was already 5 years old... not just made 5, but during her 5 year old span.. in which she wore underwear at night.

All the best,
Susan

Sometimes it is just something that they have to grow out of on their own. My son wet the bed for many years. We tried everything, limiting liquids, waking him, sometimes it worked and sometimes it didn't. He was a very sound sleeper and that was most of the issue. I don't think age really matters it is an individual issue. When their mind and body can make the connection she will begin waking on her own to use the bathroom. Trust me pull-ups are a much better alternative to washing sheets every morning.

Put her in underwear when she wakes up dry more often than not. Every kid is different - some are overnight dry at age 2, and some are 8, 9 or even 10. Don't make a big deal out of it, and neither will your daughter.

If having her potty before getting into bed is not working, I would wake her up. The night is long for a little bladder. The body never stops working, so gently waking her and setting her on the potty before YOU go to bed a few hours later than her normal bed time may do the trick. Be gentle, and keep the bathroom quiet and on the dark side, so she can easily go back to sleep.
It may take a while, weeks for sure, but it beats changing sheets!
Good luck!

Have you talked with her about staying dry over night? I'd suggest to tell her that when her body is ready she'll be able to stay dry overnight and then she can wear big girl panties. No pressure. Just give her the information. Then continue to put on the pull ups.

Both of my grandchildren wore pull ups until they were dry in the morning for a week without any special effort on their mother's or my part. It happens when their body is mature. They shouldn't have to get up in the middle of the night to stay dry. It's us "older" folks or pregnant moms who might have that problem. lol

Goodnites seems to work better to avoid leakage. Goodnites website has good information about the topic. It is normal for many kids to not be night trained for several years.

Hi J.,
When my kids were potty training(I still do this with my dd age 4), they didn't get anything to drink after 6:00 PM, and potty before bed. It works. Yur baby dd will not dehydrate this way because she can have all the drink she needs before then. The same goes for sugar. My kids don't eat verry much sweets but they are absolutely not allowed sweets after 6 and this helps get them to sleep easier. I hope I could be of help to you. Best wishes and blessings,
A. P

I'm not sure if this will help but I got rid of the pull ups a few months ago. My two year old goes to bed between 8-9pm. Right before I go to bed, I put her on the potty. She always pees and then wakes up dry. Might seem like a pain to have to take them to the bathroom but she's doesn't even wake up. Just sits, pees and goes right back to bed. Not the best solution but it keeps us from having to buy pull ups:)

Hi,

Did you ever stop to think the Pull Ups may be the problem?
I know for me they were! Once i took my son out of Pull Ups he got a feeling of what happens when you don't get up to pee...a cold and wet bed.

After much embarrassment and wet bed and clothes, he came around.

Another thought may be that your daughter is a heavy sleeper.

Best of luck! hope this helps.

With my daughter she would use the pullup if she had it and not pee if she was in her panties. You have to just take them away and put her in panties. I got these over the sheet absorbant pads so if she has an accident, you can just pull up the top and the sheet is dry. They sell them online at Target and One-Step Ahead. It is a lifesaver. She has had only two accidents since we have done that (1 year). We make sure she uses the bathroom before bed and try not to let them drink a lot within the hour of bedtime.

Some kids just aren't ready for nighttime underwear for a while. If she is always wet, she may not be ready. When she is ready, don't give her any water at least an hour before bed. Make sure she goes to the bathroom just before getting into bed. If you don't want to wake her, then let her know that if she wakes up she can get up to go to the bathroom (or even better, tell her that she should). She may not realize that it is ok to get out of bed for that reason. Good luck.

Just wait until she wakes up dry for a week or two in a row. This is very common for this age, and she really can 't help it because she doesn't know she is doing it. Many kids are 7 years old before their bodies are ready. I would just wait this one out.

My daughter is also coming up to 4 1/2 and still in pull ups at night , I don't think there is anything you can do to "teach" them to be dry at night , it is something their body will teach them , and if they are very deep sleepers then it is even harder for them to learn. I am in no rush for my daughter to stop wearing them at night , she is trained in the day which is the most important thing. I was the exact same way as a child and wasn't dry at night until I was 7. Once you have a consistant period of time where the pull up is dry every morning (for a week maybe a little longer) then that is when she is rady to stop wearing them , at the moment my daughters is still very much wet in the AM and I am not going to start waking her to take her to the bathroom , broken sleep is not good for them (or me)!!!!.

My daughter was right around 5 or 5 1/2 before she stayed dry all night. She still gets up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom. Her body is simply not mature enough for her to stay dry all night. Don't worry, she will get there. I switched to Good Nights, because Pullups leaked at that age. I asked her to go to the bathroom right before she went to bed. She is still in that habit at almost 9.

I have a one about the same age. At four he was using pull ups and sometimes peeing in them and sometimes not (and sometimes I could tell when I helped him change he had just gone because it was still warm!) I was getting frustrated but I didn't want to have to clean his sheets all the time. I finally started making sure that I limited his liquid about an hour before bed or so and made sure he went to the bathroom. When he isn't wearing pull ups he usually does really well (unless I forget to have him pee before bed) but I think changing him to undies helped him to not be lazy and pee in his pull up. Every kid is different but maybe try that? :) There is NO way I would wake him up in the middle of the night to pee. I do tell/remind him that if he has to go pee he has to get up to go to the bathroom (and if he does get up I usually go out there to make sure he's okay and gets his PJs on again etc). Good luck! :)

Is your daughter interested in wearing her big girl panties to bed? Does she express the desire but knows that she will sometimes wake up wet? My daughter loves her panties and really wants to wear them to bed. She takes off her pull up on her own in the morning and puts her panties on before coming out of her room. So, one thing we are trying with our daughter is putting on her panties with the pull up on top of them. We had a talk with her and told her that if she stays dry for 3 days in a row then we will try just panties for awhile. For some reason she can go 2 days dry, but then has an accident the 3rd day. I was getting tired of washing sheets. So far no luck with her, but she has appreciated trying and it doesn't seem to be discouraging her because there is the 3 day goal. When she doesn't make it, we say we will just try again next week.

It is perfectly normal for kids to still wet at night until up to age 6! Don't make her feel bad about wetting and cause a big mess for yourself when she wets herself in the middle of the night because she is in panties! She will start to stay dry when her body is ready and able. For most kids it's around age 5.