Bed wetting (was dry for 3 months)
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Topic: Bed wetting (was dry for 3 months)
Posted By: Two Blondinis
Subject: Bed wetting (was dry for 3 months)
Date Posted: 12 March 2009 at 9:19pm
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Just before Christmas we put Caitlin to bed in knickers, all went perfectly only a couple of accidents since then.
But over the last 2 weeks she has wet the bed at least 4-5 times 
The weird thing is that it's not even waking her up when she wets. First I thought it was becasue she was unwell, just got over tonsilitis, but it's continued. She has just moved up to the Kindy area at daycare where they don't nap unless the child wants to (of course Miss C is far too busy to nap lol) so that explains her deep sleeping. She's really happy there so there's no new stress for her at all there, so it's not that. We're limiting her evening drinks and making sure she goes to the toilet before bed. We've even tried taking her to the toilet just before we go to bed and all that resulted in was a massive tanty and 2 hours sleep that night for everyone
HELP!!!!! What do we do? ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
 
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Posted By: Bumble
Date Posted: 13 March 2009 at 8:27am
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We have a bedwetter who is nearly 6. I have given up on "making" him be dry at night.
I just leave him now. I made some absorbent mattress protectors for him to use so we just use those at night. They snap around the part of the mattress where he sleeps. I wouldn't make a big fuss over it. She is adjusting to going to kindy etc. Just pop her back into a nappy. She will go dry again! :) ------------- formerly known as "Bee" Ethan ~ March 2003 Big 6 year old school boy! Micah ~ Aug 2008 ~ Smiley pants who loves telephones! |
Posted By: CuriousG
Date Posted: 13 March 2009 at 9:32am
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I would be inclined to put her back into pull ups until she is dry for 3 or 4 nights in a row.
We have only had 3 accidents in the time she has been dry at night and just popped her back into a pullup for a couple of nights after that. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 13 March 2009 at 9:50am
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to be completely honest - we have a system for toilet training our girls... worked for Paris and so far has worked for ayja.
They are both winter babies(may and august), so just after 2nd birthday for both of them, over the summer when they were 2 and a half, we introduced toilet training during the day. The nest summer at 3 and a half we stopped nappies during day sleeps. At 4 and a half, we stopped nappies at night for Paris, and will do the same for ayja next summer. next summer we plan to stop getting paris up before we go to bed and go from there. I was keen to get them toilet trained early for during the day but as both of our girls are very deep sleepers and heavy night wetters, i have not rushed into the night dryness thing... we have just taken it very slowly and gone with that and with paris we have found she is starting to wake around that time anyway (if we are running late she will mostly get herself up and take herself to the loo now). I did find that around growth spurts when they are terribly tired, or probably in your case with her starting at kindy.. they do tend to go back to just wetting or not waking when they need to go as their sleep need is greater. Limiting evening drinks isn't always the best either as i do remember reading somewhere at doing that means their bladder is not as full, in fact kids that drink more tend to be better at holding on with larger amounts in the bladder. (dunno how much is true but sounds good) as the others have said - pop a nap back on for overnight and wait till she's dry for a few consecutive nights before trying again. ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja 
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Posted By: Helen1
Date Posted: 13 March 2009 at 4:57pm
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We get our daughter up to do toilet before we go to bed. Around 9:30pm most nights. She's in bed around 7:30pm so we empty her out so to speak and most times she is dry in the mornings. We have had the odd accident before we get to her at night and she has slept through on a very wet bed.
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Posted By: Two Blondinis
Date Posted: 14 March 2009 at 5:55pm
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Thanks for the feedback but will definitely not be putting her back in nappies, that will just add confusion to our problem
I guess it's just like anything, a phase she will get through and will go back to being dry again. I know she's quite young to be dry day and night but she has been the one to instigate the toilet training for both day and night and we've just gone with it. We've been so lucky  ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Helen1
Date Posted: 14 March 2009 at 8:36pm
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I agree with not putting her back in nappies. Try getting her up for a "dream wee" like I suggested above. It works wonders and most times they don't even wake up fully. ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 14 March 2009 at 9:38pm
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Jake has been tt'd day time for a year now, and we have had hardly any accidents. He became night dry around Xmas time, not from us trying either. He just started not only sleeping through the night, but staying dry as well. We go through phases though, 2 or 3 dry weeks, then a week heavy wetting and no waking. Don't know why. To be honest, I haven't taken him out of nappies cos I haven't had the balls to yet, but he did used to wake when he wet, not so much now. He soemtimes sleeps during the day and sometimes not. He is full on too. So not sure about heavy sleeping thing.
I have found the dream wee thing works if we get to 3 or 4 days and still wetting. I also find a drink at bedtime helps with dry nappies? Just me though, I am weird... So no real help there, just saying you aren't alone. Weird things, Kids. Just when you think you have them sussed.... ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
Posted By: Rachael21
Date Posted: 14 March 2009 at 10:17pm
| A friend puts her boys to bed with no bottoms on at all when they have a few night accidents and it seems to work for her. Something to try maybe? |
Posted By: Two Blondinis
Date Posted: 15 March 2009 at 8:57am
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She only wears a nightie to bed, so no bottoms (no knickers either)
Tried the dream wee thing and she just goes mental at us then it takes almost an hour to calm her down and still no wees!
Last night she woke up mid-wee and did the rest in the potty in her room so we're kinda getting there I think (I hope!) ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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