Night Time Potty Trainning

Hi K.,
I also have a 3yr old that just finished potty training. She will still have a few accidents at night. One thing that worked for her was to wake her up in the morning,not wait until she woke up on her own. That's when we have the most trouble. She would lay in bed half awake and wet herself before she was all the way awake.SO maybe try waking her 5-10 min early to see if that helps.

A little about me:

SAHM of 2 girls 6 and 3, with #3 due late Aug.

I was able to just take my sons diapers away and he stayed dry at night. But if she is still waking up wet in the morning then she just does not have the blatter control to make it all night. Some children just sleep harder then others and are not awaken with the sensation to pee. It will come with time. When she is staying dry on a contiueous bases then you may think about trying to take them away. Just don't push her and she will work trough it.

My daughter was the same way. Keep in mind 1 in 7 kids wet the bed until they are older. You can try to wake her up and have her go potty before YOU go to bed. Some kids just sleep so hard that they do not wake up.

Is their a family history of bed wetting? This is not one of those conversations you normaly ask your parents or in-laws but you might be surprized. In my family their is a history of girls wetting the bed but not boys. My 3-yr-old twins have less night accidents then my 6-yr-old daughter does now. If you are really worried about it bring it up at your next drs. appt. otherwise continue to have her wear pull-ups/diapers and as she gets older she will probably grow out of it.

Good luck

There is a good chance that your child will be a bedwetter for a while, and there isnt much you can go about it, other then wait until they outgrow it. For each bedwetter it varies. My son is 7 and has been put on meds to help him because he is at the age where he knows its not normal to wet the bed. No I am not promoting meds and my doctor said they never put kids on the meds until they are past 6 yrs old anyways. I am just pointing out that it happens sometimes. I was a bedwetter until I was 6 and it just stopped. Be patient (hard when there is lots of laundry or have to buy goodnites) and dont get after her about. She is not intentionally do it, and she will out grow it on her own. Good Luck!

This question was asked on 7/31/06 -- I don't know how long the threads stay active or if it is even possible to look it up but it was posted by Carol M.

The following was my advice:

I went through the same thing with my daughther. Don't worry about it. My daughther was 7 1/2 before she was able to go through the night without wetting the bed. Let your child stay in pull ups until he is ready. This is perfectly normal, he will not be graduating high school and still be wetting the bed! Everyone developes at a different rate - My other child was completely potty trained by 2.
Hope this helps,
tam

I did this with my oldest. I took him to the potty before I went to bed. I had to do this for almost a year. He didn't train well. He was delayed and five and a half before being completely trained. I went to bed extremeley late then (not now) LOL. For me it was easier training him for night than for the day. I just made sure he didn't have a lot to drink before bed and that I made sure he went when I took him late at night. If your child can't go for eight hours without going potty, maybe he's not ready yet. Don't be discouraged and remember, all kids train at different ages. My case was sort of unique. He has ADHD and Bipolar disorder and it was harder for us. My youngest son was more ready and trained for night pretty easy. I used pull-ups because I didn't like the mess of regular underwear. He learned. He was completely trained by the time he was three. Maybe three and half. Good Luck and don't push your little one too hard. Then it becomes a power struggle.

The best thing I can tell you K. is don't force it. There is nothing wrong with her wetting her daiper, you got the daytime tackled before three and in this day and age that is awesome! I have 2 boys, 5 and 2 1/2. My 2 1/2 year old was potty trained until we started day care and is now getting interested in the potty again. When the older one was potty training it took me until after 3 to get it done and then after about 5 or 6 months of the same as you are doing, no drinks after dinner and potty before bed, he finally just quit potting in his diaper. We've had a few accidents and now he wakes up to go potty at night if he needs, but everytime I tried to force potty training with either of them, they went backwards. Feel good that your 2 year old is pretty much potty trained, that is amazing!

Everyone seems to be saying what I was thinking, but I'll say it anyway. :) It's not big deal if she can't go through the night without wetting. Most kids don't have the capacity to do that until they are at least 5, and some later than that. Diapers work if she'll wear them. My 3 year old cousin refused to wear diapers to bed because he was a big boy, but my aunt was getting up several times a night because he either had to go or wet the bed. So she bought pull ups with Lightning McQueen (his favorite) on them and he's worn them ever since. Now they sleep at night! Otherwise, if she gets bigger and still needs help at night, Good Nights work for older kids who wet the bed and they supposedly look like underwear so kids aren't embarassed if they go to a sleep over or something. But don't stress about it, she will out grow it. Her bladder just needs to grow some more!

I have a set of triplets and my boys wet the bed at night and my daughter hasnt since she was three. They are going to be five next week. I have asked my doctor and he says to make sure you stop all drinks a few hours before bed and have her go potty before bed. Then you are supposed to wake them in the middle of the night. Some children do take longer. You just might have to be patient.

Well just like everyone else said each child is diffrent.

Have her go the the bathroom before bed make her try 3x even if she doesn't have to go 3x's seemed to help out.

But one thing with mine was when I took the pullup away they had any easier time staying dry. Diapers and pullups keep the wet away. My daughter couldn't feel the wet and when she woke up she thought she was dry. She would be all proud but the pullup was wet. Or you can even try to put panties on under the pull up. When we moved or stayed somewhere strange we had some wet nights. And a few times we went back to pullup. We talked about the bathroom and that it was ok to wear the pullup sometimes.

Make sure you have a mattress protector. You could even go with the little crib ones that go on top of the sheets. I know it can be hard to change the sheets everyday but give it a week or two. If you don't see more dry nights than wet just stick with the pullups.

You may want to talk to her about it and see what she thinks. Maybe she's not ready.

Kids are pretty amazing. My son would tell me when it was his bed time at 2 1/2 yrs. He put himself to bed at 7pm, and wait for someone to tuck him in.

Good luck.
J.

Hi My name is K. , All kid's are different, I stopped when I was 5, on the other hand my brother had accidents till he was 17 or 18, He was a very heavy sleeper, I have twins that will be 10 this year and they have to wear pull ups to bed, they also take a medicine called DDAVP, sometimes helps and sometimes does not , I have even stopped fluids after dinner, My 18 year old now, did not stop wetting the bed till 16, and my 20 year old, quit at 5 yrs old, Like I said all kid's are different. Just have patients with them. and do not call them names, or scold them for bed wetting, it is truly something that they can not help, and can ruin their self esteem badly.

My son is 4 1/2 and has been potty trained since 2 1/2 but still has to wear a diaper at night.
We have tried all the usual ways of getting him to not go while he's sleeping. I just have him in overnight pull-ups for right now. I think some children just take longer for whatever reason. He is a very sound sleeper, I think that is part of it.
Since she is so young still, I would not push it, but you should say something to her Doctor at her 3 year old check up. She/he may have some suggestions.