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spstcp · 01/02/2011 11:21

hi all i am new to mumsnet and i hope someone will be able to help me.
dd2 is 6yo she has been dry in the day since she was 25 months but is still wetting the bed almost every night.its the same with dd3 who is now 4 and still bedwetting. any ideas what i can do to get them dry at night.
TIA

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girlywhirly · 01/02/2011 14:49

You cannot 'train' for night dryness, it is a developmental thing where a hormone is produced in the brain to control urine output during sleep. This is very variable from child to child, and is so normal that health professionals will not treat it as a problem until they are 7yo. You can get advice with managing it from the school nurse or health visitor.

In the meantime, you can help by

not giving fizzy drinks, or caffeinated drinks like cola and hot choc, or blackcurrant drink after teatime, as these can stimulate the production of urine, as can milk in some children,

not giving lots of water just before bedtime and throughout the night, make sure the child drinks well through the day time, limit drinks between tea and bedtime,

if there is a long time between going to bed and going to sleep the child should empty their bladder again just before sleep.

Just keep using bedwetting pants and wait until you find them dry a few nights in a row, or you have medical treatment given.

It really will get better in time, don't make them feel guilty for it whatever you do, as it is beyond their conscious control. I wouldn't recommend waking them to take them to the loo before you go to bed, or putting them on the loo while still half asleep, you just get tired grumpy kids who may still be wet next morning anyway. Don't let grandparents bully you into doing this, and don't compare your DC to others who were dry at night much younger, it really isn't helpful.

spstcp · 01/02/2011 16:18

thank you so much for the positive advice i feel much better to realise it is quite normal.
i dont give drinks after teatime and dont evan mention it when we wake up to wet pj pants, sp i will continue to wait until the right time for them to stop using the bedtime pants

thanks again

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Katie2003 · 13/02/2011 15:48

Hi
Just wondering whether people feel it would be counterproductive to keep using pull-ups. Tried coming off them since Xmas, but my 6yr old son wets his bed 5 nights out of 7, we don't make a big deal of it, just wash n dry the bedding daily. However, he has no issue with wearing a pull-up, and obviously it would save the washing, I'm just afraid it would interfere with his actual development. Then again if the dry nights are more hormonal, surely a pull-up on or off is not whats going to make the difference? Thanks for any opinions!

ttalloo · 13/02/2011 15:57

Hi Katie, I would save on the washing and put your DS in pull-ups. Since dry nights are hormonal, not being in pull-ups isn't going to prevent your DS from 'learning' to be dry in the night.

DS1 is nearly four and not yet dry - he wears a nappy all night, and regularly gets me up just after midnight with a full nappy, for a wee, and then again around 5am (with a dry nappy) for another wee.

It's just one of those things - they all get there in the end. Although I wish it would be sooner rather than later!

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