Almost 5 yo not night trained?

meghans30

My son to be 5 yo still wears a pull-up to bed.Sometimes he wakes up dry, other times not. Sometimes he will get out of bed in the middle of the night to go potty, other times not. Is this typical? Should we stop using the pull- up at night and see what happens? I am so looking forward to no more diapers. We are going to start training the 2 yo soon.

LeoChic

My DD has been night trained since this past fall and we just took the pull-up away. She was also waking up dry some mornings and not others when we finally stopped using them. We finally realized that the mornings she would be wet it was because of her first morning urine. She was staying dry all night but didn't have to bother to get up to go to the potty first thing in the morning. If I were you I'd tahe the pull-up away but expect accidents the first week or so as he adjusts to not having the pull-up on. And you may still have nights here and there where he may wet the bed.

luckyluvr

My 11 yo ss still wears nighttime pullups (of sorts). I don't know if it's normal, but it is what it is.

Ilumine

From everything I have read, the lack of nighttime dryness is not unusual until even the teens. 

There are a variety of reasons why: a not fully developed bladder, a very good sleeper, dreams instigate it, or some body issues that may affect the bladder.

So unless he is having problems during the day, this isn't something you should worry about unless he does it more than naught.  Then you can go to the pedi for a work up and some tools.

GinandTonic

Mine will be 5 in August and he's far from night-trained (his 2-year-old sister is waking up dry, though...).  If I'm not careful about fluids and him using the bathroom before bed, sometimes he even goes through the pullup.  He is a VERY sound sleeper and I attribute it to that.

I asked his pediatrician about it and he said that they don't consider it bed-wetting until 8 or 9.

hopefulmom

I would never use (and never did) a pull-up to start with.  It is the same as a diaper.  My kids rarely had night accidents because when they wet at night they were WET!