So. tired. of buying night Pull-ups...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My 9 year old still pees every single night as well. She uses a washable incontinence mat on top of her sheet and I just wash it along with her wet pjs in the morning. She started refusing to wear a pull up 2 years ago.

Boys are tough though. My 7 year old boy only has rare accidents, but when he does the pee somehow gets everywhere!

This is what I did.

I just didn't worry about it. I'd have them go to the bathroom 2-3 times, limit liquids and if possible wake up before I went to bed. Eventually it worked.

Layer the bed with several sheets and waterproof pads. Have a few extra blankets/comforters on hand.

Have them wash well in the morning/shower so they don't smell for school and get teased.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You have to toilet train for nighttime, did you just skip that part of the process?

WTF are you talking about? I did nothing to toilet train my kids at night. We toilet trained them, and then they naturally stopped peeing at night. Which is what happens as most bodies mature a bit. For some kids, it's takes a long time. There is no "training", only mitigation straegies. The kid is asleep. It's not a conscious choice that they are making. Shame does not fix it! Surprise!

DP here. I definitely toilet trained my kids at night. Both were totally day and nap trained at 2.5 but we’re still wetting night diapers the summer before K. So I committed myself to A LOT of laundry and took away the diapers. Both wet the bed every night for at least a week, then maybe every other night for the second week and then finally by the third week it got better. I wanted quit and go back but DH insisted we stay the course. Just like sleep training, I think it gets a lot harder the longer you let it go.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You have to toilet train for nighttime, did you just skip that part of the process?

WTF are you talking about? I did nothing to toilet train my kids at night. We toilet trained them, and then they naturally stopped peeing at night. Which is what happens as most bodies mature a bit. For some kids, it's takes a long time. There is no "training", only mitigation straegies. The kid is asleep. It's not a conscious choice that they are making. Shame does not fix it! Surprise!

DP here. I definitely toilet trained my kids at night. Both were totally day and nap trained at 2.5 but we’re still wetting night diapers the summer before K. So I committed myself to A LOT of laundry and took away the diapers. Both wet the bed every night for at least a week, then maybe every other night for the second week and then finally by the third week it got better. I wanted quit and go back but DH insisted we stay the course. Just like sleep training, I think it gets a lot harder the longer you let it go.

+1 this. Don’t put it off

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You have to toilet train for nighttime, did you just skip that part of the process?

WTF are you talking about? I did nothing to toilet train my kids at night. We toilet trained them, and then they naturally stopped peeing at night. Which is what happens as most bodies mature a bit. For some kids, it's takes a long time. There is no "training", only mitigation straegies. The kid is asleep. It's not a conscious choice that they are making. Shame does not fix it! Surprise!

DP here. I definitely toilet trained my kids at night. Both were totally day and nap trained at 2.5 but we’re still wetting night diapers the summer before K. So I committed myself to A LOT of laundry and took away the diapers. Both wet the bed every night for at least a week, then maybe every other night for the second week and then finally by the third week it got better. I wanted quit and go back but DH insisted we stay the course. Just like sleep training, I think it gets a lot harder the longer you let it go.

We aren't talking about a 3-4 year old, we are talking abotu older kids and you need to continue to work with them.

[Anonymous]

I trained all 5 of mine for night soon after they were day trained at age 3-4. It took 2-6 weeks for them to stay dry throughout the night. When I started day training I moved to underwear under diaper. When ready for night train I took away the diaper. I would wake them if wet and tell them it’s ok you just had an accident, let’s go get cleaned up so it’s dry. Then we would pick out clean underwear, go wipe off, and go sit on toilet for a minute. Wash hands and get clean towel. Put dirty underwear in hamper and change the towel. Put towel in hamper and back to sleep. I would usually grab the hamper on the way out and start a load of wash.

They learned to wake and use the bathroom themselves. It was fairly easy for all of them and me, I would check on them around 11 before bed and again around 3. They would have occasional accidents until age 5-7 but only a few times a year. They knew what to do and didn’t usually need to wake me but they always knew they could. I think it was easier because they were so young and we were in the potty training process already. I lost a little sleep but not much, it definitely beat the thought of diapers for 8 more years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You have to toilet train for nighttime, did you just skip that part of the process?

WTF are you talking about? I did nothing to toilet train my kids at night. We toilet trained them, and then they naturally stopped peeing at night. Which is what happens as most bodies mature a bit. For some kids, it's takes a long time. There is no "training", only mitigation straegies. The kid is asleep. It's not a conscious choice that they are making. Shame does not fix it! Surprise!

DP here. I definitely toilet trained my kids at night. Both were totally day and nap trained at 2.5 but we’re still wetting night diapers the summer before K. So I committed myself to A LOT of laundry and took away the diapers. Both wet the bed every night for at least a week, then maybe every other night for the second week and then finally by the third week it got better. I wanted quit and go back but DH insisted we stay the course. Just like sleep training, I think it gets a lot harder the longer you let it go.

We aren't talking about a 3-4 year old, we are talking abotu older kids and you need to continue to work with them.

OP stated she never tried night training it wouldn’t hurt to give it a go. It might get rid of the dreaded diapers since it works for so many younger kids.

[Anonymous]

You know, if you want to both train your kids, whatever.

But the fact is that pediatricians tell you not to, medical studies indicate that it’s largely a function of hormone shifts, and many people don’t.

OP is one such person. She is looking for support/advice for an older kid who still urinates in his sleep nightly.

All these “you have to night train at 3/4 right after you day train” comments are pointless because they have nothing to do with OP’s situation. It really seems like you are mostly posting them to try and make OP and those in her situation feel bad for following the advice of doctors. What is the point if that? Who does it help?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You know, if you want to both train your kids, whatever.

But the fact is that pediatricians tell you not to, medical studies indicate that it’s largely a function of hormone shifts, and many people don’t.

OP is one such person. She is looking for support/advice for an older kid who still urinates in his sleep nightly.

All these “you have to night train at 3/4 right after you day train” comments are pointless because they have nothing to do with OP’s situation. It really seems like you are mostly posting them to try and make OP and those in her situation feel bad for following the advice of doctors. What is the point if that? Who does it help?

I didn’t see anyone shaming her just providing suggestions. If OP wants to wait it out that’s her choice I highly doubt anyone here really cares either way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You know, if you want to both train your kids, whatever.

But the fact is that pediatricians tell you not to, medical studies indicate that it’s largely a function of hormone shifts, and many people don’t.

OP is one such person. She is looking for support/advice for an older kid who still urinates in his sleep nightly.

All these “you have to night train at 3/4 right after you day train” comments are pointless because they have nothing to do with OP’s situation. It really seems like you are mostly posting them to try and make OP and those in her situation feel bad for following the advice of doctors. What is the point if that? Who does it help?

I didn’t see anyone shaming her just providing suggestions. If OP wants to wait it out that’s her choice I highly doubt anyone here really cares either way.

NP

She asked about pull up options for older kids. This went so far away from that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You know, if you want to both train your kids, whatever.

But the fact is that pediatricians tell you not to, medical studies indicate that it’s largely a function of hormone shifts, and many people don’t.

OP is one such person. She is looking for support/advice for an older kid who still urinates in his sleep nightly.

All these “you have to night train at 3/4 right after you day train” comments are pointless because they have nothing to do with OP’s situation. It really seems like you are mostly posting them to try and make OP and those in her situation feel bad for following the advice of doctors. What is the point if that? Who does it help?

I didn’t see anyone shaming her just providing suggestions. If OP wants to wait it out that’s her choice I highly doubt anyone here really cares either way.

NP

She asked about pull up options for older kids. This went so far away from that.

She won’t need them if she just night time trains him.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You know, if you want to both train your kids, whatever.

But the fact is that pediatricians tell you not to, medical studies indicate that it’s largely a function of hormone shifts, and many people don’t.

OP is one such person. She is looking for support/advice for an older kid who still urinates in his sleep nightly.

All these “you have to night train at 3/4 right after you day train” comments are pointless because they have nothing to do with OP’s situation. It really seems like you are mostly posting them to try and make OP and those in her situation feel bad for following the advice of doctors. What is the point if that? Who does it help?

I didn’t see anyone shaming her just providing suggestions. If OP wants to wait it out that’s her choice I highly doubt anyone here really cares either way.

NP

She asked about pull up options for older kids. This went so far away from that.

She won’t need them if she just night time trains him.

Why are you like this? Did you read any part of the her responses?

Daft.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You know, if you want to both train your kids, whatever.

But the fact is that pediatricians tell you not to, medical studies indicate that it’s largely a function of hormone shifts, and many people don’t.

OP is one such person. She is looking for support/advice for an older kid who still urinates in his sleep nightly.

All these “you have to night train at 3/4 right after you day train” comments are pointless because they have nothing to do with OP’s situation. It really seems like you are mostly posting them to try and make OP and those in her situation feel bad for following the advice of doctors. What is the point if that? Who does it help?

Well suggesting to night train the kid by using an alarm or many other ways that ppl have kindly suggested IS advice. Now if parents would rather deal with big kids soaking themselves and the bed every night, that's their choice. But at some point you have to take the bull by the horns and not just find ways to contain all the pee. Pediatricians don't really care about this and just tell the parents what they want to hear.

[Anonymous]

My son is 11- he is pretty much too big for nighttime diapers. He usually stays dry but some nights wets then entire thing. Doctor suggested Desmopressin (it’s a nasal spray). If he takes it- he’s dry. I don’t want him on this forever but it sure beats doing laundry everyday and he feels better about himself since he can wear underwear to bed. He has so I personally think his body is developmentally delayed in this area and will eventually grow out of it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It just occurred to me that I've been buying some form of diaper/pull-ups for my son for 7+ years now, as I was finalizing another amazon order for the things.

Sigh.

Am I the only one that feels utterly defeated that I have a 7 year old that still pees the bed EVERY. SINGLE. NIGHT?? I don't mean occasional accidents once in a blue moon, I mean he wakes up with his pull-up (we use Goodnites) full, like a single drop away from a gel-bead explosion. Very often, they leak anyways...which makes me feel all the more foolish for wasting money on pull ups for all these years. Last night he leaked through the Goodnight, through sheets, blankets, everything. He was wet up to his shoulders.

Does anyone have any kind of an alternative suggestion..? I'd even be willing to use cloth--as long as we can find something, anything...that could hold up to the amount of pee a 7 year old heavy wetter can put out overnight.

I"m not going to read this thread OP but if you are still reading it, here's a fact. My girl child suddenly night potty trained over one week...spontaneously. She was in pull ups at night, they were suddenly dry...and then she stopped wearing them. She was 7, just 7. I couldn't believe it. Mine is neurotypical but I have a friend with a HFA kid and she told me it was just physiological and it can't be rushed for some kids...it just happens late. She was right for mine (and hers).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You know, if you want to both train your kids, whatever.

But the fact is that pediatricians tell you not to, medical studies indicate that it’s largely a function of hormone shifts, and many people don’t.

OP is one such person. She is looking for support/advice for an older kid who still urinates in his sleep nightly.

All these “you have to night train at 3/4 right after you day train” comments are pointless because they have nothing to do with OP’s situation. It really seems like you are mostly posting them to try and make OP and those in her situation feel bad for following the advice of doctors. What is the point if that? Who does it help?

I didn’t see anyone shaming her just providing suggestions. If OP wants to wait it out that’s her choice I highly doubt anyone here really cares either way.

NP

She asked about pull up options for older kids. This went so far away from that.

She won’t need them if she just night time trains him.

You suck.