how can i stop my three and half year old son's betwetting at night and free him of from his diapers?

Question

my three year old son bedwetts at night twice or even thrice.i make him waer diapers at night.how can i make him not to bed wett at night,once i used to take him twice at mid night to pee,but now as im working and feel very tired after coming back home and at most night by 10 i feel very sleepy and never gets up once i goes to bed,so i make my son wear diapers through out the night.so how can i make him not to wet his bed or diapers at night and stay dry.please advise.

Answer 1

You cannot "make him" stop wetting the bed. I have a boy who is almost 4 years old. This is somthing we are "working on". You can try to limit the amount of fluids he gets in the evening and not allow him to have anything after a certain time. Also have him go to the bathroom at least once before he goes to bed.
You could also put him in pull-ups. This is more like underpants and then he might not feel like such a baby.
When he can go all night without wetting the pull-up consistantly, then you will know that he is ready to wear underpants at night.
Should he wake in the middle of the night and be upset, you should take him to the bathroom and see if he needs to go. That is usually the case. Also, if he starts growing, his bladder might not be albe to keep up, so he might need to wear pull-ups or goodnights until his bladder catches up to his body.
It just seems that your son is not quite ready to be making those steps to wearing underwear yet, and he is just like almost everyother 3 1/2/ year old boy.

Answer 2

I agree with the others, it's just a normal thing toddlers do. My daughter's done that since she was around 18 months and she's 2 now. She was more interested in taking her diaper off when she didn't have clothes on (like in the summer when it was hot I'd put her to bed in just a diaper) and she'd wake up in a soaked bed every morning. I learned that if you put a onesie that snaps between the legs they are more likely to leave it alone b/c they have a harder time getting those off. I'd say try the pajamas on backwards too I never tried that before but for that to work it would have to be the footed pajamas but I don't know if the feet would be very comfortable then. Try the onsie even under the pajamas being that it's a little chilly to wear just a onesie to bed. Don't feel bad in the mean time lots of us are going through the same thing with our toddlers. Mine's did a number 2 in her crib 2 or 3 times like that and it wasn't a pretty picture.

Answer 3

I empathize with you, but don't worry, bedwetting doesn't last forever. Generally a child that wets a number of times throughout the night isn't ready to be dry. You didn't mention whether your son is toilet trained during the day, but I'll assume he is.

Boys are slower at being dry at night than girls. Most doctors (at least in my country) won't even consider medical intervention, like a nosespray that can be used, until a boy is older than 6. Even then unless the child is bothered, it's usually not necessary.

It's one thing to potty a child once before you go to sleep, but if you're still having to wake up 2 or 3 times a night to potty him, it's not worth it. Your health and sleep are important.

Having your son wear diapers is not a problem. When he's ready to be dry, he'll start having a dry nappy. You can start thinking about taking the nappy off once he's had a few dry nights. If he's wetting 2-3 times a night, he's not ready.Continue to potty him once before you go to bed. Try and make sure he's awake when you take him, but he might sleep right through the process.

Also, make sure he's drinking plenty of water throughout the day, but limit his water drinking at dinner and after dinner before bed. And don't worry. Many, many three year olds still wet at night. Until your son becomes worried about it (when he's older and perhaps having sleepovers with friends) there's no reason for you to be concerned. He'll pick up on your concern and that's not a good thing. Concentrate on the good, look at all the other ways he's growing up and being a good boy. His wetting will eventually diminish and in a few years you can take him to a doctor if you're still concerned.

Answer 4

Hello...Moloo,

If you want your Son to stop bed wetting then you need to stop buying him dypers.I also suggest do NOT feed him or give him anything to drink after 6pm. You need to tell him he is a big boy and that the store doesn't sell dypers for big boys. Make him feel happy about that. He will get it. Tell him now that he is a big boy he now he needs to ware big boy underpants to bed, and when he feels like he has to go to the bathroom to wake you up and you will help him. He needs to feel secure about that. I also suggest that you put a rubber pad under his sheet, just in case he does have an accident. If he does have and accident don't make him feel bad about that, and again don't let him see you putting on the rubber pad under his sheet. It 's your job to help him through it even if you are tired. He didn't ask to be born, so help him become a big boy. You will be happy that you did. Don't forget to praise him for not wetting his bed. ALSO some childrens bladders are not developed enough at three so I would check with his doctor about that. But if he isn't waring a dyper during the day then I really don't think he has that problem, but I would have that checked out any way. I also suggest for a while to give him a reward of some kind for not wetting his bed. My Son was almost three when I trained. I took the dypers away and told him he was a big boy and big boys do not wet the bed, they get up to go pottie in the bathroom at night. He understood and never wet the bed one time. Love yourself, Love God, and love your son enough by doing more talking to him & helping him out during the night. It won't take long if you are consistent.
I wish you good luck.
Sinverely ... J (:

Answer 5

My son is almost 3.5 years and still in diapers at night. A couple months ago he had about a week to ten days that he stayed dry every night and then it stopped completely. I decided to start rewarding him each morning that he wakes up dry, he earns back a hot wheel car (he loses them when he refuses to pick up his toys). I also tell him things like "think dry thoughts" and "have a dry night" before he goes to bed. For the past month he has only had one accident per week. I'm not brave enough to try this myself, but I've heard that you can put your child in underwear instead of diapers at night because it makes him more aware of his bed-wetting and helps him to learn more quickly.

Answer 6

One way to prevent a child from wetting his bed at night is not making them wear diapers when they are in bed. When I was being potty trained twenty five years ago or so, my mother put me to bed without diapers so I wouldn't wet myself and would get up to go to the bathroom. It worked for me because from what I hear I never wet the bed after that.

Answer 7

The most important thing is do not make a big deal out of it. You really should rule out any possible physical problem first by taking him to the pediatrician. Just tell him it's a regular doctor visit without letting on it's about bedwetting. Once you are sure he is healthy, purchase a plastic mattress cover and a lot of sheets. Get rid of the diapers.

Answer 8

With my two older children I just let it work it's course. Until the kids were waking morning after morning with dry and clean diapers, it was a stringent routine of double diapering with the addition of a pair of rubber pants worn over top each and every night. Hence the meaning "night-time diapering".

I say let them work through it on their own. If they don't like wearing diapers they'll stop.

Answer 9

WHAT I DID WITH MY LITTLE GIRL, WAS I WOULD PUT HER UNDERWEAR ON AND A DIAPER OR PULLUP ON OVER THEM. I WOULD TELL HER THAT MY BABY WAS A BIG GIRL NOW, AND SHE COULD WEAR BIG GIRL PANTIES TO BED, IF SHE DID NOT GO PEE PEE IN THEM. FOR A WHILE SHE WOULD HAVE AN ACCIDENT OR TWO, BUT WITHIN A MONTH, SHE WAS OUT OF THE PULL UPS AND WEARS PANTIES TO BED. ALSO I WOULD PUT HER POTTY IN THE BEDROOM,BECAUSE SHE SLEEPS IN MY BEDROOM, SO SHE WOULD USE THAT. NOW, SHE WILL GET UP AND GO TO THE BATHROOM AND HAS NOT WET THE BED IN QUITE SOME TIME. IT TAKES A LOT OF PATIENCE AND PRACTICE BUT HE WILL GET THE HANG OF IT. GOOD LUCK

Answer 10

ok...first of all this is very natural!
second of all i have two solutions....
first is you can get him from the doctors a little machine that goes inside his diaper and if he wets his diaper an alam beeping rings so it means you can sleep soundly and your toddler will get annoyed at the noise and learn from it....you can also get special nasal sprays that he should spray up his nose...once in each hole before bed,,,it will stop him after a while!