5 Year Old Still Needs Pull-up at Night

my sons didn't stay dry at night until past 5yrs old. Like one of the advices, he doesn't go to kindergarten at night. Why worry? Unless you don't want to spend the money on pull-ups. Unless there's a medical reason, he will outgrow it. All mine did.

Hi
Iam in the same situation with my 4.5 year old boy. I bought an enuresis alarm on ebay. You attach it to their pjs and the alarm goes off when it gets wet. You then wake them up and change everything. Eventually they are supposed to learn to wake up beforehand. However, my neighbour siad her 7 year old only just got out of nighttime pullups
good luck

hi C., he nds to train himself to wake up and go to bathroom, my son wasy dry in the mornings at 17 months olkd but when he was 3 he started wetting at night again, after awhile I got tired of it, and i told him everytime you go a week without wetting the bed, we will go to toy's r us, youd be surprised how quick he changed that lazzyness. J.

Bedwetting isn't considered a medical issue until after the age of 6. Many children still wet the bed at 5 years old. It sounds like you are doing all the right things, you just need to be patient.

Also, girls and boys are very different with potty training. Boys are also much more likely to have bedwetting issues as they get older. Use patience and speak with your doctor about it in a year or so. Good luck!

I'm not there yet as my son isn't quite 3 (and is only partially PT'd - pee), but I've heard and read that what you're experiencing with your son is VERY normal. I personally wouldn't make him feel badly about it as one poster suggested, but I think it's ok to offer incentives if you think it would work. Many children (both boys and girls) are not night time trained until 5-7, with 7 being the outer limit. What I've read seems to indicate that some children (like some adults) sleep very, very deeply and they just don't get the signals in the night.

My son used to wake up soaked and he's just now waking dry from both naps and in the morning. The only thing I've done differently, other than to have him pee before bed, is to remind him that he doesn't like it when his new bedding and jammas get pee on them and are wet. In our case I'm fortunate that my son hates getting his sheets wet with pee :).

Good luck. In the meantime, I say don't stress about this if possible, keep doing what you're doing and I bet he gets it soon. And, while kindergarten might be a good milestone for you it really doesn't mean much in his world. He'll be using the potty at school and I'd wager 25% or greater of his classmates will still be in pull=ups at night. Cheers.

C.,

I wouldn't stress over this issue. It sounds like a bed wetting issue more than potty training. Some kids are just not capable of staying dry during the night until they are older. If he is going pee while he is sleeping that definately sounds more like bedwetting than potty training. I would talk to your pediatrician about it if it concerns you. He will eventually outgrow it! I would just be grateful that he isn't having the accidents during the day. It shouldn't be a problem while he is in kindergarten.

L.

Does he go to Kindergarten at night? Obviously I'm kidding, but why does he need to stay dry at night? My daughter is almost 6, soaks her pull ups and goes to kindergarten. Honestly, I wouldn't worry about it, your daughter staying dry at 2 years old during the night is not the norm. Most kids do not stay dry at night until somewhere between 5-7 years old. Once he is closer to 7, I'd consider seeing a Dr. to make rule out anything medical.

Enjoy the rest of your summer!
M.

Yes, it is normal but expensive. I used this http://www.enuresisalarms.com/dri-sleeper-bedwetting-alar...
It saved me money on pull-ups and it has trained her to wake up at night. She took about 3 weeks. On nights when she stays up really late and has not had a nap she still wears it but most of those nights she doesn't need it either! It worked from day one. The sound immediately makes them stop the flow of urine and they get up and go potty. Dry sheets, jammies, and peace of mind.

The enuresis alarm is wonderful for kids that need help in making the association that night time is either for sleep-not peeing, or for waking up and using the toilet if they need to.

At first, although the alarm is on the child, the alarm is for the parent. So make sure you are within hearing range. You will be helping your child repattern associations.

When you hear the alarm go off, you get up and gently hurry your child into the bathroom. After a number of nights of doing this the associations in your child's mind will begin to be made. Although they are sleepy, talk to them, coach them, so they know the pressure in their bladder at night is their body saying "you need to use the toilet." Make sure you schedule a nap in the daytime for yourself for the duration of the training to prevent loosing your own mind from the interrupted sleep. As a teacher, you probably know better than most that praise, acknowledgement, and good concern resolving skills will fuel the hope your child will need to have the courage to develop this new self discipline.

If you are a teacher, there is an excellent book called Raising Self-Reliant Children in a Self-Indulgent World by Glenn and Nelson that you might REALLY enjoy. Another is I Don't Have to Make Everything All Better by Gary and Joy Lundberg. I thought I would mention these as they both contain excellent, communication skill training that in turn fosters incredible self-reliance building in children.