Nappies/ Diapers at bedtime

Eliza - posted on 11/04/2010

My daughter was the same way. aight from diapers to panties, even at night, We went strI think it varies from child to child

Jamie - posted on 10/24/2010

I was really worried about my son, Jan 3rd 2007, peeing the bed, but he has never peed the bed, he has a bottle of water with him every night, he doesn't even go to the potty in the middle of night, or when he wakes him, I get him up get him dressed go to the babysitters and then he goes potty. I don't know how!!! I'm at a awww with it! but good luck with yours =)

Marcela - posted on 10/23/2010

I'll copy-paste a response already did in another post. Actually it's one that a friend of mine, give to us in another forum.
There is nothing you can do to potty train your child while he's asleep. I learned this with my daughter, who actually is pt'ed at night, and she did it by herself, and drinks water before go to the bed, and sleep with a glass of water next to her bed (she likes to drink water at night)....when she wants to go to the bathroom at night she just wake up....here's the response I said I will copy-paste:

"""Night training is neurological, so not something you can help or force them in any way to do. It's a bit like trying to get a newborn to sleep through the night. Basically how it works is that when you're asleep your body releases a hormone to tell your organs to go into sleep mode. Everything slows down and works differently when you're asleep, and that includes your kidney's and bladder. They start to filter far more slowly and your bladder will fill slower too so that it takes much longer to reach the stage of needing to pee. Now, when your bladder does eventually get full at night and you've reached this neurological milestone it will send an impulse to your brain saying "wake up, I gotta pee!!" and your brain wakes the body up, you pee, and you stay dry. You're bladder will only hold so much before it will automatically release though, so once it gets to that point you will pee regardless. Now for night wetting there is one of two things (or both) missing. Either the sleep hormone isn't working right and your kidneys and bladder don't go into sleep mode and so therefore continue to fill at the normal daytime rate so that it reaches fuller sooner and there's much less time for the body to wake up before that impulse is triggered, so the bladder will reach it's full point and automatically release (which is a much lower threshold for a child than an adult), or the impulse to tell the brain that the bladder is full is missing and therefore the body doesn't wake up anyway and the bladder gets to it's point of fullness and automatically releases without bothering to tell the brain it's happening. Kids will stay dry at night when all these things come together and work as one. For some it happens very quickly, and for others it takes a bit longer.""""

Raquel - posted on 10/02/2010

I was wondering the same thing . He wants to go to bed without a pullup but I dont want to keep changing the sheets . I told him not until he no longer wakes up with a dry pullup . I figure when he's ready I wont push it on him . good luck

Kym - posted on 09/29/2010

Thank you so much for your reply Lisa... Since i posted this we have had about 3 dry nights, he is learning to wake himself up when he feels the need to go. I have never tried to wake him up to go because he would most likely go, but he gets very grumpy if woken so probably wouldn't go back off to sleep. We are getting there, it's just something I'm learning to be patient about he does try his hardest bless him and he gets a reward for any dry nights he does have and he loves this =) I hope all goes well with your little boy too xx

Lisa - posted on 09/28/2010

My Jan 2007 boy is still in pull ups at night. We also have tried cutting liquids;that seems to only reduce how wet, not cut the wetness. We are just being patient. His body will have to learn. Some suggest waking them up--that did not go well with a stubborn child who only goes when he wants to go. We've decided to back off. It's a body maturity thing--not a training thing.