Wet Sheets

Apparently my husband went through this, he does not describe it as a fun experience. He also said that everything they put him through, he just outgrew it.

I would go with the pull ups until she outgrows it, seems like the least traumatic thing you can do.

Put her in a pull up and quit worrying with it - trying to "night train" a kid is like herding cats - it cant be done... those that say they did it, it's just pure coincidence and their child's body was actually ready. My 10yo never wet the bed once after being day trained, same with my 3yo - my almost 7yo has a soaked pull-up EVERY morning. Yeah, I wish it was different, but it's not, not gonna stress over something none of us can change. I buy his stuff, and we move on :)

We used an alarm, it worked great. However, in order for it to work the CHILD has to be physically ready and motivated, it is a long tough process. My pedi and pedi urologist both said they don't recommend alarms before age 8-9. My son was 9 and decided he wanted to stop. We got the alarm, I slept with him for 4 weeks to help wake him up when the alarm went off. After that it took another 6 weeks till he was fully dry every night consistently. We've had a couple of accidents since (it's been about a year), usually when he drinks soda with dinner out or is really out of his normal bedtime routine & tired. For us it was worth it, but you need to know going in that it takes a lot of commitment from both of you and it takes time too.
www.bedwettingstore.com is where we got our alarm.

We were calm Good Nights/Underjams users up until my daughter was 7 1/2. A urologist I'd seen myself had even said not to worry about it--even her 6yo was in Underjams. My mom though gave me an article by Dr. Sears with kind of a list of things he tries going through with kids who wet at night (sorry no link--she actually cut it out of the paper), and one of them was treating constipation. I didn't really think of my daughter as someone with chronic constipation, but she did seem to have some issues. We tried some stool softener, but no deal. When she was being treated for GERD though, the doctor thought she saw a possible intestinal back up on the xray and had us try an enema and follow with prescription laxative powder (I know it's available over the counter too, but don't know for sure if it's the same dosage--Myralax, I think it's called???). She instantly went from wet about six nights/week to dry every night--like starting that night didn't wet the bed. She's only had 2-3 minor leakages since, and they have been on days when she hasn't had her powder (stomach virus, can't remember the other). That's been since June--no wetting on any day she has had her powder. She has what is called maybe a forward place anus??? Apparently it's really common in girls. I guess she had some hard poo in there and it pushed on or irritated her bladder. I'm not saying this causes all bedwetting, but with a girl especially it might be worth checking out.

Sounds like there's a family history of bedwetting. I would encourage her to use the bathroom before bed, use the pull ups at night and when she is dry several nights in a row, try again without them. You can also put a protector on the bed or a pad over the sheet if you don't want to use pull ups or similar.

I have used the watch alarm. Supposed to be hard for a kid to override but my ten year old mildly challenged foster child figured out how to override it and so since she would not leave it alone it did not work out for us. My six year old has wet the bed since she was potty trained - she is a very sound sleeper! I put pullups on her at night (I work and have 3 other children) but it is starting to be something that her 7 year old brother teases her about. The doctor is calling me in a nasal spray that he says is more effective than pill form for bedwetting. I am picking it up today but do not yet know how it is going to work....the spray is DDAVP. Up to this point she has been fine with the bedwetting/pullups but it is starting to be a bit of an embarrassment to her which is why I have waited till now to address the situation.

I think it is different for everyone ... I would look into it with the doctor and if they brush it off then I would find a new doc. There is a product called Good Nights that is for this and if I remember correctly they have good info on that site. I have not gone thru this with my son, but with my nephew - his doctor attributed it to his ADHD & Sensory Issues - he has since grown out of it, but we just had to "deal" with it.

I think she's a little young for the alarm.

We used the alarm for my son, but he was about 8 or 9. After 1 week of the alarm going off in the night he was waking up on his own to pee and his bed was dry at night. We kept using the alarm for another week to reinforce what he had learned. It was a great investment of time and money to give our son the freedom to be able to go to sleepovers and campouts without worry.

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Try taking all artificial colors and flavors out of her diet for a month or so. It's not that hard to do just read cereal boxes and juice and keep things like jello, kool-aide, fruit roll ups ect out of her diet for a month. See what happens.

That's what I did with one of mine and she now has a 4 yr old and found it works with him also.

She'll outgrow it, it's annoying, but so normal. I would continue the pull-ups for now. Some kids take longer in this area. Our oldest wet at night and youngest was night trained at 3. We tried waking her up at night for a while too and it seemed like she was just sleep walking and hardly knew what we were trying to get her to do. haha. I thought about an alarm at one point, but never did it. Now it's as if it all never happened. She outgrew it and is dry every night. We have nice waterproof mattress covers that helped for peace of mind. :)

We have two kids - one is six (girl) and is just as you describe to a "t". The three year old (boy) hasn't had an accident at night since he was 3.5! We just wash a lot of sheets and use pull ups when needed - to get a good night sleep. At this point, the Dr. isn't worried as she is sometimes dry... and I have stopped worrying as well.... hang in there.... My husband's family has a history of this as well and she will outgrow it eventually :)

Please use the search on top of this page to see the page after page after page after page of this same question. It is not anything anyone can fix or change until her brain starts to function for this developmental stage.

Waking her up only makes her clinch her muscles and she can't go. Then as soon as she is sleeping again those muscles relax and the urine comes out. She needs to pull up full time for as long as she wets at night. The cost of washing the sheets and all the extra laundry detergent and dryer sheets and fabric softener...the extra gas and electric and water and....well, it just adds up to be the same or more than a box of pull ups. Plus I am worth something and I prefer to not spend my day in pee sheets.

Thank the Lord our 6 yr old never had the problem, but our twin grandsons are being potty trained as they are 2 1/2 yrs ole and its hard. Anxious to see your answers and if you know some answered to train these boys.