[mlammons]

My son will be 5 in a month and is still wearing pullups at night. He does NOT want to have to get up at night and go potty. He's a very heavy sleeper and it's just laziness. I have gotten rid of the pullups a couple of times and he wets the bed. Anyone have any advice?

[mrmnmom82]

I don't think it's lazyness, some kids are just deeper sleepers than others. My sister "rented" a night training kit from a friend to help her son, I think he was 6 or 7, and wouldn't wake up at night. It had a loud alarm on it that woke him up, and they tracked his progress on a chart. I think it took him 2 weeks to be completely ready and consistant. It was an expensive trainer though. That's why my sister payed her friend, it cost her friend $100 or so for the system. From what I understand it was a clip connected to a wire connected to an alarm that sensed moisture.

I would also try taking away drinks at night, my son keeps a cup of water by his bed, we'll have to do away with that soon. He can have a drink of water when he brushes his teeth, but that's it.

[deedee1231]

Some kids simply take longer to learn not to wet in their sleep. It has to do with physiological development, not laziness. My son wore good nights to bed until he was 7, it was much better than letting him wet the bed and ruin his mattress. My pediatrician told me that he would not offer any treatment for the bedwetting until his 7th birthday. Thankfully, he outgrew it right around the time he turned 7, all on his own.

I would keep providing the pull-ups and not make a big deal of it except to praise his dry nights (if he has any). If he is still having the problem in a few years talk to his doctor.

[icepuppy]

My 8 year old weres the older kid pull ups. I myself wet the bed till i was 9 my wife was 10 ors was due to gentics . I'm not one to blame my parents and there instability's. Your kid will grow out of it give it time

[mollymae]

My DD wasn't dry at night till she was 8 1/2. It's not down to laziness it to do with a chemical switch in the brain that tells the kidneys to slow down urine production at ngiht. It not your sons fault.

[Michelespreemies]

I agree with JoJo.. My daughter which is also turning 5 in 1 month still wears pullups aor diapers at night.

[twinzplus3]

Again, I have to agree. Night training is not the same as daytime potty training. There are hormones involved in stopping urine production at night and that's a physiological factor. . .NOT laziness. If he hasn't developed hormones that stop urine production and he sleeps deeply--how do expect him to wake up?

I suspect--to be honest--that you've exacerbated the problem with your attitude. I would highly recommend that you read some resources on bed wetting--not one of them will suggest laziness as a cause. But let him wear pull ups until he consistently wakes up dry. Don't put him through the embarassment of having him wet his bed and/or thinking he's lazy. This is simply a normal part of development. Good luck!

[Samual]

The only physical reason would be that the body is not producing ADH, but that would also mean constant urination and severe dehydration and constant kidney infection.
I would take them off and let them wet the bed until they got sick of being wet all the time. But I would ignore the wet nights and praise the dry nights.

[mollymae]

I found some information on bed wetting here http://www.drgreene.com/21_586.html

[wanttobemommy]

Originally Posted by Samual

The only physical reason would be that the body is not producing ADH, but that would also mean constant urination and severe dehydration and constant kidney infection.
I would take them off and let them wet the bed until they got sick of being wet all the time. But I would ignore the wet nights and praise the dry nights.

Personally i am so sorry for your children Samual. Bed wetting is not something they can control at this age, The child being spoken of is 5. No two kids are the same. My sister wet the bed until she was 6 where I stopped wetting the bed at 7. Infants and toddlers develop different than other infants and toddlers. If you honestly think its ok to let your children lay in a wet bed then again I feel sorry for your children. I would NEVER allow my son to sleep in his own urine. I know that accidents happen and my son can pee through a diaper like no other but that is why I am his parent and I take care of him change his diaper and his sheets. If he wets the bed when he is older it would be the same routine. I work for an agency where we have people with developmental disabilites and we have one woman who is 26 at the house I work at and she must be woken up everynight at 2am to go to the bathroom or she wets herself. If we dont get this done we get charged with abuse and neglect.