Getting my 4-yo to be dry through night

[nikki48023506]

Can anyone give me any ideas on how to get my 4-yo boy dry through the night. At the moment we use pull-ups for him, and most mornings these are quite wet. Someone has told me that the aim is to get them dry at night by about 5 (although obviously some kids are doing it a lot sooner). My ds wasn't potty trained until he was nearly 3, but did do it in just under a week with veyr few accidents.

Any suggestions welcome!!!

there is a hormone that needs to kick in before its even possible for him to be dry

hormone can kick in any time between 2 and 7 but until it does there is not alot you can do other than patiently wait.

id just keep using pull ups.

Drs wont even consider it a problem until they are 7 anyway!

sorry if thats not what u want to here!

NannyL is spot on - there's no point in pushing him because until he's ready, it's not possible for him to be dry. It's not something you can train him in, and there's no point in aiming for a particular age.

My dd is 5.8 and still not dry at night - one in five 5 year olds is still wet at night it's really no big deal.

I have potty trained my three lo's and they have all been different. dd1 was wearing pullups at night for a long time after she was dry during the day and like your ds they were wet in the morning. In fact they were sodden and I just didn't know what to do.

I realised after a while it was just lazyness, she didn't care about the pullups being wet and would rather lie in bed then pad out to the bathroom. I noticed that she'd wee in the pullups when I was reading her a story, so she was perfectly capable of going to the loo.

So eventually we went cold turkey, bought some pampers dry sheet things, which I don't think they make anymore, not sure. They were like an absobant sheet, so it went on the bed. We had a few days of being woken in the night by a wet dd, but eventually she realised we weren't going to back down. I suspect we also used some form of incentive - can't remember. Anyway I think you just have to take the plunge and in a similar way to sleep training accept you're going to have a few bad nights in the short term. I couldn't cope with the idea of dd being at school and still in pullups at night.

My 6 yo is still in pull ups at night. As others have said it is not a problem before 7. We jave tried going without but he is just not capable and has nothing to do with laziness.

Glassofwine, dd is in year 1 and still in nappies at night - it's not laziness, she's a very heavy wetter and doesn't wake when she wees. When we've tried to go without we have to change the bed three or four times. Not good for any of us. There are worse things for a schoolchild to be than still wearing a nappy!

1 in 5 five year olds, 1 in 6 six year olds, 1 in 7 seven year olds are still in nappies overnight - so she won't be the only one in her class to be wearing them.

Cold turkey will work IF nikki's ds is being lazy. Otherwise until that hormone kicks in there's not a lot can be done.

My dd was a late potty trainer and she was in pull-ups until this summer. Then she decided she wanted them off. We had a few weeks' of frequent wetting (it co-incided with her starting reception which wasn't great, but she was adamant) but it's now settled down and the accidents are few and far between. I'd be led by ds if I were you.

Those Pampers dry sheet things are great, btw.

WWB and Crocodile Kate - so sorry if you misinterpreted me - I didn't mean to imply that all children still wetting were lazy. I just meant that in the case of my dd1 is was lazyness, proved by the fact that she was weeing when having stories read and that it only took a few days to 'cure'. Really, really didn't mean to offend anyone.

My ds wet the bed 2 or 3 times a week until he was 6, just slept through it, despite going to to toilet just before bed and not drinking after tea. Then one night he just stopped. Not sure you can do much but wait - they will stop eventually.

That's a relief to hear all your comments. I'm not going to be in such a rush to get him dry now.

Thanks for all your comments.