How have you taught your kids how to sleep through the night without wetting the bed?
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
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How have you taught your kids how to sleep through the night without wetting the bed?
Posted by Megan at 10:23 AM
Labels: Tricks of the Trade
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Isaac still has accidents, but this is how we manage, he sleeps too soundly!
1. No drinks after 7:30 (if he's really thirsty he can have a sip of water, but no full drinks)
2. Take him to the bathroom before bed (8:30ish)
3. At 11 we wake him up and take him to the bathroom again
This usually works, he still doesn't wake himself up to go though, and I have no idea how to deal with that. He has accidents about 1-2 nights a week still, but on those nights we usually aren't as strict about beverages--and it shows!
I've talked to my pediatrician about Ella too, and read a lot on the internet. They all agree that a child will eventually train themselves. It's a biological readiness more than a mental readiness. Some kids just have smaller bladders than others. I tried for a few months waking up Ella in the middle of the night and that worked most of the time. But it wasn't worth it to me! And when I asked her about going back to pull-ups at night she seemed totally relieved of the pressure! So I'm just waiting to see what happens. But I like the above comment about waking them again before YOU go to bed. That's better than in the middle of the night for both of you!
My boys are too sound of sleepers to make it through the night, at first. We had problems with Jachin because no diaper or pull-up could contain what he could produce at night. We eventually found Good-nights, which are awesome! It still took Jachin about a year to year and a half after he was potty trained to sleep through the night without being wet. We had a rule that if he stayed dry in his pull-ups for a week he could wear underwear at night. Hiram just can't wake up so I'm not even going to worry about it for a while.
I talked to my pediatrician about it and he said that our bodies naturally produce a chemical that reduces the amount of urine you produce during the night. Children don't have it, it is something that they acquire over time. That is why some kids still wet the bed when they are older, a combination of deep sleep, small bladders, and producing the same amount of urine as during the day.
Thank you for having these blogs for me to read. Every few days I read them and found this one very helpful!
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