My 4 yr old son really wants to not wear a nite time pull-up, but every time we try to go without one he wets the bed! We have started using a re-usable pull up with flannel inserts to hold the pee. But we have tried a lot of things with him, like getting him up every 2 hours to go, but he gets so pissed when you wake him, it only made us all crabby. We withheld liquids an hour before bedtime, but he would wake up mid-night begging and crying for a drink, and then it would make him wet the bed.
We have just assumed, that maybe when he is ready he will be able to get up on his own. Until then our ped, told us not to worry he is just a little behind in his body maturing in that dept, if he is still having problems at 6 than we will look into it further.
"Have a safe lunch, use a condiment."

My stepson pees in the bed, too. Not every night but when a day had been stressful or he feels that there is a quarrel between his pa and his mom, then it happens. He sleeps very deep, too. Here i europe it is said that less drinking in the evening and waking the child doesn't really help. It can be a) stress (quarrels all day long, mobbing or whatever) or b) a kind of "child-needs-more-time-to-develop". B) is said to be the cause of bedwetting when the cild is a deep sleeper and/or develops language very early. I wouldn't give her/him pull-ups that might be felt as an indignity. Just be patient and make the bed waterresitant.

Bed wetting is normal. Very normal. My son does it, but when we placed down the rules "no drinks after dinner" it helped. Another thing that I do is I wake him up about an hour or two after he falls asleep, make sure he is at least partially awake (this works by making them walk to the bathroom and turning on the lights), and having him go to the bathroom. This has helped tremendously. On the nights when I forget, I always regret it, but when I remember, we usually have a dry morning.
You can also keep doing those pull-ups or goodnights or whatever brand is best. I know its a pain but it keeps the sheets dry, and sometimes kids just need that extra help.

my dd being totally trained, and pissing the bed. it wasn't a problem, as i recall. i have a waterproof cover on her bed even now, when it's no pee so much as vomit that i want to keep out of her mattress.

You know, the last time I peed the bed I was 14 years old. And my son wet the floor occasionally until he was 6. He peed against the door frame lots.

you might not want to hear this, but my 7.5 yr old girl was fully potty trained for like 6 months and then just started wetting the bed again around the age of 4 or 5 (I don't even remember...). But, she still does it! She is also a super heavy sleeper and if I make it in time to help her to the toilet, she is asleep the whole way there and back. I make her walk and do it all on her own, but it's super frustrating cause she is asleep and walking into walls and wiping in her sleep... once she even peed on the floor in front of the toilet! I have taken her to a chiropractor and it didn't really do much. I'm sure that she should be going back for sessions, but it just cost too much. Meanwhile, she has to do her own laundry and I try not to make her feel bad because I know she just can't help it (I have gotten quite frustrated more than a few times though). I do hope she gets over it soon though, because it makes sleep overs difficult.

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