My son is suddenly dry at night - no help from me.

[tigermoth]

For the last four weeks my just turned 4 year old has worn no nappy at night with only a couple of accidents. I realised his nappies were mostly dry in the morning so decided to leave them off. I have done nothing else, no lifting onto the loo late at night or limiting his drinking. He is not exactly early on the dry-at-night front, but at least got there under his own steam in the end. I just wondered if any other parents have done similar with the same result?

3.8 is still very young I think. Ds is the only dry one of mine out of four,he's 4 1/2, been dry in the day for about 2 years, but only dry at night for the last couple of months. My bedwetters are 11, 6 1/2 and 2 1/2. Janh and I should be given honorary consultant badges due to our extensive knowledge on bedwetting,and the therapies associated with it .

I potty trained my DD who is 2 years 9 months four weeks ago and she is now dry at night. She seems to have very strong bladder control. Like you Tigermoth I noticed her nappies were dry so decided just to go for it and leave them off and so far so good. We don't lift her at night either but I make sure she has a good wee before going to bed. My son was potty trained at 2 years 6 months and he too was dry quite quickly. I wonder if leaving them later to potty train means they are dryer quicker at night?? More likely it's just pot luck.

Thanks for all the information in this thread. DS1 is six and a half and still very wet at night (has been dry in the daytime since 3). He just about fits in the largest size of Boots or Tesco own brand nappies, Dry-nites/Pajama pants just aren't absorbent enough (if his nappy was only damp in the morning I might be tempted to leave it off but it's like a house brick, and quite often leaks ).

As yet it doesn't bother DS1 too much - though he has mentioned that he knows his friends don't wear nappies at night and I've tried, gently, to dissuade him from being public about it at school, for fear he will be teased.

If he is not dry by 7 (and I don't see any miraculous turnaround on the horizon) should I take him to my GP? Am I supposed to have tried something first? (I have never even attempted his doing without a nappy at night). And if so..what?

Any advice gratefully received.

POT LUCK? hahahahaha

(Sorry!)

Yes, it is, Kazziegirl!

Marthamoo, just a quickie, have to go to dentist in a minute but, yes, if he is still soaking at 7 you can start trying - in our Health Authority the school nurse service provides enuresis help (loan of alarms, urine testing etc) and advice and they are accessed via the Health Centre - not necessarily your GP, in fact you could call the HV dept now and see what they say.

Not sure all Health Authorities provide the service but you can find out what your options are.

PS 1 in 10 6 year olds are still wet at night, whether they admit or not!

Thanks to all who replied to my previous plea for help - on a different thread (haven't quite got the hang of keeping up with this yet - sorry)- ta to mears, jimjams, kmg1 and jenie. Have been away for few days and just got msgs. DD very unhappy about going back to pull-ups. Continuing with lifting - seems to work now about 4-5 x per week - so less washing. But best of all wanted to say how good it was to hear that it's all normal - I'm a lot less stressed !!

Thank you sisters - what a great thing mumsnet is - have only just discovered it - 4 years down the line !!!