nectarine / 2964 posts
I didn't read everyone's comments but you are really not alone. DS is about to turn 6 in a few weeks and we are still wearing an overnight diaper. I had my antsy moments and it is the community here that calms me down. I told DS that so maybe he'd continue to wet his bed until he's 20 years old and he's mortified. Haha. It is not like he wants to wet his bed. He can't control it and we just have to believe that one day he will. Our ped said it is not a problem until when they hit 7 or 8. So we shall see. Crossing the fingers for everyone. The thing I feel bad is we are still using one diaper a day and creating unnecessary trash for our landfill.
coffee bean / 26 posts
We just talked to my 5 year old's ped about this as well. Obviously they all have different opinions, but ours at least said that my daughter being a heavy sleeper is the primary issue - we talked about constipation because in my googling I had come across a lot of interesting articles. She said it's definitely a factor, but that with a very heavy sleeper who hasn't gotten biologically to the point that they can hold it or wake by themselves, it's not going to be a magic bullet since the kid still hasn't figured out how to wake up. Obviously we're trying to work on it anyway, but for a kid who is that deep of a sleeper like mine (and yours), addressing constipation issues will help in the same way that limiting water would - it helps by circumstance because there's less pressure on the bladder, but they still won't have gained the biological ability to not sleep through it. So if you fix the constipation but she started drinking more water again, probably nothing would be different.
In the end she said waiting it out is the best option, she usually addresses discussions about medication and other methods around 7-8, and that since they aren't awake, having them in a pull-up isn't psychologically affecting them the way it does when they are awake. You just end up with wet sheets!
pineapple / 12053 posts
Glad to read all these because DD1 just turned 5, has been potty trained for going on 3 years and has never once been dry overnight. She’s also a deep sleeper and DH had issues with bed wetting (also a very deep sleeper) so posts like these remind me that it’s normal and hope that one day she’ll grow out of it.
apricot / 388 posts
@rnmcdonnell: thanks for chiming in! My internal deadline is her 7th birthday...if there’s at least some improvement by then maybe I’ll wait it out longer, but if there’s still no progress I might try the alarm or see what else her ped recommends.
@birdofafeather: thanks for chiming in! Yes, it is soooo helpful to hear others are dealing with similar things!
pomegranate / 3438 posts
@Mrs Panda: my son will be 6 at the end of March and he is still in a pull up at night. About 90% of the time it is wet when he wakes up. The pediatrician told us it’s normal until 7-8, DH also had bedwetting issues at that age.
He just doesn’t wake up until after he has already gone. I’m not going to push it because his body just isn’t ready yet.
apricot / 388 posts
@KT326: thanks! It is good to hear the consistency in the 7-8 yr range!
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