My 4 year old girl, wont wake up to go potty, so we use the night diapers. Anyone have any similiar or ideas?

Question

She never has accidents during the day

Answer 1

Ahh, my 3 year old has the same problem, she is fine during the day or when we are out but at night... it's a different story. I have cut off her liquids like 2/12 hours before she goes to bed. Make sure you take her to the potty right before she goes to sleep. And the best advice I have got was to wake them up periodically during the night and take them to the potty. That way they know that they are supposed to get up at night also! I always carry my daughter to the potty at night just so I don't startle her too much.
I have been doing this for about 2 weeks now, and It seems to be working rather well. She has been waking up with dry pull-ups for the last week. Hope this helps and Good Luck!!

Answer 2

We had problems with potty training my son. We finally took control and got him out of the night diapers at 5. We bought a sheet saver to put on his bed (or shower curtain will work as well) and put him in cloth training pants. He would wake up 2 or 3 times in the night crying he was wet. Eventually he just stopped but it took time. Other tips. No drinks 2 hours before bedtime. Wake her yourself a couple of times in the night to go potty. Consistency is the key! Good luck!

Answer 3

Well I wet the bed occasionaly until I was 15 ( i had a weak bladder). You should use pull ups. I wouldn't suggest the thing that beeps when you wet because by then you have already wet. We ordered one when I was younger and it didn't work. But we finally went to the doctor when I was 11, and they gave me nose spray to help stop it. But I only got immune to it. But for now just put a plastic mattress cover on the bed, and let her wear pull ups. She will evenutaly grow out of it. And if you wake up in the middle of the night wake her up to take her to the potty. If it is a really big concern to you, then take her to the doctor and get some professional advice.

Answer 4

Put a plastic lining over the matress, and put her in cloth panties you know the thick kind. She will wet herself as usual for the first few nights but once she realizes her sleep is being disturbed and she doenst like to be wet, she will learn. One thing though when she wakes you to change into clean panties, keep the enviroment around her dim lighted and soft. Dont speak loudly with her let her remain half asleep, this will allow her to go back to sleep more comfortable like nothing ever happened. This is also a good way to teach children at a young age to deal with things in a calm manner. Make sure you buy a few packs of the cloth panties so you will have clean ones on hand at 2 am for a week or so! *smile*

Answer 5

I would get her up... every hour I would go in to her room wake her up and put her on the potty for about 10 minutes. It makes for a really long night but she will learn to realize when her body has to go pee. Also don't let her have anything to drink for about 2-3 hours before she goes to bed. So at dinner giver her her milk and then let her have a sip of something after that but don't give her full cups. Stick with it she'll get it.

Answer 6

All I know is don't punish her for it. As embarrassing as it is, I wet the bed at night until I was 11. Mine was due to emotional problems. I can tell you right now - it has NOTHING to do with laziness or not wanting to get out of bed. She doesn't know that she has had an accident until she wakes up from being wet. I don't really know what worked for me - I think I just grew out of it. They have sugar tablets that you can give her. You just tell her that it will keep her from having an accident and it is supposed to work by power of suggestion. There is always limiting liquids close to bedtime. Sorry I couldn't be more help. Good luck to you.

Answer 7

Set an alarm clock every two hours in your room. When it goes off check her for wetness.(don't wake her yet) After a few nights you will get a pattern as to when she goes in bed, like around 2:00 am or 4:00 am. If it is at 2:00am start setting the clock at 1:00 am in her room and tell her this is her bathroom time. After a week or so she will start waking up on her own to go. Worked for me as a kid, hope this helps you.

Answer 8

for awhile iw as getting my 4 1/2 yr old out of bed when i went to bed and sat her on the potty..sometimes she went but mainly cried so i stopped..she figured out on her own to get up at night..what i did do though was make her bed in layers...protective mat,sheet,protective mat, sheet so if she did wet during the night all i had to do was take off a layer and not waste time making her bed..she did wet a couple times but it was no big deal..i stopped using the night pullups cold..just dont make a fuss or make her feel like she did something bad turkey...we explained why we were doing that and what we wanted her to do and she did figure it out...she's been night trained for 6 monthes now and had 1 on 2 seperate occasions while we were in hotels...just dont make a fuss or tell her she did something bad if she does wet the bed..also make sure she sits on the potty before going to bed.when we first started i had mine sit till she did pee and i don't give her anything to drink after 6 pm..now she rarely gets up during the night to go and wakes dry

Answer 9

Set your alarm to wake up a few times during the night and have her go sit on the potty whether she needs to go or not. Her body will get the idea of going to the bathroom when it needs to.

Answer 10

I have the same problem with my four year old daughter..I thought I was alone on this..if I dont wake my daughter up to use the potty..then forget about it..she wets the bed..wake her up..or put her on it before she goes to bed..and wake her up once or twice to use it..but time it..so that way she dont wet the bed