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WWYD
Earlier this summer it seemed like Todd was waking up dry most mornings. So after our camping trip we talked to him about wearing regular underwear to bed and he agreed.
Ten days straight he woke up dry. Then 5 of the last 10 days he has woken up wet. :-(
I realize that this is totally normal and we can’t “teach” him to stay dry all night (I’m pretty sure he sleeps to deeply to wake up to pee, because he doesn’t wake up in the middle of the night when he’s wet.) I’m just trying to figure out how long to keep the experiment going or if there is anything we can do. He has to use the potty before bed and we discourage him from drinking much after dinner.
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Tired of doing extra laundry and sharing my morning shower time
Ten days straight he woke up dry. Then 5 of the last 10 days he has woken up wet. :-(
I realize that this is totally normal and we can’t “teach” him to stay dry all night (I’m pretty sure he sleeps to deeply to wake up to pee, because he doesn’t wake up in the middle of the night when he’s wet.) I’m just trying to figure out how long to keep the experiment going or if there is anything we can do. He has to use the potty before bed and we discourage him from drinking much after dinner.
Signed,
Tired of doing extra laundry and sharing my morning shower time
Heather Margaret --- Feb '07 and Todd Eldon --- April '09
Re: WWYD
Mason is the same. Unfortunately, I don't have any successful suggestions...we tried for a while sending him to bed in underwear/going potty before bed/limiting water/etc., but I just gave up. I can't think of anything I would rather do less than having to wash pee soaked sheets and pajamas, or being woken up in the middle of the night because he is wet, so we went back to diapers. I wish I could totally be done with diapers, but buying diapers is the lesser of the two evils for me.
I think summer is especially draining for kids and all the activity amplifies the deepness f their sleep. I know mine are outside all day long, and DD who very rarely has nighttime accidents during the cooler months has had more than usual over the summer.
Do you think Todd will be upset if you have him go back to pull-ups? I can't imagine he enjoys waking up in a pee soaked bed.
ETA: I would try again after he has a long stretch of waking up dry.
I'd probably go back to pull-ups if he is ok with it. Dd is so way past that that it wasn't an option but I did start looking into the Good nights underwear options and was thinking if getting some.
I'd just keep up the same thing with if you get x amount of nights in a row dry we can try underwear again and just see how it goes.
Just adding to the discussion here that my 7-yr old still has overnight accidents. He was wearing pull-ups at night until Christmas (6.5 yrs) because he was wetting every night. We did away with them in December because the 3.5 yr old who was waking up dry every morning - we went cold turkey for both. Since then, Conall has had maybe 5 accidents. Gavin, has had quite a few. He finally went through a long dry spell and as soon as we moved him out of the bunk bed and into his own room (into a queen-sized bed), he had 4 wet nights in a row. Talk about a pain doing that laundry every day!
So, I feel your pain! However, I agree with the others - just go back to pull-ups until he has another 5 or 7-day stretch. I think, as the others have said, the summer, the heat, drinking more throughout the day... all plays a big factor. I can cut out fluids for 3 hrs before bed, make him go right before bed and all, and he will still soak! Hang in there!
My three sons!