Bed wetting at night started again

[PorridgeBrain]

DD2 is 4 3/4 and had been dry in the night for a couple of months. She has now started wetting the bed through every night as if she if she had never been dry (no obvious reason for it). We even lifted her last night about 10 pm to hopefully stop it (not done thus until now) and she has just woken up again now soaked through.

It feels odd to go back to pull ups but equally, she is no longer dry in the night . Any advice please as everyone is getting tired and grumpy from the night time wakings and I am in two minds on whether to go back to pull-ups

One of mine did this (a couple of phases in fact) we weathered it both times. It was connected to nightmares, though that wasn't clear at first.

I would try not to go back unless it goes on months.

Could she be "holding it" too long in the day (not wanting to go at school or preschool maybe)? That can muckup bladder control and lead to a habit of not emptying properly and then losing control later when relaxed/ asleep.

Also go to the doctor first and check she doesn't have a UTI - kids do get them.

DS started wetting again at a similar age - he's about to turn 5 now. After searching the internet in the middle if the night for ages I came across a comment on a forum saying perhaps they aren't drinking enough in the day. DS hadn't long started school and was hardly drinking a thing all day so I made sure he drank gallons After school and at tea time. I made sure he went for a wee after his bedtime stories and he hasn't wet again since.

Could be a coincidence but worth a try?

Thank you both - she is a pickle with drinking and also going to the toilet in the day. We do insist she goes to the toilet at the very last minute before bed even if she went at bath time.

I will see if I can get her to drink more earlier on in the day and ramp it down later in the day. I will also insist she gives to the toilet more regularly in the day and see if that makes a difference

Limiting fluids before bedtime isn't the answer. The bladder had to get used to holding fluid & if it doesn't have anything in it, it won't want to hold what little gets in there at night! However, milk & juice are known to make bed-wetting more likely to occur, apparently.

Night time dryness is not something you can control. It won't happen until the body releases a hormone to tell the body to stop urine production.

I honestly wouldn't be investing almost $100 in an alarm just yet! Put her back in pull ups, stop lifting her (makes her brain think it is OK to wee while sleep) and weather it.