Overnight potty training

Ok , a little history , I have B/G 5year old twins , Mila, my girl has said no diaper for nighttime since she potty trained around 3, Luke ( who also potty trained around the same time) did not. His older step brother and his dad wet the bed till they were 12 or so I never pushed the issue figuring it might be hereditary .......now that everyone around us ( friends and family) is night trained and doesnt need a pull up, both me and Luke are starting to question why he isn't . :nea: mmm
So i have suggested he tell me in the morn if he is dry and I pay him a quarter, but he usually isn't so .........I have tried having him go pee occasionally when we put him to bed but nothing consistantly .
Does anyone have any suggestions , i dont want to pressure him if it is going to be heriditary as it was with older Bro and DH but also want to let hi acheive the same success as his sister and cousins
Than ks Mo

 

DH was also a bed wetter until he was 7. Between that and Jaydon's hypospadias repair (3rd degree) I was concerned we would have issues, especially with him. They day-trained at 2.5 and night-trained at 3.5. The key should be consistency, just like daytime potty training for younger kids. I would take him before he goes to bed, before you go to bed, and anytime you/DH wakes up in the middle of the night. I also found that my boys were peeing in their pull ups because they knew they had them on. When they were 3.5 I ran out and put underwear on them fully expecting them to be soaked. To my surprise, they were dry the next morning. So that was the end up pull ups. Good Luck!

 

Mo, Marcus didn't night train until recently. If he really wants to try to be dry--let him take the lead. We would give Marcus a choice between underpants and pull-ups, and within a few weeks he was finally in underpants and dry. It is frustrating, but when he is ready, he will be able to do it.

 

boys do have more trouble overnight (esp. if there are late bed wetters in the family)

My 8 year old and my 5 year old both still have to wear Goodnights/diapers overnight. It is a fact of life! The more pressure that you put on him, the worse it is, he is not wetting on purpose.

I talked to my son's doctor about it and there is a perscription medicine that they can give (you give it to them an hour before bed it is supposed to help).

They do not consider it a "problem" until they are still wetting at age 10

 

Our boys day trained without any problems at 2.5. Now at almost 4.5 we still have one wearing a pull-up at night. The other one stopped shortly after turning 4. I have talked to the Dr & she said it is nothing we can teach them. Their body just isn't ready for that yet. She did mention that alot depends on when the father trained. She said not to be concerned till around age 8-10.

 

Thanks for all the replies
I guess my big concern was that I was just letting him have a pull up with out expecting him to get trained. So i guess i am doing ok , I'll just let him take the lead
Thanks again
Mo

 

I agree with the pp... cut off fluids around dinner time... preferrably about 1hr or 2 hrs before bedtime...for real thirst allow maybe a sip of water... Then potty before bedtime... potty when you and dh go to bed, hopefully this is a few hours later.... and if they still aren't dry then potty in the middle of the night. I would make the bathroom very accessible to them and explain the idea of getting up in the middle of the night to pee if that is necessary. For some kids I do think that you have to just take away the pull-up completely. of course, keep the matress well protected!! If problems continue I would talk to your ped. I've heard of kids who have had hernias which the parents were unaware of, but caused them to have bedwetting issues for years beyond "normal." And there are other issues which can cause this to happen too. Obviously the occasional accident at night is normal probably even past age 7... but I think most kids are night time trained by 4-5 at the latest, consistently being able to stay dry on MOST nights, so long as they have a potty break thrown in there somewhere and aren't guzzling juice 2 minutes before bedtime.