At Night: Older Child
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Night Accidents
Asked by L.R. from Miami
on March 3, 2010
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My 4 1/2 year-old son has been potty trained since 26 months, yet he cannot master the night!! I've tried cutting his liquids after dinner, making him pee right before...
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- Hi! Another mom asked a similar ? of her 6yo son the other day - following is my answer to her, but keep in mind children are so, so different & you can't compare a b...
- hi, to answer the night time potty thing is different for each child & boys tend to do this on a much longer time frame. try talking to his dr on the next reg visit. m...
- Absolutely normal for many boys. I wouldn't focus on it or wake him. You may have a few years yet of this so the last thing you want to do is make your little guy fee...
Night Accidents
Asked by S.S. from San Francisco
on February 16, 2008
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My 4 1/2 year old son has been potty trained for the past year or so, unfortunatly he is still having accidents during the night. We have tried everything, less liquid...
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- You are on the right track! But remember, if he is sleeping you need to set a time in the middle of the night for you to remember to get up and take him potty, say lik...
- Hi S. S, This happened to my daughter until she was about six years old. We finally solved the problem with a "bladder strength and exercise" technique. We bought a b...
- unfortunately he just needs to grow a bit. night time dryness can take years in some boys. its not that unusual to see it last until 11 or 12. relax, put on a waterpro...
Night Time Potty Training
Asked by J.O. from Corvallis
on May 17, 2011
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My daughter is a bit over 3.5 years old and has been fully potty trained during the day since she was about 3. She still wears diapers at night and is a pretty heavy ...
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- I'd say give it a try...the worse thing is a few nights of changing sheets. and if she isn't ready and it isn't working, then go back to pull ups. They do have some ni...
- Your daughter might not have been in a deep-sleep cycle when she woke up on the couch – those cycles occur at regular intervals during the night, and a fever or feel...
- I think you could try it, but you should also be prepared for some middle of the night sheet changes (or in the morning if she just doesn't wake up at all). One good i...
Night Time Potty Training
Asked by M.D. from Philadelphia
on January 6, 2010
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My now 3 year old... Jan. 3rd he turned 3.. is still working on night time training. He has been day time potty trained since about Sept., but alas he still wakes up ...
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- I think Lee hit it on the head. This isn't a "trainable" thing. They can either hold it or not. They either wake up to pee or they don't, so what good is it doing h...
- The difference between day and night "training" is that during the day a child is aware of needing to void and can learn to control those muscles. At night they have n...
- Your son is still really young and potty-trained pretty early for most boys. We were concerned when our 3 year-old boy hadn't potty trained by 3, and our pediatrician...
Night Time Potty Training
Asked by H.C. from Norfolk
on August 11, 2008
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Ok ladies, I need your advice once again, your advice for daytime potty training worked before, now I need help with nightime. My son just turned 4 and I want to nigh...
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- Hi H., I am in the same situation as you my son is three and we have the day time potty down pretty good now we just need to get the night time down. I have been usi...
- Hi, H.. Does the wetness (either in his pull-up or training pants) wake him up at night? If he sleeps-through the wetness until morning, I would not interrupt his ...
- I have the same issue. I just went out and bought the vinyl training pants and inserted a cloth diaper inside. It seems to catch all of the pee from my three year ol...
Night Time Potty Training
Asked by A.B. from Washington DC
on March 26, 2008
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My son is a little over 4 years old -- FULLY potty trained during the day - literally had 1/2 dozen wetting accidents the first week and has never had a BM in his unde...
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- My son had the same issue. Fully potty trained when he was just over 3 years old, but still in pull-ups at night. I asked my pediatrician if there was anything we co...
- Hi A., I am in the same situation. My son will be 5 next month, he still pee's the bed at night. Every once in awhile he'll have a dry night, but at least 5 out of 7...
- He may just not be ready for nighttime training. Boys can take a lot longer to develop this control. My friend's little boy was in nighttime pull-ups until he was 6. H...
Night Time Potty Training
Asked by A.M. from San Francisco
on March 2, 2007
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Hello fellow mamas! Here is our current "issue". My son is 3. He is 100% potty trained during the day. We have issues at night. I don't mind the occasional accide...
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- Hi A. Everyone has given you some great advice! I too would like to tell you that you are doing a good job. I have a 10 year old son and everyone is right...they do...
- Hi A., My 5 year old son wets the bed every night. I have to put goodnites on him. My husband wet until age 7, it can be hereditary. My second son just turned 3 in...
- Hey A., I bet you already know but I have some advice for you and a couple of questions. My children are 9 & 12 and both girls so I don't know if boys are differ...
Night Time Potty Training
Asked by J.R. from Los Angeles
on April 13, 2008
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I have a 3 1/2 year old son who has been potty trained for about a year now. It was very easy to potty train him, it literally just took a weekend (with a few acciden...
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- You know, I think it probably has a lot to do with the fact that he potty trained so early. I think most boys start at around 3-ish so maybe since he got started so s...
- My boys had a harder time with night time training that my daughters. Something to do with the boy parts I guess. What we resorted to was he pottied at his bedtime (...
- We just potty trained our 3yr old daughter about two months ago. Within the last two weeks I stopped the pull ups at night time. I explained to my daughter that she ca...
Night Time Potty Training
Asked by A.H. from Fargo
on March 21, 2008
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My son is 3years old and fully potty trained since he was 2 1/2. My questions is at night time/nap time he still wears a pull up and sometimes he wakes up dry and othe...
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- My 5-year-old still has a hard time waking up enough to get himself to the bathroom in the middle of the night. He very rarely has accidents; he'll usually yell for o...
- Relax... the more stressed and pressure you feel the more pressure he will feel. Boys have two valves that need to be controled where as girls only have one. This is...
- My just turned 3 year old daughter is going through the same thing. She can drink and drink all evening and wake up dry or we try and limit intake and she will be soa...
Night Time "Accidents"
Asked by P.B. from New York
on October 17, 2008
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My son is going to 5 in February. He has been potty trained with no day time accidents since he was 3.5 yrs old however, he is still wetting his pull up several night...
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- Our almost 5-year-old is wet almost every night (though it doesn't bother him). Pediatrician said it's b/c part of brain that wakes you up just enough to know to hold...
- Dear PB, I don't want to discourage you but my son did this for many years. On and off until he was about ten years old. It was terrible for him, but believe me a ...
- Good luck. My advice is to get 4-6 decent water-proof sheets and wait it out. (I say 4-6 b/c you are supposed to air dry them.) Perhaps try that double-set of shee...
