I am a mom of 2 wonderful children my daughter is 6 and my son is 3.
My concern is with my daughter .. she is 6 as I stated and she still wears pull ups to bed at night. I have heard mixed things with this and even saying I as a parent is being lazy. How this makes me lazy is beyond me. I have been told me set my alarm for every 1 or so and go in her room and wake her up and take her to the restroom. I think that is going a bit far how in the world would she get a good nights rest for school. And I have been told to just let her wet her sheets and make her lay in them.

So I guess my question is - Is this something I should be overly worried about? I ask her why and she just tells me she doesn't feel it.
Has any other mom's Or dad's gone through this?

Any help and or advice would be great... thank you!

My friend has 4 kids, her oldest being 11. He's a bedwetter and has to wear pull ups to bed. The other 3 are all fine. She's consulted with doctor's and what not, but sometimes kids just wet the bed. Talk to your doctor and see if there is in fact a medical reason for what she's going through, but it sounds like your doing what you can! Good luck and don't worry about what other's tell you, you need to do what you feel is best.

I don't think the issue is the pull ups but that your daughter is just a bed wetter, which many children are.

However, maybe you can try a week without the pull ups and deal with a wet bed to see if she can wake herself up to go to the bathroom.

Been there, done that. My daughter had a small bladder. One of the signs of this was that during the day if we were out and she told me that she had to use the bathroom I had minutes to get her there or she just couldn't hold it and would wet herself a bit to just release some pressure. Another sign was when she urinated it would come out with the sound of a lot of force (you know when your bladder is full what it sounds like) but she would hardly have any urine. My daughter's skin couldn't tolerate a pull-up so I had to wake up every night once and have her use the bathroom. During this time she was a very deep sleeper and was hard to wake up. When she turned 7 her bladder grew and those days are over now. Her sleep isn't as deep as it used to be either. I let her wet the bed every night at first and it didn't matter. It just made more work for me.

Nothing for you to be worried about but I would stop telling others that she is in pull-ups or whatever. This will get back to her and pretty much you want to just keep this quiet for your daughters peace of mind...and besides it is no one's business. I also wouldn't bother getting up at night with her unless you want to. ( this was in a time before pull-ups.) I had three bed wetters and I tried EVERYTHING...the bed wetting alarm and getting up every hour and all that! Absolutely the only thing that worked for my kids is the medication Imipramine 10 mg taken at bedtime. First I took them to a urologist to be sure all was well and then he prescribed the medication. My kids then could go on summer vacations and overnights at other kids houses. I don't remember how many years they had to take the medicine...I suppose until their bladders stretched enough to hold through the night however, one child refused the medicine and he wet until he was 12 or so. Generally one of the parents were bed wetters(I was).

My 8 year old son had this problem too. He still has an occasional accident, but they are few and far between. When he was 5 or 6 we stopped the Pull-ups. I bought a large waterproof pad that I found where you buy crib linens. It was about the size of a crib mattress and it had a cotton cover so it wasn't uncomfortable. I would lay it on top of the fitted sheet and he wore underwear to bed. If he did wet the bed, I just threw the protector in the wash and he changed his underwear. It as a pain, but it was better than changing the sheets and the mattress pad! This happened a lot, but he eventually started waking as soon as he felt wet. He would make it to the bathroom, but not in quite enought time. It was frustrating, but I knew he wasn't doing it on purpose, so I tried not to make him feel bad about it. I knew it embarrassed him, especially having an older brother who didn't have this problem.

My son is a very deep sleeper also. I'm sure that was part of the problem. I tried to wake him before I went to bed at night, but that never worked. We did try limiting beverages in the evening and that seemed to help a bit.

This is very normal. As previous posters have said, it really has a lot to do with the size of the bladder. I wouldn't make a big deal about it.

i always go in and take my four year old to the bathroom just before i go to bed (usually around 12:30 or later) and then she sleeps until around 7:00. she was potty trained around 2 1/2, and since then, she has NEVER had an accident. she doesn't really wake up when i take her, but she goes every single time without fail. i don't know if this would help your daughter, but it might be worth a shot....

Hi. I also agree with felix. I have 4 children and my oldest is delayed and wearing pullups. Just wanted to let you know that I've heard of chiropractors dealing with this. Some people don't use or like them. Just wanted to let you know other options. There is hope and don't worry about what others say. I have always told my kids if there is an accident, just bring your bedding to the laundry room and get cleaned up in the morning. You can only do your best as a mom and NO ONe is perfect. Enjoy those kids.
Michelle

I absolutely hate it when you're told that just because your child isn't potty trained by the time they're 2 years old the parents is just being lazy. Every child is different and every situation is different. Every book I read tells you to wait until the child is older so they have a better understanding of the whole peeing on the potty concept so I did. Plus, we moved to a completely different country just before he turned 3 so I waited until we were settled in the US before unloading the whole potty training thing on him. He's now 3 y 4 mo and we're still not 100% there but I think it's more because he's just being lazy vs he's doesn't know what to do. He'd rather not quit playing to go sit on the potty, that kind of thing. Anyway, my point is don't let anyone else make you feel bad about your daughter being in pullups and you certainly don't want her to feel bad about it so I agree with keeping this info within the family and maybe seeing a doctor to rule out anything medical.

whiskeygirl,
My daughter is also 6 years old and wearing pull ups to bed. We just took her in to see her ped. and the doctor said that it's normal. Some kids are just really heavy sleepers and don't know to wake up when the feeling comes on. I wouldn't worry about it too much. But, if you want some reassurance, talk to your family doctor.