What age for no more night wetting?

[TurnedBatty]

At what age did your child stop wetting the bed at night? SS is now 3.5, which I know is still young, but its getting increasingly frustrating. :hair: Worst part is, he is awake when he does it, he just chooses not to go to the toilet. ie: Last week he got up, grabbed a book to read, climbed back into bed, and weed. :confused: Worst part is he just sits in it. He was drenched this morning and just sat there eating breakfast and watching tv and playing happily. It wasnt until DP went to get him dressed and he went all funny and then DP knew what he had done, its like ss pretends he didnt wet himself. (I cant believe I couldnt smell it, once the pants were off....poo wee!)

Any help? Or tips? My firstborn DS toilet trained himself really, and it was great and easy from the start. This is all new to me!

[~*clairesmum*~]

Is he wearing a pull up? DD is just turned 4 n still wets at night she weres the buggies nappies pants but yeah he will learn in time

[TurnedBatty]

Because he stopped wetting for ages, we were just putting him in training pants, the cloth ones. We werent fond of the pullups on him becuse he never knew he was wet, so I really dont want to put him in them again! I hope it doesnt come to that. Its only once in the time he is here, the rest of the time he is dry.

[NonnyMouse]

DD was 2 - she night trained the same weekend we TT'd her out of nappies.

Boys do take longer though, from what I've heard.

[Myztiks#1Fan]

coop was night trained just after his second birthay. hasnt had a night time accident since. some kids just take longer than others. could be not be fully awake to realise he needs to go to the toilet?

[TurnedBatty]

coop was night trained just after his second birthay. hasnt had a night time accident since. some kids just take longer than others. could be not be fully awake to realise he needs to go to the toilet?

Nah, youd think so. But the other morning brushing his teeth he just stood there andweed. He knew he had to go, and was going. Its like he was afraid to stop brushing his teeth and go to the toilet? We have our suspicisions about that one, but thats another issue.

I dont get the hiding it. We are nice as we can be, do the whole "Never mind. Lets clean you up." But I am soooo over the not saying anything about it. Sigh, I guess we just have to be patient....

[sweetseven]

I've had a child be fully night-dry by 3yo - and a child only attain success when I hired a professional alarm from a chemist when she was 10yo.

There is a large range of normal.

I also remember when that 10yo was 7yo, talking to a mother who had a 13yo boy that wet every night and she quoted statistics on people that never stop wetting (right through adulthood). She had pretty much exhausted all the options and feared her son was one of those.

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I think no matter how much you try to normalise it, there is always some embarrassment. I found the best thing was to teach the child to clean themselves up. I had a 6yo that would wet the bed, get up, strip her bed, take her bedding and clothes to the laundry, have a shower and get dressed for the day. I would see the pile of linen in the laundry and go check (and deal with if necessary) her mattress whilst she was away at school.

Before teaching her to clean up herself, she pretended not to notice and thus wouldn't say anything. I do think it was genuine embarrassment.

[Hannahsmumma]

DD1 was TT through the day at about 20 months.

Night time I didn't remove the nappies till she was maybe 2.5, so about a year ago. In that year she has had maybe 2-3 accidents.

[TurnedBatty]

Thanks sweetseven, I think we will try that from now on. :yes:

Though I think the problem is solved. We asked his mum and apparently she still puts him in pullups, and so he wakes up in the morning, does a wee in them, pulls them off himself and thats that. She has said that no, she wont be taking him out of the pullups, so I guess we are stuck with him wetting his undies then. :no:

Thanks everyone

[Raising Leprechauns]

Maybe just make a point of getting him in to his undies as soon as he gets up...

And for the record - my DS is just over 4 and still not night trained. I think he is just not waking up quick enough in the morning. I was getting a bit stressed and putting pressure on him and that was just getting him upset. I've chosen to back off and let him get there in his own time. I think we are pretty much down to one wee in the nappy at night - so slowly we are getting there.

[mummythreetimes]

It was only because i only had one nappy left that night so i told them both (twins) no more nappies time to be big kids. Ive had odd night where ive been woekn up due to one off them wetting their bed but nothing major maybe once every 2-3months.

[our3boys]

my son is 5 and is still wetting at night half the time he is wetting through whatever nappy he has on we have tried them all lol. good luck every child is very different.