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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Dream pee was a NIGHTMARE for my deep sleeper.   It was so much work to wake him enough to get him to the bathroom and then he was wide awake and couldn’t fall back asleep.  So then he was overtired and wet more.

If you don’t mind if he is awake later at night, try it.  [/quote]

OP here, sorry for just now responding!

So DS is currently sharing a bedroom with his older brother, who is an incredibly light sleeper. So waking DS in the night wouldn't nessecarily be ideal. In addition, he usually sleeps so soundly that waking him up for any reason is very, very challenging. (that's partly what we thought a daytime nap might help alleviate).

[quote=Anonymous]Honestly it’s a perfectly normal part of growing up. Sleep is more important than whether he makes it to the bathroom in time. As long as he’s healthy and fine in every other area I would just let things go for now and not stress over it[/quote]

Not sure if this helpful info or no, but I thought I'd say:

DS isn't really waking up to the feeling of needing to *go* and then rushing to the bathroom, but not making it in time. More often than not, we're more sure that he's instead just peeing in his sleep, without every being aware of needing to 'go' at all.

[quote=Anonymous]No big deal. Just remind him he’s still a big kid and he should try to go to the potty as much as he can. Does he wake up on his own in the morning or do you have to wake him up?[/quote]

We usually trust him and our oldest with most of their bedtime routine. He *usually* is able to wake himself up in the morning. Lately we've been leaving it up to him to dispose of his nighttime diaper in a garage container

[quote=Anonymous]You mentioned he's wearing diapers now? Has the wetting increased since you made that switch?

It might be worth trying a couple nights of him wearing underwear, just to check. It may be that his body knows - even unconsciously - that "hey, I have a diaper on, I don't need to hold it!"

Are you limiting drinks before bedtime?[/quote]

We are not nessecarily limiting what all her drinks in the evening. It's difficult to say if the amount he's peeing has changed at all, because we trust him to dispose of his own diapers first thing in the morning. He HAS had more consistently wet mornings as of lately, but that actually started quite a bit before we switched to what he's currently wearing.

[quote=Anonymous]We do a dream pee with our 5-year-old. It's kind of a pain but not the worst. You just have to really direct him, or he'll bump into walls and stuff. He just recently became too big, but we used to just pick him up and carry him over, put him on the toilet, and carry him back. Not perfect, but it has worked most of the time.

I don't know how you would institute naps -- is he in school or daycare? Also, even if he starts, he is not going to be able to nap in kindergarten/1st grade next year. I really don't see the napping as related. Perhaps is could go to bed a little earlier to avoid being overtired if you think that is the issue?[/quote]

We're currently doing homeschooling with him and his brother.

He's for certain been a lot 'busier' in general as of late, now that covid is easing and we're more involved in various things. DH and I were hoping the nap would help out with the overtired issue - but really, he already does go to bed fairly early (usually around 7:30 - 8).[/quote]

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