Re: Night Time Toilet Trainig
Asked by Kly661

Question:
 

Hi Everyone,

I have a problem with night time toiletting with my 5 yo daughter.  During the day is no problem, but at night she is wetting the bed nearly every

night.  It's driving me mad haveing to wash every day.  We have a water proof mat that is covered with material that she sleeps on.  That makes it very easy to take off the bed and chage her in the middle of the night.  The problem is that she isn't getting any better and doesn't seem to care that she wet the bed.  We don't go mad on her for wetting the bed and encourage her when she doesn't wet.  I don't know what ealse to try.  Some suggestions would be hugely appreciated!

My Advice:

 

My son was also a bedwetter until he was 6. I had taken him to our GP when he was 4, but she told me they wouldn't investigate it until he was at least 5. So the day after his 5th birthday I took him back. He wet every single night without fail, ever since we took him out of night nappies at the age of 2. He was sent to the Paediatrician, and had ultrasounds and tests which showed nothing abnormal. Before this, we had tried all the old wives tales (even though our GP had told us they wouldn't work), like no drinks after 4pm, waking him through the night, letting him stay in a wet bed, making him change the sheets etc, but nothing worked, and only made me more stressed.

Our Paediatrician suggested we try a bedwetting alarm. The waiting list to hire one was months, so I bought a cheap one from ebay. With the help of a nurse our local Incontinence Clinic (she taught us how to use it correctly), my son had dry nights within the first 2 weeks. The alarm would go off with the slightest hint of urine, and my son would wake by himself, and run to the toilet. He had a few accidents, but after about 3 months, he was consistantly dry. We then stopped using the alarm. It's been 6 months since we stopped using the alarm, and haven't had a wet night since.

If you don't want to use an alarm yet - are you using disposable underpants (Drynites)? She may outgrow the bedwetting, and these can help with the night changing. Before we used the alarm, I used to make my sons bed starting with a mattress protector, then a fitted sheet, followed by another mattress protector and fitted sheet. Made stripping the bed easier as it was already made underneath.

I hope this helps.