What age should a child be wearing bedtime pull ups to?

[talulahbeige]

A bit of background.
My 3.8 yr old had been dry at night since around 18mths (daytime was a very different matter). We used bedtime pull ups until around 6mths ago.
She started school nursery in Sept and we had a few bed wetting instances., so back into bedtime pull ups, however she's had no wet pull ups!
Last night we decided to try running free again (pull ups make her genitals sore because of the heat/sweat etc) but, by 11pm she'd wet the bed.

So I've been reading and one comment I read on here talked about about an appropriate age to be wearing pull ups in bed but didn't elaborate.

The appropriate age is the one at which the child is reliably dry.

It is very common for DC to still be wetting the bed frequently until about 7 (and doctors won't intervene until then, though HV's will advise)

If you are worried, more info here: www.eric.org.uk

My son was dry by 2 in the day but didn't get dry at night until 4.5 even then we need to lift him at 10.30 or he might wet the bed.

When they are dry.

Ds is 4 1/2 and still in pull ups. He's always dry but on the 3 occasions I've tried to get rid of them he's wet the bed, so I'm assuming it's a warmth/comfort thing at the moment. I'll try again in a few months but I'm not worrying about it, if he needs them for security so be it. Don't worry, it's not at all unusual

Still wet here at 4.5 - I'm just waiting until we have a run of dry ones - not managed 1 yet! It's a hormone that reduces production of urine at night - and if it's not being produced then they can't really do anything to stop wetting the bed. Just a waiting game.

What does she wear when she doesn't have the pull ups on? Have you tried pants under her nightwear to see if that makes it feel as if she has a pull up on?

As Stella says, tge answer is "whentthey're ready" - there is no age. Night time dryness is an entirelypphysiological process and starts when the body begins to produce a hormone which limits urine production during sleep. There's no way you can train a child to be dry at night, and it isn't considered unusual or in need of treatment till 7 at the earliest.

Once your DD wants to be taken out of pull ups, go for the sheet-waterproof sheet- second sheet layering technique, so that if she does have the occasional accident (every week or two is normal) you can just whip the top two layers off and pop her straight back into bed with minimum fuss for both of you. And if the duvet turns out to get wet frequently too you can get waterproof covers for tgese too.

Main thing to remember is she can't help it so just be calm and reassuring and matter of fact about it.

Thanks to the helpful ones, especially English girl, your in the same situation which is reassuring.

As per first post, she was dry for 20mths whilst in pull ups and 6mths whilst out if them, I'd call that reliably dry, the issue only started once at school and then stopped again when pull ups went on. I'd bet my house that she'll have no accidents whilst in pull ups.

Unfortunately she manages to wet the duvet, pillow and bedding, we have most things waterproofed apart from the duvet, it's just all the washing.
She also gets in with us in the middle of the night, not a problem, but I'm not washing super king bedding!

Both my DD and DS were dry during the day but night was a different matter. Both were wetting the bed well after they were 5.

Don't worry about it, but if your family are anything like mine, NEVER discuss it with them as you will get a whole heap of unasked for advice. No one write on their CV what age they were toilet trained at.

Don't sweat the petty stuff and don't pet the sweaty stuff

DS almost 8 and dry nights are rare. We're working on a dry nights programme in a book by Alicia Eaton and we're getting more dry nights now. If your DD was dry through the night and now isn't I think that's a slightly different issue and worth checking the eric website suggested upthread. Might be sleeping more deeply as exhausted by school? I think it is regarded differently from a child that was never dry in the first place.