How to get my daughter to not wet her bed at night?

Question

My daughter is 4 yrs old and she still wets her bed at night. I have tried not putting her in a pull up at night because I heard if you do that they know they can pee but she still wets the bed. Also I don't give her anything to drink late at night. Please help!!!

Answer 1

Bedwetting isn't really your issue unless you make it yours. It's your daughter's issue, and she likely just isn't physically mature enough yet to stay dry during the night. If you send her to bed in panties, expect, and accept, that she will likely wake up wet and you will have laundry to do. Or put her in pull-ups, and accept that she won't be dry at night until her body is *able* to be dry at night. There's nothing wrong with her; ask around and you will find out how common nighttime wetting is.

If your daughter gets to grade school and it seems to be affecting her self-esteem that she is wetting the bed still, *then* it might be time to find some type of outward solution for her. As long as she's not made to feel ashamed of it, though, it shouldn't be an issue for her. Why *should* a child feel ashamed of something they have no control over?

FWIW, two of my six children (so far-- the youngest is just now potty-learning and not dry at night yet either) have been night-wetters. One, a boy, outgrew it during his kindergarten year. He came to me one day and said he didn't want to wear pull-ups any more. Although I'd tried several approaches several times (including limiting evening beverages and waking him up in the middle of the night to use the toilet), this time it worked. All I can guess is that he willed himself to wake up and use the potty instead of wetting. He was old enough, physically ready, and emotionally determined, and it worked.

The other is my 5 y/o daughter, who will start kindergarten this fall. She still wears her pull-ups, and I've never made her feel like she's any different than the other kids. I've been telling her lately though that bigger kids learn to wake themselves up when it's time to potty, and she has been trying! She's had a few successes, which we praise because it *is* an accomplishment, but there is no negative reaction to a wet pull-up. I know it would be nice if she were dry, but it's just not something I have much control over in the end. I think she's getting close to having dry nights now, but even if she isn't, I don't plan to make an issue of it until it actually becomes an issue for *her*. Until then, it's not really an "issue" at all.

Answer 2

I don't know that you can get her to stop. You cannot control her body. Not letting her have liquids is a good start but, ask yourself, is she nervous or anxious about anything at all? This may be causing the problem. Have her examined to be sure everything is okay with her bladder also. Whatever you do DO NOT PUNISH her for wetting the bed. When I was young my parents tried making me write like 50 times, "I will not wet the bed", this ONLY reinforced the habit and caused me to have bitter resentment towards my parents. They thought they were helping, and they were not. I beg you not to make her feel bad about it in any way shape or fashion. It sounds like she is not really 100% potty trained yet. Just put the pull ups on her to protect the bed, and forget about what you "heard." Do what is best for you and your situation, you are the best expert when it comes to your child. Do not tell other people about this in front of her EVER. Again, I cannot emphasize it enough, DO NOT MAKE HER FEEL BAD ABOUT IT OR PUNISH HER. This will pass. Be patient with her and do not show frustration towards her. She may be a little insecure about something right now. She won't be doing it forever, you'll see. Good luck!

Answer 3

My daughter had the same problem we tried every thing. The only things that worked for us was to have her go potty before bed and get her up to go once in the middle of the night and we also had a small prize for a week with out bed wetting and this worked for us.

Answer 4

Many kids do not have the muscle control to hold in their urine for a whole night. (Many times I can't even go the night without having to go to the bathroom!) I have a 4 year old daughter, and she's never had a dry diaper in the morning even if we limit drinks and have her pee before going to sleep. That was a clear signal to me that she's just not ready to go through the night without peeing. I also have neighbors (5 year old boy and 5 year old girl) who've had the same challenge - a couple of good nights, and a couple of not so good nights. So they are going to postpone and try again in the summer. It can't feel good to the child to "fail" each night, and it must be very frustrating to you. So I'd advise trying again in a few months. Also a call to your pediatrician might be worthwhile too just to get his/her input.

Answer 5

have you seen that tv add about the drynite sought of pullup things for kids and they say on the add let kids get dry in their own time and im a true beleiver of that my daughter is 4 will be 5 in june and she has been wearing a nappy to bed up until the last month and just all of a sudden she said she said she didnt want to wear a nappy so we tried it she hasnt wet the bed since so yeh they get dry in theyre own time hope i have helped

Answer 6

a chum of mine became right into a bedwetter. each little thing became into tried lower back then...the 70's and 80's even to the component of going to the medical doctors. because it went she became into nevertheless bedwetting in her youngsters till she became into 15. a number of bedwetting is by actual, hereditary, and emotional issues. Hers became into in the top actual because of the fact her physique developed in some aspects swifter than others. Her bladder ought to no longer carry longer sessions of the evening while in deep sleep as she became into growing to be up. as quickly as her physique developed to the element each little thing became into on cue, she stopped wetting the mattress. advice is that usually the child has to outgrow the actual issues because of the fact there are actually not any actual recommendations which will provide up it on the instant. the different innovations right here like the alarm, reducing ingesting to a undeniable time or maybe getting the child to the bathing room in the past mattress are additionally sturdy to apply even getting the child to the bathing room in the past you turn in for the evening. they do no longer look to be the instantaneous long term answer yet could make the version till the bladder would be experienced to guard evening time. Emotional would could be dealt with somebody chatting with the child and that's a close-by i don't have adventure in nor my buddy. And no count if that's hereditary.....outgrowing that's likely the appropriate ingredient to do with using the shorter term innovations.