Staying dry overnight

Re: Staying dry overnight

• LittleBug1107

  November 2011

  When we were trying to get Ava potty trained at night, I stopped letting her have anything to drink within 2 hrs of her bedtime and had her go potty right before bed.. if you are already doing that and he still wakes up wet, I would just leave him in a pull-up. A friend of mine has a daughter who was in a pull-up at night until she was almost 6 because she slept so hard she wouldn't wake up to go...Ava potty trained right at 2 and we didn't take her out of night-time pullups until she was close to 3..

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• lucylea member

  

  November 2011

  Sophia was potty trained during the day before she was 2, but she still wears a Pull Up at night.  At this point she wakes up dry about 50% of the time, but not consistently enough for me to risk changing sheets all night long.  Honestly, I'm in no hurry to night train as DH and I both still get up once per night to use the restroom and I think when she is ready she will start waking up on her own to go too.  

  

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• J.Johnson-Smith

  November 2011

  I would try it for a week.  You can buy those larger wet pad type things (think the kind you'd put on a changing table, but larger?) When I potty trained Brogan I did diapers at night for the first two weeks and then thought screw it..let's do this.  And he did really really well.  You definitely will probably wake up in the middle of the night at least once to a soaked toddler (hopefully not a soaked bed though..I placed this pad on TOP of the sheets).  I think they get in routines so easily.  I think once they realize how uncomfortable it is to be wet when you want to sleep is, that they kind of snap out of it.  I also agree with the no drinks before bed and going potty right before bed. We still practice this a year plus later.  Good Luck!

  

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• Victoria6F

  December 2011

  My youngest nephew is 6 and still wears a pull up at night, mainly because he has a uriter problem, and it's basically a precaution. What if you tried the ones that give a cooling sensation when they wet just a little? Would that help?

  Sorry, lol, not much help.

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• buzzeroo member

  December 2011

  Cohen is 4 and still wears a pull-up to bed. It's not a big deal to me.

  I read recently that kids at this age have varying levels of "bladder maturity" (it involves hormones that reduce production at night, receptors in the bladder, and a bunch of other physiological things). It doesn't mean they're naughty or lazy, they just aren't done growing. Totally normal.

  Happy mom to two sweet, silly boys: Cohen age 4, AJ age 2.

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• MellieDoodles

  December 2011

  Thanks everyone - feeling much better after hearing from all of you! 

  I asked because my friend made me feel bad when she said "oh, your son still wears a pull up at night?" (her daughter is 3 months younger and just decided one day that she wanted to wear underwear and was dry)

  

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