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

[Anonymous]

We have 3 kids (9yo and 6yo twins) and had to night time potty train all three. This consisted of waking them up at least once or twice per night
to use the bathroom. We also removed pull ups at night as they only wore regular undies to bed. We also purchased a waterproof mattress pad
on Amazon to avoid urine staining the mattress. This worked well for us, be I understand every child is different.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was a bedwetter until I was in late elementary, but never had an accident when I slept at someone else's house or at camp or at the grandparent's - I was a heavy sleeper but only in my own bed.

Have you thought about moving around the furniture or changing the blinds/window coverings in your child's room? When my family moved to a new house, it magically stopped (and I was so happy, because I had to change the sheets and it was long before Pullups existed).

Just a thought.

I too wet the bed until I was 10 ish. I don't recall ever going to a sleepover other than a family members house. I was a heavy sleeper as well and could sleep through a tornado. I don't recall if there were pull ups but I was asked to wear a diaper when I was between 7 -8 when we went to visit my aunt. I remember arguing with my mom that night but in the end I ended up wearing one to bed while we were visiting. As embarrassing as it was, I LOVED not having to wake up in a wet bed. I wore one to bed for the next year or so not long before I stopped. I also hated having to strip my bed every morning and putting everything in the wash.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:
you could try size 7 diapers if he's small enough, i hear they work better than goodnites.

It's been years since my kids were in diapers, but the OP said her kid was 7. I seriously doubt a kid that age would fit in a diaper, not I don't think at that age they'd agree to wear something that goes on like that, as opposed to the convenience of slipping on a pull up.

OP, does the kid wake up when an accident occurs? Aren't the goodnites just like larger sized pull ups? I'd just leave a stack of them in his room, and tell him that if he wakes up for any reason in the MOTN, check and see if his goodnite is soggy, if so - swap it out for a fresh one before going back to bed after wiping off.

I think giving him some independence and responsibility to manage this for himself will help immensely and give him self esteem for handling things himself.

I have been holding off posting to this thread as I don’t usually post on the bedwetting threads for one reason or another but decided to chime in here.

I too have 3 kids. All boys. We have potty trained them all the same including night training. The older 2 were out of diapers and dry at night by 3. My youngest who is 7 still wets every night, and has his entire life. We have done no diapers and lifting at night, setting alarms, double and triple voiding before bed, no liquid after a certain time, you name it. I think some kids are just different. As for a 7 year old fitting in a diaper I guess it just depends on the kid but most 7 year olds I’m around are like my son and skinny as a toothpick. My son still fits in a diaper easily. And yes goodnites are just like a bigger pull-up and a pull-up is just like a diaper that pulls on. The difference is goodnites are more expensive than pull-ups, and pull-ups are more expensive than diapers. Also diapers seem to hold more. Or maybe they just fit better. We have tried both goodnites and regular pull-ups which leaked a lot. Maybe it depends on how you approach the situation but my son doesn’t mind diapers at all. He’s not embarrassed in the least to wear them. He is a very confident kid though. Maybe some kids would be different. I’m just glad mines not.

I previously posted that my almost 7 year old (in August) still wears a diaper to bed. He too is small for his age and shockingly can still wear a size 4. We are probably going to size up the next time we have to buy some. It doesnt seem to bother him either. He "prefers" them to having to wake up in a wet bed. During the summer thats all he wears to bed and doenst care who sees him wearing one. I am happy that he isnt embarrassed over it but, I still would like him to care a little if you know what I mean. He has no issues lounging around in the morning in a diaper until I see him and make him go change. On the rare occasion he is dry, when I tell him to go change, he will flat out tell me that he is dry and will change in "a little bit". I know I have to pick my battles but he seems almost too comfortable wearing one of that makes sense. But on the otherhand, he (we) HATE having to wake up to a wet bed in the morning. Like you mentioned, pull ups cost more than diapers and you get less in a pack for the price. And again, like you, pull ups we would still have a wet bed 2-3 times out of the week. Does it bother yours at all that he still wets the bed? I know you mentioned that he isnt embarrassed to have to wear a diaper.
We really want to get him a new mattress because you can only clean and flip a mattress so many times and I cant get rid of the faint pee odor. He still has his old toddler bed but I dont know how he will feel about going backwards from a full size to a toddler bed.

I’m the poster you quoted with the other 7 year old still in regular diapers at night. Sounds like our boys are very similar. Mine is in a size 6 but they fit just fine. Not tight at all. And yes he definitely wishes he didn’t wet the bed but much prefers the diapers to a wet bed. Also like your son, now that school is out for the summer he will lounge around in the morning in his wet diaper. I don’t like this and will tell him to go change immediately. He just wears a diaper to bed and is not embarrassed to be seen in it by family. He does get embarrassed if his brothers have friends over and they see him. I’m surprised at how much they hold. His diaper is very heavy every morning.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
you could try size 7 diapers if he's small enough, i hear they work better than goodnites.

It's been years since my kids were in diapers, but the OP said her kid was 7. I seriously doubt a kid that age would fit in a diaper, not I don't think at that age they'd agree to wear something that goes on like that, as opposed to the convenience of slipping on a pull up.

OP, does the kid wake up when an accident occurs? Aren't the goodnites just like larger sized pull ups? I'd just leave a stack of them in his room, and tell him that if he wakes up for any reason in the MOTN, check and see if his goodnite is soggy, if so - swap it out for a fresh one before going back to bed after wiping off.

I think giving him some independence and responsibility to manage this for himself will help immensely and give him self esteem for handling things himself.

I have been holding off posting to this thread as I don’t usually post on the bedwetting threads for one reason or another but decided to chime in here.

I too have 3 kids. All boys. We have potty trained them all the same including night training. The older 2 were out of diapers and dry at night by 3. My youngest who is 7 still wets every night, and has his entire life. We have done no diapers and lifting at night, setting alarms, double and triple voiding before bed, no liquid after a certain time, you name it. I think some kids are just different. As for a 7 year old fitting in a diaper I guess it just depends on the kid but most 7 year olds I’m around are like my son and skinny as a toothpick. My son still fits in a diaper easily. And yes goodnites are just like a bigger pull-up and a pull-up is just like a diaper that pulls on. The difference is goodnites are more expensive than pull-ups, and pull-ups are more expensive than diapers. Also diapers seem to hold more. Or maybe they just fit better. We have tried both goodnites and regular pull-ups which leaked a lot. Maybe it depends on how you approach the situation but my son doesn’t mind diapers at all. He’s not embarrassed in the least to wear them. He is a very confident kid though. Maybe some kids would be different. I’m just glad mines not.

I previously posted that my almost 7 year old (in August) still wears a diaper to bed. He too is small for his age and shockingly can still wear a size 4. We are probably going to size up the next time we have to buy some. It doesnt seem to bother him either. He "prefers" them to having to wake up in a wet bed. During the summer thats all he wears to bed and doenst care who sees him wearing one. I am happy that he isnt embarrassed over it but, I still would like him to care a little if you know what I mean. He has no issues lounging around in the morning in a diaper until I see him and make him go change. On the rare occasion he is dry, when I tell him to go change, he will flat out tell me that he is dry and will change in "a little bit". I know I have to pick my battles but he seems almost too comfortable wearing one of that makes sense. But on the otherhand, he (we) HATE having to wake up to a wet bed in the morning. Like you mentioned, pull ups cost more than diapers and you get less in a pack for the price. And again, like you, pull ups we would still have a wet bed 2-3 times out of the week. Does it bother yours at all that he still wets the bed? I know you mentioned that he isnt embarrassed to have to wear a diaper.
We really want to get him a new mattress because you can only clean and flip a mattress so many times and I cant get rid of the faint pee odor. He still has his old toddler bed but I dont know how he will feel about going backwards from a full size to a toddler bed.

I’m the poster you quoted with the other 7 year old still in regular diapers at night. Sounds like our boys are very similar. Mine is in a size 6 but they fit just fine. Not tight at all. And yes he definitely wishes he didn’t wet the bed but much prefers the diapers to a wet bed. Also like your son, now that school is out for the summer he will lounge around in the morning in his wet diaper. I don’t like this and will tell him to go change immediately. He just wears a diaper to bed and is not embarrassed to be seen in it by family. He does get embarrassed if his brothers have friends over and they see him. I’m surprised at how much they hold. His diaper is very heavy every morning.

Do we have twins?? lol I am at a loss for words as to why my son isnt bothered wearing one when out of bed wide awake in the morning....a wet one at that. I never get mad or upset with him for wetting the bed because I know he cant help it. But I do get on him about being lazy and not changing in the morning. The rule here is that he doesnt leave his room until he changes but I constantly catch him not doing that. How is he when traveling or spending the night elsewhere?

For night time, its bath, potty, snack, small drink of water, brush teeth, another potty try, diaper and in bed. I have tried waking him which I hate because he is a bear to go back to sleep. Limiting drinks. Making him try to go multiple times before bed. And I read somewhere that a teaspoon of honey has helped other kids. That didnt work either. Half the time he tells me he doesnt have to go and will actually argue with me over just trying to go! I dont post a lot here but I wish I could reach out to you by email or something so we could bounce ideas off one another. I guess I should feel a little relieved that there are others that are going through the same thing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
you could try size 7 diapers if he's small enough, i hear they work better than goodnites.

It's been years since my kids were in diapers, but the OP said her kid was 7. I seriously doubt a kid that age would fit in a diaper, not I don't think at that age they'd agree to wear something that goes on like that, as opposed to the convenience of slipping on a pull up.

OP, does the kid wake up when an accident occurs? Aren't the goodnites just like larger sized pull ups? I'd just leave a stack of them in his room, and tell him that if he wakes up for any reason in the MOTN, check and see if his goodnite is soggy, if so - swap it out for a fresh one before going back to bed after wiping off.

I think giving him some independence and responsibility to manage this for himself will help immensely and give him self esteem for handling things himself.

I have been holding off posting to this thread as I don’t usually post on the bedwetting threads for one reason or another but decided to chime in here.

I too have 3 kids. All boys. We have potty trained them all the same including night training. The older 2 were out of diapers and dry at night by 3. My youngest who is 7 still wets every night, and has his entire life. We have done no diapers and lifting at night, setting alarms, double and triple voiding before bed, no liquid after a certain time, you name it. I think some kids are just different. As for a 7 year old fitting in a diaper I guess it just depends on the kid but most 7 year olds I’m around are like my son and skinny as a toothpick. My son still fits in a diaper easily. And yes goodnites are just like a bigger pull-up and a pull-up is just like a diaper that pulls on. The difference is goodnites are more expensive than pull-ups, and pull-ups are more expensive than diapers. Also diapers seem to hold more. Or maybe they just fit better. We have tried both goodnites and regular pull-ups which leaked a lot. Maybe it depends on how you approach the situation but my son doesn’t mind diapers at all. He’s not embarrassed in the least to wear them. He is a very confident kid though. Maybe some kids would be different. I’m just glad mines not.

I previously posted that my almost 7 year old (in August) still wears a diaper to bed. He too is small for his age and shockingly can still wear a size 4. We are probably going to size up the next time we have to buy some. It doesnt seem to bother him either. He "prefers" them to having to wake up in a wet bed. During the summer thats all he wears to bed and doenst care who sees him wearing one. I am happy that he isnt embarrassed over it but, I still would like him to care a little if you know what I mean. He has no issues lounging around in the morning in a diaper until I see him and make him go change. On the rare occasion he is dry, when I tell him to go change, he will flat out tell me that he is dry and will change in "a little bit". I know I have to pick my battles but he seems almost too comfortable wearing one of that makes sense. But on the otherhand, he (we) HATE having to wake up to a wet bed in the morning. Like you mentioned, pull ups cost more than diapers and you get less in a pack for the price. And again, like you, pull ups we would still have a wet bed 2-3 times out of the week. Does it bother yours at all that he still wets the bed? I know you mentioned that he isnt embarrassed to have to wear a diaper.
We really want to get him a new mattress because you can only clean and flip a mattress so many times and I cant get rid of the faint pee odor. He still has his old toddler bed but I dont know how he will feel about going backwards from a full size to a toddler bed.

I’m the poster you quoted with the other 7 year old still in regular diapers at night. Sounds like our boys are very similar. Mine is in a size 6 but they fit just fine. Not tight at all. And yes he definitely wishes he didn’t wet the bed but much prefers the diapers to a wet bed. Also like your son, now that school is out for the summer he will lounge around in the morning in his wet diaper. I don’t like this and will tell him to go change immediately. He just wears a diaper to bed and is not embarrassed to be seen in it by family. He does get embarrassed if his brothers have friends over and they see him. I’m surprised at how much they hold. His diaper is very heavy every morning.

Do we have twins?? lol I am at a loss for words as to why my son isnt bothered wearing one when out of bed wide awake in the morning....a wet one at that. I never get mad or upset with him for wetting the bed because I know he cant help it. But I do get on him about being lazy and not changing in the morning. The rule here is that he doesnt leave his room until he changes but I constantly catch him not doing that. How is he when traveling or spending the night elsewhere?

For night time, its bath, potty, snack, small drink of water, brush teeth, another potty try, diaper and in bed. I have tried waking him which I hate because he is a bear to go back to sleep. Limiting drinks. Making him try to go multiple times before bed. And I read somewhere that a teaspoon of honey has helped other kids. That didnt work either. Half the time he tells me he doesnt have to go and will actually argue with me over just trying to go! I dont post a lot here but I wish I could reach out to you by email or something so we could bounce ideas off one another. I guess I should feel a little relieved that there are others that are going through the same thing.

My 11 year old doesn't seem to care either if he's dry and won't bother to change until leaves the house, but if he's wet he will take it off immediately after waking up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
you could try size 7 diapers if he's small enough, i hear they work better than goodnites.

It's been years since my kids were in diapers, but the OP said her kid was 7. I seriously doubt a kid that age would fit in a diaper, not I don't think at that age they'd agree to wear something that goes on like that, as opposed to the convenience of slipping on a pull up.

OP, does the kid wake up when an accident occurs? Aren't the goodnites just like larger sized pull ups? I'd just leave a stack of them in his room, and tell him that if he wakes up for any reason in the MOTN, check and see if his goodnite is soggy, if so - swap it out for a fresh one before going back to bed after wiping off.

I think giving him some independence and responsibility to manage this for himself will help immensely and give him self esteem for handling things himself.

I have been holding off posting to this thread as I don’t usually post on the bedwetting threads for one reason or another but decided to chime in here.

I too have 3 kids. All boys. We have potty trained them all the same including night training. The older 2 were out of diapers and dry at night by 3. My youngest who is 7 still wets every night, and has his entire life. We have done no diapers and lifting at night, setting alarms, double and triple voiding before bed, no liquid after a certain time, you name it. I think some kids are just different. As for a 7 year old fitting in a diaper I guess it just depends on the kid but most 7 year olds I’m around are like my son and skinny as a toothpick. My son still fits in a diaper easily. And yes goodnites are just like a bigger pull-up and a pull-up is just like a diaper that pulls on. The difference is goodnites are more expensive than pull-ups, and pull-ups are more expensive than diapers. Also diapers seem to hold more. Or maybe they just fit better. We have tried both goodnites and regular pull-ups which leaked a lot. Maybe it depends on how you approach the situation but my son doesn’t mind diapers at all. He’s not embarrassed in the least to wear them. He is a very confident kid though. Maybe some kids would be different. I’m just glad mines not.

I previously posted that my almost 7 year old (in August) still wears a diaper to bed. He too is small for his age and shockingly can still wear a size 4. We are probably going to size up the next time we have to buy some. It doesnt seem to bother him either. He "prefers" them to having to wake up in a wet bed. During the summer thats all he wears to bed and doenst care who sees him wearing one. I am happy that he isnt embarrassed over it but, I still would like him to care a little if you know what I mean. He has no issues lounging around in the morning in a diaper until I see him and make him go change. On the rare occasion he is dry, when I tell him to go change, he will flat out tell me that he is dry and will change in "a little bit". I know I have to pick my battles but he seems almost too comfortable wearing one of that makes sense. But on the otherhand, he (we) HATE having to wake up to a wet bed in the morning. Like you mentioned, pull ups cost more than diapers and you get less in a pack for the price. And again, like you, pull ups we would still have a wet bed 2-3 times out of the week. Does it bother yours at all that he still wets the bed? I know you mentioned that he isnt embarrassed to have to wear a diaper.
We really want to get him a new mattress because you can only clean and flip a mattress so many times and I cant get rid of the faint pee odor. He still has his old toddler bed but I dont know how he will feel about going backwards from a full size to a toddler bed.

I’m the poster you quoted with the other 7 year old still in regular diapers at night. Sounds like our boys are very similar. Mine is in a size 6 but they fit just fine. Not tight at all. And yes he definitely wishes he didn’t wet the bed but much prefers the diapers to a wet bed. Also like your son, now that school is out for the summer he will lounge around in the morning in his wet diaper. I don’t like this and will tell him to go change immediately. He just wears a diaper to bed and is not embarrassed to be seen in it by family. He does get embarrassed if his brothers have friends over and they see him. I’m surprised at how much they hold. His diaper is very heavy every morning.

Do we have twins?? lol I am at a loss for words as to why my son isnt bothered wearing one when out of bed wide awake in the morning....a wet one at that. I never get mad or upset with him for wetting the bed because I know he cant help it. But I do get on him about being lazy and not changing in the morning. The rule here is that he doesnt leave his room until he changes but I constantly catch him not doing that. How is he when traveling or spending the night elsewhere?

For night time, its bath, potty, snack, small drink of water, brush teeth, another potty try, diaper and in bed. I have tried waking him which I hate because he is a bear to go back to sleep. Limiting drinks. Making him try to go multiple times before bed. And I read somewhere that a teaspoon of honey has helped other kids. That didnt work either. Half the time he tells me he doesnt have to go and will actually argue with me over just trying to go! I dont post a lot here but I wish I could reach out to you by email or something so we could bounce ideas off one another. I guess I should feel a little relieved that there are others that are going through the same thing.

My 11 year old doesn't seem to care either if he's dry and won't bother to change until leaves the house, but if he's wet he will take it off immediately after waking up.

If he wearings pjs over it I don't see any issues.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
you could try size 7 diapers if he's small enough, i hear they work better than goodnites.

It's been years since my kids were in diapers, but the OP said her kid was 7. I seriously doubt a kid that age would fit in a diaper, not I don't think at that age they'd agree to wear something that goes on like that, as opposed to the convenience of slipping on a pull up.

OP, does the kid wake up when an accident occurs? Aren't the goodnites just like larger sized pull ups? I'd just leave a stack of them in his room, and tell him that if he wakes up for any reason in the MOTN, check and see if his goodnite is soggy, if so - swap it out for a fresh one before going back to bed after wiping off.

I think giving him some independence and responsibility to manage this for himself will help immensely and give him self esteem for handling things himself.

I have been holding off posting to this thread as I don’t usually post on the bedwetting threads for one reason or another but decided to chime in here.

I too have 3 kids. All boys. We have potty trained them all the same including night training. The older 2 were out of diapers and dry at night by 3. My youngest who is 7 still wets every night, and has his entire life. We have done no diapers and lifting at night, setting alarms, double and triple voiding before bed, no liquid after a certain time, you name it. I think some kids are just different. As for a 7 year old fitting in a diaper I guess it just depends on the kid but most 7 year olds I’m around are like my son and skinny as a toothpick. My son still fits in a diaper easily. And yes goodnites are just like a bigger pull-up and a pull-up is just like a diaper that pulls on. The difference is goodnites are more expensive than pull-ups, and pull-ups are more expensive than diapers. Also diapers seem to hold more. Or maybe they just fit better. We have tried both goodnites and regular pull-ups which leaked a lot. Maybe it depends on how you approach the situation but my son doesn’t mind diapers at all. He’s not embarrassed in the least to wear them. He is a very confident kid though. Maybe some kids would be different. I’m just glad mines not.

I previously posted that my almost 7 year old (in August) still wears a diaper to bed. He too is small for his age and shockingly can still wear a size 4. We are probably going to size up the next time we have to buy some. It doesnt seem to bother him either. He "prefers" them to having to wake up in a wet bed. During the summer thats all he wears to bed and doenst care who sees him wearing one. I am happy that he isnt embarrassed over it but, I still would like him to care a little if you know what I mean. He has no issues lounging around in the morning in a diaper until I see him and make him go change. On the rare occasion he is dry, when I tell him to go change, he will flat out tell me that he is dry and will change in "a little bit". I know I have to pick my battles but he seems almost too comfortable wearing one of that makes sense. But on the otherhand, he (we) HATE having to wake up to a wet bed in the morning. Like you mentioned, pull ups cost more than diapers and you get less in a pack for the price. And again, like you, pull ups we would still have a wet bed 2-3 times out of the week. Does it bother yours at all that he still wets the bed? I know you mentioned that he isnt embarrassed to have to wear a diaper.
We really want to get him a new mattress because you can only clean and flip a mattress so many times and I cant get rid of the faint pee odor. He still has his old toddler bed but I dont know how he will feel about going backwards from a full size to a toddler bed.

I’m the poster you quoted with the other 7 year old still in regular diapers at night. Sounds like our boys are very similar. Mine is in a size 6 but they fit just fine. Not tight at all. And yes he definitely wishes he didn’t wet the bed but much prefers the diapers to a wet bed. Also like your son, now that school is out for the summer he will lounge around in the morning in his wet diaper. I don’t like this and will tell him to go change immediately. He just wears a diaper to bed and is not embarrassed to be seen in it by family. He does get embarrassed if his brothers have friends over and they see him. I’m surprised at how much they hold. His diaper is very heavy every morning.

Do we have twins?? lol I am at a loss for words as to why my son isnt bothered wearing one when out of bed wide awake in the morning....a wet one at that. I never get mad or upset with him for wetting the bed because I know he cant help it. But I do get on him about being lazy and not changing in the morning. The rule here is that he doesnt leave his room until he changes but I constantly catch him not doing that. How is he when traveling or spending the night elsewhere?

For night time, its bath, potty, snack, small drink of water, brush teeth, another potty try, diaper and in bed. I have tried waking him which I hate because he is a bear to go back to sleep. Limiting drinks. Making him try to go multiple times before bed. And I read somewhere that a teaspoon of honey has helped other kids. That didnt work either. Half the time he tells me he doesnt have to go and will actually argue with me over just trying to go! I dont post a lot here but I wish I could reach out to you by email or something so we could bounce ideas off one another. I guess I should feel a little relieved that there are others that are going through the same thing.

My 11 year old doesn't seem to care either if he's dry and won't bother to change until leaves the house, but if he's wet he will take it off immediately after waking up.

If he wearings pjs over it I don't see any issues.

he wears shorts to bed

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
you could try size 7 diapers if he's small enough, i hear they work better than goodnites.

It's been years since my kids were in diapers, but the OP said her kid was 7. I seriously doubt a kid that age would fit in a diaper, not I don't think at that age they'd agree to wear something that goes on like that, as opposed to the convenience of slipping on a pull up.

OP, does the kid wake up when an accident occurs? Aren't the goodnites just like larger sized pull ups? I'd just leave a stack of them in his room, and tell him that if he wakes up for any reason in the MOTN, check and see if his goodnite is soggy, if so - swap it out for a fresh one before going back to bed after wiping off.

I think giving him some independence and responsibility to manage this for himself will help immensely and give him self esteem for handling things himself.

I have been holding off posting to this thread as I don’t usually post on the bedwetting threads for one reason or another but decided to chime in here.

I too have 3 kids. All boys. We have potty trained them all the same including night training. The older 2 were out of diapers and dry at night by 3. My youngest who is 7 still wets every night, and has his entire life. We have done no diapers and lifting at night, setting alarms, double and triple voiding before bed, no liquid after a certain time, you name it. I think some kids are just different. As for a 7 year old fitting in a diaper I guess it just depends on the kid but most 7 year olds I’m around are like my son and skinny as a toothpick. My son still fits in a diaper easily. And yes goodnites are just like a bigger pull-up and a pull-up is just like a diaper that pulls on. The difference is goodnites are more expensive than pull-ups, and pull-ups are more expensive than diapers. Also diapers seem to hold more. Or maybe they just fit better. We have tried both goodnites and regular pull-ups which leaked a lot. Maybe it depends on how you approach the situation but my son doesn’t mind diapers at all. He’s not embarrassed in the least to wear them. He is a very confident kid though. Maybe some kids would be different. I’m just glad mines not.

I previously posted that my almost 7 year old (in August) still wears a diaper to bed. He too is small for his age and shockingly can still wear a size 4. We are probably going to size up the next time we have to buy some. It doesnt seem to bother him either. He "prefers" them to having to wake up in a wet bed. During the summer thats all he wears to bed and doenst care who sees him wearing one. I am happy that he isnt embarrassed over it but, I still would like him to care a little if you know what I mean. He has no issues lounging around in the morning in a diaper until I see him and make him go change. On the rare occasion he is dry, when I tell him to go change, he will flat out tell me that he is dry and will change in "a little bit". I know I have to pick my battles but he seems almost too comfortable wearing one of that makes sense. But on the otherhand, he (we) HATE having to wake up to a wet bed in the morning. Like you mentioned, pull ups cost more than diapers and you get less in a pack for the price. And again, like you, pull ups we would still have a wet bed 2-3 times out of the week. Does it bother yours at all that he still wets the bed? I know you mentioned that he isnt embarrassed to have to wear a diaper.
We really want to get him a new mattress because you can only clean and flip a mattress so many times and I cant get rid of the faint pee odor. He still has his old toddler bed but I dont know how he will feel about going backwards from a full size to a toddler bed.

I’m the poster you quoted with the other 7 year old still in regular diapers at night. Sounds like our boys are very similar. Mine is in a size 6 but they fit just fine. Not tight at all. And yes he definitely wishes he didn’t wet the bed but much prefers the diapers to a wet bed. Also like your son, now that school is out for the summer he will lounge around in the morning in his wet diaper. I don’t like this and will tell him to go change immediately. He just wears a diaper to bed and is not embarrassed to be seen in it by family. He does get embarrassed if his brothers have friends over and they see him. I’m surprised at how much they hold. His diaper is very heavy every morning.

Do we have twins?? lol I am at a loss for words as to why my son isnt bothered wearing one when out of bed wide awake in the morning....a wet one at that. I never get mad or upset with him for wetting the bed because I know he cant help it. But I do get on him about being lazy and not changing in the morning. The rule here is that he doesnt leave his room until he changes but I constantly catch him not doing that. How is he when traveling or spending the night elsewhere?

For night time, its bath, potty, snack, small drink of water, brush teeth, another potty try, diaper and in bed. I have tried waking him which I hate because he is a bear to go back to sleep. Limiting drinks. Making him try to go multiple times before bed. And I read somewhere that a teaspoon of honey has helped other kids. That didnt work either. Half the time he tells me he doesnt have to go and will actually argue with me over just trying to go! I dont post a lot here but I wish I could reach out to you by email or something so we could bounce ideas off one another. I guess I should feel a little relieved that there are others that are going through the same thing.

My 11 year old doesn't seem to care either if he's dry and won't bother to change until leaves the house, but if he's wet he will take it off immediately after waking up.

If he wearings pjs over it I don't see any issues.

he wears shorts to bed

It doesn't brother them so my DS used to have accidents and was the same he just likes wearing's pjs in the spring/summer time he also wear shorts.

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you could try size 7 diapers if he's small enough, i hear they work better than goodnites.

It's been years since my kids were in diapers, but the OP said her kid was 7. I seriously doubt a kid that age would fit in a diaper, not I don't think at that age they'd agree to wear something that goes on like that, as opposed to the convenience of slipping on a pull up.

OP, does the kid wake up when an accident occurs? Aren't the goodnites just like larger sized pull ups? I'd just leave a stack of them in his room, and tell him that if he wakes up for any reason in the MOTN, check and see if his goodnite is soggy, if so - swap it out for a fresh one before going back to bed after wiping off.

I think giving him some independence and responsibility to manage this for himself will help immensely and give him self esteem for handling things himself.

I have been holding off posting to this thread as I don’t usually post on the bedwetting threads for one reason or another but decided to chime in here.

I too have 3 kids. All boys. We have potty trained them all the same including night training. The older 2 were out of diapers and dry at night by 3. My youngest who is 7 still wets every night, and has his entire life. We have done no diapers and lifting at night, setting alarms, double and triple voiding before bed, no liquid after a certain time, you name it. I think some kids are just different. As for a 7 year old fitting in a diaper I guess it just depends on the kid but most 7 year olds I’m around are like my son and skinny as a toothpick. My son still fits in a diaper easily. And yes goodnites are just like a bigger pull-up and a pull-up is just like a diaper that pulls on. The difference is goodnites are more expensive than pull-ups, and pull-ups are more expensive than diapers. Also diapers seem to hold more. Or maybe they just fit better. We have tried both goodnites and regular pull-ups which leaked a lot. Maybe it depends on how you approach the situation but my son doesn’t mind diapers at all. He’s not embarrassed in the least to wear them. He is a very confident kid though. Maybe some kids would be different. I’m just glad mines not.

I previously posted that my almost 7 year old (in August) still wears a diaper to bed. He too is small for his age and shockingly can still wear a size 4. We are probably going to size up the next time we have to buy some. It doesnt seem to bother him either. He "prefers" them to having to wake up in a wet bed. During the summer thats all he wears to bed and doenst care who sees him wearing one. I am happy that he isnt embarrassed over it but, I still would like him to care a little if you know what I mean. He has no issues lounging around in the morning in a diaper until I see him and make him go change. On the rare occasion he is dry, when I tell him to go change, he will flat out tell me that he is dry and will change in "a little bit". I know I have to pick my battles but he seems almost too comfortable wearing one of that makes sense. But on the otherhand, he (we) HATE having to wake up to a wet bed in the morning. Like you mentioned, pull ups cost more than diapers and you get less in a pack for the price. And again, like you, pull ups we would still have a wet bed 2-3 times out of the week. Does it bother yours at all that he still wets the bed? I know you mentioned that he isnt embarrassed to have to wear a diaper.
We really want to get him a new mattress because you can only clean and flip a mattress so many times and I cant get rid of the faint pee odor. He still has his old toddler bed but I dont know how he will feel about going backwards from a full size to a toddler bed.

I’m the poster you quoted with the other 7 year old still in regular diapers at night. Sounds like our boys are very similar. Mine is in a size 6 but they fit just fine. Not tight at all. And yes he definitely wishes he didn’t wet the bed but much prefers the diapers to a wet bed. Also like your son, now that school is out for the summer he will lounge around in the morning in his wet diaper. I don’t like this and will tell him to go change immediately. He just wears a diaper to bed and is not embarrassed to be seen in it by family. He does get embarrassed if his brothers have friends over and they see him. I’m surprised at how much they hold. His diaper is very heavy every morning.

Do we have twins?? lol I am at a loss for words as to why my son isnt bothered wearing one when out of bed wide awake in the morning....a wet one at that. I never get mad or upset with him for wetting the bed because I know he cant help it. But I do get on him about being lazy and not changing in the morning. The rule here is that he doesnt leave his room until he changes but I constantly catch him not doing that. How is he when traveling or spending the night elsewhere?

For night time, its bath, potty, snack, small drink of water, brush teeth, another potty try, diaper and in bed. I have tried waking him which I hate because he is a bear to go back to sleep. Limiting drinks. Making him try to go multiple times before bed. And I read somewhere that a teaspoon of honey has helped other kids. That didnt work either. Half the time he tells me he doesnt have to go and will actually argue with me over just trying to go! I dont post a lot here but I wish I could reach out to you by email or something so we could bounce ideas off one another. I guess I should feel a little relieved that there are others that are going through the same thing.

My 11 year old doesn't seem to care either if he's dry and won't bother to change until leaves the house, but if he's wet he will take it off immediately after waking up.

Does/has he wear a pull up or anything to bed?

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you could try size 7 diapers if he's small enough, i hear they work better than goodnites.

It's been years since my kids were in diapers, but the OP said her kid was 7. I seriously doubt a kid that age would fit in a diaper, not I don't think at that age they'd agree to wear something that goes on like that, as opposed to the convenience of slipping on a pull up.

OP, does the kid wake up when an accident occurs? Aren't the goodnites just like larger sized pull ups? I'd just leave a stack of them in his room, and tell him that if he wakes up for any reason in the MOTN, check and see if his goodnite is soggy, if so - swap it out for a fresh one before going back to bed after wiping off.

I think giving him some independence and responsibility to manage this for himself will help immensely and give him self esteem for handling things himself.

I have been holding off posting to this thread as I don’t usually post on the bedwetting threads for one reason or another but decided to chime in here.

I too have 3 kids. All boys. We have potty trained them all the same including night training. The older 2 were out of diapers and dry at night by 3. My youngest who is 7 still wets every night, and has his entire life. We have done no diapers and lifting at night, setting alarms, double and triple voiding before bed, no liquid after a certain time, you name it. I think some kids are just different. As for a 7 year old fitting in a diaper I guess it just depends on the kid but most 7 year olds I’m around are like my son and skinny as a toothpick. My son still fits in a diaper easily. And yes goodnites are just like a bigger pull-up and a pull-up is just like a diaper that pulls on. The difference is goodnites are more expensive than pull-ups, and pull-ups are more expensive than diapers. Also diapers seem to hold more. Or maybe they just fit better. We have tried both goodnites and regular pull-ups which leaked a lot. Maybe it depends on how you approach the situation but my son doesn’t mind diapers at all. He’s not embarrassed in the least to wear them. He is a very confident kid though. Maybe some kids would be different. I’m just glad mines not.

I previously posted that my almost 7 year old (in August) still wears a diaper to bed. He too is small for his age and shockingly can still wear a size 4. We are probably going to size up the next time we have to buy some. It doesnt seem to bother him either. He "prefers" them to having to wake up in a wet bed. During the summer thats all he wears to bed and doenst care who sees him wearing one. I am happy that he isnt embarrassed over it but, I still would like him to care a little if you know what I mean. He has no issues lounging around in the morning in a diaper until I see him and make him go change. On the rare occasion he is dry, when I tell him to go change, he will flat out tell me that he is dry and will change in "a little bit". I know I have to pick my battles but he seems almost too comfortable wearing one of that makes sense. But on the otherhand, he (we) HATE having to wake up to a wet bed in the morning. Like you mentioned, pull ups cost more than diapers and you get less in a pack for the price. And again, like you, pull ups we would still have a wet bed 2-3 times out of the week. Does it bother yours at all that he still wets the bed? I know you mentioned that he isnt embarrassed to have to wear a diaper.
We really want to get him a new mattress because you can only clean and flip a mattress so many times and I cant get rid of the faint pee odor. He still has his old toddler bed but I dont know how he will feel about going backwards from a full size to a toddler bed.

I’m the poster you quoted with the other 7 year old still in regular diapers at night. Sounds like our boys are very similar. Mine is in a size 6 but they fit just fine. Not tight at all. And yes he definitely wishes he didn’t wet the bed but much prefers the diapers to a wet bed. Also like your son, now that school is out for the summer he will lounge around in the morning in his wet diaper. I don’t like this and will tell him to go change immediately. He just wears a diaper to bed and is not embarrassed to be seen in it by family. He does get embarrassed if his brothers have friends over and they see him. I’m surprised at how much they hold. His diaper is very heavy every morning.

Do we have twins?? lol I am at a loss for words as to why my son isnt bothered wearing one when out of bed wide awake in the morning....a wet one at that. I never get mad or upset with him for wetting the bed because I know he cant help it. But I do get on him about being lazy and not changing in the morning. The rule here is that he doesnt leave his room until he changes but I constantly catch him not doing that. How is he when traveling or spending the night elsewhere?

For night time, its bath, potty, snack, small drink of water, brush teeth, another potty try, diaper and in bed. I have tried waking him which I hate because he is a bear to go back to sleep. Limiting drinks. Making him try to go multiple times before bed. And I read somewhere that a teaspoon of honey has helped other kids. That didnt work either. Half the time he tells me he doesnt have to go and will actually argue with me over just trying to go! I dont post a lot here but I wish I could reach out to you by email or something so we could bounce ideas off one another. I guess I should feel a little relieved that there are others that are going through the same thing.

My 11 year old doesn't seem to care either if he's dry and won't bother to change until leaves the house, but if he's wet he will take it off immediately after waking up.

Does/has he wear a pull up or anything to bed?

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Do we have twins?? lol I am at a loss for words as to why my son isnt bothered wearing one when out of bed wide awake in the morning....a wet one at that. I never get mad or upset with him for wetting the bed because I know he cant help it. But I do get on him about being lazy and not changing in the morning. The rule here is that he doesnt leave his room until he changes but I constantly catch him not doing that. How is he when traveling or spending the night elsewhere?

For night time, its bath, potty, snack, small drink of water, brush teeth, another potty try, diaper and in bed. I have tried waking him which I hate because he is a bear to go back to sleep. Limiting drinks. Making him try to go multiple times before bed. And I read somewhere that a teaspoon of honey has helped other kids. That didnt work either. Half the time he tells me he doesnt have to go and will actually argue with me over just trying to go! I dont post a lot here but I wish I could reach out to you by email or something so we could bounce ideas off one another. I guess I should feel a little relieved that there are others that are going through the same thing.


He actually stays dry some nights away from home. I’m guessing he doesn’t sleep as well so doesn’t get into the extremely deep sleep like at home. When we are traveling and at hotels or other family members homes I still put a diaper on him. He has a couple friends that I am close with the parents and we allow him to do sleepovers with, he wears a goodnite pull-up for those and brings his sleeping bag. The parents are aware of the issue and makes sure he puts it on before bed. If it leaks we just wash his sleeping bag when he gets home. Surprisingly those moms say he isn’t embarrassed about it at there house either and will wear the wet goodnite after getting up and she has to remind him to go change. I’m happy he is confident enough with himself to do that but also worry about teasing if his friends tell others.

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Do we have twins?? lol I am at a loss for words as to why my son isnt bothered wearing one when out of bed wide awake in the morning....a wet one at that. I never get mad or upset with him for wetting the bed because I know he cant help it. But I do get on him about being lazy and not changing in the morning. The rule here is that he doesnt leave his room until he changes but I constantly catch him not doing that. How is he when traveling or spending the night elsewhere?

For night time, its bath, potty, snack, small drink of water, brush teeth, another potty try, diaper and in bed. I have tried waking him which I hate because he is a bear to go back to sleep. Limiting drinks. Making him try to go multiple times before bed. And I read somewhere that a teaspoon of honey has helped other kids. That didnt work either. Half the time he tells me he doesnt have to go and will actually argue with me over just trying to go! I dont post a lot here but I wish I could reach out to you by email or something so we could bounce ideas off one another. I guess I should feel a little relieved that there are others that are going through the same thing.

He actually stays dry some nights away from home. I’m guessing he doesn’t sleep as well so doesn’t get into the extremely deep sleep like at home. When we are traveling and at hotels or other family members homes I still put a diaper on him. He has a couple friends that I am close with the parents and we allow him to do sleepovers with, he wears a goodnite pull-up for those and brings his sleeping bag. The parents are aware of the issue and makes sure he puts it on before bed. If it leaks we just wash his sleeping bag when he gets home. Surprisingly those moms say he isn’t embarrassed about it at there house either and will wear the wet goodnite after getting up and she has to remind him to go change. I’m happy he is confident enough with himself to do that but also worry about teasing if his friends tell others.

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My 7 year old also lounges in his wet Goodnight in the morning until I tell him to change. I myself wet the bed until late elementary and my parents shamed me over it, so I have a strong reaction to making him feel bad or embarrassed over it.

We use a waterproof mattress cover, and I also put one of those memory foam toppers on top. I buy a new one every year or so, and the actual mattress has stayed clean.

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Anonymous wrote:We have 3 kids (9yo and 6yo twins) and had to night time potty train all three. This consisted of waking them up at least once or twice per night
to use the bathroom. We also removed pull ups at night as they only wore regular undies to bed. We also purchased a waterproof mattress pad
on Amazon to avoid urine staining the mattress. This worked well for us, be I understand every child is different.

If a kid was not ready to be dry at night, you would not successfully catch them dry when you woke them up that often.

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I highly recommend this website https://www.bedwettingandaccidents.com/

Bedwetting at this age can be related to undiagnosed constipation. He recommends enemas which we didn’t do. Instead we saw a pediatric GI (specifically Dr Chao at PSV) who confirmed that DD was severely constipated (despite pooping every day and pediatrician never mentioning constipation as a concern). We did biweekly cleanouts with Miralax and exlax and put her on a daily Miralax regime for 6 months then switched to exlax for three months. She is no longer bedwetting and is constipation free.