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OT: Night time accidents
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I have a question. My almost 4 yr old daughter had been dry for over 6 months with not one drop or accident. Now for the last 2 weeks she is having accidents ONLY at night. I mean last night it was a puddle. Anyone experience this? How do I help her regain her blatter at night? Any thougths or suggestions? I have her going potty at 630, 645 and 7 right before bed. Nothing to drink after 6 except a sip monitered by me from my water. I have never had this happen with my 5 boys so this going backwards is a new thing for me. Thanks Misty
Has she stopped taking daytime naps? I know it sounds crazy, but when one of my girls (I have four) stopped taking naps, she started wetting the bed. If I made her take a nap, no wetting the bed that night. Crazy, but that seemed to help her trouble. We had that trouble until she was well over 5 yo. (She’s now 7, and has the biggest bladdr I’ve ever heard of in a child!)
Otherwise, is there stress around? She might be reacting to that. Or scary dreams caused by movies or books or something that happened recently?
With one of my kids who had difficulty staying dry overnight, I would take them to the bathroom at 11 or so right before I went to bed. That helped them to make it through until morning.
Since she was dry for months before it could be a growth spurt so she is sleeping deeper or medical like a UTI. My friends son started having night accidents and he had a kidney infection that they had no idea about.
My boys (5.5 and 2.5) are not night dry even though they have been day dry since right before turning 2. It is my understanding that it is very normal not to be night dry until the age of 6 or even 7. It has to do with body slowing production during sleep and body waking when needed. I have tried waking my older son with out success. He just gets upset and still wakes wet. We use cloth diapers and he is happy to use the cloth over night trainers we have.
Is she more thirsty or hungry than usual? More lethargic? Weight loss? Anything else unusual? This could be a symptom of something else (like type 1 diabetes which my dd has). I would get it checked out just in case.
Nebby
I wish I had an answer!! My DD7 still has accidents almost every night. A couple years ago I started getting her up for the bathroom before I went to bed and she started staying dry at night. She was dry for 2 or 3 months and then started having accidents again. It became almost every night again. I would take her to the bathroom and she would still wake up wet. Several months ago she had 8 nights in a row dry and then went back to wetting at night again. It is very frustrating. She is a very deep sleeper. I have thought about getting up again around 1 or 2 in the morning to take her, but I wondered if that would just be training me and not her. I can’t say I really want to get up in the middle of the night either.
There is a buzzer that attaches to their clothing that is very loud when the tiniest drop touches the clothing. This worked for two people I know who are very deep sleepers. I’m not sure what it’s called, but I know it worked for my friends with older kids who kept wetting the bed.
We use a buzzer and it does work. We put it back on her last week. http://bedwettingstore.com/
No she is not more thirst, tired, etc. This is the only thing different. No stress, haven’t really watched any TV/Movies. It’s like out of the blue. It was nice to hear that I am not alone though. Maybe growth spuirt?
Thanks I will keep just plugging along.
I know several people who had accidents until they were 13 or 14 (wet every night). Their parents tried buzzers, alarms, wake them up all night, etc. A lot of it depends on the development of the hormone that helps you know when to go and/or when to wake up. For some people, no matter what you try, it will only be time that works.
Yeah, I know someone that had nighttime accidents until they were around 15 or 16 (not sure when it stopped)…
But I do agree that this is different if she was dry for several months. If there is no new stressors or medical issues it will probably go away fairly quickly under that circumstance (growth spurt or some other temporary thing) – but because she was dry for months before I would check with her doctor for a UTI or kidney infection or other medical cause.
My youngest son is 6 and wets the bed every night. He sleeps so deeply that it’s almost impossible to wake him up. I’ve been considering making a doctor appointment for him, but then I wonder what the doctor could really do but tell me what I already know. It’s a very fustrating stuation especially because his room smells so bad every morning and everyone has to deal with it. He knows better but sometimes I feel that he really is being lazy. He hides his pull-ups in his closet so no one will see and gets so embarrassed if he has to walk his pull-up to the trash. I checked out the buzzer idea but I just know that I WILL BE THE ONE waking up to turn the stupid alarm OFF.
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