Wetting the bed

bumpuser8448316 · August 2014

DS has been day trains since about 3. For those that can't see tickers, he's 4. What read in books and heard from my pedi was that you can't night train, It happens when their bodies don't produce urine during the night, their bladders are big/strong enough to hold what is produced and they recognize the signal to take up to pee even when they're asleep. so I've never tried to night train DS, I just figure when he was ready, he would wake up dry.

That being said, he soaks through his pull up almost every single night. He pees before and after his bath and often once before I go to bed Round 11 (at which point I wake him up to pee and change his pull up if it's wet at all). And yet he still will wake up totally sopping wet at some point between 11pm and 6:30 when he wakes for the day. It's so consistent that I layer his sheets- water proof mattress pad, sheet, water proof mattress pad, sheet so that I only have to strip a layer and not remake the whole bed in the MOTN.

Anyone else's kid like this? I've tried asking IRL and got all "my kids have always stayed dry at night" or "we only used pull ups for a few months before they got it and they never soaked through." SO helpful.

Is it just my kid that pees so much at night? Is there something I should be concerned about?? Several friends suggested just taking the pull ups away to force him to wake up,to pee. But if he's that wet after the pull up has absorbed so much, I'm wary of trying that.

loopybaby · August 2014

I'm in the same boat with my 4yo DD. I tried just doing panties but after a few weeks of daily laundry and bed changes in the middle of the night, it was back to pull ups. I'm hoping she will get there eventually. Sorry no advice, but you're not alone:)

Aussie45 · August 2014

I don't know if this will help, but did overnight diapers hold more? Idk if he would be willing to use those vs the pull-ups since he's already used to those and underwear during the day, but maybe that would hold the pee better? Sorry, I know that's probably not helpful. DD is a heavy wetter too and we have to change the sheets almost daily.

CareBear0607 · August 2014

When my son was still in pull-ups overnight, he too would leak almost every night. I started putting a Poise pad across the top of the pull-up and that really helped.

MamaKct · August 2014

Both my boys took a LONG time to night train after day training. Like years. They are older now and still have accidents sometimes. My DD day and night trained almost at the same time. My middle DS was in pull ups the longest, past 7. I suggest getting the underjams or goodnights that are made for bigger kids, you'll find less leaks.

lyingliarlies · August 2014

Luvs work way better than nighttime pull ups for ds. Even size 5 luvs hold way more than pull ups 2t- 3t. Ds is newly potty trained and just wears diapers for nap and bed.

bumpuser8448316 · August 2014

nowababy said:

Is it possieble that he's peeingvright when he wakes up and not in MOTN?

That's actually some thing I read in my research. I'm not sure that's happening since it's sometimes 2 or 3 am that he comes in soaked. I haven't tried an over night diaper but I've user the over night pull ups. Not sure I could talk him into a diaper anyway.

bumpuser8448316 · August 2014

MamaKct said:

Both my boys took a LONG time to night train after day training. Like years. They are older now and still have accidents sometimes. My DD day and night trained almost at the same time. My middle DS was in pull ups the longest, past 7. I suggest getting the underjams or goodnights that are made for bigger kids, you'll find less leaks.

Thanks, I'll grab a pack at target. Did your boys just outgrow it one day?

vlagrl29 · August 2014

my 3.5 year old is still filling up pull ups at night. I don't know when it stops.

MamaKct · August 2014

QueSyrah said:

MamaKct said:

Both my boys took a LONG time to night train after day training. Like years. They are older now and still have accidents sometimes. My DD day and night trained almost at the same time. My middle DS was in pull ups the longest, past 7. I suggest getting the underjams or goodnights that are made for bigger kids, you'll find less leaks.

Thanks, I'll grab a pack at target. Did your boys just outgrow it one day?

Yes, my oldest was 5 1/2 and my younger DS was almost 8. Our pedi was not concerned at all either.

new+tothis · August 2014

I haven't had this problem but another mom friend has. She put 2 pull ups on (one over the other) or a "diaper doubler" from Babies R Us in the pull up and I think it mostly worked.

bumpuser8448316 · August 2014

cjcouple said:

what others said, you can't force it. But you didn't mention if you are limiting liquids after dinner? Both my boys potty trained late. Close to 4yo during day but nighttime was almost immediate. In fact DS2 night trained before daytime. He was just stubborn. My oldest night trained a week after he was day trained.

BUT I still limit liquids before bed for both of them at nearly 8 and 5.

I'm having a hard time limiting liquids. When he's begging that he is thirsty I feel like a jerk telling him "just a small sip."

penguingrrl · August 2014

My niece was 7 or 8 before she night trained even though she day trained at 2. Night training is a physiological development, not something that can be learned. She ended up using underjams for a while because she also soaked through like crazy. SIL doesn't limit water for either of her kids and one had trouble night training and the other did not. I don't think it makes a difference.

meglew · August 2014

My DD1 has finally started staying dry through the night consistently at 6.5. We also were/are using the Goodnights for older kids. She has always been an awesome water drinker and a really heavy sleeper - bad combo. A month ago, I decided that maybe the overnight diapers were holding her back because she just assumed she could pee since she had a diaper on and there was no "incentive" for her not to. After a couple of accidents in just underwear, it no longer bothered her and she was such a deep sleeper that she would stay asleep in wet sheets. I was at a loss at what to do. We were going in and waking her up every 3 hours to take her potty and I think she was just exhausted.

So we have her go potty right before bed, put the overnight on the outside of her underwear and I take her potty before I go to bed (about 3 hours after she does). This seems to have been the magic combo for her because she has stayed dry for about 10 nights. Our situation was a little different because I thought she was ready and DD WANTED to ditch the diaper, but her little body wasn't ready to. I know some of that has to do with the potential sleepovers with classmates.

bumpuser8448316 · August 2014

meglew said:

My DD1 has finally started staying dry through the night consistently at 6.5. We also were/are using the Goodnights for older kids. She has always been an awesome water drinker and a really heavy sleeper - bad combo. A month ago, I decided that maybe the overnight diapers were holding her back because she just assumed she could pee since she had a diaper on and there was no "incentive" for her not to. After a couple of accidents in just underwear, it no longer bothered her and she was such a deep sleeper that she would stay asleep in wet sheets. I was at a loss at what to do. We were going in and waking her up every 3 hours to take her potty and I think she was just exhausted.

So we have her go potty right before bed, put the overnight on the outside of her underwear and I take her potty before I go to bed (about 3 hours after she does). This seems to have been the magic combo for her because she has stayed dry for about 10 nights. Our situation was a little different because I thought she was ready and DD WANTED to ditch the diaper, but her little body wasn't ready to. I know some of that has to do with the potential sleepovers with classmates.

DS has asked for underwear at night too. I thought about letting him but knowing how soaked he is in a pull up I'm really leery of letting him try underwear. Especially because I know that it's largely just his body needing to be ready

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