Hi there, I'm hoping for some advice on how to get my 5yo out of wearing a pull up at night.
DS has been potty trained since 2.5 which was straightforward. Took a few days and never an issue there and very few accidents. However, well over two years later we are still struggling with getting rid of the pull up at night. Struggling in the sense that DS is fine with the idea but still wets the bed. A few things we've tried:
- limiting liquid intake before bed and at dinner time. Usually about an hour before bed. Or am I cutting off too late?
- we always get DS to go for a wee before bed which he does.
- yet he still seems to need to go again in the night but he sleeps through it.
- quite often, he doesn't even realise and can sleep through it which makes me feel awful as I'll only know if his PJs feel damp in the morning.
- sometimes he wakes up after he's wet himself but he doesn't wake when he feels he need the loo.
- for a while we also tried the dream wee. So carrying him to the loo a few hrs later around 11pm and getting him to go when he's half asleep. Couldn't continue this though as I tend to sleep early and go to bed an hour after they do at 9pm and also because DS would get upset at being woken to be sat on loo plus he's heavy to lift.
DS recently turned 5. It's not that he isn't willing. He is. He just seems unable to know when he needs the loo when he's asleep and he always seems to need to wee again in the night even though he goes before bed. I'm worried that still being in a pull up at night is training his body somehow to relax and go if that makes sense.
Not sure if this is relevant. He's a deepish sleeper in the sense that once asleep, you can change him, switch lights on and tidy room, watch TV and he won't wake.
I have another child and never had this issue.
Or am I worrying too much? Everyone else I know at this age were out of pull ups at night a long time ago!
Thanks very much in advance. Any advice most welcome!