Night potty training a six year old boy??

My sister had this same problem with one of her boys about the same age too. Its actually a really common problem with small children, some just take a little longer with the night training. She like you was getting her boy up to go after he was a sleep, that didn't work for her either. She eventually became so frustrated she brought in the aid of a bed-wetting counselor, and yes there is such a thing. However, it was very expensive to have the consultation. I will share with you what he told her in the hopes that it will solve your problem. He told her that restricting fluids was actually a good idea especially if your child drinks a lot over the run of a day. Don't sweat it though as a simple drink will not matter that much as long as you do not allow them to go over board after the last meal of the day. If your child shares a room with another child who wets the bed this may be a problem as well, if you have more than one bed wetter separate them, separate rooms. Also, look at what your child is drinking, some fluids of course will make you void more. Fluids to stay away from, drinks high in sugar, like soda pop and juices that contain high amounts of sugar, check the label if glucose or other forms of sugar are listed in the first ingredients they are high in sugars. Absolutely no pull ups or disposable undies of any kind. Make sure your child voids right before bed and stop waking him up to go to the bathroom. The counselor claims you are training his bladder to have to be emptied during the night when the goal is in fact training him to hold it till morning. Will this magically help overnight? Unfortunately not, it will take a little while to retrain his bladder, but it will work. In the meantime protect his mattress with a tight fitting safe water proof sheet, even if you have to use safety pins on the underneath of the mattress. Try very hard not to show any disappointment, etc. when he makes a mistake (and he likely will) and praise like crazy when he has a dry night. My sister's boy had stopped wetting the bed just a few weeks after the counselor was to the house. Good Luck, you will get there!

Wetting the bed at night is something that thousands of children do some times all the way up until they are ten years old. But it is not something that should be worried about so heavily because it is something that a child will eventually grow out of. I think the only thing you can do is just be patient with it and just wait. If he wets the bed just let him know that it's not okay, that we have to get up at night to go to the bathroom. Clean his bed, and then repeat the process every time he does it. Maybe he does it because he is not used to going to the bathroom at night and so he worries to go down to the bathroom and go. Or just the other thing that when he is sleeping, he cannot control his peeing sphincter. Another thing that you can do, is you can about every couple of hours during the night, go in and wake him up and get him to go to the bathroom. That way, maybe he can get used to the idea that he has to get up to use the bathroom. Happy MyLotting!

Some children can't help it though. My brother didn't really have a problem with wetting the bed, although, when he came down with Type 1 Diabetes, he did have problems. I had a little problem with this and that was because I was a heavy sleeper. My doctor found out that my Asthma and allergies had something to do with it because my breathing wasn't right. At six years old, he shouldn't really be wetting the bed. Has he been tested for Type 1 Diabetes or any other conditions? There could be a lot of reasons for why he is doing it.

Has everything else been ruled out-physical ailments? If they have, you might have to get up a second time during the night to wake him to use the bathroom. It sounds like he's trying at least in part to take responsibillity by changing into dry pants when he wakes up wet, but hiding his wet pjs under the bed is not acceptable. He obviously is ashamed,so perhaps a talk with him is in order. There are some children who wet the bed for many years-for whatever reason(s). Your son needs to know that you love him and that you accept him just as he is, and that,together, you both can get through this. A hamper or pail in his bedroom will help when it comes to disposing of the wet pjs. Perhaps the more responsibility he is able to take, the easier it will be to get over the hurdle and go to the next level. It could be that part of his wetting the bed is due to the sress of worrying about wetting the bed and not being "good enough" or that he's inadequate because of it..

It isn't normal to wet the bed on a regular basis by the time that you are six years old. So, though it may not be what you want to do, I would probably consult with a pediatrician about it. They may know some tips that will be able to help you and your son to stay dry during the night. If they don't have any tips they may recommend you to a psychologist that may be able to help with behavior modification that will make a difference for him.

Hi Sheliaerudolph, I too have this problem with my six yr old. I am very thankful to u and the first response to ur post.

I can understand your situation. However, nIght time control happens by the age of 5. So bed wetting beyond 5 needs medical help to analyze the cause of it. Waking him up one or two times should work and training the bladder this way helps to control the problem. It is also good to ask your doctor about wake alarms that can be hooked to pants. This alarm wakes the child as soon as wetting starts and this also helps.

Hello sheliaerudolph. This is a very common ailment for young children up to 8 years of age,and sometimes longer. Does bedwetting run in the family? Next time you are at his doctors,ask him to check for his bladder size,they can do this but normally do not unless asked to. A lot of times,the bladder just does not grow as fast as the body,so cannot hold the amount made,there is also a product that the body makes to slow down the amount of urine made by the body at night. Please have him checked for any of these and see what the doc says. You can also ask your son if he would consider wearing plastic pants over his underwear to help keep the wetness contained to a small area. I hope this helps.

Every child respond differently. My now six years old didnt go through night potty training. We make sure he finished his potty before go to bed everynight soon after we stopped putting him in bed in dipers. He responded very well this process.