Dry night with an almost 6 year old

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Any tips on how to get a almost 6 year old girl dry at night ? She just won't wake up to go to the toilet or she only wakes up afterwards.

Last night she had two wee's before bed, one before story time and one afterwards. Then at 12.30 when we went to bed, we woke her up to go to the toilet. Yet she still had two accidents.

I can't cope with the amount of washing changing the sheets.

She is very scared of the dark so we have left the hall way lights on and the bathroom lights for her, but as background she also sometimes wets her self during the day because she doesn't want to go upstairs to the toilet.

We have tried everything and have now offered her new pjs and a toy if she can stay dry all week, but nothing works

she just might not be ready. I'd go back to pull ups and speak to your gp, although they may not do anything until age 7/8. It is hormone related and also relies on them waking with the signal of a full bladder

And it really is not within he control so it is very unlikely that offering rewards will work. she will just be very disappointed not to get them and may even feel you are blaming her for the accidents.

Im supposed that I other posters feel I should go back to pull ups. She has asked not to wear them as she very embarrassed about wearing them

Honestly, go for an easy life and stick her back in the pull ups. Rewards will not work as this is something beyond her control. Both my DS's were 7 when they became dry at night. I tried taking the eldest out of pull ups a few times and it just led to a wet bed, broken sleep and DS feeling dejected. He grew out of it in his own time. With DS2 I was more relaxed and only took him out of pull ups once or twice because he asked. He wasn't ready though. Eventually the pull ups were dry every night for a week and, other than a couple of accidents, he was fine without them after that. They are a bit expensive, but they are fantastic.

Its either that or you need to change the bedding every day. If its happening in her sleep then it's not anything she can control

I had a sleep alarm for my daughter. It worked really well. It was a little clip on the pj bottoms and a buzzer clip onto her top. It senses anything wet and sounds a little alarm so the brain gets used to the signs the body needs the toilet. My daughter would sleep for 12 hours deep sleep and not get the feeling she needed a wee so wouldn't wake up. It was from amazon roughly £30. It gave my daughter back her confidence at night time