Can't get dry at night

[Easy]

ds is 6, potty trained easily at 3 1/2, and is 100% reliable during the day. But we didn't push it at night, and allowed him to use trainer pants (partly cos I'd had an accident and couldn't get upstairs then, dh had a hard enough time looking after us with the general stuff, never mind disturbed nights too).

Anyway, ds has been in trainer pants ever since. We tried to give them up earlier this year, it didn't work.

We've just spent 3 1/2 weeks trying without trainer pants, but get more wet beds in the morning than not. We have been lifting him at about 11 each night, a couple of times he's already been wet. Generally he's wet by 6:30 a.m.

He has excellent bladder control during the day (up to 8 hours!) I've been trying to remind him to go more often during the day, but it doesn't seem to make any difference. He just doesn't seem to get wakened when he wants to wee.

We go on holiday next week, and I'm dreading wet beds. Should we give up again?

Beety I've ummed and arred about lifting at night. We didn't last time we tried, and failed, so we decided to try lifting this time.

As I'm on my own ATM (dh working away) and fancy some really early nights this week, I think we'll go back to trainer pants from tonight.

Cheers mate, I'll have a look around for the other thread.

I'm just dissappointed really, I hoped by 6 he'd be able to do it. I also wonder whether it's because we didn't do it all at once when we potty trained. As I say, that was easy, potty trained to totally reliable in one week.

He won't mind going back to trainer pants I don't think, altho' I do mind the price they are

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This is very reassuring...I have a 4yr old DS who incapable of having a dry night (despite being dry all day at 20months!!) I've been lifting him for nine months, left it last night and we had a sodden bed at midnight. Is it a backwards step to introduce trainer pants at this stage and abandon lifting him altogether? He hasn't worn a nappy for those nine months.

Our son was dry during the day at 1.5. He's finally dry at night - he's nearly 6. He's been without any trainer pants so he can feel getting wet. He has no water after about 7.30 pm, goes to the loo just before bed and he wakes up again around 5 am for the loo. (Then comes in our bed, a little treat.) He has his much longed for ladder bed, so we can't take him to the loo during the night anymore.

NBTW for our recent holiday we took a waterproof bedsheet - he wet the bed a few times, in the hotel and at our relatives, so well worth it. Plus different bedtimes etc.

Oh easy, you will get there.
With my ds1 it was a case of wet beds half the time for a good six months or more (not what you wanted to hear maybe...but I felt it was worth it as it was only a case of washing the sheet, not a monster wee over the duvet job (sorry if TMI!))
Anyway have you tried my top tip on this, no juice or squash after 4pm? Blackcurrant is esp bad, but orange not great. In the end with ds1 we stopped all juice and squash all day, just lots of milk or water.
On lifting, I never found it did any good. Some people swear by it tho.

Thanks all.

I've decided to give up for now, and ds was really pleased to be allowed back in trainer pants last night. He keeps saying "I can't help it Mummy" everyday so I think we're both relieved. Anyway, I really want this holiday to be stress-free, so I'm actually happier now I've made the decision.

Oh, bless him, Easy! He really can't, smart of him to know it and I'm glad you are both relaxed about it