Bedwetting at Night??

Before you go to bed wake them to go potty and set alarm in middle of night to go once more. It will take time but is helpful. And wear nighttime pull ups in the process.

Hi M., my oldest son is 10 and he is just now able to sleep through the night without wetting. My youngest is 7 and he still wets a few nights a week. We just use pullups for my youngest. Their bodies just aren't ready yet and we don't make a big deal about it. It's just one of those things that they will outgrow when their body is ready. Give them time. They are still young. Good luck to you.

Night dryness is not "taught" --it's a physiological thing.
Their bladders are either fully developed or they are not.
Sounds like they're not.

Make bed changes easy on yourself by layering sheet/waterproof pad/sheet/waterproof pad.

OR let them wear a big kid pull up.

LOTS of kids aren't "night dry" til 5-6-7-8 even 9, sometimes.

As for the limiting liquids--I wouldn't bother, I doubt it has much effect.

My son was a wetter until almost 10 yrs old. So was my brother. I tried a ton of different suggestions, including no milk at night, getting up in the middle of the night to go, alarms (which did no good because then he was already wet), reducing carbs. Sometimes he would wet just as he was waking up. I also talked to his doc who asked me questions. If your kids do not have to go to the bathroom a lot during the day, it is just a matter of their bodies being ready and no medsd will do that. Sometimes, it takes a while. We used the Goodnights and one day, my son gave me a brand new pack and told me that he has not used them for several weeks so I could take them back to the store. He was smiling ear to ear.

My son was done with pullups at night when he was 7 yrs old.
A few of his friends were wetting the bed till they were 11.
There is nothing you can do to mature their bladders any faster.
They won't be going off to college and still be wetting the bed.
Just be patient and give it time.

My daughter is the same - she's 5 as well. She has NEVER had a dry night in her life. The dr said it's not a training issue, her body is just not yet able to recognize that she needs to go and wake her up. It's common and can last until 6 or 7 before intervention is necessary. I just use pullups and talk about someday that she won't need them. No pressure... as I really believe she can't control it if she wanted to.

This is normal.
Night Time dryness... is not something that is PHYSIOLOGICALLY attained, until even 7 years old.

My son is 5 and still wet at night and wears night time diapers.
My daughter at 5 years old was still wet at night too.
Normal.

Limiting liquids does not speed up a body's organ maturity.
Night time dryness, has to do with the development of the body's brain/bladder/and nerve connections and development.
You cannot speed that up.
Waking them just to do pee, will result in them not getting enough sleep or interrupted sleep.

ALL of my daughter's Teachers, from Preschool to Kindergarten and 1st grade... ALL unanimously said, that kids these ages, are still wet at night and wear night time diapers and this is normal. AND they at these ages, still have pee accidents too... during the daytime and at school. And it just goes with the territory.

You need to get, a few waterproof bed pads, to put directly under them. I have 4 of them that I got from Amazon.
I use that under my son at bedtime and nap time. No biggie. IF his diaper leaks, no big deal. The sheets do not get soiled. I just rotate them out.

I just read something yesterday about a study that showed that lots of kids with bedwetting problems also have constipation, and might not even know it. If you give them Miralax and get them to completely void their bowels, maybe that would help?

From what I have heard and observed, typically, boys tend to have a harder time with this than girls. My son did (not all the time but often). My nephew (5 yrs) wears the night time pull ups and they are wet many mornings. My other nephew did not have a problem at all every since he was potty trained (and he was trained early). My daughter was dry many mornings even before potty training and since being potty trained has rarely had an accident...when she has it has been when she has been overly exhausted which meant she slept too soundly and liquids late. She's 5 (since Dec).

I would suggest that maybe before you go to bed at night, you get them up and try to take them to the bathroom again. If you know it is early in the morning when they are having the accidents, you could get up and try to take them before that. Outside of that, nighttime pullups and/or a discussion w/ the doctor may help.

Get plenty of bedding
Be prepared to do laundry daily
Have the sleepovers at your home more than away so your children are not as uncomfy with the possibility of bedwetting becoming a blemish on their relationship with friends.
Be patient.
If you think it is something more than an occurance here and there, have doctor advice.
Mostly....be a good mom. Be there for them, and dont let laundry get in the way of talking, loving, living.

I've been there. It lastd until age 8 I believe, maybe longer.
All I know is we made it together. My husband was not impressed with the wetting of the bed, and that was a bit stresseful between us, but I honestly cant remember it as a painful time of my life. I dont think about it and have ill feelings toward my child. I can also tell you, there were times when I was sick of doing all that laundry, or didn't think I had time to do it, and I did yell or lose my cool for a bit. But all said and done. My child and I survived. I do have extra bedding, even to this day. We just dont HAVE to use it as frequeltly.
Up side. If I do get behind on bedding, I have lplenty around to not stress out about it :)

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lately my 5 year old has been wetting more than normal too. I've noticed when it's really cold at night and he drinks too much. I've been just waking him up when I have to go in the middle of the night. He always feels bad in the morning when he wets, which he wets more in the morning hours not in the middle of the night.
My middle son had occasional accidents until he was 6 ish... I wet the bed too when I was younger, last time was at a friends out in the 4th grade because we drank too much before bed.
I think your girls are pretty normal, and children get in a deep sleep. I think if you can take them to the bathroom in the middle of their sleeping pattern they probably won't have the accident.
Good luck!

My daughter just turned 9 and still wets at night. We have tried pretty much everything and nothing works. Her friend just got out of hers recently with the alarm so we are going to try that otherwise just wait it out. It seems to be pretty common even in these later years.

Have them try to hold it longer during the day. When they have to go, have them count to 10 and then go. The next week, have them count to 20. The next week - 30, and so on. It might help stretch their bladder a bit.

Please us the search tool on the top and put in night time wetting. There are at least 10 of these questions a week and we all write the same answers. I know you feel frustrated but kids do not get potty trained at night. Their body is not able to hold it, it has NOTHING to do with them wanting to stay dry or not dry.

Put pullups on them and let every one get the rest they need, keep you laundry bill down and life much simpler. They will start staying dry on their own when their brain turns on the switch to stop urine production when they fall asleep. It is NOT something you can change or anyone else. Cutting off liquids does not do anything to stop this, it actually makes it worse.

My daughter wet the bed less and less frequently until she was 8. I did a bunch of research on it and the overall medical consensus is that it is a physical development stage that happens to different kids at different ages. There are a small percentage of kids who wet the bed until they are 12. In the meantime, withholding liquids does not help. They are not doing it on purpose, and you are doing nothing wrong. If they are frequently wetting, leave them in pull-ups, otherwise make their beds with layers of waterproof sheets and regular sheets so that when they wet, you can just strip one layer off and go back to bed.

My son is almost 13 and still does, but sometimes waking them up in the middle of the night seems to help, or else there are bed wetting alarms you can try. Good luck!!