Pull-ups

I agree with the gals below. you have to wait until they wake up dry for a while before trying the overnight with out pullups. i hate changing sheets, so i don't rush my 3 yr old or 2 yr old. they'll get it when they are ready:)

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This really depends on the kiddo. My son (now 4) has been able to stay dry since potty training at 3 without any accidents. My daughter (now 6) still has accidents at night. We have tried everything from bribes to withholding drinks after dinner with no success. Her doc says she will outgrow it and not to worry, so we don't:)

The suggestions to keep him in a pullup until dry at night for a week was excellent. and be prepared, it may be several years until his body is ready to be dry all night depending on his family history- night time control is genetic. When, and if, he wants to be dry and this is a concern FOR HIM, usually around 6, then the Sears alarm which wakes him up at the first drop of urine hitting it is a good solution, but nighttime wetting is normal behavior until 6 or so. Be matter of fact and don't make a big deal out of it. If he were to be dry the week before sibling arrives, I would assume regression on the arrival of a new sib.

I agree it depends in the child. Some are ready at the get go and some take a lot longer. I get up in the middle of the night so I can't imagine a child going 12 hours without using the bathroom.

I think it's normal for quite awhile. My almost 5 yr old has been potty trained for quite awhile now and still wets the bed if she doesn't wear a pull-up. She's a very deep sleeper and there is family history of bed-wetting on both sides (my brother and sister, and my husband himself). Sometimes she wakes up dry and sometimes not. If she is still consistently wetting the bed by this summer I plan on getting the bed-wetting alarm that goes under the sheet. This worked for my brother and sister when they were about 5 or 6

I would wait until he stayed dry in a pull up for about a week. My daughter is the same way. Dry all day, and occasionally a wet pull up in the morning. But because she's not consitent I keep her in a pull up at night.

It's not an age realated issue. What I did when my 11 year old potty trained and am now doing for my 4 year old twins (GB) is they wear pull-ups to bed until they go a solid week with a dry pull-up in the morning when it's time to get up and go potty. Once my oldest hit that week (she was 3.5 years old at the time) we celebrated and put her in underwear that night. She has never had a night time accident since.

My twins are still working on it. They are fine during the day, but my female twin is unable to make through naptime or bedtime without and accident and my son can make it through naptime, but not bedtime... It's individual and has a lot to do with recognizing the body's signs that they need to go.

I think putting them into underwear before they are ready sets them up for disappointment and discouragement and causes the whole process to take a lot longer. Just be consisitent and make sure to take you son to the bathroom first thing when he gets up and check him before you go to bed at night to see if he has already wet himself. If you are getting him up to change him when he is wet, he may learn to recognize his body's needs faster. Just make it okay for him to get up and go in the middle of the night if he needs. Leave a path of nightlights from his room to the bathroom...Stuff like that.

Good Luck ;-)

If your son has a regular wake-up schedule...you might consider checking him just a little earlier in the morning. My almost two year old goes many nights (up to 10 hours) with a completely dry diaper, but fills it within minutes of arising. You might be surprised to find that he is staying dry through the night and just isn't able to respond to his body's signal to wake up and pee. If this is the case, you can make the decision to wake him up a few minutes earlier and taking him straight to the bathroom.