7.5 yo still in pull-ups at night

[Arianrhod]

Hi all, I'm just after some advice if possible. My DD is still in pull-ups at night at 7.5 years old, and is getting quite distressed about it. We've never had a dry pull-up in the morning, not once, and it's always during the night that she wees, it's not that she wakes up in the morning and can't be bothered to get up. She does sleep extremely deeply - once she's asleep heavy thunderstorms and fireworks don't even wake her - and I wonder if this isn't the problem; she just isn't picking up any signals from her body that she needs to wee.

She has been dry in the day since about a week after her 3rd birthday and we never have accidents during the day. She drinks plenty (water mostly, or milk, but nothing else) throughout the day but I stop her having anything to drink from an hour before her bedtime which is at 8pm.

I'm loathe to take her to the GP as I just don't want her being given medication if it's at all avoidable, but I don't know how to help her. I did try waking her up to go to the toilet when OH & I go to bed around 11pm, but found not only was her pull-up already usually wet at that point, having put a clean one on her after she went to the toilet it was then wet again when she awoke in the morning.

Any clues/advice please?

You can get alarms that will go off when the bed starts to get wet this can train them to wake on recognising the feeling of needing to go.

How often does she pee during the day? Is it small or large amounts? If she is peeing small amounts frequently she may need some 'bladder training' basically where she need to try and hold her pee for a bit longer so her bladder can get used to holding a larger capacity.

Another strategy could be You could also try an earlier lift (maybe 10:30? To start with) keep on making it earlier until it is consistently dry at night. Once it is consistently dry then slowly move the lift later in the night. (You may need to set an alarm and wake yourself up to do this).

GP does not always mean medication. If you are having no progress it probably worth having a trip. They can rule out medical causes and, suggest strategies and also help to reassure your daughter that there is nothing to be ashamed about.