How to train my son to stay dry at night time?

Question

My son is 3.5 years old and for the past few weeks has been wearing big boy pants to bed and has not had any accidents when he goes at midnight, i wake him up to take him and when he goes for a wee he stays dry till morning, but when i sit him on the loo and he does not go he wets before morning, any other suggestions?? as obviously i cant force him to wee nor would want to.

Answer 1

don't give him anything to drink before bed!

Answer 2

Don't let him have anything to drink for the hour before bed, or to eat. Have him go right before getting into bed.

There isn't much else you can do. A lot of children are bed wetters and they usually out grow it on their own.

Answer 3

Hello. It all depends on if your son is in a big boy bed or crib. if hes in a crip then no its not a good age. cassue they dont know to wake u up and tell you they have to go. but if he is in a bed. yes becasue u can tell him that if he has to go to get out of bed and tell you. I trained my son when he was your sons age by makeing a pallace on my floor with a matrees. and told him to wake me up if he had to go. So then u will know. hope this helps!

Answer 4

sometimes they just cant help it no matter what.. call the doctor

Answer 5

It's definitely true that it takes time, so don't worry about it too much.  Maybe put pull-ups on him for night time.  It takes a while for kids to develop the ability to wake up and go when they need to pee at night.  For some reason, boys sometimes take longer than girls to get to that point.

Answer 6

don't let him drink anything at least an hour before bed, and before he goes to bed, make him go to the potty.

Answer 7

Everyone is on the right track.  basically make sure you don't give him anything to drink about an hour and a half before bed and make sure he goes potty RIGHT BEFORE he gets in bed.  even if you are reading a book or what ever make sure that the potty is the last thing he does.  sometimes this might be hard, but it is better then him waking up in a wet bed.  My son will be 4 in 2 weeks and he started sleeping through the night with out accidents at about 3.  Now he there are those occasions where he does have an accident but only on nights where we were out late or he had drank something too close to bed time.  good luck and they will eventually grow out of it, just stay confident and keep him out of diapers at night time so he doesnt get use to them again, it can cause confusion.

Answer 8

get him underwear with his favorite character or superhero, and tell him to go to the bathroom before bed so he wont pee on batman

Answer 9

Just keep him in pull ups at night, and then maybe try to say something like, "As soon as you can stay dry all night, you'll be a real 'big boy'!"  Or I hate to say it, but bribe him?  With a simple reward like going out for ice cream or something...

Best of luck!

Answer 10

limit how much he drinks in the evenings. My daughter doesn't get anything after dinner. She's 2 1/2 and has only wet the bed once.  

Answer 11

Well my daughter was not dry at night til she was 5 she was dry through the day but just could not master the night thing but lukily she is now. So I would just keep incouraging him and getting him up before you go to bed and he will do it in his own time all kids or different Good Luck.

Answer 12

that's exactly what i did. my son is 4 and still has the occasional accident. it just takes patience. best of luck.

Answer 13

I learned that it's not something we can control.

They grow out of the night time wetting.  I found a website that nighttime wetting is the last to go.  It helped me keep my sanity. It's normal up to the age of 7!  I was so physically exhausted in the morning with changing the bed in the middle of the night.  Thank God my daughter didn't wet until she was 7, she stopped, on her own, at 5!  She wore pullups until then.

My four year old still wets in the pullup at night.  I'm just waiting for it to click.

Pressure can be too much at this age.

Answer 14

dont let him have anything to drink 2 hours before going to bed. and still wakehim up at midnight to try and go to the bathroom. i  hope this works:)