does your child still bed-wet ?

Reply to does your child still bed-wet ? on Mon, 23 Apr 2012 16:43:35 GMT

nonKiasu — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 16:43:35 GMT

chloecube:
i am not shy to say my DS is still in his XXXL pamper when he went to P1. i tried many methods, from refraining him from drinking water before bed and waking him up in the middle of the night to go toilet. all in vain.

he will start to cry and make a fuss when i wake him up to go to the loo. its really tough to carry him there and make him pee
even when i mangaged to do it, he still pee in bed after 2 -3 hrs later

i am also working and not the sort who can fall asleep right away when i am awake
so it has taken a toll on me, after a month, i gave up
continue with his XXXL pamper

but when he proceed to P2, miracally, he stopped peeing in bed, i didnt do anything at all

so i guess every kids develope differently, so do not worry too much

Hi, chloecube. Happen to chance upon this thread. My DS3 case is exactly the SAME as your DS! Wear diaper until early P2 this year. And made a fuss and cried when I woke him up to go loo until I gave up. The only diff is mine stopped bec of 'face'. We went to KL, my sis-in-law place for CNY this year. He worried that his aunty and cousins know he is still wearing diaper and refused to wear. Wow lau, I was worried that he wet my sis-in-law's bed. So, warned him that it is pointless not to wear bec everyone will know anyway when he wet the bed. In the end, he did it for 2 days - no wet bed, no diaper! I can feel his joy n pride he had when he returned to spore - no more diaper!
Btw, my DS1 stopped wetting bed at 3 y.o and my DS2 stopped at 4 y.o.

Reply to does your child still bed-wet ? on Mon, 02 Apr 2012 14:32:57 GMT

susu2626 — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 14:32:57 GMT

bao:
My girl also having the same problem. I bought some water proof mattress protector for this purpose but it doesn't really help to prevent water over stained the mattress.

Her bed is stink but I went to Daiso to buy some paper charcoal for shoe rack purpose as it would suck out the smell. It really works! I laid it under the bedsheets and the stinky urine smell has gone.

Wow! this sound super good value for money. Any label or photo :boogie: to show how it looks like so that I could buy one.

Reply to does your child still bed-wet ? on Thu, 08 Sep 2011 04:52:48 GMT

mummy2008 — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 04:52:48 GMT

My 3.5 yrs ds doesn't wear diaper already. As for her, I wait for ready n keep encouraging her.

When she was abt 20 mths, we encourage her wear diaper during sleeping time only. Before she turned to 3yrs, we kept talking about no more diaper during sleep. But we didn't force her. Beside tht, her diaper was always full after she woke up.
Till one day in the morning (cOming to 3.5 yrs), she said itchy on her buttock. I told her it was because of the diaper. Immediately she refused wear diaper during her napping as well as nifty sleep. She was so determine not to wear diaper, then we told her can't pee on the bed. She had proved it during napping.
Come to night time, we told her tht we need to wake her up in the midnight n bring her to toilet.

Now, we still bring her to toilet 2x during night time. We hope tht by this behavior, she could wake up by herself later on

Reply to does your child still bed-wet ? on Mon, 22 Aug 2011 00:27:00 GMT

cnimed — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 00:27:00 GMT

TAccs:
deminc:
Reading through the posts, it seems that it's common to let your child sleep in diapers until you get a dry diaper in the morning?? I thought the benchmark for night time toilet training is the child can wake up to go to the toilet if they need to in the middle of the night and not that they don't need to pee all night? Because I think even adults will do that sometimes. I do not like to restrict fluid intake especially when they have a cough or sore throat and both my children will take a few sips of water before they sleep (they talk a lot before sleeping).

What would you suggest as an appropriate way(s)?

Sorry, didn't follow this thread. :oops:

I follow the elimination communication way - which is really just a fancy angmoh term for our ah mas and po po's way.

In the past there are no disposable diapers so both adults and children are very motivated to do toilet training. From very young, babies become aware of their body signals, but a new mother may need to learn to read the body language and bring the baby to the right place to pee. It may be just a look on the face, or how they suddenly freeze in place in the middle of doing something. There are also certain times of the day when they will need to go. Occasional accidents are unavoidable during this early phase.

When the baby becomes mobile, he or she will eventually go to the right place themselves. Accidents may still occur since they cannot move as fast, or if they have been very engaged in doing something else and realise they need to go too late.

This awareness will carry over to night time. The baby may moan, grunt, or stir in its sleep before peeing. By 1 year old, my children do not nap with diapers. By 2 years old, they generally do not want to sleep in diapers and will take them off themselves. From 2 onwards they usually only need to go to the toilet once in the middle of the night. By 3, it's just occasional.

I sleep with them and will take them to the toilet when I hear them stirring. I am a very light sleeper and I usually keep nappy cloths next to the bed for a quick clean-up if we do not move fast enough. Because of this, it was very easy for me to see the change in ds2' night pattern. When I learnt about food sensitivities and night-soiling, I was already keeping a food diary and I was able to single out the food easily. After the switch, he was again in tune with his body. He needs a lot of water, and there are nights when he wakes up to drink (possibly because his nose was blocked from allergic rhinitis and he was breathing through his mouth), but he doesn't need to go to the toilet at all. In fact, we keep a cup of water next to bed for the children. DS1 doesn't wake up to go to the toilet at all anymore even though he will always take a few sips before sleeping.

Anyway, as I said, this is the old-fashioned way. In fact to the elderly, even babies one or two months old can be toilet trained. It's just that they cannot walk or talk, so you have to read their facial and body language.

Reply to does your child still bed-wet ? on Sun, 21 Aug 2011 10:06:22 GMT

bao — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 10:06:22 GMT

My girl also having the same problem. I bought some water proof mattress protector for this purpose but it doesn’t really help to prevent water over stained the mattress.

Her bed is stink but I went to Daiso to buy some paper charcoal for shoe rack purpose as it would suck out the smell. It really works! I laid it under the bedsheets and the stinky urine smell has gone.

Reply to does your child still bed-wet ? on Sun, 21 Aug 2011 07:48:51 GMT

Witney — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 07:48:51 GMT

Does any body know where can buy the plastic bedsheet, my daughther 4.5 years old, still bed wetting every night.

Reply to does your child still bed-wet ? on Fri, 22 Jul 2011 03:17:09 GMT

TAccs — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 03:17:09 GMT

deminc:
Reading through the posts, it seems that it's common to let your child sleep in diapers until you get a dry diaper in the morning?? I thought the benchmark for night time toilet training is the child can wake up to go to the toilet if they need to in the middle of the night and not that they don't need to pee all night? Because I think even adults will do that sometimes. I do not like to restrict fluid intake especially when they have a cough or sore throat and both my children will take a few sips of water before they sleep (they talk a lot before sleeping).

What would you suggest as an appropriate way(s)?

Reply to does your child still bed-wet ? on Wed, 20 Jul 2011 20:32:53 GMT

cnimed — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 20:32:53 GMT

Reading through the posts, it seems that it’s common to let your child sleep in diapers until you get a dry diaper in the morning?? I thought the benchmark for night time toilet training is the child can wake up to go to the toilet if they need to in the middle of the night and not that they don’t need to pee all night? Because I think even adults will do that sometimes. I do not like to restrict fluid intake especially when they have a cough or sore throat and both my children will take a few sips of water before they sleep (they talk a lot before sleeping).

Reply to does your child still bed-wet ? on Tue, 19 Jul 2011 01:43:06 GMT

TAccs — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 01:43:06 GMT

TAccs:
glad to know I am not alone....

DD1 is still on diaper for night time. She does wet the bed once in a while during her nap time though.

She tries to empty her bladder as late as 10pm while we tried various method incl limiting water intake. It is still not working well on her. I am not sure if her situation is associated to any allergy (she suffers from ecezma),

Currently, we tried to wear the diaper over her undies as I suspect that the diaper may have dis-sensitize her wetting feel? Or she is simply a deep-sleeper? This trial was to train her to feel the wetness and be aware of it. In time to come, her body may be able to acknowledge the needs.. ...still trying...

7th dry diaper day and :xedfingers: for more to come

Reply to does your child still bed-wet ? on Thu, 14 Jul 2011 15:25:00 GMT

tutormum — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 15:25:00 GMT

DS1 is a chronic bed wetter. The frequency went down to about once a month until he was in sec 1. We tried all ways to prevent it but accidents somehow did happen. We thought that one reason was he couldn't wake up in the night to go to the toilet as he was too tired (he never take naps).

However, DS3 surprised us by staying dry when he was one. Of course we were afraid that it was temporary and we continue to let him wear diapers for another month or so until it proved otherwise.
I myself did occasionally wet the bed when I was much older. *shhhh* :oops: Whenever I wet the bed, I would be dreaming that I was doing my business - then when I woke up, I really did it but not in the toilet. :faint:

Reply to does your child still bed-wet ? on Wed, 13 Jul 2011 01:53:20 GMT

TAccs — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 01:53:20 GMT

Tokidoki:
very relieved to know my DS is not the only 6 yrs old wearing diaper at nite! :dancing:

he's also not ready and i din wanna force him. also i'm too lazy to wake up at nite. :evil:

hi-5 ! anr similar things among us :evil: :razz:

Reply to does your child still bed-wet ? on Tue, 12 Jul 2011 14:10:20 GMT

Tokidoki — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 14:10:20 GMT

very relieved to know my DS is not the only 6 yrs old wearing diaper at nite! :dancing:

he's also not ready and i din wanna force him. also i'm too lazy to wake up at nite. :evil:

Reply to does your child still bed-wet ? on Tue, 12 Jul 2011 14:07:36 GMT

Tokidoki — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 14:07:36 GMT

LeeTaiTai:
Hi my 4th old is still wearing diaper at night , at what age should they learn to be completely out of it ..??

i feel is whether they are ready or not. If your gal can wakes up with a dry diaper in the morning for a while, i guess she may be ready.

Reply to does your child still bed-wet ? on Tue, 12 Jul 2011 04:18:05 GMT

TAccs — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 04:18:05 GMT

glad to know I am not alone…

DD1 is still on diaper for night time. She does wet the bed once in a while during her nap time though.

She tries to empty her bladder as late as 10pm while we tried various method incl limiting water intake. It is still not working well on her. I am not sure if her situation is associated to any allergy (she suffers from ecezma),

Currently, we tried to wear the diaper over her undies as I suspect that the diaper may have dis-sensitize her wetting feel? Or she is simply a deep-sleeper? This trial was to train her to feel the wetness and be aware of it. In time to come, her body may be able to acknowledge the needs… …still trying…

Reply to does your child still bed-wet ? on Mon, 04 Jul 2011 15:15:41 GMT

LeeTaiTai — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 15:15:41 GMT

Can I get some advice how you guys start to train you kids to be diaper-free ?

Reply to does your child still bed-wet ? on Mon, 04 Jul 2011 07:20:42 GMT

sweetlovinmum08 — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 07:20:42 GMT

Accrdg to some of my doctor friends Bedwetting usually goes away on its own and its part of being a kids… accrdg to them kids who wet the bed often have a relative who did too when they were young, it tends to run in families . all you can do about this Is When your child wakes with wet sheet dont show any negative reactions like yelling at him or spanking him. Punishing your child for wetting the bed will not solve the problem. You can ask your child to help you change the bed sheets when he or she wets ,It may even help your child feel better knowing that he or she helped out., It’s important for your child to know that bed-wetting isn’t his or her "fault so she/he will not feel guilty and felt embarrass , try to tell him/her about other family members who experience the same situation , It really makes your child feel better. Mummies this are part of growing up, Our kids needs our emotional support and comforT. Offer praise when your child has a dry night. cover your child’s mattress with a plastic cover to make cleanup easier . and my suggestion try to visit doctors to enlighten you thats nothing to worry about t’s not going to last forever, its seems there are some kids has a fast bed wetting recovery. cheerup mum.

Reply to does your child still bed-wet ? on Mon, 04 Jul 2011 03:44:32 GMT

gt1122 — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 03:44:32 GMT

my 6yo still dosent dare to try sleeping at night w/o the diapers… she is ok without it in her afternoon naps though

Reply to does your child still bed-wet ? on Tue, 28 Jun 2011 17:03:05 GMT

LeeTaiTai — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 17:03:05 GMT

Hi my 4th old is still wearing diaper at night , at what age should they learn to be completely out of it …??

Reply to does your child still bed-wet ? on Sat, 11 Jun 2011 08:18:07 GMT

cnimed — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 08:18:07 GMT

It’s strange isn’t it? I don’t understand it, but the pattern can be quite clear to observe once you are aware of the possible connection. You’re right, the children themselves get very distressed over it once they reach a certain age so shaming them certainly will not help in any way.

Reply to does your child still bed-wet ? on Sat, 11 Jun 2011 05:56:03 GMT

Concerndad — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 05:56:03 GMT

Hi…

Thanks for the info here…

The info that allergies affect bed-wetting is something that I can look into for my son. He still bed-wet. He stop for awhile but recently bed-wet again. He has some nose allergy stuff…hmm…The bed-wetting return at the same time. My wife n I avoid scolding n making light of his bed-wetting seeing how making fun or shame-based "teaching" have rob the self-esteem of some children in this.

Reply to does your child still bed-wet ? on Fri, 10 Jun 2011 08:40:27 GMT

cnimed — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 08:40:27 GMT

Note: this doesn’t apply to all children.

for some it may be due to allergies. i was very surprised when i first heard of this at an allergy forum, but it turned out to be true for my son. he was quite young, so i was not overly concerned about bed wetting, but when i put him on a restricted diet for other reasons, i was surprised that his bed wetting stopped completely within a couple of days. i do not think it is a direct effect, but perhaps more about allergies interfering with the body systems in general.

Reply to does your child still bed-wet ? on Fri, 10 Jun 2011 07:49:00 GMT

chloecube — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 07:49:00 GMT

i am not shy to say my DS is still in his XXXL pamper when he went to P1. i tried many methods, from refraining him from drinking water before bed and waking him up in the middle of the night to go toilet. all in vain.

he will start to cry and make a fuss when i wake him up to go to the loo. its really tough to carry him there and make him pee
even when i mangaged to do it, he still pee in bed after 2 -3 hrs later

i am also working and not the sort who can fall asleep right away when i am awake
so it has taken a toll on me, after a month, i gave up
continue with his XXXL pamper

but when he proceed to P2, miracally, he stopped peeing in bed, i didnt do anything at all

so i guess every kids develope differently, so do not worry too much

Reply to does your child still bed-wet ? on Fri, 10 Jun 2011 06:41:41 GMT

smartmummy — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 06:41:41 GMT

Hi everyone!

My DD2 is 5 yr old.
My daughter stop wetting for one year.One month before,she had wetting for three days.We went to friend’s house.The childrens were played tother.She was upset that night.Then she was started to wetting.I knew that and I have read that children get upset then they are wetting.When she was small she always slept with grandma.I had been working for 1.5 years that from her 0.5-2 years.
That time she was wetting three or four times in a night.After my mother went back to our own country (when she was 3),she started to sleep with me and reduced.but not completely stop that her brother always fighting with her and she was started to nursery.I feel that if the children feel very secure then it will stop.I read a book that "Ask supper Nanny".I hope I helped you.

Reply to does your child still bed-wet ? on Fri, 01 Aug 2008 04:02:04 GMT

Fettuccine — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 04:02:04 GMT

By son does it too. Recently wet twice in a week. He still wets now and then. Every night, he would wake up to go to the bathroom at about 1-2 hours after he turns in. But sometimes accidents do happen. What to do, just have to wait for his bladder to \"mature\". At one time, my mum got so tired of waking up and clearing the mess, that she let him wear diapers :oops: :oops: