DS suddenly needs a diaper overnight...what can i do?
For almost 6 months he has gone overnight with no problem staying dry. All the sudden he started peeing in his bed. Not just a little damp but soaking through down to the mattress.
Nothing has changed here except me going on bedrest and he started this before I stopped working. We started to put him into diapers at night and told him that if he has to pee to wake daddy up and tell him or just to go on his own. Could it be that he's so exhausted from the day that he sleeps so deep that he doesn't wake up when he has to go? He understands fully about peeing in the toilet. He goes on his own all throughout the day. We've offered to buy him the matchbox car toothbrush he wants if he goes pee at night. We told him he could get any kind of underwear he wants. I don't know what else to do. He goes to the bathroom around 9pm and dh gets him up at about 6:30. He doesn't really drink much after about 7pm.
I don't know what to do...please give me some ideas.
Thank you so much
much love
-Lindsey
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much love
-Lindsey
mama to Skylar (7-12-01), Leah (10-29-04), Addison and Riley (born at 25w4d, 6-17-08)
Married to Ian since 4-28-04
My big guy, my princess, and my tough little twins
He just turned 3, right? What's wrong with him needing a diaper at night? I don't mean that in any kind of way except that he's young and so what? Jacob was 3 in April, still wears a night diaper... I asked the ped about it a week or 2 ago and he looked at me crazily and said I should feel lucky he's out of day dipes...
I got spoiled by my first who was dry day and night before 2...but, then, I'm way more laid back in the potty learning dept. with my 2nd....
I really don't think there is anything you can do. Maybe wake him up a few times a night, but if he's like Jacob, he'll still be half asleep and not even coherent to what is going on and I guess I don't really see the point to that...
See it wouldn't be an issue if for months and months he was fine overnight. This is out of nowhere. I know he's capable of staying dry overnight and I think now he's becoming used to the diapers and doesn't want to try to pee at night. I'm trying to encourage him to do it on his own but I'm running out of ideas.
much love
-Lindsey
Don't worry. Kids can go through cycles of dryness/wetness at night as their bodies change. It's a hormonal thing, not a choice. My second was dry at night for a few mos at age 2 or 2.5 and then had mostly wet nights through age 6. There are a lot more kids who aren't dry until 6 or 7 or 8 than I'd ever imagined. It's not a biggie as long as you have something waterproof to protect the bed/his clothes. I'm not one of those people who's going to withhold liquids, make my kid get up at 1 am to pee, etc. She grew out of it naturally when her body was ready.
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I would try taking him to see a chiropractor. My younger brother had a similar experience, and my parents took him to the chiro. There is a section of the lower back that helps with bladder issues. A few adjustments helped him immensely. My older daughter also had bed wetting issues, sudden onset. We tried everything - limiting fluids, getting her up in the middle of the night and early in the morning - no help. We took her to our chiropractor - he found that she needed adjustment in her lower back. I asked about the bed wetting connection that my parents' chiro had told them about - he completely agreed and said that was the exact area my daughter needed adjusted. One adjustment and her bedwetting problems ceased. When she had problems again a few weeks later we went directly to the chiro - no problems ever since.
Hope this helps!
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Sonya
Mama to Madeline and Victoria My feedback
It could be him adjusting to you being home or him being worried about you since you're not doing so well. Plus the adjustment of another little one coming soon... It's probably one of those things or some type of growth on his part, maybe a developmental milestone. Things like that will interrupt regular behaviors. *My* Skylar (lol) has been doing some unusual things, I think in anticipation of the baby arriving. Even if the baby's not here yet, things are changing and she can sense it.
I'd just spend a little extra time with him and without pushing too hard try getting him to the bathroom a bit more around bedtime and maybe even after he goes to sleep.
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Kids can go through cycles of dryness/wetness at night as their bodies change. It's a hormonal thing, not a choice. My second was dry at night for a few mos at age 2 or 2.5 and then had mostly wet nights through age 6. There are a lot more kids who aren't dry until 6 or 7 or 8 than I'd ever imagined. It's not a biggie as long as you have something waterproof to protect the bed/his clothes. I'm not one of those people who's going to withhold liquids, make my kid get up at 1 am to pee, etc. She grew out of it naturally when her body was ready. 
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