Night Training a heavy sleeper?

[Phteven]

You can visit a physio who specialises in urinary incontinence although 4 is probably too young to bother because he might have grown out of it by the time he is old enough to see one.

It might sound a bit odd but our physio asked about constipation - apparently a lot of children with night wetting problems have constipation. Often using something like benefibre and increasing liquids can have very quick results.

[Lana]

From my reading it is a developmental thing you can't rush. They need to have enough of a hormone to reduce the amount of wee that is produced overnight and the part of the brain that registers they are wet and to wake up needs to be developed enough to do it. So if these 2 things aren't there it will be an uphill battle. I would give it a break and if there are still problems take him to see someone if you are concerned but it can be quite common to not be dry overnight for a long time especially boys.

[anney]

I also read the same as Lana - that is why I never worried about it. Also DD was happy to wear pullups every night. I was happy for her to do that as I am far too lazy to wash sheets every day and she would also lie in it and would not wake up so i did not want her lying in it.

[Tanya]

DD #2 was our heavy sleeper/night wetter. We used bed mats for her until she was about 7 when I gave her an alarm (my mobile phone) with two alarms set over night. Eventually she didn't need it and now at 8 is dry at nights.

I think 4 is still fairly young to be honest... *shrugs*

[Abigail]

He goes through phases when he wants to do it because of his step brother and I dont want to discourage him when he is wanting to. But I also dont want to have him asleep wet and waking up in the morning upset because he couldnt do it either. So just really want to know the best way to help us navigate through these periods. It makes sense about the connect Lana, thanks.

Im not the one pressuring him, just trying to go with what he wants and if he wants to do it here then I will not discourage it either. I know that 4 is young but I dont want to tell him that he cant do that or whatever because he isnt ready either. If he wants to try then I will let him. The issue is he just doesnt wake and the cycle continues. So just trying to navigate with a boy that "wants" to be like his brother but isnt physically able to yet. I dont think it helps that his brother is younger either.