When did your child quit wearing pull-ups for bedtime?

[jackskellingtonsgirl]

DS was still wearing Pull Ups at night when he was 5. We asked the pediatrician about it, but he said it was not a big deal. Especially with boys sometimes their bladders are a little slow cathing up with the rest of their bodies! We tried to put him in underwear but he would wet the bed and NOT wake up. Then when he did wake up he was all soggy and cold. Not a pleasant feeling. His Pull Up was always wet in the morning.

When he was 5 yr. 7 mos. he just started waking up dry every morning. After a week of dry Pull Ups we put him in underwear and he has never had a problem since.

In my experience it is better for a child to wake up in a dry Pull Up than a flooded bed.

 

[disneychrista]

I know this may sound to simplistic. But my kids stoped wearing pull-ups when they stoped being wet at night.

My youngest was a little over 3. My oldest was later.

When they stoped needing them they stoped wearing them, simple as that.

 

[DisneyPhD]

My DD was rather resisent to potty training. When she was a little over 3 years old (she turned 3 the end of march, this was mid June) we noticed she was dry overnight and if we caught her in time she would use the potty. If she was wearing a pull up she just went in there. We took the pull ups away all together and she had 2 acidents (during the day, one of each kind) and was fully potty trained after that. One night she woke herself up as she started to have a bed time accident (resulting in wet underwear, but not the bed) and once she woke up to use the potty. No problems since then. Getting ride of the pull ups all together (at the right time) was the key for us.

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

My oldest was about 4 or so when we realized she had been dry for many many months.

My youngest was a little over 2.5...we went cold turkey...in 2 months, she has had maybe 1 accident. We did cover her mattress with a mattress protector so that her mattress does not get damaged by an accident.

We have been lucky--we don't even have the no drinks before bedtime rule as it has not been a problem.

 

[ebarj1098]

JustineMarie,
Its not the enlarged adnoids causing the sleep apnea causing the bedwetting. Its actually sleeping too deeply that can cause both bedwetting and sleep apnea. I know there are many opinions on bedwetting, but I worked for a specialist for awhile, and that was what I learned.

My son stopped wearing pull-ups at about 4 1/2. I switched to regular undies at night after three weeks of being dry.

 

[campbellus]

My son will be 10-yes 10 in December. He is still in pull-ups. My daughter is 6 and still in pull-ups. My youngest has been potty-trained day and night when he was 2 1/2 and never looked back.
I agree that every child is different and you have to go with when they are ready. We've tried the alarms and the pills and everything else under the sun until the specialist said "quit it"
10% of 5 year olds are bedwetters and 5% of 10 year olds are bedwetters and 1% of 15 year olds are bed wetters...eventually EVERYONE STOPS when they can.

Your child's bladder probably just isn't large enough to hold the amount of liquid that their body produces through the night time and I agree with all the other posts that when THEY are waking up dry or WANT to wake up dry, then it's time do do something but until then. PLEASE don't worry about it and don't make a big deal about it.
It will EVENTUALLY be fine.
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