my middle child is 6 and still wets every night. He occasionally has a dry nappy and a wet bed but usually if the nappy is too loose of he has been restless and ended up with his penis sticking out the side. The doctor will not assist us until he is 7 so we are just not making a big deal of it until then.
I would recommend making sure his nappy is fitting properly, and if it still happens then don't let him in your bed but be prepared to change his bed in the middle of the night and get him back in it if it does happen. That way if he is doing it deliberately he loses the prize of sleeping with you. Try a star chart with a reward for a dry bed, and a bigger reward for a dry nappy too. It's very tiring though, you have my sympathy.
There's probably nothing you can do except put a pull up on him overnight until he grows out of it. My 8yo nephew still wears a pull up and wets it every night.
just remembered something a friend of mine did for her son who regularly removed his nappy and then wet the bed. She would put him in an all in one pj set but backwards so he couldn't unbutton it himself. Not so good if you want to encourage him to get up to the toilet but if he wets through every night and deliberately pees in his bed then it could be an option for you.
I was going to say what Traveller just said. A friend of mine's little boy was waking with a wet bed but dry nappy, and after watching him a few nights she worked out that he was not really waking properly when he got the urge to wee. The little guy was still mostly asleep but probably thought he was doing the right thing by pulling his nappy down to wee IYKWIM - just was too much asleep to actually get up to the toilet. She put his pjs on backwards, but also sewed the shirt to the pants so he couldn't just pull the pants down. Worked a treat.
You can also go to the independence solutions web site and by "Connie bed pads" for kids. They go straight over the sheets, and if they wet, you can just pull it off, and you still have a dry bed. They also don't feel wet so your child does not become cold in a wet bed if they do not wake.
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