Anyone have a 5 yr old wetting the bed at night?

My boys are 4.5.. Just wondering if its normal for his age to be wetting the bed at night? Or any advice to get him not to, or just time....
Every once in a while hell be dry and hes proud and Iam proud but then the next night hell wake up wet if I try underwear.. Or sometimes hell just wake up and cry and I usually make him go potty and hell feel better.. Its almost like he has to go so bad he doesnt reconize the feeling, or just in a deep sleep.. Iam confused any advice appreciated!
Misty

 

Two of my four kids ended up in pull ups at night till kindergarten. It was only at night and most of the time would wake up dry. I just figured I would soo much rather pay for pull ups than to be woken up at 2am with my kids telling me they wet the bed. McKenna (5) just the past 2 weeks is staying dry and we have been totally out of pull ups. She has finally actually woken up to pee in the middle of the night. My oldest son was over 6 when he stopped wearing pull ups. Honestly if he is in a dead of sleep still (at 7.5) he occassionaly pees the bed. I know for some its hard to outgrow that. I explained to them that the pull ups were just for accidents and not to be used for convenience. My other two kids just never wet the bed after they were potty trained. I think its just different for each kid!
Good luck!

 

My oldest will be 8 in December and is still wet at night. She sleeps very deeply. :unknw: I have her in pull ups because neither of us want to wake up every night to wet sheets. It's not like she's doing it on purpose.

 

My oldest was in pull-ups at night until just after her 5th birthday - the day we went to the store to buy my little girls their first panties, she insisted on getting new panties too, wanted to wear them to bed that first night, and has been in panties (dry) ever since. My littles have been in panties at night since about 3 1/2. First one, who really was ready - and then a few nights later the other insisted too, and she wasn't really ready. After a few weeks of a lot of accidents, then a few more weeks of pullups, she went back to panties and has been dry. My point - each kids was different, and I think it's a good idea to leave them in pull-ups until they are really ready to stay dry all night consistantly. I didn't want to deal with wet panties/sheets/waking up in the middle of the night, and I think it makes kids feel bad about themselves and embarrassed. (maybe not in your son's case, but in general) Honestly, I would put him back in pullups, let him know once he is consistantly dry and he feels ready he can go back to underwear at night. I would make a point of saying his body just isn't ready, don't let him feel like it's a "baby" thing to do, or he "failed" somehow.

 

My son is still wearing pull ups at night at 5 1/2. He just doesn't ever stay dry. Meghan wears underwear and has accidents occasionally. I waited until she had dry nights 5 times in a row before switching her.

 

Our pediatrician says that it is completely biological...especially at night. It's a matter of time. I think some children are very heavy sleepers and they don't wake up to recognize the signals.

 

It's totally normal for kids not to be dry at 4.5 (or 5, or later). My DDs will be 5 in November -- one of them is dry at night and one isn't. She is a super deep sleeper, and wakes up soaking wet every morning. Luckily for us, she doesn't even want to wear underwear, so for the moment, everyone is happy with the status quo. We plan to just keep doing what we're doing until she either stops peeing at night or starts feeling peer pressure (probably when she starts K) and wants to work harder at staying dry.

FWIW, my other twin was soaking wet at night until almost exactly age 4.5 -- then she started being dry once or twice a month, and then all of a sudden she was dry for 7 nights in a row and we let her start wearing underwear to bed. We didn't do anything at all to help the process along -- it just happened.

 

I have a 6 yr old still in a night time pull-up.

 

My daughter is still in a pull-up. My son hasn't worn a pull-up to bed in a long time. She is such a deep sleeper. They'll be 6 next month.

I'm not that concerned but will mention it to the pedi at their well check-up.

 

My niece is 8 and still has accidents. My sis is very good at getting her up at around 12 to go, but even still there are times she still wakes wet. She wears a pull up most nights to prevent messes. They have spoke with the drs. and the have been told that for some kids it takes a while to grow out of bed wetting.
She is also a very deep sleeper.

 

One of my girlies will be 5 in December and is in pull-ups at night. The crazy thing is that she was dry at night from a couple of months before she was 3 until Spencer was born about 8 months later. She was completely potty trained. When he was born, she majorly reverted and started having accidents constantly. I know that happens sometimes, but it's like she completely forgot how to be potty trained. And now at almost 5, she still routinely has an accident/day. Somedays she doesn't, but then somedays she has more than one. And she almost always wakes up wet.

 

If the child had been dry reliably and then starting having accidents, I would bring it up to the pediatrician. But if he's just not there yet, he's not there yet. I read somewhere that 25% of boys are still night wetting at age 5.

 

One of my best friends has a 5 and a 6 year old that both still wear pull ups at night. Her Dr keeps saying they'll grow out of it and that they just sleep too hard. :unknw:

 

Believe me, even if the child doesn't say anything, s/he (the said child) feels bad that s/he wet the bed at night. C is just over 5 and he is wet most nights. We've had 2-3 day intervals where he is dry, but it never continues. Ped knows and isn't worried. He is just a very sound sleeper and doesn't wake up when his body feels the need to pee. He can go potty right before bed, but it doesn't help.

Yep, A was dry in pull ups for 5 nights in a row and then we switched to her regular underwear. She has only had 2 accidents since age 3.5, most of the time when she's been sick.

There is no magical age. They certainly don't try to do it so punishing them is not good. Keep talking about it to your ped. and limit the fluids before bed. They WANT to be successful.

 

I have, and they don't have any suggestions. There are other concerns with Sabrina... She's legally blind from a genetic condition, and she's very tiny, never been on the charts. We've run a gamut of tests on her for about everything possible and the only thing that came up was that she's pretty severely Vit. D deficient. Considering that she's blind in the sunshine, it's no wonder. So she's on a supplement and we're also going for genetic testing/counseling soon. The bedwetting thing doesn't exactly seem to be related to any of that.

 

Dielle, I hadn't actually read your post when I replied. I can see how you would think I was directing my comment at you but that was not my intent.

 

Oh, that's fine. I didn't take it as hurtful. I'm just frustrated and still a little concerned.