We have only had the odd wet bed since she was toilet trained, now it is every night. We have tried taking her to the toilet before bed but it didn't make a difference. I'm just trying to work out whether it is anxiety of some sort or physical (as in too asleep etc) problem.
It's a big step backwards.
She recently had a couple of weeks where she was soiling her pants during to day as well but that has stopped now.
I know it's common for her age to not be trained during the night, but because she was trained I'm not sure what to think, and whether to start a training type approach again or whether there is another problem.
It is not unusual for children to experience periods of dryness then return to wetting the bed. Usually children are not considered to have achieved permanent nighttime continence until they have been dry for at least 6 consecutive months. DryNites are typically recommended over Pull-Ups at night because they are more absorbent and less inclined to leak. While the wetness liner helps children to make the association between ‘feeling the need to go’ and actually urinating, it does not serve the same function at night. Nighttime continence works a little differently to daytime training – nighttime wetting typically happens when children are asleep and are not in conscious control over their bladder, making it more difficult to train a child to become dry at night. Most children who wet at night will outgrow this on their own, however if you are at all concerned about her nighttime wetting or her urine develops a strong odour, or she begins to soil her pants again then you should certainly follow this up with your GP as there may be some underlying medical cause like chronic constipation or a urinary tract infection.
Regards,
Dr Cathrine
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