4 year old still in pull ups at night?

[Mumanddone]

were on night 3 of trying to get out 4 year old out of pull ups. We just went for it - she always had a pretty soaked nappy on waking. It’s been messing with my sleep and causing loads of arguments in all honesty. Pull ups work but my husband thinks we should be training her at night. For context, DD is 5 end of November and has been potty trained in the day since 2.5 with no issues. Will it happen without intervention?

You can’t train it at night. It’s hormonal.
Wait for two consecutive weeks of dry nappies in the morning.

You can’t train at night, it’s hormonal, as in they have to develop the hormones that stop you weeing when asleep. Up to 7 wetting at night is considered normal, just keep the pull ups and don’t worry about it, she’ll be dry at night when her body is ready for it.

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No such thing as night time training, they are ready when they produce the hormone and not before.

This!

Honestly why stress yourself and her out over something the poor girl cannot control. Leave her in pull ups and let everyone have a full night's sleep.

Agree with all the above! DD was in pullups until she was 6, and a lot of her friends were too. Apart from the expense, there's no reason to stop using them. She'll get there when she's ready.

Its nuts to train at night if shes not even remotely dry anyway mainly for your own sanity and the laundry!!!

Our dd at 3 did a run of dry nights like 28 out of 30 in a month so we reduced water in the evening and take her for a dream wee.
But that was the sum total of the "training"

We've had maybe 2 accidents?

What about school?

My son wasn’t dry at night until 6. Caught onto toilet training very quickly before turning 3 and never had daytime accidents. Doc told me the same as PPs - nighttime wetting up to about 7 is fine.

Guess they just didn’t send her to night school.

Surely no over night school activities at that age?

You can’t train them in that way, embrace the pull ups. DD is 10 and only 6 months out of pull ups. We’re on holiday atm and out of our usual routine and she’s wet the bed 3 nights out of 7. She’s not doing it on purpose, her brain just doesn’t wake her up.

My DD is the same, she'll be 5 in October. I'm just going to wait because as other people say it's hormonal and I don't want to cause her any stress.

@Mumanddone Absolutely same situation here, DD1 born same month as yours, potty trained same month as yours, still in pull ups at night. I'm trying not to stress but all the other little ones we know are now dry at night, many of whom potty trained later. But I'm trusting that it'll just happen when it happens 🤷

This is reassuring me that so many are in pull ups until 6! Everyone keeps asking me if DS is dry at night. He’s not. Great in the day, no accidents and very good. Nights are pull ups. He’s only 3.5!!

So dry in the day but not at night at 6?
Is this common?

Yes incredibly common, why would you think it wasn't?

Literally never come across it.

Really common! 15% still wet in the night at 7 yo which is when GP/ eunersis clinic will start to take an interest. You can ask for help before but I don't see the point. We went when DS was 7 and he basically sorted it out following a chat with the eunersis nurse, and we never needed the alarm she put us on waiting list for

You've never come across a child who is potty trained during the day and not at night... I find that pretty unbelievable to be honest.

https://eric.org.uk/childrens-bladders/bedwetting/

How many children are you with overnight? 🙄

Very usual. DD1 was 5 before she was dry overnight, and quite a few of her friends were still in night pull-ups at that age and beyond too. We never trained for night-time, she started waking up to go for a pee herself and after a week or so of dry pull-ups we tried without and that was that.

Just at night. She was dry during the day really early (by about two and a half - used the loos at nursery) but it takes a lot longer for them to be ready at night. As others have said, it's hormonal. Anecdotally, kids who are very deep sleepers (which mine is) take a bit longer too.

I had no idea that so many children are not dry at night.

Not something I experienced with mine, dry from when they were toilet trained.

What did families do before pull ups?