Night Time Potty Training.

They will night time potty train when they are ready. for the 3 year old its totally normal and for the 5 year old give him some time... its no big deal at that age for him to wear a pull up at night My oldest who is now 5.5 did not fully potty train until aabout 4.5 and my 3.5 year old son is still not potty trained he only goes pee pee on the potty when he "wants" to.

So all the kids are different I would just let them wear the pull ups and keep doing the less fluids at night thing and they will get it soon...

HTH
A. J
mom to 3 great boys

I agree that kids grow out of this. In fact my daughters pedi told me that the time for them to stop wetting at night is usually no later than 14-15 years old, of course they can stop alot sooner. My daughter is 10 years old and her body does not wake her up to go potty. She cannot help it at all, you just have to be patient with the bed wetting. Every child is different and so is the time they will stop. The best place to get questions answered is www.goodnites.com. Trust me I was feeling the same way as you right now but then I learned the facts and it made total sense after that. Your not being a bad mom at all, just get the information from the goodnites site & the pedi and you will do great!! =)

There is no such thing as night time potty training imho. This is a physical milestone that some children reach earlier or later than others. NOt peeing at night has to do with the release of a certain hormone that allows them to stay dry at night. You can limit your son's liquid intake; however, the body produces urine all through the night whether or not he's had anything to drink right before bed. Unless this hormone has been released, you could make them stop drinking at 2pm and they'll still pee.

Talk to your ped. They can explain this to you. Most peds do not worry until the child is much older (7 or 8 I think). In the meantime, just use the pull ups and don't beat yourself over the head for something that none of you really have much control over until they mature a bit more.

Hi, i have a 8yo that is disbaled and is just now potty training. i was sooo tired of buying pull ups and night time diapers. so here is what we did. we got a plastic cover for his mattress, bought lots of boxers because they are easier to get down (yes you will have to do lots of laundry) but we dont give him anything to drink unless it is a sip right before bed. My husband gets up at 5 am to get ready for work, he goes in and wakes him up and tells him to go to the bathroom, then go get back into bed. this has really worked for us. yes there have been a few times when the sheets were soaked thru but not nearly as much as when he was in pullups and overnights. when we are going on a long trip we still pur him in the overnights because HE WILL NOT USE a public toilet. he jsut screams and says no. so that is how we deal with that. i hope everything goes good for you, imo when they are ready they will stop wetting the bed.

I know lots of mommas say no to the pull-ups, but my daughter was in them at night for quite awhile. She was four, nearly five, when my husband and I began to wake her to potty during the night. She'd go before she went to bed, then a couple of hours later we'd take her before we went to sleep; again in the middle of the night/early morning hours we woke her, and ofcourse when she woke in the morning. It was a couple of months before we cut out one of the wakings and a couple more before we were able to quit altogether.

Ofcourse we had some accidents, when we didn't get her up in time. I am proud to say, however, that she's 7 now and has been keeping her sheets dry for quite some time now despite the early exposure to pull-ups and the very relaxed "potty-training" attitude of her parents. ;)

I have a 4yr old daughter and a lady at church suggested that I take her potty 3hrs after bedtime. I know it's hard for us Moms. It's just for 2wks to get them in the habbit of getting up and going potty at night. After the 2wks you put an alarm clock in the room and show them what it sounds like and how to turn it off. Now this whole time she's in panties not a pull up. Also have a chart made up and they get to put stickers on in the morning they have a dry bed. Also after a week of having a dry bed she got a special prize. (Your choice) I know this seems like a lot but it really works. After a month she only wet the bed 3 times. Now, she gets up and goes potty and goes right back to bed. She is a hard sleeper so we still use the alarm clock. The good news is she always has a dry bed. Good Luck.

Sometimes they go at night because of being alergic to dairy. I had a friend that wouldn't let her kid have milk or ice cream, cheese of an afternoon, and the bed wetting stopped.YOu may try that. If in a sound sleep, they don't know they are going, so I don't know what you could do about that.

NO you did not mess up. I left mine in pull-ups at night until they naturally grew out of nighttime wetting. My older 2 did it at 3 and a half. My 3rd kid, now almost 6 years old, still wets at night. I went to the doctor and he told me this is not a big deal. very normal. He suggested just get some pull ups and wait it out. I prefer to be off the pull ups just because of expense and my son wants nothing to do with them. But I get up every night and get him to the potty to pee. I realize this is not training him, that his body will naturally have to outgrow this, but for now it is keeping us from buying pullups. Occasionally we have to wash pee sheets if he goes before I get to him in the night. Anyway, I asked the doc about a bed alarm and also medication. He told me these are helps but not cures. Your kid's body needs to be ready. So, That's where we're at. Hope you have some success soon. BUT don't feel like you can do much to get them to be dry at night... they are asleep so they aren't being naughty or disobedient, any more than a dry child is being well-behaved! Just keep doing your best and that's all anyone can ask.

I completely agree with all the mommies saying that it just takes time. However, if you think they may just need motivation, here are some possibilities that I've had success with (and btw, my son wore pull-ups when he was 3 also, so I really wouldn't worry too much):

REWARD CHARTS: Use stickers to track their progress (let them pick the stickers!) and when they have gone a certain number of nights with no accidents, they get a treat or reward that's already been determined. You can make your own chart...I'd be happy to send you a copy of the one my son uses. It's a Microsoft Publisher document, so you'd have to make sure you have that program. Just message your email to me if you're interested.

NIGHT-NIGHT FAIRY: My mom's personalized version of the tooth fairy...if they go all night without an accident, they'll wake up to find a little surprise under their pillow, left by the Night-Night Fairy. My mom did candy, but if you're worried about dental issues, you could always do something else.

ACHIEVEMENT CHAIN: Cut colorful paper into strips, and for every night they don't have an accident, loop another link onto the chain. We always hung the first one from the ceiling and added onto it. Once the chain touches the floor, you get a reward. Then we'd drape the chain over the door or something fun like that.

Like I said, these are just motivational ideas for kids who might need a little incentive to work harder at the nighttime potty situation. It might work...and it might not. But you're definitely right not to discipline them for this. Reward their achievements and love them when they fail. As long as you do that, you're definitely doing it right! And try not to stress...they'll get the hang of it! Good luck!!

I'm an older mom of 10, foster mom of more than 50, and let me tell you, some kids just wet the bed for a long time. Don't stress about it. Boys are usually worse than girls, but girls can certainly take some time to mature in this area, too, in fact, I have an almost five year old girl bedwetter right now.
I usually use pull ups, too, but I have one son who wet the bed until he was seven, and he would NOT wear 'baby diapers'. So I bought a rubber sheet for his bed, showed him where the extra linens were, and let him take care of it all. He was so embarrassed, and this helped him a lot. He seemed to think I would not know it had happened, but of course I did when I had to wash the sheets. That son is now nearly 23 years old, and starting law school this fall. And doesn't wet the bed anymore!!

I agree w/the mom who said their is no night time potty training. If your child wets the bed its either the hormone issue or their bladders haven't grown large enough yet to accomodate the urine build-up through the night. So whatever you decide don't ever make them feel bad about it, or they will definatley develope self-esteem issues. You have lots of good advice on ways to deal w/it. But most of all, don't let it upset you or your child. THEY WILL OUT GROW IT!! I was six or seven before I did!

I had the best luck with my older son. He was night trained before day trained. He would always wake up with a dry pull up and I got tired of buying them to throw away a dry, worn pull up.

My second child is still having frequent night issues, but we refuse to put our almost 8yo back in a pull up at night. He has mild autism and would most likely take it that he can now just pee in the pull up. (We sure keep up on laundry though. LOL)

Well, that explained: I highly recommend that you go to Toys-R-Us and get a few sets of waterproof crib pads (they are the only place I can find them). Not the kind that are fitted but the flat ones. Now let me explain about these. The WILL shrink in the wash so just expect them to. The trick is to aline it to where your son's butt will most likely be when he pees the bed. Then you will hopefully not have to change the entire bed.

I also suggest having each son help with his own sheets (changing and washing). This is something they should be able to do with help, but is unpleasant enough that they may try to control the wetting to prevent having to do it.

To protect the matress itself, cover it with a plastic zipper cover. It is almost cheaper to just buy new pillows after several washings deform them (our Wal-Mart has them right now for $2.50 each).

I hope this helps, but after a few times of wetting the bed they may start to get the idea.

Good luck!

Blessings,

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