My 31/2 year old boy and potty training?

Question

He does so good going to the big potty, he only wears a pullup at night, and during his nap he has no accidents, when will he get up at night and go on his own, is he too young at this point, or is there anything I can do?

Answer 1

I also have a three and a half year old boy who doesn't stay dry all night. Like your son he does amazing through the day but night time is entirely different. If you wait he will eventually get it on his own; however if you are a very patient and not sleep deprived person you may be able to train him at this point just by putting him in underwear. He will continue to wet likely for some time but as he wakes up to the wet sensation he will learn and will modify his behaviour. It all depends how much laundry you want to do.

Answer 2

My son is now 4 and has been fully potty trained since he was two. But I tried the pull-up thing at night and I soon discovered that they don't work, if he knew they were on then he would wet himself day or night. So my mother had told me to put regular underwear on him, make him go potty right before bed and see how he does, he had a couple accidents at first but it didn't take long at all and he doesn't even get up at night (some kids do some don't). but he doesn't wet at night or anything!!! I thought it worked great, of course you have to mess with the laundry if they have an accident but it's better and a heck of a time savor than messing with pull ups.

Answer 3

He is not too young...you may have to get up and take him. My daughter is 3 and has been potty trained for over a year now.. she would not wear a pullup at night. My suggestion is that you take off the pullup, put him in underwear, invest in a waterproof bed cover and then he will learn. You might have to get up and change a sheet or two, or just wake him up and make him go. I think that pullups are the worst thing.....My sisters kids stayed in them until they were 5 and 6 just because she would not make them get up at night and go. My daughter gets up at least once a night now by herself and goes....just try it...I know it sounds like a hard task but it will not take long if he wets the bed he will realize what happened and not want to do it again..

Answer 4

All children are different. For my children, I restricted their food and liquid intake from 2 hours before bedtime. Sometimes they would want something to drink at bedtime, a quarter-of-a-glass (2 mouthfuls or so) would be gladly allowed. I never woke them up especially to go potty. Don't make a big deal about bed wetting. Use waterproofing (a vinyl garbage bag?) under the sheet, to protect the mattress. I did have one who was wetting about once or twice a month at 5-6 years old (kindergarten). When she was a bit older I asked her if she remembered wetting until that age, and why did she think she was still doing it at 5-6. She told me that it was too much trouble to get out of the bed and go to the toilet just across the hall!

Answer 5

This is actually very common...especially with boys. Just have patience. All children do it at different ages and there really is no set age for all kids. Your doing something right if he does well with the big potty and wears only a pullup at night.

Answer 6

Possibly too young, BUT: You should do something VERY simple. At night, right before he goes to bed, in his routine of brushing his teeth, follow with using the bathroom and remind him that he MIGHT (not WILL, but MIGHT) wet the bed at night, thus why he's using the toilet. Keep plastic under the covers of the bed, if you want to get him off the pull ups. Otherwise, continue to use the pull ups. Then, first thing in the morning, when brushing his teeth again, do the same thing, and show him to the toilet. He'll get very used to it and eventually even go when you tell him without supervision. He might wet the bed though, for a while, so either the plastic or the pull ups in needed for another year possibly or so.
Good luck and Congrats!!! Another little man learns to stand and pee! :)

Answer 7

Boys seem to take longer w/ the potty training over night. My 8 year old occassionaly wets the bed. It does inprove by age 4. Make sure he goes to the potty before going to bed - I used to wake my son up during the late evening so he could go again. It seemed to work - he was very excited about waking up dry. Consult your pediatrician next time you are in the office to rule out any other causes.

Answer 8

Try stopping his drinking after dinner to just a sip before bed when brushing his teeth. This will decrease his fluid levels. Make sure he potties before going to bed and tell him it is OK to get up in the night if he needs to potty. So many children by the time they are 31/2 have been scolded for getting out of bed after being put to bed they are afraid to get up. He is still pretty little and so is his bladder. Once he makes it through the night the first time you will need to gradually adjust how much he can drink without having to get up in the night. My husband and I used to get our boys up when we got ready for bed because this was typically 3 or 4 hours after they had been put down to bed and they were ready to potty again. They go right back to sleep usually. Just walk them or carry them into the bathroom and leave a low light on so not to hurt their eyes pull their pants down for them and they will perform. This works really well.

Answer 9

He is doing great, be glad you are a lucky one for him to be doing all this right now, i have seen many children still not going during the day by this time. He will get up at night when he is ready, also stop letting him drink anything at least an hour before he goes to bed this will help with the wetting at night.

Answer 10

I wouldn't worry about it until he is 4 or 4 and a half. Training your body to know that you need to use the bathroom in the middle of the night and wake yourself up is hard and takes time, especially when you have known it is ok to go in your diaper your whole life until now.

If you are looking for a way to speed up the process, you can wake him up once a night, at the same time, and have him go to the bathroom. But in all likelihood, as time passes, he will learn to sleep through the night without even having to use the restroom on his own by the time he is 5 :)