My soon-to-be 4 yr old son leaks in his pull up at night, what can I do?

Question

I have him go before bed and limit his fluids within an hour before bedtime. But by morning he peed so much that he leaks. I have tried to wake him up every so often at night before I go to bed, which is often very later. He's not a child you want to wake up. I used to use the night-time pull ups, but after a while he used to pee through them. They just got too expensive. He wears underwear during the day, so don't want to go back to diapers. I have tried good nights too, but he leaked through those too. Unfortnantly, he still has the occassional accident during the day, hes been a real challenge to potty train. Any suggestions that could make this easier and help witht he night tiem problem?

I don't discipline for the night time accidents. I just clean him up in the morning. He sleeps 12+ hours at night with no naps. I am lucky to get him to drink a minimum of 30 oz of fluids on any given day. (10 oz of milk, 10 oz of water, and 10 oz of juice mixed with water. During the day after he had been potty trained for like 2 weeks, I did get frusterated with him. I started potty training him at 18 months old, but didn't go full training until this last spring. He will be 4 in November.

Answer 1

Nothing! He's 4! Maybe you started training him too soon. Kids do better when you let them do it on their own. All four of mine were different. Maybe his accidents are happening when he stays up a little late, and is especially tired. Don't punish him when he has accidents. Even though he is old enough to understand what happened, he was asleep,and had no control over it. He'll grow out of it. There is really nothing YOU can do, but don't let him have but a small drink between supper and bedtime, make him go at bedtime, and try to keep bedtime consistent. You'll will both get through this. Next child, wait on them. It will not be as frustrating. Promise. Speaking from experience.

Answer 2

At 4 years old the Dr's don't usually worry about night time bedwetting as it is perfectly normal at that age. Some boys aren't pottytrained until 5 years old or some 6. If you are really worried though talk to the Dr about it. I would say though if he is staying dry during the day and not going very often throughout the day it is just a normal thing he will outgrow and you should just put a mattress protector on. If he is peeing a lot through out the day let the dr know because he may have a bladder disorder (like my mom, me and a few other family members) or even a UTI or diabetes. Either way talk to the Dr if he is peeing often.

Answer 3

My daughter in a nutshell!!

I have found the Good Nites are more absorbent, though at 4 they may be too big still.
She is now 6.5 and I still and always have had to get up and change her once in the night or she leaks.
I have also limited drinks and woke her up at night to no avail. I get up once between 12 and 2 and change her is about the only way it has ever worked.
We just went yesterday for testing, be patient with him, remember he cannot help it. She still dribbles, we just change it and go on. The more stress they have the worse it will get.
And it is very common even at 6.5 my doctor said. And her dad wet they bed which factors in also.

Answer 4

first of all, never never never let him know you are upset by this. its not his fault.
remember he is a boy (slower than girls) and he is still just 3 yrs old. give him another year before you expect dry nights. he fits in the normal range for boys, don't push him to be any quicker, or he could go backwards.

other than than, try limiting drinks after say 5pm. give him some if he's thirsty and asks, but otherwise not. especially no drinks with sugar. sugared drinks can be a diuretic.

just use plenty of absorbant sheeting, and give him plenty of love so he knows it doesn't matter.

this is really trivial compared to major issues some parents have - its not a catastrophy, its just an inconvenience for now - that's all.

keeo your perspective, keep your cool,and keep your encouraging love flowing to him.

Answer 5

Dont wake him up a few times all night, wake him up ONCE at the same time each night. you dont even need to wake him fully. Get a night light for the bathroom, get him up, walk him in, have him pee, and guide him back to bed.

If you do it at the same exact time each night his body will get used to it and he will do it on his own eventually.

In most cases it will out grow it in a couple years. You can get different pull ups with more absorbing material. Kids sometimes grow faster than their bladders, and this is the result.

Answer 6

my mother in law swears that you can night train kids by putting them to bed with nothing on, something about they don't want to sleep in their own pee. I'm not sure exactly what it is about it but she says that is what she did with her kids and it worked.

Answer 7

my sons dr. suggested using sanitary napkins in his diaper at night so catch the leaks..I havent tried it but I thought Id share..