You might think that once you have toilet trained (day and night), your little 5 year old that they would be dry forever. Well that’s not always the case, around 16% of all 5 year olds still occasionally wet the bed at night. It’s not your little one’s fault, he/she may simply sleep through the urge to go to the toilet at night, but as they get older this should happen less and less. Your little one can regress into bedwetting due to an outside influence like a new baby or moving house. It might even be that your 5 year old wets the bed because you had also wet the bed once upon a time, as bedwetting is normally hereditary. Our expert is here to reassure you that a five year old wetting the bed is nothing to worry about. Some of the other questions asked by parents involve kids having heavy bedwetting on some evenings and dry nights on others. Read on for a list of the different questions all related to 5 year olds bedwetting.
Recent answers
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My Son is 5 1/2 and is still not dry at night
Hi M.C., The three most common causes of bedwetting include (1) an overproduction of urine overnight – children who have low-levels of …
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Is there a cure?
It can be very frustrating and somewhat worrying when children to continue to wet the bed at night. If you have not already done so, I wo…
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Hi, my son is 5 and he wets the bed. I am not overly concerned about this, as his father did until he was 13. My concern is that he still poo’s at night and doesn’t wake up. Is this normal?
Hi K.R., Your son may be experiencing Encopresis which simply refers to uncontrolled soiling in children who are four years of age or old…
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Urinary incontinence in a 5 year old
Hi Nadia, It is really difficult for me to provide any specific advice without knowing the cause of her incontinence. Once a child has re…
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My 5 year old still wets his bed at night,he is lean n has minimum body fat as he is very active,is body fat helps to stop bed wetting at night?
Please be reassured it is developmentally normal for a 5-year-old to be still wetting at night with around 1 in 7 children continuing to …
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My 3 year old daughter has begun wetting the bed at night. Do I put her back in dry nights?
Hi Melissa, it is not unusual for young children to waiver between periods where they are dry then begin to wet the bed again. In saying…
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Ask a question now…six year old son wets himself only when laughing
Hi Lisa, you may find this is a form of stress incontinence. How does he respond to sneezing or coughing? It would certainly be worthwhi…
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my 5 year old is still not trained at night. He often soaks through his nappy. is there anything else I can use to stop him waking up wet?
Hi C.S., please be reassured it is perfectly normal for your son to still be wetting the bed at night with many children (especially boys…
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I have 3 boys 13,10 and my youngest just turned 5. No issue with any of them with nighttime wetting with all being dry by 3. However my youngest Son has for at least the past 6 months just started wetting up to 4 times a week at night. In addition to thi
Hi K.T., secondary bedwetting has two main causes: medical and psychological. Psychological causes tend to be more common and include t…
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my son has been out of nappies for over 2 years. he is 5 and a half and got into a fight at school and was puched down low. Since then he has wet his bed 3 of the next 4 nights. Is it physical or does he have a emotional issue
Hi Mark, a return to nighttime wetting can certainly be in response to an emotionally charged experience such as bullying. In saying thi…
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Hi Dr Catherine,
Our son is 5 and wets every night, he is keen to wear undies and we have tried but more often than not he is wet. He doesn’t drink alot at school during the day and has amazing bladder control during the day (ie goes 2-3 times) its al
Hi Justine, please be reassured it is perfectly normal for your son to still be wetting the bed at night with many children (especially b…
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Hi Dr Catherine, my 5 year old has developed thrush type rashes on his lower back since using Dry Nights.
It sounds like it may be what is commonly referred to as ‘nappy rash’. Nappy rash typically results from skin contact with a wet or…
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My son is 5 and was consistantly dry every night up until about 2 months ago and now every night, he wets the bed. Nothing in his life has changed, other than it being winter. Could that be a factor and how do I help him with this and is this common?
Hi Katie, it is not unusual for children to waiver between periods of being dry then retrurning to wetting again as they move toward achi…
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Hi Dr Catherine
My son wil be 6 in September and is wet every night plus the occasional soak through to mattress protector. We use dry nites and have limited his night drinks. we understand that it’s a connection thing and my husband plus a few other fa
Hi H.D., In order for your son to become dry at night he either needs to learn to wake in response to a full-bladder or his bladder needs…
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Should we keep our 5 1/2 yr old boy in nappy pants at night or should we let him wet to encourage him to get up and go to the toilet?
Hi Kellie – The first thing you need to do is reassure him that you understand that his nighttime wetting is largely beyond his control…
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My 5 yr old girl started wetting the bed again after a year of dryness. She is back in drynites but I don’t why she started again. I went to the dr and ruled out uti. Its not tapeworm as she has taken medication for that.
Hi T.M, your daughter is experiencing secondary bedwetting, which occurs when a child has had proper control over their bladder during th…
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Hi, our 5 1/2 -year-old daughter was dry night and day but when she was 4 1/2 her most beloved friend moved to another town and she started to wet her pants again – day and night. She is totally unconcerned when she wets herself and very resistant to the
Friendships are incredibly important to young children, so when they lose someone close to them, especially a best friend, it can seem li…
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hi my daughter whos just turn 5 keeps weting her bed i have tyrd wvwerything apart from drynites as she thinks of them as nappys an i dont want that. i have even stop leting her have so much to drink at nite but she still wets it sometimes she dosnt tho.
Hi Ang, It can be incredibly frustrating and at times overwhelming when your child continues to wet the bed night. Firstly, let me reass…
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My 5 yrs old son has been mostly dry at night since he was 3 (only occasional accidents). Now he hasn’t been dry in over 2 months! Advice?
It is not unusual for children to waiver between periods of being dry then returning to wetting again as they move toward achieving perma…
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My 5 year old girl has always wet the bed, she wees around 5 times a night.
Hi Kelly, as frustrating as this situation is, you need to be reassured that it is completely normal – with at least 1 in 7 children co…
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Ask a question now…My son is about to turn 6 and he is wets his dry nites every night often right through to his sheets. He is also wet most days.
Hi K. H., given his age I would not be particularly concerned about his nighttime wetting however it is always a good idea to have any fo…
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My five year old son has not had a dry night! day time is fine. It doesn’t bother him. We have tried many things such as Star charts, rewards and getting him to strip and make his bed. We dont tell him off or make it a big deal! Pullups do not work for us
Hi J. G., it is highly unusual for children to be able to control their nighttime wetting in response to requests or external rewards, th…
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We have been lifting our almost 6yr old boy at the same time every night. What would suggest as a next step to break out of this habit that we have created?
Hi D. R., while putting your child on the toilet through the night may reduce the number of wet beds you have to change (and that is cert…
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My daughter still wears a nappy to bed and hardly ever is dry. Is there anything we can do to help her become dry?
Hi Rachel, depending on your daughter’s age there are a few things that you can do. If she is under 7 years of age then the general re…
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Want to start night time training my 6 year old girl but don’t know the best procedure
Hi K. S. – there are so many mixed messages out there; no wonder parents are confused when it comes to managing children’s bedwetting…
