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How can we 'gracefully' stop taking our 5yo for a late-night toilet visit every night?
L is now so habituated to weeing at this time of night that she
basically doesn't wake up at all during the process. When we talk to
her about it, she denies any knowledge of it happening at all......
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How can we 'gracefully' stop taking our 5yo for a late-night toilet visit every night?
We recently crossed this bridge with our 5 year old. My wife and I miscommunicated who was taking her for a pee, neither of us did and there was no accident. After figuring out what happened the ...
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How can we 'gracefully' stop taking our 5yo for a late-night toilet visit every night?
You are dream weeing at 10 pm.
Every day, move it 1 minute earlier. 9:59 pm tomorrow, 9:58 pm the next day, etc.
If it takes longer for her to dream wee, pause at that time until it happens ...
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How can we 'gracefully' stop taking our 5yo for a late-night toilet visit every night?
I don't know if this helps or is relevant, but I sometimes drink because I cycle -- some days I arrive home, and most of my skin is coated with salt, as well as wet (from sweating). IMO I retain or ...
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Baby wet the bed (almost 2 years old)
While doing all the laundry is annoying, night time bed-wetting is considered normal in children under 5. Its common for (day time) potty trained children to not be dry at night even for quite a while ...
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If my 4-year-old pees his pants, should I wake him up to toilet or just change his pants?
My daughter had the problem of wetting the bed at night long after she was able to stay dry during the day. We also noticed that having wet the bed did not wake her up. So we bought an alarm that was ...
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How can we 'gracefully' stop taking our 5yo for a late-night toilet visit every night?
The not remembering part may or may not mean that she isn't actually conscious while doing it. Sleep clears out your short term memory, and just as you usually don't remember the last minutes before ...
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My teen wets the bed. He is in diapers just at night but he says it’s hard to sleep because "the diaper feels weird”
Bed Wetting for teens is not uncommon. Other than diapers a good option is to monitor water consumption and urination before bed. And a mid-night alarm to get up and urinate would help getting rid of ...
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If my 4-year-old pees his pants, should I wake him up to toilet or just change his pants?
My son was daytime dry at about 2 years, he was 5 or 6 before he was nighttime dry.
Just use pull up nappies.
There is some hormone that gets released to wake you up in the night, that doesn't come in ...
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If my 4-year-old pees his pants, should I wake him up to toilet or just change his pants?
It sounds like you are getting up at that time with him, which is so disruptive for you and for him. Uninterrupted sleep much more important than meeting some arbitrary deadline for not wetting the ...
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My teen wets the bed. He is in diapers just at night but he says it’s hard to sleep because "the diaper feels weird”
I grew up wearing diapers to bed. Positive family attitude made all the difference. 4 boys and I was the only bedwetter. I also struggled during the day and had way too many daytime accidental wetting ...
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My teen wets the bed. He is in diapers just at night but he says it’s hard to sleep because "the diaper feels weird”
Since the question is asking specifically for a diaper option and not some form of cognitive-behavioral treatment...
The brand I would recommend is North Shore diapers <northshore.com>. They are ...
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My teen wets the bed. He is in diapers just at night but he says it’s hard to sleep because "the diaper feels weird”
I have just noticed the question mention usage of Depends, so I have possible explanation to the "weird feeling" for the person in question.
Depends isn't really a diaper but rather an ...
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My teen wets the bed. He is in diapers just at night but he says it’s hard to sleep because "the diaper feels weird”
Not sure diaper is a good idea. It can hurt his self esteem, making him feel helpless.
Unless this is some known medical condition and doctor advised to use a diaper, I'd have him just sleep normally,...
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How can we 'gracefully' stop taking our 5yo for a late-night toilet visit every night?
A good approach here is: train. She most likely is already aware that she has a problem, since the rest of her friends would have stopped wetting their beds at this age. Hence, make her understand ...
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Can cold weather cause a potty trained child to wet the bed again?
My son, age 6, consistently wets himself when we ski. I've tried making him go to the toilet right before we change into ski gear, restricting liquids, a combination of both and threats. I genuinely ...
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Why does my 10-year-old still urinate in bed?
Bed wetting can be a sign of an underlying disease like Diabetes. It can also be due to a bladder problem or something genetic.
I'd advise you to see a doctor.
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My 4-year-old is wetting the bed a year after finishing potty training
I read a very interesting article on this topic a while back, unfortunately I haven't been able to locate a link.
The thrust of it was that this kind of regression is very common, but it also offered ...
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What are some techniques to avoid wet pants in a 2.5-year-old?
He knows how to call for the potty.
At this age, you might need to be more proactive then that. Send him to the bathroom every few hours, instead of waiting for him to tell you he has to go.
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