How do I help my 2 yr. old learn not to wet the bed?

Question

My 2yr old is mostly potty-trained. She has 0 accidents during the day. I don't know what to do to help her wake up at night to go pee. She usu. wakes up once to go, but sleeps thru the rest of the night. She gets very upset when she wakes up wet. Any ideas?

Just so everyone knows I have never pushed her. She started training on her own when she was 16 months because her step dad bought a potty and put it in the bathroom and she liked it. i only showed her once. She's never been pushed or punished. The only reason the nite-time accidents bother me is because they upset her so bad. She wears a pull-up to bed.

SHE WEARS PULL-UPS TO BED! I know she's young. That's why i am looking for ideas. I'm not pushing her into it! She just gets so upset with herself. I wouldn't care less otherwise.Heck, I was a bed-pisser until I was 10! I would never get mad at her for it.

Answer 1

Just explain to her that her body isn't ready to let her go all night long without waking up. That's all it is. At 2 years old, she doesn't have the actual physical ability yet to do it. I know some people will swear their children did it, and I suppose it's possible. But, for the most part, until her little bladder gets quite a bit larger and the muscles more adept at adapting themselves, she will probably need Pull-Ups.

Just be gentle with her when she gets upset with herself. Share your experiences with her. Maybe get a couple of balloons - different sizes - one very small, one medium and one large, and physically show her an example of what her body is doing (with the small one). Then show her how much more water the med balloon can hold (for when she's a year or so older) and then the big one to show how grown-ups do it.

The only way you can help her is to love her :) Hold her and tell her it's nothing to be ashamed of, it's not her fault and that Pull-ups are what she needs right now. Remind her of some of her success stories. Tell her how it was when she couldn't use a spoon and how she learned to use a spoon. How she couldn't go the day without a diaper, and now she can. This is physical right now. This is one of those hard situations for us mommies! We want to fix it, but it's something that only time will fix :) Best of luck!

Answer 2

She's two and mostly trained, then count your lucky stars. Nights are hard but you can help her by reminding her that between diner and bed she shouldn't drink more than a sip or two. Assuming she goes before bedtime, you might also get her up when you go to bed later. We did that and it helped a lot. As she gets older, her body will catch up and make her wake up to go. Until then, nighttime accidents are normal, although they can be a upsetting. To help make the nighttime changing go easier, you also can put two bottom sheets on the bed, layered with a "lambskin" pad. They aren't noisy or hot like plastic covers. Then when she has an accident, you take off the top layer and you have fresh underneath. Good luck!

Answer 3

For my son I just used a pull up at night. He was bout 2 1/2 before I toke that off him and I potty trained him at 18 mnths. I took the pull up from him when he kept waking up dry. So, I just took it and he's never wet the bed. Now my sister potty trained her daughter at the same time, but she would wake up a few times through the night and wake her daughter up and make her go potty. So theres different ways to approach just choose what you think will work better with your daughter. Good Luck!

Answer 4

She may still need to wear a pull up at night. It is very normal for her to still be wetting the bed at this age. Her body just isn't ready to stay dry overnight. It can be normal for children to wet the bed up to age 9! Were you or her dad bedwetters? It tends to run in families. I would NOT push her on this issue. If it upsets her, tell her that it's OK and it's NORMAL. Put her in pullups or goodnights at bedtime and put a plastic cover on her mattress and her sheets over that.

EDITED TO ADD:
Hey...calm down, OK?

If you wet the bed until 10 years old then I would fully expect her to do the same. Tell her that. Tell her that you still peed the bed when you were much older than her. Let her know that it's OK and it's normal and it doesn't make you mad at her. Tell her it's great that she WANTS to be dry all night, but her body must not be ready yet. Keep stressing to her that it's NORMAL and that you went through it too. Hopefully this will help her accept that it's not something she can control yet. She may really want this maturity-wise, but her body just isn't there yet.

Answer 5

My son is two and we have the same problem I did some reasearch and found out that some kids don't have a chemical in there brains that lets them hold it at night. But I found a Herb at Whole food and it is harmless to give them that help us its simply called stop bed wetting seance we started it our number of night time accidents has drop dramatically thought it dose still happen once and a while. Other wise you could limit her fluid intake 2 hours before bed witch is much harder to do with a 2 year old but it can also help.

Answer 6

Keep the diapers at night, I did that even when my kid didn't wet them at all. Also, try to not give her much of liquids one or two hours before she goes to sleep, (half a glass is enough).
Try to check the time she takes to wake up to go bed, and you take her to the bathroom, even when she's asleep, so, she will get used.
Don't know whether you are in summer or winter but sometimes kids wet the bed because they're cold.

Answer 7

Your daugher is much to young to be expected to go through the night dry. I would suggest allowing her to use pull-ups. Before she goes to bed have her use the potty, and again right when she gets up. Once she starts waking up in the morning dry then stop the pull-ups and for sure she will be ready. More often children stay dry through the night around 3 years.

Answer 8

Put one of those training pants/diapers things on her at night until she learns to get up and go herself. Since she is only 2 she might not realize when she is sleeping that she has to go. At least with the diaper she will know she is wet, but her clothing/bed sheets won't be soaked. Another thing you can do is not give her liquids before bed.

Answer 9

my daughter was about 2 years old when she stop wetting the bed. i make her pee before she go to sleep. i also avoided her from taking any liquids other than milk at night. when kids play all day & feel stressed or burned out afterwards they usually wet the bed at night and that's one of the reasons why i monitor my daughter during her playtime to avoid it. i want her to play and enjoy being a kid but i talked to her in a manner that she can understand me(baby talk) that she has to play moderately so that she will not be tired. now she is 4 years old and whenever she feel the need to pee at night or dawn she wakes me up and i accompany her to our toilet. i guess i did the right thing coz she learned to control it.

Answer 10

At this age it is still hard for them to wake up and use the potty .Limit drinks at night and when she does stay dry make a big deal of it , night time potty training is something that just comes with time.There are no real answer for it . Just praise her alot when she does stay dry at hight .Best of luck.