My 6 yo daughter was extremely difficult to day-time potty train. She finally got the hang of it by age 4. She's had a few accidents at kindergarten, but has been accident-free for 2 months. She is dry during her occasional naps, but always wakes up wet in the morning (whether she's in training pants or panties). I understand not to give her too much to drink in the evening, but I'm not going to cut out all evening drinking. How do you train a child to be dry at night?
I certainly do not have the magic answer on that one since my son was very easy to night train. But I think the biggest thing with him was that one day he decided it was no more Pull-Up and he did well. Do you think helping her wake up at a certain time to go would help and maybe get her into a routine? Again, this is a hard one, but she'll get it!
Have you checked with the pediatrician? My neighbor had the same situation, and it turned out the bladder was spastic and caused all of the problems. They gave her a medicine to strengthen the bladder muscle and calm it down. Did the trick in like 2 weeks. Worth a conversation at the next well checkup? Best of luck! Only thing I can think of to check on at least!
S. - haha i just posted a similar problem! Eagerly awaiting responses. You are not alone! If we can get our daughter to potty before bed she's usually ok, but lately she'll sit on the potty but not do anything. GRRR!!!! I feel your frustration!
You can't. Many children are very heavy sleepers.Some children wet their beds until they are 9 or 10. There is a product called a potty pager. It worked wonders for my son when he was around 5 yrs old. He is 18 now. Google search potty pager and try it out. It vibrates and wakes them up when they start to pee.
I would have to say that by 6, she should have control over her bladder. I think I would take her to pedi to rule out any medical conditions. There are lots of different ways to work with an older child that is a bedwetter, though it is more often boys who have this problem.
I had a friend that had a little girl that was a bedwetter and when she was in the 4th grade the doc decided that her problem was that she was holding her BM's and this caused her to be constipated which wasn't allowing her to empty her bladder all the way.
I have a relative who was a very hard sleeper and just had to mature out of it. He was given medications, wore alarms, his mom woke up in the middle night, everything and he still had problems.
I read an article in Ann Landers once about sleep apnea (my husband has this but not the wetting..thank heavens!) where a woman had been married for 30 some odd years and her husband still had issues and doctors blamed his on the sleep apnea.
Just wanted to give you some examples of how it could be more medical than her not being trained.
Good luck!
We had the same prob with our now 4 year old. She is completly potty trained for 2 months now. All we did was not put any training pants on her. She would potty at night when she had on the training pants, But as soon as I stop letting her ware them to bed and made panty's an all day and night thing it stoped. It might work for your little one as well. Good luck we know how hard it can be with a 4 year old.
My now 9 yr old wore pull ups until she was 7. She is such a hard sleeper, a fire truck could be in her room and she wouldn't know it. We cut off all fluids (except little sips if she was "dying" of thirst) at 6:30-7pm, then had her go potty right before getting into bed. It took a while, but she finally got the hang of it. She hasn't had any accidents in a long time and she can drink whenever she wants. We now have a new problem of her sleep walking, but at least she makes it to the bathroom to go if she needs to at night. Don't get discouraged!
My daughter now 6.5 just got potty trained by cutting fluids/liquids 2 hrs before bedtime and using a pad to protect the mattress. She can have all liquid she wants for up to 2 hrs before bedtime. She had only one accident but frequently catches herself before it begins or turns into a full blown accident. The peditrician said-no diapers or protected under-wear to train her brain to be aware and vigilant to become "continent".
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Wow, that seems kinda late, but I'm not an expert in this area. Mine are 2 and 4 and are potty trained at night which makes me think that this poor lady might need to see a urologist.
What time of night does she have the accident? If she can stay dry through most of the night, but can't make it to morning, perhaps you should go in and wake her to try to "catch it" before it happens? Then let her go back to sleep.
If she has the accident(s) in the middle of the night, perhaps she has a sleep condition that doesn't allow her to wake up?
If anything, I'd do a potty stakeout to gather some data to present to the dr! I'd try to figure out the times during the night it happens, so my dr. would have more to go on. (Yeah, I'm that mom! lol!)
Best of luck to you - let us know how it goes! :)
My son will be 6 in April. He still has some accidents at night. Some kids just take longer to night time train. If I make him potty before he goesto bed, he is usually dry in the morning. Don't let her have liquids for 1 hour before bed also.
