Night Time Potty Training - Midvale,UT

Decrease h20 from dinner on. A small sip (1/4 c say) at bed time, and you might try getting him up to pee when you guys are about to go to bed, say 10pm ish. Good luck

You could tell him that if he ever has a friend over they will make fun of him because he still wears pull ups.

A.

My oldest was wet at night til age five. We did take him to the bathroom when we went to bed around 10:30 and that seemed to help him be dry in the morning.

As a lot of the other Mom's have said, the docs don't worry at this point. In fact, they say it's "normal" up until about age 13.

My Mom wet the bed until 13 y/o no matter what they did (she didn't want to wet). Now, my daughter whose 8y/o has never been able to stay dry consistently. Usually, if she's dry in the a.m. then we later realize she's dehydrated. She's at the age where it's becoming embarrasing and she'd love to quit. We've tried it ALL and went to the urologist too. The meds they can give are not recommended (even by the docs) because they affect the kidney production.

My best advice is a vinyl mattress cover (the zippered kind is best because it doesn't slip off), Goodnights (we call them night-time pantys/pants). Very little liquid after 7pm. Toilet before bed. Have them get up and go FIRST thing in the a.m. (some kids are early morning wetters). PATIENCE. If he can't control it yet then you don't want to create more emotional problems which = more wetting, unnecessarily.

You can also do some online research. SOME kids stop wetting after being taken (entirely) off cows milk. By entirely I mean you have to learn all the names for cows milk proteins and check every label.

Just handle it all very matter of factly. Have him help you clean up the mess and put the linens & clothes in the wash.

Hope this helps!

Hi. Two of my girls were wearing diapers until they were almost 5 years old. I tried many different ideas to end it all, but to no avail. Somewhere along the line they were able to "hold it" until morning. I will add that they are a year apart and both went through it about the same time period. My younger daughter would soak her diaper, while the older simply wet hers. The point is that I think that the child will eventually figure it out and maintain control when they "get it" or are older and more able. My other three children had NO problem with this whatsoever. Be patient if all your efforts fail...this too will pass.

Unfortunately my experience is that you may have to wait it out. Some children's bodies develop slower than others and it takes them longer before they can stay dry at night. I have spoken with my pediatrician about this in the past as 2 of my children have worn pull ups for a couple of years and others were dry at night when they were 2. The best advice I can give you is to not give them something to drink past a certain time (nothing after dinner), make sure they go to the bathroom before they go to bed, and if they wake up during the night take them to the bathroom. Most kids who wake up during the night do so because they need to pee. Most important is to encourage them and let them know that their body is still developing and that it is okay. My nearly 6 year old wears pull ups at night, where my 4 year old has been dry for 2 years at night. Occasionaly my 4 year makes comments to her older sister and I know the 5 year old is embarressed. It will come. You can always ask your doctor and they can keep an eye on things. I know doctors sometimes can do something, but when I spoke with my doctor they strongly suggested I just let her grow out of it. good luck.

Hello A.~
As strange as it may sound: try a chiropractor. One that practices Gonstead Method. I see one and my 2 daughters. He is amazing. He helps from pain to running noses to increasing our immune system. Gonstead is a very specific type of method that moves only one vertebrae/bone, etc. It is an AMAZING technique that works for SO MANY ailments. Actually my chiropractor tells me many stories of how he helps others and one of the stories was about a child who bed wet constantly. After 3 adjustments it happened no more!!! I hope this helps T. S

Try not giving him anything to drink after, say 6pm...and he goes potty right b4 bed..........

My oldest son did the same thing. He was great during the day, but waited at night to do his business. We asked him if there was anything wonderful that he wanted, and it was a two-wheel bike. We bribed him with this two-wheel bike. We told him that if he could go 30 days with a dry diaper, he could have a new bike. We put a star on the calendar for each day that he was successful. We offered it, and thirty days later, voila. He had a new bike and we had a completely toilet-trained son. He was also four when this happened. This son is now a senior in college and getting ready to graduate in May.

A little about me:
I have three children, two boys ages 21, 20, and a daughter who is 17. My husband and I work full-time, and still have the youngest two at home.

My daughter will be 4 in April. She has been day potty trained for almost 2 years, and still wears a pull up to bed. It is wet in the morning. I know she is thinking about staying dry at night because she will tell me, "Look Mom--I almost stayed dry" when she takes her pull up off in the morning. I posted this same question a month or two ago, and mostly everyone said just to wait it out, and after 30 nights of staying dry on her own, she'd be ready. It is supposedly a body maturity thing and they will achieve success on their own when they are ready. So we are still waiting....! Good luck on this. My neice was in pull ups until she was 8...I am hoping it will be a little quicker for us!

My oldest - now 14 - went off and on at night for years til he was almost 8 years. We tried cutting him off of any foods or liquids an hour before bed and then making him go potty right before we put him to bed. We also tried waking him up right before we went to bed 11pm or midnight. But 1/2 the time he would still "go" before he woke up. The Dr.'s we went to when we lived in California said that it just takes some boys longer for their bladder copasity to catch-up with their body. But that it isn't the boy or parent's fault - I spent a lot of time thinking I was doing something wrong. ... The last 3 kids I have had have not had an issue - 2 girls & one boy... My advice - as frustrating and costly as it is remember that there will be an end! Good luck...

Hi I have a 41/2 boy too. from what I understand from my doctor, don't worry about it. Especially for boys. Potty training works like this: At age 4 on 40% of the boys are potty trained at night, age 5 50%, age6 60%, age 7 70% age 8 80% etc... Boys bladders grow a lot slower than the rest of their bodies. Other than no drinks a couple of hours before their bed time there's not too much you can do. Take care hope this helps

A.,
I have one little test you might make, I have 4 boys still in pull-ups at bed and they range through 3-9 & 1/2 so I just found out that the little turkies are wetting them while they are awake, and then i don't even know if they do it at night so have the child sleep one night with out the pull up to find out when it is happening. do you know how much money in diapers I could have saved had I learned this sooner? MINe still have trouble but I Have a feeling some will be over it sooner than they thought.

My son is 7 and still in pull ups. Some children are simply not ready and able to stay dry at night until they are ready. You can encourage him now and again, but don't make it and ongoing thing. You will cause him more problems by making a big issue of it then by just letting him wear pull ups and making no big deal of it--its just normal.

If you want you can check him now and again when he is still sleeping in the am to be sure he is actually going in his sleep. One thing we taught my son after he was potty trained is that when he gets up in the morning he is to take his pull up off, and put underwear on even before coming out of his room--this taught him not to go in his pull up once he is awake. He is allowed to put his PJ's back on again if he wants too eat breakfast. Every now and then he will have a dry night, but it does not repeat, and is not consistent. I also know I wet the bed till I was almost 12.

My pediatrician told us, that unlike when I was a kid, they simply do not worry about it anymore.

My son trained well during the day but also had a hard time at night. What we did was just wake him up before we would go to bed to make him go potty. After a few weeks of waking him up, he was able to hold it the entire night through. Since then, he has only had 2 accidents and both were when he had a tummy bug.
Good luck to you, hang in there. He will get it eventually!

I wet the bed until I was 12 years old. I didn't want to, it was very humiliating, but there was nothing I could do. I just would not wake up if I had to go. Eventually, my mom got me to the right doctor that gave me medicine to help me hold it. I wouldn't give your baby medicine at this point though, maybe put down a water prove blanket for him to sleep on, and let him sleep in just a t-shirt so that it will be less work to make his bed clean during the night. Also "GoodNights" are a great option that were not avaliable in my day! My childhood would have been so different if we had had that option. Whatever you do, don't make him feel like it is his fault. He cannot help it.

Believe it or not, my NINE year old is just dry at night. That said, my seven year old and 4.5 year old have been try at night since they were 3. It just takes some kids longer for their bladders to hold tight. Is your son a very sound sleeper? That might be part of it. Our pediatrican reassured us every year that it was normal and not to worry about it.

Stop worrying! Many children are not able to control their bladders at night until they are 10 years old. My eldest did not stop wearing pull-ups to bed until he was six or so. You may want to limit fluids before bed time and be sure that he empties his bladder before bed.

Don't worry, its not worth the hassle or the pressure. We wore pullups till 5 & 1/2 & then after noticing they were dry tried pajamas & underware, we spent about 4 weeks of him waking up if he was wet (I just put clean underware & pajamas next to the bed, he never got as far as to get the bed wet) and switching pajamas and going back to bed, after awile I noticed it wasn't really a night time probelm it was a 6 am problem, so the first time he woke up he would pee & go back to bed & it trickled off after that, no problems now unless he is exaughsted....
We did do all the other stuff....limited liquids etc....
there is to much to worry about with small kids to worry about this....for either of you, let it go & it will be fine.

I'm sure you've tried this, but try limiting liquids after 5:00 or 6:00 pm. Also make sure he goes potty right before bedtime. He may just not be ready; some kids sleep too soundly to wake up. Good luck; I have the same issue with my little guy!

My son will be 5 in April and he too wears nightpants at night. I asked his doctor about it and was told that my son was just not ready yet and to let it be for now. When he is ready I should be able to awaken him when I go to bed so he can use the toilet. Now when I try he simply won't wake up. Eventually waking him up once after he's gone to bed will eventually get him to wake up on his own when he has to use the bathroom.

Me experience has been stop all liquids about 2 hours before bedtime. Have your child use the bathroom right before bed and if he easily goes back to sleep if woken up, take him to the bathroom right before you go to bed. This not only helps with dry mornings, but also helps him to learn to wake up to go! I also know that boys are slower at most things than girls and I know several boys who weren't potty trained at night until around 6 years old. Don't give up! Be consistent, he will get it!

My son who is 4 1/2 is still wetting his bed during the night. My husband and I try to prepare him and set him up for success by cutting liquids about an hour or two before bed. He had a tendency to want to drink a lot right before bedtime. We also make sure the last thing he does before climbing into bed is using the bathroom. This means even if he falls asleep in the car or watching a movie that we wake him up long enough for him to use the bathroom. He will still have an accident every so often but trying to prepare before bedtime has saved us all from being stressed out from accidents in the night. Another tip we found helpful occassionally my son would wake during the night. If this happened we would ask him to use the bathroom before going back to his bed. I believe we will have this thing kicked before long and I'm sure you will too. By the way the doctor back at home said to me that she would not be overly concerned about it and if it was still happening when he was 6 then we would look into it.

A.,

I went through this with my almost five year old about six months ago. He had been daytime potty trained for gosh, a year and a half maybe but his pull-up was always wet in the morning. Finally I decided enough was enough. I put him to bed without a pull-up then much later I went in, woke him up, and took him potty. Presto, I had found the key. I think in the six months he's been without a pull-up he's wet the bed maybe three times and at least two of those were my fault because I waited too long to take him pee. With my older son I changed a LOT of sheets because I was determined to just go cold turkey. This has been a MUCH better approach.

Good luck with your little one, and keep in mind that each child is different so you might need to modify this in some way to fit your little one.

M.

Make sure he goes before bed and stop all liquids two to three hours before bedtime. If he is still wet after that it may just take some time and you may need to wake him before you go to bed and get him up to potty. It takes time, make sure there isn't anything else going on. You cannot really "train" at night as they have no control over it really, it is up to the body at that point.

Although my son potty trained two weeks after his second birthday, naptime and nighttime took much longer. He was almost 6 before he stopped wearing pull-ups at night. The pediatrician told me it was not uncommon for boys and just be encouraging to him. It really bothered him once he started kindergarten and wanted so badly to wear underwear to bed.
There are many factors that come into play and can make it very hard for a little guy. For our son, we later found out through testing for something else that his bladder was very small plus he is an extremely hard sleeper. I am thankful we had the wise words of our doctor to not push him as it ended up being completely physical and out of our sons control. If they are still wetting after 6 then a pediatric urologist can be helpful in treating it.