NanceXToo Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 My son is 4.5 years old and fully toilet-trained during the day but still wears pull-ups at night. At what age did you find that your sons stayed dry all night and didn't need to sleep in pull-ups anymore? (without doing things like getting him up in the night to go to the bathroom or anything; I mean totally on his own). Just wondering! Thanks :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 Children are different. Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in VA Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 4. We started pt when he was just about 3, and we woke him every night until he was 4. It's been a while--so all I know is it was sometime before he was five. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynn Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 DS#1 I think 3 or 4 DS #2 8 (he had bedwetting issues) DS#3 3 or 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freetobeme Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 mine were both around 8. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeneralMom Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 DS6 was just after 2 (he was dry during the day from 25 months and at night from about 28 months), but DS5 (turned 5 in Dec) was wetting up until 2 or 3 months ago, so just a little past 5. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKS Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 Oldest was 5, but he didn't suddenly start staying dry. Every night his pullup would leak so I finally told him it was time to go pullup free. He never had a problem after that. My younger son was 3. The doctor said that up to age 6 is normal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valerie in MI Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 14. Finally! :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mombygrace Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 DS #1 at 3, DS#3 at 3.5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenn- Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 Both of mine so far have been after they were 5. My last one just turned 4 and won't even stay dry for a nap, much less overnight, so I don't foresee it happening anytime soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlotteb Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 My ds is a very deep sleeper. He was not dry each night until 11 years old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nestof3 Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 (edited) Nathan, at 10, finally rarely wets the bed. Ben, at 8 (almost 9), still will. I got tired of washing sheets every day, so I went back to Easy Ups Size 6. Both my dad and my husband wet the bed older than that. I've heard it's typically 5 or near puberty. Here's another article I've read on it: http://www.askdrsears.com/html/7/T071200.asp Edited April 21, 2010 by nestof3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurie4b Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 Can't remember but one was quite old--like 11. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennefer@SSA Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 My son will be 9 next week and we are nowhere close. His younger brothers started staying dry at 3 and 2. All kids are so different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abbeyej Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 My boy was <2 and my girl was 3. I felt really lucky, since all the kids in *my* family were bed-wetters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoughCollie Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 I put my sons in pull-ups at night until each was dry all night. Two of them were dry all night at age 5, the other one at age 6. I sure was thankful for pull-ups because I didn't have to deal with wet sheets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samiam Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 DS #1: Age 2 DS #2: Age 7 (with still a very occasional accident, maybe every 2-3 months.....we took him to see a chiropractor and within 2 months, he was pretty much dry at night) DS #3: Age 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngieW in Texas Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 Mine are all girls, but they were dry at night at 8yo, 5yo, and 3yo. The 8yo had only been dry at night 1-2x/month her entire life up until we got the SleepDry alarm. We tried everything else first - no liquids after 6pm, no dairy, no juice, no dyes, going to the bathroom ever 4 hours around the clock, holding for as long as possible during the day to stretch the bladder, even medication (DDAVP). Nothing worked until the alarm. The first week of the alarm we found out that she was wetting the bed at least 3x every night. That was down to 2x every night by the 2nd week and 1x/night by the 3rd week. The 4th week was completely dry. There was one wet night the 5th week. She was only wet 2x ever after that and she was horrible sick both of those times. She was just an exceptionally deep sleeper. She was also prone to sleep-walking when she was a toddler. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SquirrellyMama Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 My ds was dry at night as soon as he potty trained at 3 yrs old. My oldest dd on the other hand wasn't dry all night until she was 5 yrs old. My youngest dd was around 4. I have found it depends on how soundly they sleep at night. My youngest we still have to make sure she goes to the bathroom before bed to make sure she stays dry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngelaNYC Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 Ds (now 9) was 2 1/2. He was dry from the first night of potty training. I think it's because he went right to underwear only - even at night. A few years later he would occasionally wet the bed, maybe once a week or so, and that lasted until he was 7. If I got him up to pee before I went to bed (midnight-ish) and he'd be fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allearia Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 (edited) My older son is 8 and was increasingly wanting to be dry at night. We borrowed an alarm and after 4 days of it going off he has been dry for 7 nights in a row and is so happy. He was very motivated and didn't want any help getting up, using the bathroom, and changing into new underwear. My 5 year old wants to try after ds8 is done (they recommend 2 full weeks of beeing dry and 2 weeks of using the alarm every other night before we stop using the alarm). I'm not sure if 5 years is too young but we might try if he is motivated. They also didn't recommend parents waking the child up to go to the bathroom. ETA: They were both in pullups until my 8 yo started using the alarm, my 5yo still wears pullups at night. Edited April 21, 2010 by allearia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desert Rat Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 Both by 3.5-4. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KJsMom Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 My oldest dd by 3, my youngest will be 5 in June and we are still waiting:tongue_smilie:. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommyof4ks Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 Neither of my boys ever wore pullups at night from day one of pting, but my dd was 7 before she could make it through the night. Every kid seems to be different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pretty in Pink Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 I'm sure you will get a vaiety of answers to your question. My oldest son day and night himself trained simultaneously within weeks of his 3rd birthday; my second son wore Pull Ups until he was 5; my 4yo still wears Pull Ups to bed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myfunnybunch Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 DS1: 2 years DS2: He's 7 and still wets the bed almost every night. He's a very deep sleeper. DS3: 2 years Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer in MI Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 14. Finally! :tongue_smilie: I think this is where we're headed. Ds1: 9 Ds2: 18 months (he was dry all night before he was dry during the day!) Ds3: Still waiting . . . Dd: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retired Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 one son was 3 1/2 the other 12 1/2 yo :party: this was a long road of "good nights" and then we went to bed pads, he just stopped when I finally decided we would try medication, he didn't want the medication and only had a couple of accidents after that:001_huh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tap Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 At 1yo. He was dry at night long before the day time. He was totally potty trained at 2yo. DD3.5 on the other hand is still in pull ups and I don't see any hope that she will be dry anytime soon at night. She is great during the day, even nap time, but nights are just too long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTMindy Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 Well, my son is 11 and I just washed his sheets last night. :-) But, it is less and less all the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colleen in SEVA Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 Night-time accidents have never been an issue for us. My three who are potty trained (at 25 months, 24 months, and 38 months) stayed dry all night within a few days/weeks of daytime training. My 4th boy gets SOAKED at night, so I am not sure if he will night train as easily. Two of my boys had encopresis, so BM accidents were a whole other story. Sigh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzanne in ABQ Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 My son learned both night and day at the same time. He was 3 1/2. For some reason, none of my kids ever peed the bed. Just blessed, I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silliness7 Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 #1 age 10 #2 age 3 #3 age 2 When #3 was staying dry and #1 was still struggling I took #1 to the doc. He was structurally fine it just took him longer to outgrow. He never did pull-ups, btw, just lots and lots of sheet washing....5x per week or more. It seemed that the outgrowing corresponded with the early signs of puberty. I think he had a hormonal imbalance though we never tried the hormone replacement to certify that that was, in fact, the case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NanceXToo Posted April 21, 2010 Author Share Posted April 21, 2010 Thanks for all the responses, everyone! I guess we can't even say "on average" lol- of course I know that all kids are different but yeah that's a REALLY big variety of ages. Well, we'll see what happens! My oldest daughter was probably like 11-ish but she has had developmental delays since birth so I wasn't ever sure if it had something to do with that or not. My younger daughter was I think around 5-ish. And now I'm just waiting to see what happens with my son. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgehogs4 Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 my ds 8 was 5 when he stopped wearing pull-ups, but i think he had been dry for a while...so maybe a little before then. he hated that he had to wear pull-ups for so long, but we just explained to him that it was because he slept so hard that he didn't wake up. he still wets the bed just a little sometimes, but not all the way. he wakes up when he starts to, and realizes that he's had a dream that he was using the toilet. that doesn't happen often, but if it does it's usually about 6-6:30 in the a.m. don't worry--boys are slower on this, and it's totally normal until about age 6. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sputterduck Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 He's 5 and not toilet trained. Well, he was... sort of. When I got tired of him going through spurts of him peeing the bed every night, I put him back in diapers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jen in PA Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 Ds was dry through the night at 3.5 years. He still wets the bed if he runs a fever when he sleeps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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