My daughter is 31/2, she is potty trained, but we are having problems when she sleeps, what can I do?

Question

Before she goes to bed, we have her go to the bathroom, when My husband and I go to bed, we wake her up and have her go again, then if either of us get up at night, we again wake her up and have her go then too. With all of that she is still peeing in her bed. Is there anything else that we can do that would help her stay dry throughout the night?

Answer 1

She is just not ready. My daughter will be 4 tomorrow and she is still filling her pull-up every night, we even have to change her sometimes in the middle of the night because the pull-up is so full it wakes her up and she only has a couple of sips of milk before bed. Don't worry about it, once she has a full week of waking up with a dry diaper or pull-up then it will be time to try again. I spoke to my doctor and she confirmed that for some kids, it could take them up to the age of 5 or even 6 until they are ready.

Answer 2

Her body may just not be ready. Many children are not able to stay dry through the night until they are 7-8 years old. Waking her up may prompt her body to continue producing urine and not cut back for the night. Take her to the bathroom before bed and then again first thing in the morning. Is she able to get to the potty in the night? My son couldn't stay dry at night until we moved the little potty chair into his room at night. We went to the flooring store and got two little linoleaum squares (leftovers). We made an L (a floor and a backsplash) and we put his potty seat in his room over night. Then I empty and clean it in the morning and put it away (he uses the "big potty" during the day). He usually only pees in it two or three nights a week but he was peeing in his bed EVERY night before we did that. I guess it was incentive enough. Don't pressure her to stay dry at night, if she can't, you will just make her feel bad. To save you from mountains of laundry and a ruined mattress, buy a mattress pad and then use Pullups or something like that for now and try again in a couple of months.

Answer 3

I think this is more common that you realise. My son was still wearing daytime nappies at 3, and night time ones until he was 5! He eventually stopped having 'accidents' during the night, and I think that was because we didn't make a big deal out of it when he messed, and fussed and cuddled him when he was dry the next morning. However, if you are worried, take him to your doctor or midwife as they may be able to advise you on methods that can help. Children are all different, and some are slower to develop than others, so don't worry about it too much. :-)

You may actually be doing more harm than good by waking your daughter up two or three times a night to take her to the toilet...it's not a good idea to get children used to waking up through the night!

Buy some 'Pull-ups' for night time use and encourage her without making her feel stupid about it.

Answer 4

stop all oral intake within 3 hours before bedtime

I "bribed" by 3 y.o son by saying he could sleep in a big boy bed if he stayed dry during the night
within 6 months.. he was sleeping in the bed of his dreams

Answer 5

You need to have her evaluated by a doctor. It could me a number of medical issues that can be easily treated. Don't despair. She may just grow out of it. It happens. In the meantime, there are mattress pads that set off an alarm when one drop of liquid hit the pad.

Good luck!

Answer 6

her body isnt getting the wake up signal. use pull ups and let her grow out of it she is still very young my son is four and still wears a pull up at nap and bedtime. he body needs time to grow and mature

Answer 7

try avoiding liquid intake before going to sleep
or u might want to let her wear pullups just for the night