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nearly 5 and still wearing nappies overnight!
October 2nd, 2009
My daughter is nearly five years old and still wears pull ups overnight. She is always wet and not at all bothered by it. I have tried not putting a pull up on but when she wets the bed she sleeps right through even though she is wet. Any suggestions of what I can do to break this cycle?
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s.colville said:
on 12/10/2009 at 17:40
I share your pain. My son is almost 5 and a half and we have the same problem. He doesn’t even wake up – we’ve tried lifting and no drinks, incentive charts etc etc.
Any help welcomed ?!
drama.kids said:
on 17/10/2009 at 16:25
Hi,
My daughter is nearly 5 and we’ve had the same problem… she never had any problem sitting/sleeping in a wet or soiled nappy or bed…. to be honest, i think were i went wrong maybe, was that i was totally rubbish at changing her nappy when she little… awful thing to admit to, i know, but i wasn’t one of those mums who would change a wet nappy straightaway!
anyhoo…. beth’s just started school and i was getting sick of the smell of wee.. from where her pull ups were leaking every night…
so, 7 days ago, her pull up in the morning was surprisingly not particularly wet! so we went ahead and got those pampers bed mats (aswell as a waterproof under sheet aswell (the best one is hippychick mattress protector – really soft) and put her in pants and a nightie, and we tried lifting her at our bedtime.. very stressful, as she couldn’t do a wee and was very very upset, and put her back to bed, without having done a wee – and the next morning, there was a little wee! (that’s the only reason that we’ve tried and failed in the past!!!!)
the next few nights, we did the same and were beginning to think about going back to pull ups.. but then, a friend mentioned her boy would cry and take ages to wee at the lifting – but she said he soon got used to it and is fine… on and off now… so we tried again and i carried her to our ensuite loo, and this time, as she was so relaxed, she did a huge wee. (oh, we also give her bedtime milk to her with her dinner now, at 5.45!… think that helps majorly)
so, we’re 7 days in and she’s been dry most nights,.. and lifting her at night isn’t stressful anymore.
i know we’re only a week in, but i’m feeling really positive. and if she wets occasionally, that’s fine. fingers crossed!
good luck #/…. a week ago, i honestly thought beth would always be in pull ups at night, but we’ve cracked it…. so, there’s hope for you.
x
janinespencer said:
on 26/10/2009 at 16:45
It is really very common for 5 year olds to regularly wet the bed – 20% do. I know it can be very frustrating for you but for many children nighttime bladder control takes longer to develop. It may not seem so, but it’s really encouraging that your daughter isn’t concerned about the bedwetting. Many children get very upset and stressed when they wet the bed and this can damage their self esteem.
There are a number of techniques you could try with your daughter. For example, make sure she goes to bed with an empty bladder. Many children don’t empty their bladder fully when they go to the toilet before bed. So, when your daughter goes to the toilet, encourage her to wee 1, 2, 3 times to fully empty her bladder. You could count with her and make a game out of it. As long as your daughter is drinking a lot during the day you could restrict drinking about an hour before bed. Fizzy drinks stimulate the bladder, so it’s a good idea to cut these out. It’s a good idea to try these techniques, but in all likelihood, your daughter will stop wetting the bed without any further intervention