Heavy wetter overnight- 3.5years

[Deleted]

We use pull ups overnight, but almost every night DS is peeing through. I'm tired of doing laundry every day.

We have him pee before bed every night and limit water after 7 ish. He is potty trained for the day time.

Any solutions?

[slug*bug]

We switched to Huggies Overnight diapers when our CDs couldn't keep up w/DS any longer and have had good luck with them.

DS is 37ish lbs.: he's at the top end of the weight range for the 5T size or the low end of the 6T size. DS is trained during the day, so they might be a little bit of overkill at this point, but we're sticking w/them 'til he's night trained as well.

GL!

[juliahenry]

My ds used to pee so much overnight that even the overnights didn't help.

We ended up buying adult poise pads (for adult incontinency, from the drugstore next to the tampons etc) and lining his overnight diaper or pull-up. It worked.

[dcrunnergirl]

This was happening to DS. The things that helped were switching to these Pampers Overnights b/c they were a bit bigger in the bottom area that the Huggies Overnights we were using (so they held more):

www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005TI84O2/ref=oh_details_o01_s00_i00

And then we started inserting these diaper doublers (like Toddler depends pads) into the diapers everynight:

www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00839749A/ref=oh_details_o04_s00_i00

[knitty]

You can get overnight nappies for older children, they're very expensive, but are designed to hold wee, whereas pullups are not. I'd try those, you may not need extra boisting in them.

[lindyanne]

We still use regular pampers for night time. DS doesn't always wet heavily but a decent amount he would definitely have too much for a pull up.

[dr.girlfriend]

We wake DS up to pee around 11 when we go to bed. He barely wakes up, we carry him to the potty, put him on it, he pees, and he sleepwalks back to bed. If we ever forget then he wets the bed.

[raylongivens]

One other hint that might help... DD is 3, trained during the day since 2.5. She pees before bed at 7:30, then we gt her up at 10 and stick her on the potty. She always goes, and really doesn't wake up. She wakes up dry about 75% of the time.

Also, DD is allergic to pull ups, so after she pees at night, we put "big kid" overnight underwear (you know, for like 6-7 y o that wet the bed) over her pajamas. The hope was that she'd feel wet and learn to wake up, but that hasn't happened yet. Those pants typically keep the pee contained, though, so I'm not washing sheets every day.

[eddy]

I struggle with this with my almost 5 year old. He sleeps so hard at night. This past week I have tried waking him up at 10 pm and it is almost impossible. It isn't worth it because it ends up being like a 10 minute thing to just get him to pee. So we just really limit his fluids (if he hasn't been running around crazy) and make him pee at least twice before bed. Sometimes I will go into his room like a half hour after he goes to bed and ask him if he wants to try one more time. That helps a ton.

I have no idea where the fluid comes from. He drinks a small glass of milk at 5:30 with dinner. Then that is it. He has always been a heavy wetter at night. I guess it is developmentally normal for kids even up to 6 years old to still wet the bed. The laundry part is annoying though.

[mswax]

DS1 is almost 4.5, but still uses pull-ups at night. He's getting better at waking up, but it takes some kids a lot longer for their bodies to tell them to wake up.

We had leaking problems, sometimes associated with too much pee, but more often it was because the pee would just leak out the pull-up. We now put a pair of underpants on OVER the pull-up. It helps to keep everything in place better when DS1 is sleeping. Maybe this is worth a try for you?

[nonsenseabound]

I loved the overnights when dd was peeing like crazy at night. Best thing ever. You can also go up a size in the overnights and that may help with a super super heavy pee.

[elocrates]

DS1 is 4.5. He sleeps HARD, and still doesn't wake to pee at night, even if we go without a pull up (he just wakes up after he pees and we have to change pj's and sheets). Some kids don't develop night potty training skills until much later.

Here is what works for us: Limit fluids after dinner. Potty right before bed. Get him up to pee around 10pm when we go to bed (he basically stays sleeping, we have to carry him to the bathroom and back, but he always goes). UnderJams work better for us than Pull-Up brand, and occasionally we use a diaper doubler. He wakes up dry about 50% of the time.

[slug*bug]

Nov 20, 2012 10:07:18 GMT -5 @chloe77 said:

You don't have to teach him to stop peeing at night, just to wake up to go to the toilet.

I agree, but when and how much help they need to learn varies from child to child: some kids have a tougher time with this skill. I had difficulty learning to wake to go to the bathroom as a child (as did my dad before me and my nephew now.) What finally worked for me (and now my nephew and several acquaintances) was an enuresis alarm that actually trains the child to wake. It's fantastic: within a week, I was night trained, but it was a struggle before the alarm. I hated waking up wet, but hadn't developed the right skills to wake on my own.

Nov 20, 2012 10:07:18 GMT -5 @chloe77 said:

He can do it - you just have to let him wet himself a time or two to learn.

For the reasons I mentioned, I disagree w/the above. For some kids, the experience of wetting alone just isn't enough to make the connection b/t the sensation of needing to go and waking enough to get themselves to the toilet.

It's like any other skill: some kids are going to get it quickly, some are going to need a little extra time/assistance.

[Deleted]

We used cloth diapers before she stayed dry at night.

[mrssandro]

Thanks for posting. I am having similar issues. DD is completely potty trained during the day. However, she has being peeing during nap time. She never had a issue with this ever. It's a new thing. She still wears pull ups at night which half the time she does end up using. However, I think this is what is causing her to pee during nap time. She is just three. I am not sure what steps to take. Get rid of the pull up at night all together and just wash her bedding every night if she pee on it...or what?

[Deleted]

Thanks everyone. I think I'm going to try to go up a size in the over night pull ups and then try the huggies if that doesn't work. He's 38lbs, so just at the edge of the line.

I might try the sleep peeing on the potty too.

I'm glad I'm not the only one with the issue.

[statlerwaldorf]

We use Goodnites. They work better than Pull Ups.

[raylongivens]

Nov 20, 2012 12:46:12 GMT -5 statlerwaldorf said:

We use Goodnites. They work better than Pull Ups.

Argh! Goodnites! That's what I was trying to think of when I mentioned the "bigger kid pull ups". We do put them on the outside of her PJs, so she can feel herself wet. So far, she's not waking up, even when wet, though. She just wakes up normal time, soaked, probably cold, and exclaims, "Hey! My pants are wet!"

[knitty]

Nov 20, 2012 8:56:28 GMT -5 eddy said:

I have no idea where the fluid comes from. He drinks a small glass of milk at 5:30 with dinner. Then that is it. He has always been a heavy wetter at night. I guess it is developmentally normal for kids even up to 6 years old to still wet the bed. The laundry part is annoying though.

Adults secrete a hormone that decreases urine production during the night, babies don't. At some point it kicks in and they'll stop filling their bladder at night, it's just the age of this happening can vary. I have heard of non-pregnant adults going to the toilet during the night, so it obviously doesn't happen for everyone.