5yo in nappy overnight

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I do get them to have a wee before bed, no drinking an hour before bed and remove nappy as soon as awake, but nappy is still very wet. Goojg to make an appointment with GP but any advice?

If you look through previous threads on here you will find reams and reams of excellent advice on this subject. It is perfect common and and normal for a child this age to still be wet at night.

unless the guidance has changed recently gp will refer you to the ERIC website, advise if there is a community continence nurse and tell you to come back when they’re 7. Ds1 wet at night in nappies until 8, ds2 until 7. We had a prescription for vasopressin ready and then they just came right.

Thanks @Romanswindowcleaner apparently advice has now changed to 5! I'm not overly worried but if it's been moved earlier just want to check I've not missed anything :] glad to hear your DC naturally changed - hoping it's the case for us too!

Speak to the ERIC hotline

GP should refer you for a review.

However wait times are long. And a proportion of kids are still wet at night at age 7 and that's normal.

So the ERIC website and helpline are your best friend until age 7. At which point medical support should ramp up. But get on the list now.

And around age 7yo then an alarm might work (Amazon have some but with a 5yo you will need a baby listening device as well and be willing to get up when the alarm goes off)

Alarm for our 8yo has been brilliant.
Used alongside the ERIC night time diary.
Wet-Stop 3 Bedwetting Alarm... https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00629GDD6?ref=ppxpoppmobappshare

eric.org.uk/night-time-diary/

Our urology nurse recommends double layering the bed. Ie waterproof sheet (hippychick), normal sheet & waterproof bed mat (Hygge Sheets® Potty Training Bed... https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CRY9YBSY?ref=ppxpoppmobappshare )
then repeat
If there is an accident you just take off the first layer, send them to the loo and then start again.
If it's only a little accident then removing the bed mat may be enough.

Are they actually wetting the nappy in the night? My dd was still in pull ups at night at 5 despite being dry in the day at 2 yrs. Discovered that when I asked her about it she admitted weeing in her nappy when she woke up in the morning as she didn't want to get out of bed to use the loo and that's why her pull up was always so full in the morning. After that there weren't anymore pull ups at all and apart from the odd accident she was dry from that day.

This is really useful thanks @incognitomummy !

@creamcheeseandlox yes definitely wetting through the night as I'm removing it as soon as they wake!

Completely normal. With Ds he wasn't producing the hormone vasopressin that suppresses urine production at night, meaning the bladder isn't full and therefore doesn't need to empty in the night. He responded well to full dose Desmopressin but we only used it for hotel stays and school residentials because I wasn't prepared to medicate him every day. He wasn't particularly upset about wetting the bed because he understood the underlying cause. I also wet the bed as a child as did my Dad so nothing new to us as a family.

ERIC website is fantastic, we followed a lot of their advice, tried alarms, monitoring liquid intake and output. He was finally reliably dry at 10.

One of mine took until 7, nearly 8. Then suddenly stopped wetting at night. This isn’t at all uncommon. That’s why there are night nappies in these sizes for sale everywhere.

It’s important not to stress about it or let on that you’re worried.

This it depends on when they were toilet trained, if more recently the. It's understandable

Not true just fyi

My son was only reliably dry at about 10. We double made the bed as someone suggested and this was a game changer in the night.
We didn't have him in pull ups or anything as he didn't want to be - completely got that. We Made sure he drank plenty in day. Were strict about intake of liquid before bed, and he eventually grew out of it.