Dry at Night
Question:
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Tania, you are not the only one. I thought my son would never get trained. He’s five and has used the toilet for the last year during the day. Still wets the bed at night about once a week Still won’t go poop in the toilet. Sandy
Response:
I have 3 boys age 9,7, and 6. The oldest two were trained day and night at the same time. But my middle guy still has to wear "Good Nites" to bed. The pediatrician has said not to worry until he is 9 or 10 years old. BTW, we tried limiting fluids after supper, waking him up at 11 at night, giving crackers at night, and nothing worked. So don’t worry. Karen – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – My son just turned 4. He was very eager to toliet train and finished day time training by the time he was 3. …… Do most kids day and night train at the same time? Is 4 really that old not to be night time trained? Is the water really that big of a deal? Its not like he sits there all night drinking water, but sometimes he does wake up thirsty and likes to have a few swallows. Lisa —
Response:
<<My son just turned 4. He was very eager to toliet train and finished day time training by the time he was 3. …… <<Do most kids day and night train at the same time? Is 4 really that old not to be night time trained? Is the water really that big of a deal? Its not like he sits there all night drinking water, but sometimes he does wake up thirsty and likes to have a few swallows. I read somewhere (I think it was Penelope Leach, but I won’t swear to it) that withholding water and fluids can actually make night-time wetting worse, since the child will then have "water on the brain" so to speak. I wouldn’t try to limit water/fluid intake unless you think that your son habitually drinks to much. As far as the night wetting itself, as so many have already posted, there is a wide range of normal, and your son is still well within range. I wouldn’t worry. Mary mother to Lili (5-3-95), Jenny (9-21-97), and ???, (2/14/99) – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -Lisa —
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My four year old is still 50/50, too. Of course when he "sleeps wet" as he calls it, he gets upset. So I try to limit his liquids before bed time and before I go to bed I wake him up and take him to go potty. As for protecting the bedding – we bought a plastic mattres cover. Good luck! B. Archer – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I was under the impression that alot of kids weren’t dry at night until they were 5 or 6 years old, so I haven’t been too concerned about it. Your impression is correct – http://www.bedwet.com/pages/advice.html for advice on this – fairly correct anyway – bedwetting isn’t considered a medical problem (then known as enuresis) until about this age. Do most kids day and night train at the same time? Is 4 really that old not to be night time trained? Is the water really that big of a deal? I wasn’t allowed water, I seem to remember, but I don’t think it can be that much of a deal. If the problem does persist you could consider an alarm system of some sort – see http://www.bedwet.com/ for one make of these. Best wishes, jdc
Response:
Tania, you are not the only one. I thought my son would never get trained. He’s five and has used the toilet for the last year during the day. Still wets the bed at night about once a week Still won’t go poop in the toilet. Sandy
Response:
I was under the impression that alot of kids weren’t dry at night until they were 5 or 6 years old, so I haven’t been too concerned about it.
Your impression is correct – http://www.bedwet.com/pages/advice.html for advice on this – fairly correct anyway – bedwetting isn’t considered a medical problem (then known as enuresis) until about this age. Do most kids day and night train at the same time? Is 4 really that old not to be night time trained? Is the water really that big of a deal?
I wasn’t allowed water, I seem to remember, but I don’t think it can be that much of a deal. If the problem does persist you could consider an alarm system of some sort – see http://www.bedwet.com/ for one make of these. Best wishes, jdc
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All I can say is that you are both lucky that yours trained in the day that early! Mine is 5 and just got completely trained during the day about six months ago and still wets the bed about half the time. From what I have heard and read, late training, especially at night, is very common among boys in particular. TR – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Hi Lisa, We are going through this exact thing with my soon-to-be 4y/o. He wakes up 50/50 also. Don’t really know what to do, he has been day trained since about 2 1/2. We have started putting him back in diapers (just two nights ago) not for any reason other than to protect the bedding, I don’t expect it to have an affect one way or the other. I do cut off his liquids around 7ish, so I don’t think that has much bearing. I just think when he is ready he’ll get up and go. To this point I don’t think he has ever gotten up, has your son? Because I think when he does that it will be a critical turn (knowing that he CAN and just doesn’t). I figure we’ll just wait it out. . .I am curious if you get any good suggestions, I would like some myself. Sheri My son just turned 4. He was very eager to toliet train and finished day time training by the time he was 3. I haven’t done anything to night train him except to install stools and a night light in the bathroom to enable him to use it himself. He is sometimes dry about 50% of the time in the morning. Sometimes he wakes up as he is peeing in his pullups and that upsets him. He has always, like us, been able to take water to bed with him in case he gets thirsty in the middle of the night. That said, it seems that most of my friends’ children who are the same age night and day trained at the same time. I have been told that letting him wear pullups to bed and allowing him access to water at night are holding him back from night time training. I was under the impression that alot of kids weren’t dry at night until they were 5 or 6 years old, so I haven’t been too concerned about it. Do most kids day and night train at the same time? Is 4 really that old not to be night time trained? Is the water really that big of a deal? Its not like he sits there all night drinking water, but sometimes he does wake up thirsty and likes to have a few swallows. Lisa —
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Michael hasn’t woken up before and went to the bathroom. The other times I think he just sleeps through it. I don’t believe this is an issue of him being stubborn about going, I think he just doesn’t wake up. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Hi Lisa, We are going through this exact thing with my soon-to-be 4y/o. He wakes up 50/50 also. Don’t really know what to do, he has been day trained since about 2 1/2. We have started putting him back in diapers (just two nights ago) not for any reason other than to protect the bedding, I don’t expect it to have an affect one way or the other. I do cut off his liquids around 7ish, so I don’t think that has much bearing. I just think when he is ready he’ll get up and go. To this point I don’t think he has ever gotten up, has your son? Because I think when he does that it will be a critical turn (knowing that he CAN and just doesn’t). I figure we’ll just wait it out. . .I am curious if you get any good suggestions, I would like some myself. Sheri My son just turned 4. He was very eager to toliet train and finished day time training by the time he was 3. I haven’t done anything to night train him except to install stools and a night light in the bathroom to enable him to use it himself. He is sometimes dry about 50% of the time in the morning. Sometimes he wakes up as he is peeing in his pullups and that upsets him. He has always, like us, been able to take water to bed with him in case he gets thirsty in the middle of the night. That said, it seems that most of my friends’ children who are the same age night and day trained at the same time. I have been told that letting him wear pullups to bed and allowing him access to water at night are holding him back from night time training. I was under the impression that alot of kids weren’t dry at night until they were 5 or 6 years old, so I haven’t been too concerned about it. Do most kids day and night train at the same time? Is 4 really that old not to be night time trained? Is the water really that big of a deal? Its not like he sits there all night drinking water, but sometimes he does wake up thirsty and likes to have a few swallows. Lisa —
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Response:
Hi Lisa, We are going through this exact thing with my soon-to-be 4y/o. He wakes up 50/50 also. Don’t really know what to do, he has been day trained since about 2 1/2. We have started putting him back in diapers (just two nights ago) not for any reason other than to protect the bedding, I don’t expect it to have an affect one way or the other. I do cut off his liquids around 7ish, so I don’t think that has much bearing. I just think when he is ready he’ll get up and go. To this point I don’t think he has ever gotten up, has your son? Because I think when he does that it will be a critical turn (knowing that he CAN and just doesn’t). I figure we’ll just wait it out. . .I am curious if you get any good suggestions, I would like some myself. Sheri – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – My son just turned 4. He was very eager to toliet train and finished day time training by the time he was 3. I haven’t done anything to night train him except to install stools and a night light in the bathroom to enable him to use it himself. He is sometimes dry about 50% of the time in the morning. Sometimes he wakes up as he is peeing in his pullups and that upsets him. He has always, like us, been able to take water to bed with him in case he gets thirsty in the middle of the night. That said, it seems that most of my friends’ children who are the same age night and day trained at the same time. I have been told that letting him wear pullups to bed and allowing him access to water at night are holding him back from night time training. I was under the impression that alot of kids weren’t dry at night until they were 5 or 6 years old, so I haven’t been too concerned about it. Do most kids day and night train at the same time? Is 4 really that old not to be night time trained? Is the water really that big of a deal? Its not like he sits there all night drinking water, but sometimes he does wake up thirsty and likes to have a few swallows. Lisa —
Response:
My son just turned 4. He was very eager to toliet train and finished day time training by the time he was 3. I haven’t done anything to night train him except to install stools and a night light in the bathroom to enable him to use it himself. He is sometimes dry about 50% of the time in the morning. Sometimes he wakes up as he is peeing in his pullups and that upsets him. He has always, like us, been able to take water to bed with him in case he gets thirsty in the middle of the night. That said, it seems that most of my friends’ children who are the same age night and day trained at the same time. I have been told that letting him wear pullups to bed and allowing him access to water at night are holding him back from night time training. I was under the impression that alot of kids weren’t dry at night until they were 5 or 6 years old, so I haven’t been too concerned about it. Do most kids day and night train at the same time? Is 4 really that old not to be night time trained? Is the water really that big of a deal? Its not like he sits there all night drinking water, but sometimes he does wake up thirsty and likes to have a few swallows. Lisa —
