Pull-Ups At Night - Independence,MO

I agree w/ all of the other responses about limiting drinks, and the waterproof pad, ect. But have you tried putting on training underwear over the pull up that may keep the pull up from leaking and they are thicker than regular underwear so it may not soak through. Good Luck!

There is a product out there, they used to call them Diaper Doubler's, I just saw them at Baby's R Us yesterday under another name that I don't recall, they used to be at some pharmacies too. They look like the old fashioned sanitary napkins, just a big extra pad to add to the diaper. This should work without changing any of his other behaviors.

It sounds to me like you need to do a few things. Try and cut down on the fluid he drinks after a certain time of day. I would push the fluids really hard before about 3pm. If his urine smells strong it's possible that he is not getting enough fluid in over all. After 3pm I would start only giving him about 2 ounces at a time until around 6pm. Then I would just stop giving him fluids after 6pm. I know it's a pain. But maybe if he's really thirsty you can let him suck on a small popsycle.

I would also look into making his bedtime a little bit later so that he is not in bed as many hours and can potty again before bed. I would even consider waking him at night and having him go to the bathroom. I've done this with daycare children and they do go back to sleep.

Suzi

Hi C.,

Do not let him have anything to drink two hours before bed. Take him to the potty every 45-60 minutes before then, too. Part of the potty training method we followed while training our son was to wake him up before we went to bed to take him potty. (We go to bed about two hours after he does.) Then also 30 minutes before he usually wakes in the morning. That method worked beautifully with our son. He stays dry all night... even during naps.

Hope this helps!! ls

Hi C.,

We have exactly the same issue with our 3 y/o daughter. We stopped letting her have anything to drink in the 1 to 1 1/2 hours before bedtime, except a tiny sip of water if her mouth is dry. We take her to the potty when we take the cup away, and again right before we tuck her in. When nothing interferes with this nighttime process, and we take her potty as soon as she wakes in the morning, her pullup is nearly dry. (If anything interferes, however, we get to wash the sheets/blankets/kiddo!) I've seen 3t-4t pullups at our Wal-Mart; we're moving to those as soon as we run out of 2t-3t! Good luck!

We had a similar situation. Our son was day trained by 2y 9m, but still wearing a diaper to bed. He would wake up every morning with a wet diaper, so I figured he wasn't ready to give it up. One night we put him to bed w/o it (by accident) and he woke up dry. So, we did it again the next night and he was dry again. He hasn't worn a diaper since. He will be 4 in July (also weighs 28lbs) and we've been doing this since Nov. He's had 2 or 3 accidents. He goes to bed at 8 and we take him to the potty around 11 (although we are cutting back on this too). Good Luck!

Limit his liquid intake before bedtime. This will help tremendously.

My son is 4, and still wears pull ups to bed too. He has no ability to control it at night yet, and he's been potty trained during the day since he was 2 1/2. I was also having problems with him peeing through his pullup at night, I started using the overnight pull up brand ones, in a size 3T-4T. That's a size up from what your son is wearing now, it might help.

I use the White Cloud brand of pull ups from Wal-Mart for my daughter at night. They come in a 2T/3T size. We have never had a problem with leaking. We also do limit the drinks after dinner.

Huggies Overnights are the BEST! Only thing my kids didnt leak out of... and 2 yr old and 5 yr olds still wear them :)

put a waterproof cover over the mattress and try to get rid of the diapers and pullups. It amazes me how many can potty train their kids during the day but they are too scared to let them go all night. Anytime a kid wears a diaper or pull up they are going to pee in it. That is just what they know from wearing them as a baby. I potty trained all 3 of my kids without them wearing pullups or diapers to bed. Once we made up our minds they were going to wear underwear they wore underwear all the time. You can get the thick training pants and some even have plastic sewn on the outside. This is what we used for daytime and night time until they were very potty trained and didn't take as long to potty train them and they only had a few accidents in their beds at first. We did get them up to go potty when we went to bed usually around 10:30 and they went first thing in the morning when they woke up. We noticed with the first that when we tried to potty train him with pullups it was a slow process. When we decided to quit using them and went to the training underwear he was totally potty trained in a few weeks. The other 2 we didn't use pullups except when we went somewhere that we knew would be hard to find a bathroom quick.

For us the night time pull ups did it... the regular ones were flooded and leaked often the nighttime ones I don't believe we've ever had that problem and I have a 4 almost 5 year old that wears them and she's around 31 pounds.

L.

I think if I'd left my kids in pull ups, which they didn't even have made when some were young, they'd still be in them. I had to put them in little underwear or they would wet the bed so it worked to just switch in the beginning. I know kids are different though and some just have a problem but I also woke my kids when I went to bed later until they learned to wake themselves and get up and go. Other wise you got a lot of good advice on the pull ups sizes and of course no liquids, etc.

My son and daughter are still in night time pull-ups. My son is 7, daughter 5 next week. It runs in the family I guess, my doctor is not concerned and at least I know of other kids older than mine who still have trouble during the night. I believe the pull-ups go up to size 6 (40-60lbs) and maybe even heavier.
But, I thought I'd mention the ideas my doctor gave to help my kids make it through the night, it has worked better and my daughter has had many nights with dry diapers and my son is now only going one time during the night.
* No drinks 2 hours before bed (this is one we
have a hard time with but we try to just give
sips).
* No carbonated and especially caffinated drinks
after lunch
* (Here's the one that surprised me): No candies
with red dye, this includes fruit snacks,
twizzlers, m&ms, etc.
* Of course have them go to the bathroom right
before they get into bed.
Good luck and remember to try to not make a big deal about it; I had a really hard and frustrating time with it at first, but the doctor explained that everyone has a different time to train at night. So, now, we just encourage them to try their best, keep these guidelines and celebrate when they do make it.

Hi C.. They make a thin waterproof pad you can place on top of his fitted sheet. My sister has this. It's pretty large, so it should cover a good portion of the bed. You will have less to wash, but I guess it does not solve everything for you. Best of luck. -A.