My son is 4.5 and I would like to get a feel of when other boys stopped wetting the bed at night (last night was the first night he didn't wear pull-ups). I know every child is different, but would like a feel on the average age of bladder contral at night. Am I taking away his pull-ups too soon? I am willing to live with an accident here and there, but I don't want to get up every night at 3 or 4 to change wet sheets. Thanks in advance for your reponse.
Every child is different. If you are getting up every night to change wet sheets, he isn't ready. In my opinion, night-time wetting is different than day time potty-training. You can't just teach them how to stay dry at night---thier body just has to do it. Some kids are 8 or 9 before this happens.
Good luck.
I didn't (and wouldn't) take away the pull ups at night until my son was dry through the night several nights in a row. For us that was around 2 1/2 but I don't think that's typical. Anyway, my point is, I'd keep him in pull ups until he's dry at night, rather than expect him to stay dry just because you've taken the pull ups away. At night, different than during the day, I don't think bladder control can be accomplished by plain old will.
Hope this helps.
T.
It really does vary from child to child. My 4.5 year old has just started going through the night without needing to be toileted when I go to bed. He's been dry all night for about a week. I also have a 7 year old who still needs to be put on the toilet before I go to bed or we have an accident for sure. Neither of my kids have worn pull ups for the last 9 months or so, I just put them on the toilet at around 10pm and they're usually good for the night. They both have mattress protectors under their sheets and sheet savers on top for a quick change if necessary.
They are all different, I have heard of kids as young as two being dry through the night. I don't think you are doing this too soon, but if you find he can't go all night maybe you could put him on the toilet before you go to bed or just put him back in the pull ups.
my 5 yearold quit wetting the bed about 4 and half so id give it till hes 5. keep up with the pull ups till then.
Night-time dryness does not occur even up until 7 years old, and this is still normal, and also per our Pediatrician.
My daughter, was still wearing night time diapers, not pull-ups, until when she was 5. And, it was my daughter who told us she was "ready" to just wear underwear at night... she knew herself. And she was right. We were wrong. But even then, there were still occasional accidents. Its okay.
STILL accidents will occur. they are kids. Just use a water-proof bed pad under him. Amazon has many kinds. That is what I use with my kids. I have 4 of them to change out and rotate. Then you don't have to wash the ENTIRE sheets/bedding each time, nor re-do the bed. Just change our the bed pad. I put the bed pad directly UNDER my kids, not in between the sheets.
My daughter is 7 now... and still may have an accident here and there. No biggie. And sometimes she just sleeps so deeply.
If your son is wetting the sheets 3-4 times a night.. then he is not ready nor does he have the biological capacity to be dry all night.
I would, use night-time diapers, instead of pull-ups, because it holds more and leaks less. Huggies make them.
All the best,
Susan
I am a mother of a 26mos old and we have noticed that if our son drinks either too much or too close to bedtime he wakes up alittle wet, otherwise he is dry most mornings and goes immediately when he gets up in the morning. Good luck
I would say if he's dry in pull ups for a month then he's able to bve without. Most boys I know didn't get dry all the time until in elementary school.
My son wore pull ups at night till he was 6 or 7 yrs old. This is common with boys.
Like the other moms said, every child is different. I have girls, and one was night time trained at 2.5, but the other wore night time pull-ups until just before her 5th birthday. It wasn't that she didn't want to use the potty at night - she was absolutely devastated that she had to wear pull-ups - her little bladder just wouldn't cooperate with her! My girls have a cousin who is now 7.5 and still has to use night time pull ups. He is having more success staying dry as he grows a little more. My husband recalls turning 8 and still wetting the bed, and being sad that he couldn't go to sleep-overs because he was afraid he'd wet the bed. Unlike daytime potty training, night time really and truly comes naturally to a child. There's no good way to train them, I don't think. They can either do it or they can't.
