Does your 4yo wear a pull up at night?

[.Mrs.B.]

My two (2.5 and 4) both drink a lot before bed and stay dry, I think it often just depends on the child, my friend limited drinks with her 6 year old and tried other methods but it didn't make a difference.

I have 2 friends with older children (5 and 6) that still wet and both are boys, which is apparently quite common.

 

[Pearls18]

For those that have kids dry at night do they get up in the night to wee? Or can they hold it all night?

 

[Midnight_Fairy]

With my eldest 2 it came naturally. My son was about 6 and just started having dry nappies and then just went all night. I cant remember him ever getting up for a wee. My daughter gets up for a wee sometimes but she drinks loads.

 

[.Mrs.B.]

Mine hold all night. (11-12 hours) They go literally just before bed.

 

[Pearls18]

Thanks, my youngest (nearly 3) was dry last night but he's only been trained a week so probably a fluke! My 6 year old still has lots of wee in his nappies, even when he hasn't had a drink before bed

 

[AngelUK]

One of my twins hardly pees in his night time nappy at all. I think he does one when he wakes and maybe one before sleeping. But the other twin soaks his nappy completely and sometimes has a leak in the morning. I think that happens mostly when he has asked for a drink just before bed but I always think being thirsty is so horrible so I won't deny him that drink. It could just be a stalling technique, of which he has a few but who knows. For now night time nappies are also convenient for us cause it means we will not be called in the middle of the night to take them to the loo

 

[Midnight_Fairy]

It will pass. My older ones dont wake me up if they go for a wee now. They just get whatever they need x

 

[Button#]

I found my DS had less leaks when we started putting him in a onesie at bedtime instead of pyjamas. He would stick his hands in his nappy and play with his penis while lazing in bed waiting for time to get up so he would wee up and over the top of his pull up. We have the odd leak now and again still but it was nearly every morning.

 

[Quartz]

Nappies are definitely more absorbent - pull ups are designed to hold one accident whereas nappies should be able to hold more.

My experience is its a physical thing. DD was 4.5 when she was dry through the night barely drank anything before bed, still happened.

DS will drink a glass of water and a glass of milk before bed at 8 and can easily hold it until 8:30 the next day (so 12 hours) and has been dry since he was 2 (at night way before the day)

 

[Gym knickers]

My DD1 refused to wear a nighttime nappy at the same time she came out of nappies in the day at 2y3m and has only ever had one accident. She will only drink water and one cup of milk and as a result isn't a huge drinker or wee-er! So that's made it easier I think. She goes before bed and maybe 3 nights a week will wake for a wee.

 

[Beccaboop]

My son is 3 years 10 months and we started potty training at about a tear ago and then his pull ups when constantly dry we put pants on him at night that was being of March.

It went well for a few months with him having a drink in his room but waking up in the night if he needed a wee but then he started wetting the bed so we said no drinks in his room anymore and no drinks after 6.30 which is an hour before bedtime.

A health visitor told me too that you can't train them to be dry at night they just do it when they are ready.

Also I have a friend who potty trained her daughter at 18 months who is still in pull ups at night that she says are soaked in the morning.

 

[babyjan]

My son stopped wearing night time nappy/pull up when he was 3 years and 9 months old. A lot of wetting the bed and me taking him toilet whilst he was half asleep (picking him up whilst pregnant!)but eventually he learnt and now wakes up himself to go toilet.

I did occasionally put nappy on when I just had my second as I didn't wanna worry about bed wetting when I was already sleep deprived lol. He always woke dry though x

 

[babyjan]

You don't wake them to do a dream wee. You literally pick them up asleep, carry them to the toilet and put them on and tell them to do a wee. It's really quite amazing lol my biggest boy was not what I'd call a deep sleeper and I was petrified of waking him but gave this a go and it worked beautifully. You just pop them back into bed and they go back to sleep. I wouldn't have believed it until I tried it.

If you're worried about waking them it's a good idea to get an idea of their sleep cycles and take them just prior to moving into their next cycle.

Even if they do wake (and I have woken them on occasion) I just tell them it's time to sleep and they go back no fuss at all -which is not what you'd expect from my kids lol

This is exactly what we done. I would pick him up, put him on the toilet sometimes his asleep and sometimes sort of awake. I'd wait there and he would wee or take a while to, either way I pop him back into bed and he'd drift right back to sleep. No issues whatsoever.

I know that won't work for some people but it did for us and now over a year later he wakes himself to go toilet x

 

[AngelofTroy]

Thank you everyone! Glad to know he is not alone. I think we're a long way off dry at night as the other day he wet himself during a quick 30 min nap and didn't even notice!

On the plus side we've not had any leeks in a few nights. I realised I'd been insisting he drink all his cup of water with dinner before he had milk. I am so nervous about headaches and dehydration as he suffers so badly with headaches. But I've encouraged more drinks in the day and let him just drink what he wants in the evening.

 

[sophxx]

No but he was dry overnight from 18months and he never wet the bed either. But I know plenty with Los who do. It just takes time for them to be ready.

 

[pompeyvix]

Anabella has been dry at night for so long now and has been in knickers for around 9 months or so. She never wets the bed yet we don't restrict fluid intake whatsoever. She will have milk and water before she goes to bed and she had water next to her in bed as well if she wakes thirsty. We only stipulate she has a wee before bed and she will always do something. Most nights she sleeps all the way through and goes first thing in the morning. Maybe once or twice a week she will wake in the middle of the night to go.

I am convinced it's all linked to hormones as it seems some kids wet the bed with having fluids limited and others can drink as normal with no accidents. My LO is a deep sleeper too, but will still wake if she needs to go.

 

[morri]

Lo has been dry at night virtually the same as day, and is very reliable . /however when excited she can still forget/procrastinate on going to the toilet during the day. (not often maybe once a month or so)