When I Wake My Son up to Go Pee He Doesn't Remember Where the Bathroom Is

Stop waking him. Put him in a pull-up and let him sleep. You're not helping him by depriving him of sleep.

He's in a deep sleep and you're waking him up out of it. Of course he's confused. You're actually messing with his brain development - he needs sleep! You're not "training" him at all. This is entirely developmental and you cannot rush it any more than you can get his teeth to grow in faster. Put him in Good Nights or some similar product, and let the poor child rest.

He's not fully awake.
In effect he's sleep walking.
Stop waking him up in the night - it accomplishes nothing and makes everyone tired.
There is no maturing his bladder any faster than it already is and it will mature in it's own time.
Put him in pullups at night until he wakes up dry for a solid 2 weeks in a row.
Our son was 7 1/2 when he was done with pullups over night.
It's extremely common - any pediatrician will tell you the same - and MANY kids have issues till 12 or 13 yrs old.
He won't be going off to college and still be needing pullups.
Just relax and be patient - and please stop interrupting his sleep - he needs the sleep!

well, he's a very young child and he's sleepy.

most 5 year olds don't need to be woken in the middle of the night to pee. if yours does, why on earth don't you take the logical next step and guide his befuddled sleepy self to the bathroom?

ETA agree with the prior answers that pull-ups are a better solution yet. clearly this little fellow needs more sleep.
khairete
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Huh? Why would you wake your child to go to the washroom? Not sure I follow.
Talk to the pediatrician. That's not something you should be doing.

Added:
I have to question this post. First of all - if he's wetting in the night, he should be in pull ups.
Second - if you are waking him from a deep sleep, why are you confused as to why he's sleepy and confused? C'mon...
Third - if you're waking him, why are you not directing him to the washroom? Where are you?

This post makes no sense.

Wow I never woke my kids up at that age. Is he a bed wetter? If yes you should probably put him in some kind of overnight protection. Messing with his sleep can't be good for him.

i never woke my kids to potty in the night. i just prepared for them to wet the bed and let them wake naturally if necessary. don't bother waking him, put an overnight diaper on him and let him get his rest.

Welcome to mamapedia, M.!

Stop waking him up. Let him sleep. Give him night time underwear and let his body sort it out. You are NOT helping him by interrupting his sleep.

My husband is like that when he is suddenly woken from a deep sleep. He's moving, but his brain isn't firing all cylinders. Sometimes he has no recollection that he had been up in the night at all.

Others have given good advice about not waking him if possible. If there is a reason that you absolutely must, then read up on sleep cycles and how to recognize the stages so that you only wake him during the light sleep times.

Waking him up is not a good. All it does is make him lack sleep. He's never going to wake up and go. People aren't supposed to wake up and go pee at night, they're supposed to go pee, go to sleep, then wake up in the morning and go a big morning pee.

Stop waking him up. All you're doing is depriving him of much needed sleep. Put a pull up on him and let him sleep.

You are causing him to sleep walk. If he does not wake up on his own you are totally interrupting his sleep pattern and asking for more issues down the road. My son wet the bed we put him on meds at about 11. It took a while to get the right combo. He was finally able to stop taking them at 13. From what the urologist told us this is common in boys especially. And is a lot of time genetic. Which I know in my family is true. His body is not producing the hormone that makes them wake up to go to the restroom. They have nighttime pull-ups as well as underwear that you put a liner in.