5yr old still in nappies................?

Question

my daughter has been dry during the day since 3 but i can't get her to stop wetting the bed, i've tried all i know like cutting down juice after 3pm & tried getting her up at 10pm to go to the toilet but i've been told not to do that because she won't learn to go by herself
any ideas...................?

Answer 1

i was really lucky my daughter was dry day and night at the same time. But i know lots of other kids your daughters age who still wet at night. best thing to do is get a mattress protecter. and dont put nappies on your daughter i know it will be a lot of washing but it wil be worth it. She will wake up with the wet sensation and find it uncomfortable .she will train herself to get up before the wet sensation occurs it could take up to two weeks but it is guaranteed to work i promise good luck x

Answer 2

There are sensors available but if the child wets the bed they make a noise and some children are distressed by that.
Better to decide on a day that she is "a big girl now" and no more nappies.
At that point put her to bed with her bottom half bare as she may realise that with nothing there she has to get up.
Do not show any annoyance if she wets the bed, just clean up and put her back with no fuss at all.
There is no harm in getting her up to use the toilet in the night, it may actually help stop her getting into suck a deep sleep that she is unaware of her body's needs.
Reward her for dry beds, a star chart is a good idea, a little gift for her first dry all night star, then she needs 2 stars in a row for her next gift and so on.
Make a fuss of her when her behaviour is good, no fuss at all when she gets it wrong.
Give her a potty in her room if she wants, then she won't have to go all the way to the bathroom.
Modern nappies actually cause problems with toilet training as they are designed to minimise the childs discomfort if they are wet. Children in the past were easier to toilet train as being wet felt bad.
Be prepared for this to take a little while and for some extra laundry.

Answer 3

My brother wet the bed till he was 7 or 8. Mom got a plastic mattress cover to protect the mattress. She didn't let him drink fluids after 5pm and she woke him up at least once a night to go pee. Soon enough he was use to getting up in the middle of the night to go and would do it himself. I seem to remember her getting him up around 12-1am.
Good luck and just keep on it. Sometimes it is something kids have a hard time waking themselves up for. Try giving her a nap during the day so that she doesn't get into such a deep sleep at night. Just a thought.

Answer 4

Make a chart with your little girl of smiley faces or stickers and explain to her that when she goes to the toilet for a wee at night you will be so pleased with her that you will put a special smiley on the chart and if she goes every night without wetting herself she will have lots of smileys and then mummy will buy her ? Whatever you think your child will want.
Also before bedtime remind her she has no nappy,put her in a nightdress rather than pj bottoms and if you want you could even put a potty in her room.
Seek advice from your health visitor if you have no joy.Good luck!!

Answer 5

i would carry on waking her to go pee through the night maybe a bit later though but that depends when she goes to bed. i would stop nappies immediately as she probably feels that whilst she has them its ok to use them.. yes there will be wet beds but surely thats better than her carying on with nappies at such an age. when she wets the bed she will soon realise how horrid it is and make the effort herself. is her room far from the toilet? perhaps leave a light on so she can go by herself. its possible shes too scared to leave her room because its dark.. very common problem!!

Answer 6

i think that still putting her in nappies is your problem my son is almost 4 and still has accidents during the night sometimes 3 or 4 times a week but just keep those nappies off she will soon get fed up with being wet i know its a pain having to wash sheets everyday and trying to keep yr cool when yr stripping beds at 3 in the morning for the 3rd night in a row but keep going good luck

Answer 7

I would carry on with lifting her during the night regardless of the advice you have been given not to. Make sure she has her last drink about an hour before bed time and then that should have gone through her system in time to pee out at bed time, don't give her a drink after that.

Answer 8

When we had problems with my daughter (she was three at the time) with night training. I told her the first couple of times when she wet the bed that it sometimes happens but mommy will not clean up your mess forever... After about the third time she wet her bed I made her clean the mess. She had to make her bed (new sheets and blankets) and she had to get herself cleaned up and dress in dry clothes. She only wet the bed once after that. She didn't like to clean up her mess.

Answer 9

If she wears nappies then she probably feels it is fine to use them. Perhaps put a potty in her room and buy her some knickers instead of nappies, and watch out for any signs at night that she needs to go to the toilet, like hopping about on two feet. If she DOES hop about on two feet you could perhaps assist her to the toilet and wait outside the door; she will probably get used to that.

Answer 10

Hi, bedwetting is something you may need to just wait out - everyone gets dry in their own time. However I have heard of people having success with raising the bottom half of the bed - putting bricks under the bottom end of the bed. Something about tilting the bladder - friends have said it worked for their child.