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When were you kids dry at night?

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Lifeisshort123 · 28/09/2016 21:39

DS (5) turning 6 in December still wear pull ups and has never been dry at night. I'm not that worried about it yet but he is showing no signs of starting to stay dry at night. I just don't want him to miss out on sleepovers or start to feel embarrassed when he gets to 7/8. He was potty trained in the day at 2 and was trained within 5 days. DD2 (4) however has been dry at night since 2.5. What age did your children start to become dry at night?

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JellyWitch · 28/09/2016 22:27

DS is 7 and nowhere near dry. He's not too bothered about wearing pyjama pants but I can imagine this changing if his little sister is dry at night first. Beaver sleepover not attempted yet but he is perfectly capable of getting himself in and out of them, wiping himself in the morning and bagging the pants up so it shouldn't hold him back.

OldBeanbagz · 28/09/2016 22:34

DS wasn't consistantly dry at night until he 10yo though the accidents were only every week to 10 days from him being 8½yo. I used to remind him not to drink too much when he went on sleepovers.

I think what worked for us was building up the volume he drank earlier in the day so that a glass of milk with dinner at 7pm was his last drink. Nothing at bedtime.

Now he's nearly 12 i often hear him get up in the night to go to the bathroom.

Boogers · 28/09/2016 22:36

DD(7) is dry at night and has been since she was 3ish but DS(almost 13) was dry from about 3 to 7, and then he started wetting the bed again and has done ever since. We've tried Desmomelts and lifting him through the night but he's still wet. He wears pyjama pants and has a bedmat under the fitted sheet, and I guarantee that beavers/cubs/brownies etc have dealt with nocturnal enuresis on camps and sleepovers, ditto school! DS doesn't seem overly concerned by it, and he refuses to try an alarm so I guess it will work itself out in time.

He was 8 when he was first referred to the enuresis clinic so if you're concerned that it's not getting any better you could try that route. Good luck!

crazymissdaisy · 28/09/2016 22:40

DS1 5 maybe 6
DS2 8
DD1 2.5
DD2 2.5

Is it just my experience that girls are dry much sooner?

SauvignonPlonker · 28/09/2016 22:41

DS (nearly 8) has never been dry at night & is still in pyjama pants. Currently going through the eneuresis clinic. Trying to increase daytime fluid. Not sure about buying an alarm - they are so expensive.

deepdarkwood · 28/09/2016 22:43

Dd was dry day and night at the same age pretty much. Ds is 12 and still not dry. He has desmo and 'night pants' ;-) He is supremely unbothered by it (we've tried everything - it's a waiting game now) - does sleepovers/did cub/beaver camps and school overnight trips - and indeed went on scout camp for almost three weeks this summer.

I would follow up referrals when you hit 7 or so (GPs won't do anything before the ) but generally stay calm & reinforce that he can't control it/it's not his fault.

Pootle40 · 28/09/2016 22:44

Ds1 went day and night at the same time-2 years 9 months. He never wet the bed at all. We were very lucky. Ds2 just turned two so will see this time around.

lynniep · 28/09/2016 22:45

My DS1 was dry just after he turned 9 back in May. This was after 2 years of attending enuresis (wee) clinics, trying alarms, waking, strict daytime drinking and toilet routines, being on hormones.
I actually think none of that made the slightest difference. His body just wasn't ready. And then it was. And he was dry - just like that.

Ds2 is nearly 7 and is still wet at night. We are going to start the routines to increase his bladder capacity, but honestly again I think he will be dry when he's dry.

AnotherUsernameBitesTheDust · 28/09/2016 22:50

Ds1 - 6.5
Ds2 - 5.5
Ds3 - 4.5
Ds4 - 4.5
Ds5 - 4

They were all completely different at toilet training - Ds1 got the hang straight away but wasn't dry at night for ages, DS5 took forever to toilet train but was actually dry at night before he was reliable during the day!

Rattusn · 29/09/2016 19:43

Enuresis is surprisingly common.

Dd, 6, wets the bed nearly every night.

I know many of her classmates do too.

LoadingDishwasher · 29/09/2016 19:50

Ds1 & ds2 both used the Rodger bed wetting alarm system - 2nd hand off eBay at around £40 and sold on through eBay for the same amount. Both were 6 when I did it - eldest is now 11, youngest just went through the process in the summer. Both very heavy sleepers and their "electric pants" did the trick with 2 weeks. DD1 potty trained herself at 14 months and was dry at night from the age of 2.
Would highly recommend the Rodger system

P1nkP0ppy · 29/09/2016 19:52

DD 23 months (day and night)
DS 15 months (day and night)
I was very lucky, never had a wet bed.

MimiLeBonk · 29/09/2016 19:58

I can confidently remember being at Brownie pack holiday when I was 7 thirty years ago and my two best friends not being confidently dry overnight. One wet herself the first night and the other the second. They were not especially unusual either. Luckily I was just one it came easily to.

On the basis of this I'm sure the Beavers group leaders would have contingency for this.

MimiLeBonk · 29/09/2016 20:00

Sorry- was sure you'd mentioned Beavers somewhere......

Vinorosso74 · 29/09/2016 20:10

DD was 4. She decided on the day of her 4th birthday no more nightime pull ups so we went with it. She had a few wees in the bed then ok.

nephrofox · 29/09/2016 20:18

The age range is astonishing isn't it. I wonder if with some of the older ones there was an optimum time that has passed and then it's a long wait after that for another chance

What happened before the days of Frozen pull upsets? Did we all just wear nappies for longer?

sonsmum · 29/09/2016 20:52

my daughter is also in pullups at night (aged 6.5). It isn't considered a medical issue until they turn 7yrs. I hope she grows out of it, but for some people it can go on to the teens!!!

my son was dry from 3yrs.
i didn't know blackcurrent irritated the bladder, will try water instead of ribena at dinner.

Idliketobeabutterfly · 30/09/2016 18:40

ds was dry at night at 2.5 but still has occasional accidents at 5 in day.

Only1scoop · 30/09/2016 19:20

Op alarm arriving today so I'll let you know how we go

thisagain · 30/09/2016 19:30

DD1 was between 6 and 7, DD2 was 2.3 and DS3 were 2.8. I did think my DD1 was never going to get it but suddenly did. I was going to go to the doctors when she was 7 but then got it before then. I remember a school friend asking why we still had nappies in the house and I made out that they were old and I should have thrown them out. All 3 of them became dry during the day between 2.3 and 2.8.

OutOfTime · 30/09/2016 19:44

Ds was 9.5 and went from every night wet to stopping and has only had a couple of accidents since. We were referred to clinic at 8 and given medication and loaned an alarm but ds refused to try either. He was dry naturally before the follow up apt!
I very nearly bought the alarm from amazon but pleased I waited - they aren't cheap and I the one I was loaned from the Clinic was exactly the same!

Sweetnhappy1 · 01/10/2016 00:45

My daughter is only just getting it now aged 8, she has her first ever dry night at 7.5 and then wet for ages. In the summer holidays we focused a lot on increasing her fluid intake particularly early in the day. Now it is unusual if she is wet. We didn't get a referral. Her little brother was dry aged 3, he just seemed to get it to my surprise.

OlennasWimple · 01/10/2016 00:47

DS was 2.8 and DD was 2.3

blaeberry · 01/10/2016 07:58

Ds went on a beaver camp recently and several of his camp mates had pull ups. They were all dealt with discretely. At that age it is something the leaders just have to plan for.

Piratefairy78 · 02/10/2016 12:07

DS is 10 and still not reliably dry. Desmopressin is helping but the 1 week break after the 2 months taking it is a killer. It really knocks his confidence. He has autism and doesn't really understand why the doctor wants him to have the break from it. DD1 was dry at 5 and occasionally has an accident when she is worrying about something and DD2 is 6 and was dry just after her 4th birthday.

The help and support for bed wetting is awful. I cried when the GP said to me that he had never met a grown man who bed wets so DS will grow out of it eventually.

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