I don't know why, but Aiden has been wetting the bed every other night for the past week or two. He has been potty-trained since September. I am exhausted. Whenever this happens, he freaks out, wakes me up, then we have to change his clothes and sheets. To help cut back on my exhaustion, I broke down and bought disposable underwear for kids that wet the bed.
I was nervous about trying this because I didn't want to hurt his morale by putting him in a "diaper" and I also didn't want him to get excited about wearing them and stop using the toilet in the middle of the night. Last night was our first night to try this and he's leaning towards liking the disposable underwear. I'm walking a fine line between telling him it's okay to wear these because he has accidents and calming his excitement by saying it's not okay because only babies wear diapers.
The new rule is, no fluids after 7 pm. Some nights that's difficult because we get home late and I would not expect him to eat dinner without a drink. We always make him go to the bathroom right before bed. I know he wakes up sometimes to go in the middle of the night. Maybe he's been sleeping heavier lately, so he doesn't wake up when he needs to go?
I was ecstatic he woke up with a dry underwear this morning. If he can stay dry for several nights in a row, we will stop using them. I'm hoping that happens quickly - no need for him to get used to this situation. Crossing my fingers...
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awe, he is still so young! I think it is just fantastic that he is pretty much potty trained so early anyhow. Maybe you could do a step down approach and use the pads next? I still put those on Blair's bed since he was in pull up's through four years. We never pushed the nighttime routine because I had so many nighttime issues as a child and had bed wetting till I was 5 years old. So, I just let Blair give us the cues. He was the one to give them up on his own.
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