My daughter is going to be 5 in a couple months.
She’s been potty trained since 2.5 years old, except she has never been able to hold her pee all night, so she’s still in pull ups. I’ve tried offering her literally ANY toy, food, and reward she could possibly want.
Do you guys have any advice or ideas? Should I try putting her to bed in underwear to try to teach her instead?
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You might need to try waking her up a couple time during the night to have her got to the bathroom
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My son is 3 now and he was trained at 2.5 years old he is super obsessed with Santa and presents so I told him if he poops or pees in his underwear Santa will be grumpy and leave coal thankfully he has had no accidents and goes to the toilet when needed… I put puppy training pads underneath his blankets incase he did pee also ask her if she has 2 pee before bed and cut drinks off an hr before bed that’s what we do
All medical problems been ruled out?
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Night time takes longer. My girls were closer ton3nbefore they didnt pee during the night anymore.
It’s a brain chemical thing . Not like shes trying to pee the bed… and genetic mine wet till 8 so did her dad
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She may have a bladder issue. She may need to see a doctor.
I’m having this same issues with my daughter. She is 4 1/2 also been completely potty trained during the day but in pull ups at night. We thought she was almost done with this stage cause she started waking up in the middle of the night and actually using the potty but it only lasted a week and then she went back to wetting the bed so went back to pull-ups and she doesn’t wake up until after she has gone in her pull up now .
Night light? Maybe she’s afraid to get up in the dark?
Nothing to drink after 6pm and go right before bed?
I have to take my 6 year old to the bathroom few times a night otherwise he will pee in the bed.
We tried many different methods that didnt work. My daughter finally outgrew it. Right as she started kindergarten.
Just use the pull ups and keep encouraging her. She has to.do this, all you can do is encourage her and remind her it’s important.
My daughter was potty trained at 2yo. As soon as she went all day without an accident i took away the night time pull ups. I would wake her up ever 2 to 3 hrs and take her to the restoom. She did have a few accidents here and there so i would put pee pads under her sheets…
My son used to wet the bed until he was 11 years. The doctor tried to prescribe a medicine to help but I couldn’t afford it as it wasn’t covered by insurance. Try your best. No drinking anything after a certain time. We do supper. I encourage bathroom visits before bed. Possibly set an alarm to wake up and take the little to bathroom in the middle of the night
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Yelp just take it as it is just put the pull-ups on them and don’t say no more I’ll try to because it will stop. I’m lady one year old lady and had children of my own and if you got one West the bed contend with it and put the pull up so it’s all you can do
Put her in underwear, wake up about 3 in the morning & go make her pee. This will teach her to get up in the night & pee. I did this with my son for probably a year & now he hardly ever pees the bed. Rarely an accident.
Check with your Doctor. This is very common and not necessarily something that she can control.
Just use the pull ups my daughter did it. Till she was 9 not every night but she had accidents. She will grow out of it. And I tried everything. Still happened
I just got my almost 4 year old night trained. We do no liquids after 6pm. I send her to pee right before bed. I send her again in an hour if she still isn’t asleep. And then I will wake her at 10 pm to go. She has only had 1 accident in a week and that was a night she had liquids way past 6pm.
Honestly I never night trained. I give my daughter a water cup at night (I’m weaning her off it, we are down to 2 tbsp of liquid lol) and she just kind of trained herself to hold it. I didnt switch her to panties until she was dry 95% of the time. I told her that babies wear pull ups and diapers and if she wanted to be a big girl she needed to use the potty always, even if it’s in the middle of the night. She may just think the security of pull ups means she can go, so I would try slowly (maybe start with 1 night a week wearing panties and increase it every week) and then if she has an accident then show her how to clean it up and put her right back to bed.
Some kids take longer at night. It can be a medical condition. My son needed pills and then had no problem, but I didn’t try that until he was 7 or 8 because of sleepovers.
Use panties get you a few mattress covers and layer them with a fitted in between. She may just have an immature bladder or it could be a problem going on. Hard to tell at that age.
No take her to her dr my ped gave mine med noise spray and it worked may be other stuff they can give now been while for my kid but dr best bet she may have medical problem keep her from being able to stop on own.
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Some kids just take longer my 2nd oldest didn’t stop doing that until she was about 6
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Yep no water 2 hours before bed. Put her in undies and get a plastic mattress protector.
I’d just set an alarm and wake her up to go in the night. That way itll become routine for her.
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I was told you cant night train. They either can hold it or they cant. Its anout bladder maturity and for some kids it takes a little longer to mature. My son was almost 6 when he was able to hold it all night my daughter was able to day/night right off the hop so its really about them recognizing that feeling when sleeping and waking up to pee or being able to hold it
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Don’t let her drink anything an hour before bed and make her use the bathroom before she lays down it’s the easiest way
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My son is 3 and he’s been potty trained since 2.5 years old and we cut off liquids at 7:30pm and he doesn’t have accidents at all any more
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Check with the Dr. It may be medical
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I used to wake my kids up to pee at 2 or 3 am before they wet the bed it worked great
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My son was like 7 or 8 before he was out of overnight pants. Hes 13 and fine now. Cutting out liquids before bed didnt help, offering toys or treats as rewards made it worse bc he felt like a failure when he couldn’t do it. He just had to do it on his own. Be patient.
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Honestly it’s more than likely something she’ll just grow out of, it’s just annyoing to wait for it to happen. My son is 7 and we still have issues, but knowing it runs in his family I’m just waiting for him to hit that certain point where his body will wake him at night to get up and go. Don’t make a huge issue out of it, it could make it worse. If you think it’s more than that make her a drs apt.
I always make mine pee right before bed and I limit drink at bedtime just some water after brushing teeth. Works for me .
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no late drinks. Potty at midnight. potty at 7am. or figure out when they pee in the morning
Have you tried that potty training watch? Some kids just take longer to develop the muscle control, especially to feel it through sleep
Bladder control comes with age she will be ready when she’s ready she’s not doing it on purpose
Do you wake her up during the night? I found mine would pee even if half asleep. But dont worry…she will get there…
When I was little, I wet the bed every night until I was about 10. Mother carried me to the doctor and there was nothing wrong with me. He told her not to punish me because I couldn’t help it and he was right. I couldn’t help it and I felt so bad and ashamed. Trust me, I would have stopped if I could have. It wasn’t fun for me either. Thank goodness my Mother was understanding and never embarrassed me. Please be kind to her, it is something she will always remember.
My daughter was the same way. She is a super heavy sleeper and just doesn’t wake up if she has to pee (90% of the time at least). We did incentives for a certain number of dry pull ups but honestly some kids just take longer than others. We did only little sips of water before bed, no drinks after dinner. But that can be tough to keep up too, kids get thirsty. You can try doing underwear and be prepared to change a lot of sheets, but I feel they’ll stop when they’re body develops to that point
A friend said they used this potty training thing that goes into the underwear. The second it senses wetness, it vibrates and stops the kid from peeing. Her son was good in 2-3 weeks. She spent around $40 for it.
I was a bed wetter too. I slept to sound. My folks got a device that would buzz loud and turn on lights. Mom would take me in the bathroom put me on the toilet and put a cold washcloth over my face to wake me. Poor Mom!! But it trained me.