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[quote=Anonymous]It's common. My kid got motivated on her own to want to stop using pull ups. It is largely hormonal as to whether or not they will wake up when they have to pee, but since she was motivated we used it to set up a few good habits that can make it more likely they will stay dry:

- Always use the toilet right before bed 
- Always use the toilet upon waking, even if it's early enough to go back to bed. You wake up, you go to the bathroom. This is the most important one because it's how they learn how to get up and use the toilet at night if they need it. It won't prevent nighttime accidents but it can end morning accidents which for my kid was about half of all her accidents.
- Get in the habit of drinking a full glass of water with dinner and then not having more than a sip or two after that if necessary. Doing this will also facilitate voiding their bladder right before bed (easier to do when it's somewhat full).

I would start with this stuff and if he's still wetting the bed, it's just hormones and you need to wait. For our kid, this got rid of about 95% of her accidents and we ditched the pull-ups. [/quote]

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