help my little boy been dry during day for 6 mths can't get him dry through the night he is 3 yrs old?

Answer 1

Don't give him liquids before going to bed and make him go to the bathroom before going to sleep, hope it helps if you haven't done this yet.

Answer 2

I had the hardest time training my boy to not wet the bed. Here's what the pediatrian told me and what I discovered on my own.

1. He's wetting the bed is because his bladder is full and he hasn't 'trained' himself to wake up on that feeling.
2. If you send him to bed each night with a diaper or 'pull ups' then you are facilitating his not learning.
3. A bedtime schedule can be the most effective.

Keeping in mind #1 above the first step is to reduce his intake of fluids prior to going to bed. My son always asked for a drink before he went to bed. This was actually a 'stall tactic' and all I was doing was filling the tank! So.. I set a rule.. no fuids prior to 2 hours before bedtime. If a drink 'has to be had' then monitor and limit the amount. Next, establish a 'bedtime' ritual such as: change into pajamas, brush your teeth, GO POTTY and kiss mom and dad. This creates a habit of 'empyting the tank' prior to bedtime.

Now.. here's the tough part. Stop letting him where the pullup's and/or diapers. He will probably wet the bed so get a matress protector or just slip a larger garbage bag under the sheets. Keep an extra set of sheets handy so you can them quickly in the middle of the night. The idea here is that when he is wearing diapers/pull ups, he has no idea that he just wet himself. If the sheets gets wet and he has to get up, clean off, change the sheets, etc. his body/mind will learn to dislike that and a new habit will be created. My son even came to me asking for pull ups so he wouldn't have to go through that.. but I reinforced the reason for reducing liquids and going potty before bed and that he needs to get up when he feels the urge to go.

Now.. there are some kids who do have problems controlling their bladder even up into their adult life. So, if this problem persist... get your pediatrian involved.

Good luck and I hope this helps!

Answer 3

Don't worry, it's very normal. Boys are little slower to get dry at night than girls for some reason. It will happen, six months is a relatively short time yet, I wouldn't worry about it yet. They are always dry in the day first. Mine wasn't dry in the night for almost a year after he was in the day. Every time I thought he had mastered it he would start again but he got there. He was three and a half, if not a bit older.

Answer 4

My son was late - nearly 3 when I just told him that the shops did not make nappies that big anymore and he would have to use the toilet or potty like mummy and daddy. By telling him this I couldn't then put a nappy on at bed time - so we done it in one go - otherwise youare sending confusing signals.
I put a cheap shower curtain on top of his matress just in case and so what if he wet a few times, its new to him and we have all been there hey???
The first day was awfull as he cried alot and would not sit on potty, I never forced him but when he asked for a nappy calmly said to him 'I dont have any nappies, would you like to sit on the potty?' eventually he sat on it on his own - we ignored him till he got off and then clapped, cheered, and danced around the pot! He was so pleased with himself.
During the night he was brilliant unless he hadnt slept during the day - I think he was in such a deep sleep he did not know he was doing it - I had to wake him to undress him. We did not moan or make a big deal out of it and it only happened about 6 times. He has been completely clean both day and night for the past 3 months - I have even taken the sheet off of the bed!! Keep up the good work and keep priasing him - he will get there in the end.

Answer 5

My twin daughters were dry during the day from 2 years old. I used to put them in a pull up nappy for bedtime. I started putting them on the potty about half an hour AFTER they have fallen asleep. They will do a wee half a sleep it never really disturbed them. Then I would put them on the potty again just before I went to bed. I found after a while the pull on nappies were still dry in the morning. So now they don't wear them in bed no more. Once the last pull up had been used I made a point of explaing how big they were and now they can wear big girls knickers for bed. It was just after their 3rd birthday. I let them choose their own... disney princess! I found I had to discipline myself not them. If I left it longer than half an hour after they went to sleep they would wake up in a wet bed after an hour or so. Its all part of routine. I make sure I give them lots of praise if they have a dry bed in the morning. If they do wet the bed I make sure I don't get cross with them. I just say never mind it can easily be changed. I tell them mummy is the fastest bed changer in town and they laugh as I change the bed in the fastest possible time! The funniest thing is one of the twins always blames her sister if she has wet the bed... they don't even share a bed they have their own!

Answer 6

My little lad has been dry at daytimes more or less from about 17 months, but he still sometimes wets in the night. I use pull ups at night, until recently they were always wet, now he usually wakes up to go, comes and gets me then goes back to bed. Hes dry about 6 out of 7 nights. I was going to take him out of nappies at night, but a friend advised against it, as I have a house move and a new baby arriving in january. So I have decided to wait. He seems to be training himself though. So thats cool - I think they just do it when they are ready. Best of luck! ;o)

Answer 7

I had exactly the same problem with my daughter. By the time I took her to the nurse she was 7 years old. The advice from the nurse - that worked - was: *not to let them have a big drink an hour before bed, a small ones ok. *go to the loo at bedtime. *NEVER wake them in the middle of the night for a wee, as this trains their bladder to empty in the night. *During the day, when they need a wee, get them to hold it for a bit so it trains their bladder to be fuller for longer. *Get them to make a star chart and let them stick their stars on for dry nights, then when they have 5 or 7 get them a little treat. *Don't tell them off for wet nights or get stressed yourself.
Good Luck :-)

Answer 8

A mum with the same problem as me... I have put a pull up on my son at night, hes also 3, I dont let him have a drink after 6, he goes to bed at 7.30, I have set my mobile phone to remind me at 9.30 to take him the toilet and then I take him again before I go to bed about 11/11.30, his pull up has been dry in the morning for about 4 days so I am going to carry on doing this for another couple of weeks and then put him to bed without pull up but still get him up to go the toilet. Whether this method works I dont know but like you I am willing to try anything to keep him dry at night. Give it a go, we will conquer this together and have two happy dry at night little boys and we will be happy mums with no wet sheets!!! Ha Ha! Good luck and All the best!!!

Answer 9

at the start i does not problem, that's extremely commonplace for toddlers under the age of 6 to moist the mattress and in the event that they sleep extremely deeply they do no longer understand they're wetting themselves. attempt to no longer supply any drinks for a reliable hour or hour and a nil.5 till now mattress and get him to apply the rest room only till now he is going to sleep. Use Pampers mattress mats below the sheet as they take in the mess and shop your mattress dry. i think of that's slightly extraordinary waking youngsters as much as wee contained in the night, why no longer basically shop them in pyjama pants slightly longer. That suggested, my 3 3/4 year previous has been dry at night for almost 4 months yet has moist the mattress 5 circumstances contained in the final week so now i'm making specific he is going for a wee while he wakes contained in the night (which he constantly does). only undergo in recommendations youngsters are actually not machines and that they are going to do issues while they're waiting :)

Answer 10

Dont worry ..its a boy thing! my first was just the same ..make sure he doesnt have loads to drink obviously just before bed,but apart from that not much you can do.He will do it in his own time (my first son was about 3 years and 10 months before he was dry through the night) he was dry through the day at 2 and a half!

Answer 11

he may not be ready so don't push it.
but, this is what we do in our house and my 2 year old, almost 3 has been dry all night since she turned 2.
no drinks when it's dark outside. kids can't tell time but they can look outside and see it's starting to get dark so they better get a drink now.
start your bedtime routine with a trip to the potty and end with another trip to the potty before getting into bed. this reinforces how important it is to use the potty and be dry at night.
if they make a mess in the bed, they have to help clean it up. mine pull the wet sheets off and take those and any wet clothes to the laundry room by themselves, they have to learn to take responsibility even if it was still beyond there control. Have him also help you clean the mattress. (please use plastic covers on it) give him a warm wet rag to clean himself up with to if your not into baths in the middle of the night. After putting on fresh clothes make another trip to the potty. try waking him up a few minutes earlier then he usually gets up also and take him straight to the potty. sometimes the kids bladders "wake up" before they do.

if he's still having numerous accidents at night, you may want to make it a habit of getting him up around midnight or 1 to take a trip to the bathroom, his bladder may just not be ready to go the whole night.

if worse comes to worse you still shouldn't worry about this until he's 5 or 6 yrs old. just give him a pull up at night and he'll be fine.