Q for all you seasoned moms...4yr old and pull ups at night.?

Question

My daughter is going to be 4 in September and I would love it if she was out of pull-ups by her birthday. How do I get to the point where she can wear her panties at night? Yes she's basically trained but she still has occassional accidents at night. Should I use those underwear that has the plastic on the outside and cloth in the inside or is that a bad idea?

Answer 1

My granddaughter is 4 and she still wears a pull up at night.  She has fallen asleep occasionally with panties on under her pjs and has stayed dry.  She is just now starting to stay dry more at night.  In my opinion disposable diapers and pull ups have sabotaged potty training, because they do tend to keep the kids dryer it takes much longer for them to get the hang of it.  Stick with the pull ups, she will come around as her bladder gets stronger.  Limit her liquid intake before bed and make sure she goes before and before you know it you can kiss those pull ups bye bye.

Answer 2

plastic underwear will just result in diaper rash.  Use the pull ups at night but try not giving her anything to drink right before bedtime.  You come wake her in the night and take her to the potty and then back to bed.

One thing I found with my granddaughter  she would be dry all night but wet herself as she got up.  I would get her up at the first signs that she was waking up or be sure she to to the bathroom as soon as she did wake up and "catch it".  In a very short time she was dry until she got to the potty.  Sometimes the little bladder is not as developed as it might be and gets too full to hold.  She will grow and out grow this.  Be patient  Dry all night is usually the last thing they get down so she is doing fine.

Answer 3

My 2 1/2 year old was in underwear at night. I just don't get it. Wowwww!!! Pull ups don't work. I never used them and my son is completely potty trained.

Answer 4

The pull ups are probley confusing her and making think she is still in a diaper and a she feels like she can use those because they are just like diapers.I would put her in underwear at nite and put something under her so it wont go through on the bed and wake her up occasionally.

Answer 5

I would start by limiting the amount of drinks she has about 1 to 2 hours before bedtime. My daughter will be 5 soon and since she was about three our routine has been, brush your teeth, go POTTY, read a book, cuddle, bedtime. When  we implemented this she almost immediately stopped having accidents

Answer 6

get rid of things and let her wear big girl underwear.  get her up during the night to remind her.  I would use the cloth.

Answer 7

Use the overnights and just put them on her at bedtime. They feel and look more like underware. Make sure she isn't drinking before bed and she goes potty before bed.  Accidents happen.  I was 14 when i finally stopped wetting the bed because i had a sleep disorder and got so locked into the sleep that I couldn't wakeup to use the restroom, i would dream i was in the bathroom and wakeup soaked.  Just give her time and be understanding of the problem.  Atleast she is almost there and bedtime wettings are common.

Answer 8

The best thing you can do is put her in regular panties and put a waterproof sheet on her bed.  Plan on cleaning up a few accidents.  This will be the best way for her to learn.  Set her up for success by limiting fluids before bedtime and making sure she uses the potty before bed.  Leave a night light on in the hall so if she wakes up in the middle of the night she can get to the potty.  Good Luck!

Answer 9

buy her some really pretty underwear, that what i did with my daughter she loved dora so i bought dora panties and told her that dora wouldnt like to be peed on LOL, but it worked

Answer 10

I have three children and my children have all been potty trained since they are between 1 and 2.  If I had them in pull-ups they would use them as diapers.  My sister's children are still in pull ups at night at her house but when they came to stay with me I wanted to help her out (she is a single mom who works crazy hours) so I would stop liquids to all children about an hour before bed, then made everyone go potty so she didn't feel singled out.  She did not wet a single night. This was over a week and two days.... not forever but it was a start.  Maybe it will help.  I would start letting her wear her big girl panties to bed.  If she has many accidents maybe before you go to bed you could get her up to do another potty break to train the bladder.  I hope this helps.

Answer 11

I never did the pull-ups at all with either son, and don't plan to with my daughter. I think it's worth the few accidents to remind them to get to the bathroom when they've gotta go!

  Try checking on your daughter at night before you sleep. If she's moaning in her sleep, tossing and turning, or holding herself, wake her up and send her to the bathroom! My husband and I sleep at different times, so I checked first, and he checked the second time....we had very few accidents.

Answer 12

My son will be 4 in November.  He stopped wearing Pull-Ups at night 5 months ago...took me about a week to "train" him to get used to the idea of getting up if he felt the urge to go in the middle of the night:

Obviously, I limited his liquid intake in the evenings.  But also, for about a week, I woke up in the middle of the night once or twice, took him in the potty, and made him try to go potty.  (He always fell right back to sleep, because he was never completely awake.)

It only took a week of "training" to get him used to the idea of getting up in the middle of the night if he had to go potty.  Yes, it disrupted my sleep pattern a little for a week, but never having to buy another Pull-Up again was worth it.  lol