Hi moms I need some advise. My son who just turned 4 has been wetting the bed everynight. We put him on the potty before bed and dont give him fluids 2-3 hours before bed. Its like starting all over except nothing works now. When he was in pull ups he used to almost always be dry in the morning so thats why we stopped them figuring its good time. Then his cousin spent the night and ever since then for about 2-3 wks hes been having accidents. If we put a pull up on him he doesnt go in it sometimes a little but I cant keep having him think he can be in a pull up everynight. I dont know what else I can do to get him back on track and stop this immediatly. Any tips and ideas on this would be greatly appreciated.
It's really not at all unusual at that age :)
Try not to make too much of it- just go back to pull-ups until he starts regularly waking up dry again.
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If he had been dry up until an event - then I would ask him what is bothering him or if something happened.
You can't stop it. It's a body function - just like passing gas - you really can't hold it in. And night time potty training is NOT like day time potty training. IF he was night time trained and then started wetting again - it would suggest an event happened that upset him.
I would contact my pediatrician and ask to have him checked out to ensure there is no medical condition I need to be aware of - bladder infection, etc. that could be causing it.
Why not? He just needs to feel a little more secure (again)...honestly I don't see why you have to be so rigid and not giving him a second chance with pullups. See what happens and go from there, what's the harm? Boys take a long time to figure it out.
I do not see a problem with him being in a pull up. Put one on him at night
and let is go. The less you make of it, the better off you will be.
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They don't get potty trained at night.
Kids do not wake up and go during the night.
Limiting drinks has NO influence on whether he continues to make urine once he is asleep or not. Being dehydrated actually makes him have more accidents.
Keep your life simple, keep him in pull ups so you don't have to add 2-3 loads of laundry per day to your already busy day plus the extra cost of all the water, detergent, gas, electric, fabric softener, dryer sheets, etc...it costs more than pull ups by about $5-$10, maybe you think you can save some money by buying cheaper stuff but seriously, taking time out of your day is not fun.
A fairly large percentage of kids are wetting the bed at age 4, and 5, and 6... My daughter wet the bed, less and less frequently, until she was 8. This is not under his control. Denying him liquids will not help. Some kids just sleep so deeply that they wet the bed. It is somewhat genetic. He will grow out of it when his body is ready.
Some kids just aren't physiologically ready. All kids are different. Some take longer than others, and some sleep very deeply. Mine is in pull-ups at night and is just going on 5. I talk to him about being dry at night before sleeping in underwear. Don't stress about it.
My son is 5 1/2 and still wears a pull up to bed. He's wet almost every night. One of these days it's going to click...I'm sure of it. I know you'll hate to go back to pull ups, but it may be easier for a while.
My son just had his 4 year well-check. We were having trouble with daytime potty training and hadn't even tried putting him in regular underpants at night. Our doctor suggested just trying a couple times per month putting him in regular underwear at night. If he would have an accident in the night, don't scold him, but expect him to help you change the bedding and clothes. This way he can see what all is involved with accidents like this and it may turn him around. It just clicked for my son. His well check was back at the first part of February and I can count on one hand the number of accidents he has had. He has only had one nighttime incident. Good luck!
HTH,
A.
He is four, accidents are going to happen, my stepson was 4 when he came to live with my husband and myself. Of course it was a big change for him, and one of the things that happened was an increase in accidents at night. Even though I got up in the middle of night and took him to the bathroom ( Oh how I remember sitting on the side of the bathtub, waiting and waiting...lol.). I finally went out and bought diapers and put them on him...(it was before the day of pull ups) and within a few weeks he was fine...he just needed to adjust to his new home.
Don't make a big deal of this with him...be very matter of fact about it, have him help you change the sheets if you want to, but not as punishment.
This too shall pass...I promise!!
My son is 7 and wets the bed.
despite waking him up twice a night he still wets the bed 3-4 times a week.
It's physiological and normal for his age. There's really nothing you can do about it and your pediatrician will tell you not to worry about it unti age 7 or 8. Both of my boys were in pull ups at night until age 6.
We thought our son was trained last winter when he was 3 and took him off pull ups. Then summer hit and he started sleeping so hard that accidents were every night. We are back in pull ups and still soaking. I talked to the doctor and he was not worried. Gave us some tips but said he could have accidents up to age 6 and 7.
