Still in pull-ups at night at 6

[STRIPEYTOP]

My DS (just turned 6) is still in pull-ups at night - in the morning they are completely heavy and wet and it often goes through to the sheets. My other 3 children were dry at night soon after they were dry at day. He is also a bit lazy during the day at going to the toilet and his pants are often wet. Has anyone else experienced this, and if so what did you do, if anything to help?

How we finally got dry nights was purely accidental.. ie. I forgot to pack the pull-ups when going on holiday So I went about it by not allowing drinks after 6pm (bedtime 8pm), toilet visit right before bedtime, and me taking half-asleep boy to the toilet again when I went to bed a few hours later. Back home the only thing we did differently was the addition of a bed-mat under the top sheets... and the 11pm loo visit was dropped quite quickly as not required.

However, this was about age 4. If your son struggles during the day as well as the night do you think it is just laziness or do you think there may be a bladder weakness of some kind?

I'm so glad you've posted, my dd is 4 and a glaf and still in pull ups at night - again, the other two were dry at night by 3 at the latest(one girl, one bay) and I'm getting really concerned. She does have a drink just before bed, I guess we should stop that but she goes mad if we don't give her one... All day she's absolutley fine.

my DD is 4.5 and we have recently got her to the point of no pull ups and barely any accidents and we went about it much the same as chil1234.

maybe try him for a few nights without pull ups, no drinks before bedtime, a big wee before bed, wake up after 3-4 hours and put on potty/toilet until he does a wee and maybe set alarm clock for early hours to do another toilet run if you feel he needs it. he will be dry in a few nights if he has no underlying bladder issues and you should be able to drop the night time wake ups after a little while. we are not at that point just yet but i think it will happen very soon

good luck

Stripeytop, have you ever spoken to a doctor about ths? There could be a physical reason why he does this, particularly as he is still having accidents during the day.

It may not be a bladder issue, although do get referred to an enurisis clinic.
I have a 7 yr old DD3 that still is in the same position. She sleeps SO deeply a bomb wouldn't wake her up, let alone an alarm.
Despite being taken to the loo twice a night she still has accidents. Go to ERIC website; is very helpful. TBH clinics aren't that interested til they hit 7.
Am plugging away here with restricting drinks before bed, although if they drink enough in the day and their bladders are strong, that really should not be an issue, apparently.
So, deep sleepers basically do not have the capacity for bladder to brain signals as they're so out of it. Also wetting tends to run in families. I can therefore blame my DH for this one...

You can't train a child to be dry at night.