Potty Training - Millstadt,IL

Have the same issue with my 4 year old. I have a 10 year old too and he took a while to be dry at night time. It just takes time and they are all different so don't sweat it too bad.

My son is 4 he has been potty trained day and nite for about a yr. now there is occasional accident's in his sleep but not since I have explained to him no drinks after 7 since bedtime is at 8 and tell him to try to go potty before bedtime,this has worked for me.I also ditched diapers and pullup's since he was 21/2,I bought him bed protectection to put under his sheet's so for the mattress won't get wet and smell like pee pee. I have asked the Pediatrician when kid's out grow bed wetting hoping that it wouldn't become an issue but she told me all kid's are different and usually not till after 7 yrs. old.So try what will work best for you.

I used to wet the bed as a child untilI was 10, and the only times I did not wet the bed is when my parents cut off my liquids at 7pm w/a 9pm bedtime, and they made me use the restroom before bed. I don't think that cutting them off is mean, I think it is a strategy to help them through the night.

Hi C.!

I also have a 4 year old boy named Garrett. He also likes to drink alot (and always has drank alot. My husband and I just started potty training him at night. The only thing that has worked for us is my husband sets his alarm clock for 2:00am and goes in and gently wakes him and he goes staight to the bathroom and goes potty, then climbs right back into bed. Sometimes my husband turns his music back on and sometimes he does'nt. Garrett goes to sleep with music. Waking him up once in the night works for us, and in the morning Garrett does not remember Dad waking him up. Hope this helps!
L.

My twin boys are 8 years old, and they STILL wet at night. They have been daytime trained since they were 2. We have tried drastically limiting how much they drink in the evenings, but it doesn't seem to help much. Some information I read did say to make sure they drink alot of water throughout the day (earlier in the day). I haven't seen a huge difference yet, but it's worth a try ! Dollar General stores have nightime "pull ups" that are cheaper and work well, in my opinion !

Try setting yourself an alarm to wake you up during the night and take them to the restroom. You might have to do this a couple of times during the night at first and then eventually they will wake up to do it themselves. My boyfriends son has a problem with waking up to go and so this works wonders for us.

PDE

There can be dozens of reasons and solutions to your situation. I read this strategy years ago, you may want to give it a try. The issue at the time was similar and the mom talked a lot about having her son empty his bladder very often. The advice was to try to build up the bladder capacity. The boy had a goal of drinking a lot of fluids during the day and holding it as long as possible. Then they measured the output, the goal was to increase the amount of fluid the bladder could hold and having the boy work to hold it. As his bladder capacity and holding ability increased, he finally had no bedwetting. I've never tried it, but it always made sense to me.

Are you sure they are REALLY thirsty? My daughter uses all kinds of excuses to stay up a few minutes later (ie thirsty, hungry, forgot to do this or that). They will not dehydrate over night. I just told my daughter one hour before bed time, last drink before bed. I started letting her sleep in panties at age 3 and by 3 1/2 she has no more night accidents. I don't even have to make her go to bed "thirsty" anymore. I know a lot of people who do the one hour before bed thing with drinks and it has been effective. If they say they don't want anything at that time but they are thirsty at bed time, just say "you had your chance, now it's time for bed. you'll get a drink in the morning." that's what i tell mine. just keep in mind that thier body functions slow down while they are sleeping, and they are not going to suffer a lack of fluids over night. Hope you figure this one out! It really stinks doing potty laundry at midnight!

All of my boys had problems at night. They slept so hard that they didn't wake up to go to the bathroom. You can check with their doctor to see if they have a urinary tract infection, but if they don't complain of burning, that probably isn't that. All of my boys eventually grew out of wetting the bed at night.

I used a sticker chart with rewards that he really wanted. Small ones for 7 days dry and a big one for when he went a month. The visual chart gave him something to focus on. I did not stop a night drink but I did reduce it and had him go last thing before bed. Hope this helps!

Drinking fluids before bedtime is definitely contributing to them not staying dry at night. Try and monitor what they drink during the daytime to make sure they are getting enough to drink. Then limit fluids after dinner. See if not giving them anything to drink 2 hours before bedtime except for a SIP of water. Also, make sure they go potty right before bed. This should help. Also, you can wake them up right before you go to bed to go the bathroom one more time.....
Hope this helps

I have a friend whose son just has a small bladder. Their pediatrician said to just use the pull-ups, and that age 6 is apparently the magic number for alot of kids.

Twins is fun I am sure. I had to end up taking my sons drinking away to train him. I would take it away about an hour before bed that way the water would go through him before bed. If they get thirsty just give them a small drink, one that amounts to about a sip. Just enough to wet their dry mouth. Good luck with them.

My son was wearing pull-ups at night until he was four also. I did limit the fluid intake about 1 1/2 hours before bed and if thirsty at bed, I would make him try to go potty again on the toilet and gave him only a VERY small drink. I never was that concerned about the pull-up at night because I knew when his brain was ready, it would wake him up, no sense worrying about it that is something that can't be forced and the child actually wants to wake up dry but can't help it. Twins are many times a little slower in some of those things. It won't be long, and they will be waking up with dry pants.

I have the same problem with my 4 yr old son. My doctor told me that it may be until he's 6 yrs old before he's completely potty trained. We layer sheets with disposable bed pads to make it easier if he's soaked the bed. He also wears pull ups. I've limited my son to only a 1/2 of a dixie cup size drink of water at bedtime (and usually no food & drink after 7:30 pm, bedtime is 9pm). He's a deep sleeper so I know he's just not waking up. I'm looking forward to reading your responses. Good luck! You get bonus points for having two to train!

I have two kids. My son is 3 and is potty trained at night, my daughter is 5 and she is not. I killed myself last summer trying to set alarms at night, wake her up, etc, and it did not work! She is a heavy sleeper! I have talked extensivly with my doctor and she said it is normal for kids to still "wet at night" until the age 10! Yes, that seems old to me too. She did say there is a medication we could try. We have opted to wait and stick with the pull-ups for now, but you may ask your doctor about it. My understanding is the medication stops the production of urine, so kids would take it at like 6pm, but they can not drink or eat after that. Just a thought. My advice, let it play out. They will out grow it. They are probably heavy sleepers like my daughter. Good luck!

I have the same problem with my daughter. But I read that only 70% of children are night time potty trained at 4 years. So don't worry too much. They'll get it.

This is gonna suck but you gotta try it! I feel its ok to allow fluids at night but only a sip of Water and try to wean it off so its not Right before bed! But its not mean to not allow them to drink, sometimes kids will say they are thirsty cause they know you dont want them to drink before bed! Also try plastic sheets under regurlar sheets and taking away the pull-up factor, kids usually dont like the feeling of wet underwear! Also this worked for my daugher, it stinks but try it... once you put them to bed get up every hour or two and wake them to go to the bathroom do this for 2 weeks then it starts a conditioning process that will help it to become second nature for them to wake on there own. Good Luck. Patients is the key some kids take longer than others just always remember to show them love!

Hi C. R
I had a brother, a son, now I have a 10 year old granddaughter who wets the bed when she drinks too much liquid after 6:00 pm everyday. Habits are very hard for anyone adult or child to brake. Her parents tell her not to have anything after that time and she has basically trained herself. Of course she slips some times, but that is her responsibility. Raising children is a heavy responsibility for mom's and dad's. Good luck to you.
J. M

C. you have your hands full with potty training twin boys for sure. I salute you! Our 3 yr old grand son is the same potty trained (peepee wise) during the day, wears a pull up at nap time and night time. Fortunately that is the time he poops when he wears a pull up. I asked his Pediatrician about this last week and was told not to be overly concerned or make a big deal of it. They will get it in time. Not to threaten or tell them they are bad or naughty.

I read all the others advice and it is awesome.
Our oldest was potty trained in one day at 19 months,both peepee & poopy) our youngest put me through hoops until he was almost 3. Having twins one may get there faster then the other, each learn at their own speed.

If they wet the bed at night you may want to have them remove the sheets and put them in the laundry. It's the you made the booboo you need to help clean it up.

Good Luck to you. May you always have the blessings each child brings
K. aka Nana K

C.,

I don't have twins or even a boy for that matter. However, I do have a 4 yo little girl (she will be 5 in June). I just keep her in pull-ups as long as she doesn't mind. We are slowly coming around to where she is having more dry nights than wet. Some kids just sleep very heavily as does my child and they don't wake up. My first was out of pull-ups by 3.5 years. Don't fret. It's no big deal. To save you time and frustration, just let them wear the pull-ups until their bodies are ready to wake up in the middle of the night or their bladders get big enough to go through the night. Good luck!

My twin boys are 5 years old.
I had one that wet the bed a lot and one not as much.

First, I bought some drinking bottles that I could keep filled up in the fridge that they could get themselves and encouraged them to drink and drink through the day. They liked to drink a lot at night before I did this. I also make sure that they drink more water than anything else. That is just all that is available and that is all they can have. Milk I usually let them have a few times a day, but I have to get them that, so I control it.
You have to encourage them all the time at first.

Then I would let them know before I put all the bottles away for the night so they could get a good drink and then I put them all up out of reach and only gave them a sip after brushing their teeth. I would let them do their whole bedtime ritual and then have them go to the bathroom one last time.

It works, they very seldom ever have an accident and I don't have to encourage them as much anymore to drink they do it on their own. I also don't have to put the water bottles up as much because it has just become a habit.

I also lowered their salty stuff at night also. That will make them thirsty.

Hope it helps. This too shall pass. I promise.

My four year old is also completely potty trained, but she will wet the bed at night. I let her have liquids because I tried to limit them and she was too thirsty. :) So instead I just put her to bed at her normal time and then when I go to bed at 11-12, I get her up and have her go potty. This works well for me. I figure one of these days she'll get up on her own. Hope this helps.

Hi C.,

When we were getting ready to leave the sippy cups behind we had to do a few things so here they are:

1) we got rid of all sippy cups and replaced them with "big kid" cups and we started using them for a few days during the day

2) As we got closer we started weeding out the pull ups and when we were down to our last 5 I said after this day we no longer wear pull ups to bed at night.

3) On a Monday we had no more sippy cups and we had no more pull ups.

4) From then on they had new rules to follow:

1) cups had to stay on the table or in the kitchen (whichever).

2) And now before bed we were only allowed a drink at dinner and then a "bed time drink".

Their bedtime drink still consisted of their chocolate milk and strawberry milk but it was only about 2 ounces in a cup.

3) They went pee before they went to bed.

The only thing that I can suggest is that you stop giving them liquids 2 hours before bed until they can get up and go to the bathroom. I had to do that with my son and it actually worked. They may be thristy or they may just be saying that. I would try that and see what happens.

If they are potty trained during the day, they will come around during the night. If you are worried, don't give them a drink 1 hour before bed time. That should do the trick. If they whine for a drink, set a time for them to check if they need a drink and then let them know that it will be their last of the day.
Grandy 66

Hi C.!
I struggled with my daughter at night until she was 5 1/2! Our doctor told us to give her more to drink earlier in the day. They shouldn't feel as thirsty later in the evening, and you can quit giving them large amounts to drink after they eat. He also said that the bladder works best when emptied 8-10 times per day. That's a lot, but maybe you could try making them go a little more frequently. My son potty-trained day and night when he turned 3, and our daughter was still wearing pull-ups at night at the time. They are all so different! Good luck!

I would not give them drinks at least a few hours before bedtime. It is not fair for them not to be successful with staying dry at night if you are not helping them. A sip is different than a glass of fluids. If they must have a drink, limit them to just enough to take the dry mouth away.

Keep rubber pad under the sheet so that you are not ruining the mattress and let them sleep in their undies, maybe they will feel the urge to pee (are you instructing them to use the potty at night?). They should feel comfortable going to use the bathroom, if they need night light to get there safely let them have one in the bathroom.

Help them be successful by using a poster with stars for everytime they have a dry moment, and don't punish wet moments. Success is pretty quick as my boys loved all of the stickers of stars that they got to put on their poster.

J. M

Hey C.,
I have 4 year old twin girls. Boys in deed do take longer and your boys are twins which also means sometimes that they take longer to potty train. As a nurse, I have to say give them drinks up until an hour or better yet and hour and half before bed and then make sure they go potty a couple times before they go to bed and see if you can't defer the wetting of the pull up in the a.m. When we deal with incontinence as nurses, we usually do not allow a drink before bed and we potty people after each meal and make it a habit and pretty soon, that is what it becomes. Also, you may want to get a plastic cover up for beds and allow them to wet themselves. I know that sounds cruel, but if you cut out the drinks before bed and then you start to have a few nights of dryness, go to underwear and they will only wet themselves a few times before they stop usually. They don't want that wetness next to their skin. You might want to leave the night light on in the bathroom, just in case they need to get up and go before morning. All of my kids woke me up after they started to wet the bed and they would finish in the bathroom.......YOUR ALMOST THERE........NO more drinks before bed mommy....don't worry not being CRUEL........every momma had to do this once......

My pediatrician told me it is totally normal for boys to not make it through the night until they are 7. So don't worry about, although I understand the pain of changing sheets and cleaning every morning or middle of the night. They have new boxer short style pull ups and I use a plastic mattress pad. The pad I have is from Target and isn't plastic feeling or rubbery at all. Also, I took away all liquids after 6pm. I tell my son at dinner that this is it for drinks, so drink up. My son tends to have accidents when we are up late and doesn't go to the bathroom before he falls asleep, and he drinks too much after dinner.
Good luck, I'm sure with twins your work load is more than double mine.

They will out grow this. Just wait it out.
D.- mom to 9

My daughter was 4 and still sleeping in pull up. I started not letting her have anything to drink an hour or hour an half before she went to bed and made sure she went to the bathroom before bed. It didn't take to long for her to get out of the pull ups.

My name is Vickie Danley and I am raising my Two and a half year old grandson. He wears pull ups at night and is also thristy all day long. He wets less when he goes to bed early..Sometimes not at all.. I believe a half hour before he goes to bed he gets nothing to drink. I start him to bed at 7:30pm. We get up so early in the mornings.. He is doing well with the pull ups and the potty training..
Sometimes I have to put my foot down with so much drinking before bedtime.. I like you hate to refuse him, but there are times I know he's had enough.

I don't have a solution for you, except to say to give it time. I chose to let my son sleep, and just wait until his anatomy is large enough to hold out through the night. I think this is entirely common, and many kids wear night-time pull ups for a long time. My Dr. said that he has this conversation every day at his practice.

Hi C.,
definitely try limiting their fluid intake once it gets closer to bed time. Besides that I'm not sure what else if it's just that they're not waking up.
Good luck!

-J. M.
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My rule of thumb was the kids can drink until 7:00 in the evening, so the kids will not wet the beds. You have to time it right as to what time do you put them to bed. I usually do cutoff about two hours before they go to bed. See if that will help.

K.

C., My baby is 25 years old. I know it sounds mean not to let them drink, but it does work. It is only for a little while. Once they are potty train they can drink again. And they won't be wet. Good Luck, E. V.

You might want to stop giving them drinks so close to bed and restrict them to drinks till an hour or an hour and a half before bed. Then before they go to bed make sure they go to the bathroom and that they actually go....See if that works and allow them at first to still wear the pullups at night till it starts working. See how that works and go from there.

I have a 15 year old son and what I did when he was little, I made him go potty right before he went to bed and nothing to drink an hour before bed. You could also reward them with something if they were to get up in the night and go potty. Hope this may help. God bless and good luck.

my 3 yr old granddaughter needs woke up in the middle of the night to go potty as she will be soaked in the morning if she isnt. we do it before we go to bed and it seems to work. of course im up most of the night so that helps. she always goes right back to sleep.