Staying dry at night- 4 year old.

[bookworm0901]

My son has been daytime potty trained since BEFORE he was TWO! Not saying this to brag, saying this because it's been OVER TWO YEARS and he STILL wears a diaper to bed or he will pee the bed, guaranteed!

I've heard it's a developmental thing? But my 2 year old girl took a little longer to daytime potty train than my son did but she stays dry and holds it at night no problem, or she wakes up to potty at some point and goes back to sleep.

I don't even think about his potty schedule during the day at all, I dunno when he goes but he hasn't had an accident in....about 2 years or so. My DD, I keep track of how often she potties and make sure she goes about every 2.5 hours so she doesn't get distracted and have an accident. But during the night, I trust her 100% to stay dry more than him.

Every once in a while, my husband and I get determined to help him stay dry at night. The problem is, even with limiting liquids and taking him potty at midnight, he goes at least TWICE at night. So I take him at midnight, he pees the bed at 3 am. I'm already getting up to nurse my 7 mo. old and getting up to take my 4 year old potty twice just doesn't seem worth it at all.

Just wondering if you guys are going to say what I've seen on the internet, it just takes longer for some kids? It's gonna take time and there's nothing I can do? We took him at midnight last night and he still peed the bed, DD woke to potty at 2 am and stayed dry, as usual.

 

[AngelUK]

It is a hormonal thing and seems to be different for each child. I have twins (fraternal) and one is 95% dry in the mornings (and probably just pees in his pull up on waking cause he can, rather than cause he cannot control it) and the other is never ever dry and always has sodden nappies. They are 4 1/2. I don't think you can train it.

 

[Bevziibubble]

Yes I agree with it being hormonal. My daughter has been toilet trained in the day for two years but she still wears a pull up at night as she just can't control it overnight yet.

 

[pompeyvix]

Anabella is dry at night and has been for about a year , give or take the very odd accident. We didn't do anything to train this, she was just naturally ready. We don't limit liquids before bed , but we do ask she goes to the toilet before she gets into bed. Sometimes she wakes in the night by herself to go, other times she sleeps all the way through.

I've read lots of times before that you just cannot night train and they're ready when they're ready

 

[SarahBear]

If he pees twice a night, I'd keep the night time pottying going, but I'd keep a diaper on him the whole night so you're not dealing with a wet bed. There isn't always a relationship between daytime and nighttime dryness, so I wouldn't really worry about how long he's been potty trained in relationship to his nighttime habits.

 

[Midnight_Fairy]

My daughter was 2 and done it naturally but my son wore a night pull up till 6! Xx

 

[happynewmom1]

Our son is 6 and still in a pull up at night. We did try different things... Liquid intakes and getting him up at night to use the potty but it was so stressful and I was so much more exhausted and it didn't even work lol so we are relaxing about it for now. I keep reading its a hormonal thing and totally believe it. Our 4 year old daughter has been dry at night for at least a year now and I didn't have to do anything. She wakes up to use the potty. I look forward to our son not having accidents at night but I'm not going to pressure him or make him feel badly if he does.. I truly don't think he can help it. Good luck!

 

[lau86]

My ds2 has always been much better at holding his wee than ds1. Ds1 was dry at night age 4 but ds2 has been dry the past few nights and is saying he doesn't need nappies now. I just think some of their bodies/ bladders are better at holding it than others. And I've heard in general girls are ready earlier

 

[LoveMyBaby786]

My ds is the same. Been potty trained for 2 years but still wears a nappy to bed which is FULL in the mornings!

 

[MindUtopia]

I've been told it just happens when they're ready, obviously, also related to how much fluids they take before bed. Mine still has 250 ml of milk before bed and she's about to turn 4. She's still wet at night and has been potty trained for about 18 months now. I would say maybe a quarter to a third of my friends with kids the same age have them dry at night, but most are still in nappies. I don't think the ones who are dry did anything different, other than maybe cutting out drinks before bed (which we will do in another month or so anyway as I think she's old enough now to not have a bedtime milk). It just seemed to happen on its own and once they were dry for a few weeks, they switched to pants. The only times mine has been dry at night where times when she was sick and I know she was dehydrated, so I sense she has probably still needed the extra fluid before bed as she doesn't drink loads during the day. That will change eventually I think.

 

[rwhite]

My son was exactly the same and he has only been (pretty much) consistently dry for a couple of months now (and occasionally will have accidents - maybe once a fortnight or every few weeks?). He would be sopping wet every night, even if we got him up to go pee before we went to bed and even with limiting drinks. It was doing my head in, but it really is one of those things at the end of the day

Good luck, hope it doesn't take him much longer x