To be concerned my 5 year old is still in pull ups at night time?

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Just that.

He’ll be 6 in October and still wearing pull ups at night time. He has the odd dry night, but mostly it’s still wet when he wakes up.

Do I need to contact a doctor / paediatrician?

Up to 7 is considered normal.

Are you sure that he’s not having a wee in his nappy after he wakes up (laziness)?

My 12 year old is too, boys sleep more deeply and don't wake to go for a wee - it's normal, GP says we've nothing to worry about and he'll sort it naturally.

I would contact GP

Very common, under the age of concern

My son is exactly the same the rare dry night on his own but he is absolutely desperate to not be wearing them anymore. He also started completely flooding them which I think is a factor.

We have started waking him up about 9.30 for a wee and found he's then dry in the morning.
We are hoping it will click with him soon but it's hormonal and Dr's won't give the medication before about 8 at the earliest.

We've found this a good compromise he's not upset that he's wet (was distraught if his bed was wet) and it's him understanding he needs to get up for a wee in the night.

My (just turned) 6 year old dd is too
The odd dry night, like your son, but mainly very full nappy in the morning

I haven't been to GP yet as I know they won't investigate further due to her age.

She's a very heavy sleeper so I'm hoping that she gets there soon

Sorry, but I’d be finding a new GP. In the absence of disability or condition, 12yrs old is not normal.

By 12 I would expect the enuresis continence team to be involved. My ds was referred at age 9.

OP don't worry yet, he's still young.

Both my boys became dry at night when they were 5, then regressed a bit when they started school, and were eventually dry when they were nearly 6/ had just turned 6. I never made a big deal of it. I wouldn't worry at this point.

No, it's not unusual at that age. My son wore them until he was around 7, just grew out of it naturally.

My son is the same, he’s 5. I told the health visitor who asked if he slept deeply (he does) said that contributes and told me to speak with the school nurse. I think what she meant is discuss it with someone else that isn’t me.

My youngest potty trained at 2 years 4months and was dry at night from the off 🤷🏼‍♀️

I spent a month preserving but he wet the bed once or twice a night and there was no improvement (I was hoping we’d just break some sort of mental barrier).

Stupid question - but do you buy different things for older kids? My 3 year old is in size 7 nappies but floods them and they leak. Would pull ups absorb more?

I think they’re exactly the same with different pictures on the front.

are they having backcurrant. Both my boys wee more at night after that. We are strictly water.

Try the alarm from the ERIC website.

Our eldest is dry at night since a few weeks. Main thing we did is lift them and bring to the toilet 1.5 to 2 hours after falling asleep (we still do this most nights). Then directly pee in the morning after waking up.

My just turned 7 year old is just becoming dryer at night. He's still wet about half the time but over the last month or so it's been improving.

My daughter is 6. The GP put us on the list for the enuresis clinic and we've had 3 appointments with the nurse. She's been great so go to the GP

It is very common not to be dry at night at 5. Even in year 6 there will be at least one or two otherwise normal children who are unreliably dry at night . It isn't a skill you can teach and in almost every case you just have to wait for the child to produce the hormone that regulates this. It should be a non issue until they are 7 or 8 at least unless you suspect they have medical problems and even then it needn't be an issue because they almost always just get there.there is lots of info re this on line . It is so common that I really don't understand why it isn't general knowledge amongst us mothers that this is nothing to worry about.

Mine is 12 and still wetting bed. We have had tests done privately and everything is fine. He sleeps very deeply. The docs say he will grow out of it and not to wake him for a wee in the middle
Of the night as his body needs to Learn to wake him.

My dd was still in nappies (which is what pull ups are) at just about six. Waited for her to be dry then her 3yo brother was dry so we tried them both overnight.

Tbh I think she just had a habit of weeing when she woke up. It took a week or two then they were both mostly dry, only ever wet once a night which was ok, by six months wet nights were rare and now two years on they're really rare (every 3 months or so and usually when she's especially tired).

We take them for a wee when getting pyjamas on and another one just before lights out. It helps.

I know it's sometimes a hormonal thing but it's also sometimes a habit thing.

We got these tuck in sheets that cover the middle half of the bed on top of the sheet and are very absorbent - so wet beds mean taking that off and changing pyjamas but mostly can then get back into bed without a full change. Unless it's a very heavy wetting.

Double sheeting also helps (another waterproof protector and sheet on top of the waterproof protector and sheet) so you can just whip one layer off.

My oldest ds had bed wetting issues until he hit puberty and wasn't completely dry til he was 15. We tried everything and then one day we realised he had been dry for about a month. Please don't be too worried it's just different for every child.

Totally normal. My DC is turning 6 and also still in nappy pants overnight. We've tried 3 times over the past 9 months to go without with no success or progress. I spoke to the GP in the autumn and they said it's really common and just periodically keep trying for a week at a time without to give it a go but to stop if DC showing any signs of distress and to call them back when they're 7 if theres still no progress.

My 5 year old had the checks at school and we received a text generally saying in anyone needed support with toileting then get in contact with the school nursing team that run across the county. They have been amazing. They are checking in again in a few weeks, I've followed all their advice linked with constipation too as that can cause problems. She has said after this latest advice if he is still having very full pull ups every night then she will refer him. But she has said up to 7 is normal. I would contact your version of school nursing team through the school and get advice and the ball moving as they are great.

While it isn't completely unusual, you should be seeking advice at 5 if they aren't dry at night

I strongly recommend having a look at the ERIC website, start following their advice - it's what a GP will advise at this point so try it for a couple of months first to see if it makes a difference.

We did this and then used a night wetting alarm for my eldest when he was 5. It worked after a week and he's been dry since (he's now 7).