Not Dry at Night & Nearly 6
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Apologies, Mumsnet post but I don't go on Mumsnet as I'm a bloke so I thought I'd ask on a motoring forum instead...
My eldest is six in April but he seems unable to go through the night without having an accident. At the moment he still wears pull up pants to bed otherwise he'd be soaked every morning. Think part of the problem is that he's a pretty deep sleeper, once he's gone off for the night there's not much that will wake him and invariably he'll sleep all night undisturbed. This is good in some respects as we'd rather he wasn't waking us up in the middle of the night but as mentioned he doesn't wake if he needs a wee.
Is there anything we can do to train him? From what I've read kids just develop their bladder control at different ages and he might just be a bit late getting there but at the moment there's just no sight of him going through the night with weeing. I could probably count the number of nights he hasn't been wet on my fingers.
From what I also understand it's no major concern for healthcare workers until he's a bit older yet so seeing the doctor would be a bit pointless?
My eldest is six in April but he seems unable to go through the night without having an accident. At the moment he still wears pull up pants to bed otherwise he'd be soaked every morning. Think part of the problem is that he's a pretty deep sleeper, once he's gone off for the night there's not much that will wake him and invariably he'll sleep all night undisturbed. This is good in some respects as we'd rather he wasn't waking us up in the middle of the night but as mentioned he doesn't wake if he needs a wee.
Is there anything we can do to train him? From what I've read kids just develop their bladder control at different ages and he might just be a bit late getting there but at the moment there's just no sight of him going through the night with weeing. I could probably count the number of nights he hasn't been wet on my fingers.
From what I also understand it's no major concern for healthcare workers until he's a bit older yet so seeing the doctor would be a bit pointless?
My two eldest sisters wet the bed every night until they were in their teens!
I never did, nor did my youngest sister.
Doctors were involved, rubber sheets, some electric device that would buzz when it got wet, waking them up for a pee at midnight, nothing worked, then it basically faded away at some stage.
I never did, nor did my youngest sister.
Doctors were involved, rubber sheets, some electric device that would buzz when it got wet, waking them up for a pee at midnight, nothing worked, then it basically faded away at some stage.
C0ffin D0dger said:
Apologies, Mumsnet post but I don't go on Mumsnet as I'm a bloke so I thought I'd ask on a motoring forum instead...
My eldest is six in April but he seems unable to go through the night without having an accident. At the moment he still wears pull up pants to bed otherwise he'd be soaked every morning. Think part of the problem is that he's a pretty deep sleeper, once he's gone off for the night there's not much that will wake him and invariably he'll sleep all night undisturbed. This is good in some respects as we'd rather he wasn't waking us up in the middle of the night but as mentioned he doesn't wake if he needs a wee.
Is there anything we can do to train him? From what I've read kids just develop their bladder control at different ages and he might just be a bit late getting there but at the moment there's just no sight of him going through the night with weeing. I could probably count the number of nights he hasn't been wet on my fingers.
From what I also understand it's no major concern for healthcare workers until he's a bit older yet so seeing the doctor would be a bit pointless?
Have you seen a doctor? GF's nephew had an issue where he would wet himself but not realise, and turned out something to do with his bladder. On tablets now, but worthwhile taking them to the doctor just to check. My eldest is six in April but he seems unable to go through the night without having an accident. At the moment he still wears pull up pants to bed otherwise he'd be soaked every morning. Think part of the problem is that he's a pretty deep sleeper, once he's gone off for the night there's not much that will wake him and invariably he'll sleep all night undisturbed. This is good in some respects as we'd rather he wasn't waking us up in the middle of the night but as mentioned he doesn't wake if he needs a wee.
Is there anything we can do to train him? From what I've read kids just develop their bladder control at different ages and he might just be a bit late getting there but at the moment there's just no sight of him going through the night with weeing. I could probably count the number of nights he hasn't been wet on my fingers.
From what I also understand it's no major concern for healthcare workers until he's a bit older yet so seeing the doctor would be a bit pointless?
We had a similar problem with our son at about the same age, but he wasn't wetting every night, normally two or three times a week.
The advice and action plan we received worked really well and results came pretty quickly.
We were told to ensure he drank plenty of water throughout the day at school but no drinks at all after 1800 hours. Then at bedtime when having a wee to sit on the toilet and do it rather than standing, as this expels more urine. We also kept a chart with a smiley face sticker for every dry night and a sad face for wet nights. A small reward was given for five dry nights, then ten and so on. On mornings when he woke up wet it was important not to be angry or frustrated with him but to sort of shrug it off almost, like "oh well, never mind. Let's put your sheets in the wash". Lots of praise though for dry nights, "well done mate, that's fantastic!" to build up their confidence.
Might be worth a try, hopefully he'll crack it soon.
Edited to add: at the time our sons bedtime was 1930. If your lad goes to bed earlier then perhaps try no drinks after 1700-1730.
The advice and action plan we received worked really well and results came pretty quickly.
We were told to ensure he drank plenty of water throughout the day at school but no drinks at all after 1800 hours. Then at bedtime when having a wee to sit on the toilet and do it rather than standing, as this expels more urine. We also kept a chart with a smiley face sticker for every dry night and a sad face for wet nights. A small reward was given for five dry nights, then ten and so on. On mornings when he woke up wet it was important not to be angry or frustrated with him but to sort of shrug it off almost, like "oh well, never mind. Let's put your sheets in the wash". Lots of praise though for dry nights, "well done mate, that's fantastic!" to build up their confidence.
Might be worth a try, hopefully he'll crack it soon.
Edited to add: at the time our sons bedtime was 1930. If your lad goes to bed earlier then perhaps try no drinks after 1700-1730.
Edited by GaRog on Friday 17th February 22:10
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