Malika
Well-Known Member
Not sure whether this is the right place to post but here goes anyway... I'd be very grateful for any helpful ideas re wetting the bed at night.
My little boy, 4, has been toilet trained in the day for a long time (since he was 2) but we still haven't cracked the night-time thing... Basically he does not wake up to go to the loo at night so if left to himself he will usually wet the bed. So... I wake him before I go to bed, around midnight, to go. He then systematically wakes up around 2 or 3 every night and comes into my bed and if I am compos mentis enough, I also get him to use the potty then. I would of course prefer that he sleep the whole night through in his own bed but would still have the wetting the bed problem...
Does it mean anything that he is not waking up to go to the loo himself? A friend suggested that it is because until recently I was still putting a nappy (diaper) on him, so that he has formed the habit of urinating as he sleeps... Seems to make sense.
Any ideas?
My little boy, 4, has been toilet trained in the day for a long time (since he was 2) but we still haven't cracked the night-time thing... Basically he does not wake up to go to the loo at night so if left to himself he will usually wet the bed. So... I wake him before I go to bed, around midnight, to go. He then systematically wakes up around 2 or 3 every night and comes into my bed and if I am compos mentis enough, I also get him to use the potty then. I would of course prefer that he sleep the whole night through in his own bed but would still have the wetting the bed problem...
Does it mean anything that he is not waking up to go to the loo himself? A friend suggested that it is because until recently I was still putting a nappy (diaper) on him, so that he has formed the habit of urinating as he sleeps... Seems to make sense.
Any ideas?