Nighttime training- help!

Jabberwocky

Wed, Jun 17 2009, 6:50 pm

My 3 yr old is completely toilet trained during the day, but still saturates her diaper at night. Lately we've taken to using pull-ups at night, and even panties sometimes, but then we have to physically take her to the toilet at least 2-3 times a night if we want to keep her dry. I'm thinking this isn't so normal...

What do people do to night train their youngsters? We already don't let her drink past supper, but she still urinates a lot at night. Your suggestions and support would be greatly appreciated!
Thank you.

sim

Thu, Jun 18 2009, 7:07 am

You don't really night train your kids. Limiting fluids and taking him/her to the bathroom before he/she goes to sleep is a start, but it's a good idea to use a pull-up or diaper at night until you see that they are keeping it dry consistently. This is a developmental thing -- they'll do it when they're ready. Out of my 5, 3 were dry at night almost immediately and 2 took much longer. It's not unusual to wet the bed at night until 5 years old or so, older for boys or if night wetting runs in the family. Don't sweat it.

zigi

Fri, Jun 26 2009, 1:02 pm

ds trained by 4 I think that when it was with dd she doesn't wake up dry so I'm still pushing it off. I used an incentive with ds you get a toy if you are dry for a week it worked with him but then he was almost dry the whole week with a diaper on. I guess wait a big longer.

PAMOM

Fri, Jun 26 2009, 1:43 pm

We took dd to the bathroom while she was asleep once or twice a night till she was over 5. We explained ahead of time that she didn't need to wake up. She also wore pullups at night till about age 4. All this is totally normal according to her dr.

amother ↓

Sun, Jun 28 2009, 2:41 pm

DS is nearly 4.5, I don't let him take liquid after dinnertime (like 6), take him to use the bathroom before bedtime (around 8), but his diaper is still very wet in the morning. We tried to wake him and take him to the bathroom before our bedtime (around 11) but it's not working. Sometimes his diaper is wet before that. Tried star charts, rewards but he's not into it. Any good ideas?

↑ amother ↓

Sun, Jun 28 2009, 2:41 pm

amother wrote:

DS is nearly 4.5, I don't let him take liquid after dinnertime (like 6), take him to use the bathroom before bedtime (around 8), but his diaper is still very wet in the morning. We tried to wake him and take him to the bathroom before our bedtime (around 11 or so ) but it's not working. Sometimes his diaper is wet before that. Tried star charts, rewards but he's not into it. Any good ideas?

nech770

Sun, Jun 28 2009, 3:20 pm

My 5 1/2 yr old is still wet at night - was dry from 2.5 in the day - but night is not happening - spoke to my doc about it - he said it is normal - 50% of kids are dry by 3 the other 50% can take til age 10 - not to worry... the issue is my 3 yr old is almost consistently dry at night and it bothers the big one...
I was told to maybe look into some alternative stuff - osteopathy or homeopathy - so going to look into that... but don't worry it is still on the spectrum of normal.
My 5 1/2 yr old if she naps during the day - often wakes up wet - or if she falls asleep on the couch - she just sleeps very heavily and doesn't wake up... even being wet doesn't wake her...

↑ amother

Wed, Jul 22 2009, 6:39 am

my 7 year old was still wetting at night, she would sleep through everything, we tried limiting water, fluids, waking her up in the middle of the night, nothing helped. For past few years, I would bring this up at her yearly checkup and doctor would tell me the stats, and it's normal.... Finally this year I did more aggressive research and someone mentioned to me the bedwettingstore.com specifically the Malem Alarm, which I purchased several months ago. It's a specific alarm that makes a noise and vibrates and clips on to your child pajama shirt at the top. There is a small wire from that that clips on to your child's underwear and reacts when a drop of urine touches it. It's a conditioning process that works by waking your child up when they actually have to go to the bathroom vs other alarms where parents arbitrarily decide to wake the child up to see if they need to go. Although the alarm is expensive ($99 US plus shipping) I've found it very helpful. For me, it took about 1 week for my daughter to stay dry through the night, the idea behind it is that eventually your child will wake up on their own when they need to go instead of an alarm waking them up. I encourage people who have this issue with their child to look at the website above.