Bedwetting advice needed

[Kendodd]

My DS (just turned 4) had been taken out of night time nappies last week. So far we have had 10 wet beds (two a night sometimes). He did have a dry nappy a couple of nights a week before. What can we do to train him I am reluctant to put him back in nappies?

I think I am guilty of not asking her enough if she needs the loo. I should know by number 3 that it is necessary, but always so hectic - particularly school runs!:(

I have a 5yo dd who is not yet dry at night, although has been dry during the day since she was 2.2.

She wears "special pants" at night (pyjama pants) and they are nearly always wet in the morning, although we get the odd run of dry nights, but then back to wet. She is desperate to get out of special pants, and we have been aiming for "7 nights in a row" for about a year now, and never quite making it She asks me eagerly every morning if the pants are dry, and I hate having to tell her no, they are not, as she is so disappointed.

I think she is a very deep sleeper, and have been recently toying with the idea of trying one of the alarms mentioned here. Her little brother is 3 and pretty much ready to come out of night-time pants, but I haven't the heart to take him out of them and see her reaction I don't make a big deal out of it, but I am thinking for her sake, I might have to try something a bit more proactive

Motherjack...no I wasn't asking the question for myself, it a fairly common view that young children shouldn't drink a lot just before bed, I don't do that as an adult or I would need to get up for a wee in the night, and hence have a disturbed night's sleep! I make sure that I drink plenty in the day.

My DD (4.2) has been in pants at night for over a year. (Only because at 3 she point blank refused to wear a nappy at night when she was in pants during the day and she had had dry nappies in the morning for over 6 months)
However we do have the odd couple of weeks where she goes back into pull ups as growth spurts tend to interfere with her ability to go through the night.

So if you think they are ready and they want to do it then go for it, but I wouldn't push it as it is not something they can control and you are setting yourself up for a whole world of pain if they are not ready.

After all do you really want to be changing a wet bed and cleaning the carpet in the small hours of the morning and then dealing with a child who doesn't want to go back to sleep because it is nearly morning (5am) and then spending the whole day dealing with terrible moods/tantrums resulting from tiredness. Yes I have been there many times.

If your DC shows no/little interest in pants at night then it is far easier to avoid this horrible downward spiral by not pushing it and just waiting until they are ready and 4 is still very young to be worrying about it.

Good Luck!

thanks for the advice sleepdeprivedby 2