My daughter is 2 years 9mos old. I potty trained her with no problems when she turned 2. She has never had any problem with accidents until recently. Her first EVER night time accident was discovered the morning of thanksgiving when she woke up soaked in bed. Then it happened again last week and again this morning. I don't know if she is doing it on purpose (I doubt it) or if she isn't waking up in the morning when she needs to pee or lastly she knows she needs to pee and doesn't want to get out of bed. Either way I don't know how to handle it. My mom was a bedwetter, so its in the family, but I find it hard to believe that after 9 mos of no accidents it is suddenly happening once a week. Any help or info you can share would be great.
This is normal. Mine didn't stop wetting until ages 6, 8 and 12. My 7 year old still wets. This wetting probably won't last as long as mine did since she's already stopped. There is nothing that I know of that will help this. She is quite young but as they get older, it's important not to shame them or get frustrated in front of them. They hate it too! Hang in there, she'll probably have more dry nights real soon. Good luck!
She is probably sleeping deeper and it's just accidents. Ask her if she would consider wearing a pull up to bed until she starts waking up dry again. Or just make sure you have a good plastic mattress cover for the "accidents". She's pretty young, they can have accidents for the first 4 years on occasion. Oh to be able to sleep that deep again.... not that I would want to wake up finding I pee's myself, but you know what I mean ;)
2 years 9 mos is incredibly, unbelievably young to be night-time potty trained! And you're saying she was trained at 2??? I cannot imagine that you were anything other than LUCKY that she didn't wake up wet. She's not ready. Put her in a diaper or pull up and just wait for her to mature. No, she's not doing it on purpose. If it goes on past age 4, see a pediatric urologist, but otherwise she is completely normal. She needs her sleep and she doesn't need to be waking up soaked.
Two is very young to be dry through the night. Remember that night training has no relation to day training, it's not about realilzing you have to go, and getting to the toilet - it's about the bladder growing/maturing to the point that it does not need to be emptied at night. A growth spurt could cause wetting.Also, keep in mind, the weather had gotten colder! I still remember my sister saying that the winter one of her sons was 3, he was fully trained in the daytime but started wetting at night. She found if he wore a diaper to bed, he'd wake up dry (she used cloth, couple of extra layers of warmth) but if we went to bed just in jammies, he'd wet. Think about bulking her up with an extra layer on her bottom
I think it's pretty normal until they're old enough to wake themselves up from sleep knowing they "have to go". My son is 4, has been out of diapers for a year, but once in a while, wakes up soaked. It seems to mostly happen when he's excessively tired or not feeling so well. Make sure to cut off her drinks of water, etc. at least an hour before she goes to bed, and don't give her a big glass of water near her bed - sips only when she asks. I'm pretty sure they'll both grow out of it.
Four big things that can cause bed wetting: stress, exhaustion, illness and food/chemical reactions.
If it is exhaustion, the best thing for you to do is to help her to the toilet without fully waking her up (I usually did this just before I went to sleep around 11 or midnight) and encourage her to pee then. After a while she will be able to wake herself up again during the night.
It's possible that she is having a food or chemical reaction--keep on the lookout for new foods she hasn't had before--especially things that only show up during the holiday season. Also constipation can cause loss of bladder control--if she is struggling from holiday induced constipation, encourage her to drink more juices etc.
If your daughter is starting or recovering from any illness, help her ride it out--remind her it's not a big deal, but if she can call for you to help her to the potty during the night you can take her.
Find out if she is stressed about something--new siblings, changes over the holidays, arguments with friends/family . . .
The biggest part is not to stress about it (if you are stressed it'll lead your daughter to have more stress . . . .) try to find the cause and eliminate it or do some preemptive "pottying" on days you know she will be more likely to wet the bed (for example when my daughter has had a really busy day and is more likely to sleep really deeply, I will carry her to the potty while she's sleeping and have her pee at night or early in the morning (around the time she would normally wake up).)
If you don't want to put her in a pull-up overnight, then I would try taking her to the bathroom at some point after she goes to bed (perhaps right before you go to bed). She probably won't wake up much and will go right back to sleep, and that might be enough to get her through until morning.
Good luck.
Is there anything else going on in the family? New sibling on the way or some one staying with you for the holidays?Could she be getting ill? There are so many factors that it could be ... Just help change her sheets and not make a real big deal about it. Sometimes we have accidents then we have to deal with them. If she is consistently wetting the bed then you may have a problem but a couple wet beds over a couple weeks is just part of parenting. Good Luck!
I wouldn't worry about it. My son is 4 and he has accidents on and off. He too will go long periods of time without problems. My 2-year old daughter is starting to do the same. I just say "uh oh, your bed got wet. Gotta change the sheets" and leave it at that. I guess if they were 6 or 7 I would be worried, but at this young age, I'm sure it's normal. You can always mention it to her pediatrician.
