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My daughter was finally potty trained at 3 years and 3 months old. (She's 4 1/2 now) After a little while of wearing pullups at night to make sure she was night potty trained, she was continuing to wake up dry in the mornings. So, we quit putting her in the pullups. She did great for a really long time, then she got in the habit of sleeping on the floor in front of her bedroom door, so that she could see under it to see us. Well, she had quite a few accidents while sleeping on the floor and it was starting to make the carpet smell. (She had an occassional bed wetting before while sleeping in her bed, but it really wasn't a big deal. We just thought maybe she was extra tired or something and it didn't really happen that often) So, I decided to start buying her the pull ups, just for protection and to keep it off of the floor, since we couldn't convince her to sleep on her plastic covered mattress. Well, it seemed like as soon as she started wearing those pullups, it was an okay for her to not have to get up at night if she had to go potty. She started peeing in them every night, and not only that, in the mornings, she wouldn't take them off when she woke up, she would just continue to pee in them while she played or watched her morning cartoons. I would have to remind her to go take it off, when I remembered that she had it on. (she's very good at changing her clothes if she has an accident in her regular panties) Anyway, I was just wondering if I made this into something that it didn't have to be? Did I make a mistake when I started buying the pull ups and putting them on her? I'm afraid now, that she is going to continue wetting her bed into her adolescent years. My husband wet the bed until he was around 12. Anyone have any ideas, please let me know. Thank you

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My daughter wet the bed until she started kindergarten. Almost, every single night. I tried to get up in the middle of the night to take her. I tried to leave the bathroom light on, nothing seemed to matter. I just figured she would grow out of it when she wanted. I didn't put her in pull-ups wanting her to feel it, and sometimes it would wake her. I think she was just a sound sleeper like me. They say not to punish them, but having her help clean up I think did a world of good. I made her help scrub the mess, if it leaked onto the carpet and I made her help change the sheets.

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There is nothing wrong with your child.The doctor told us it was normal until age 5 to 6.

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Thank you guys so much. I didn't think anything was wrong with her, I just wasn't sure if maybe I caused by putting her in the pullups to keep it off of the carpet. But it is good to know that a doc said that it is normal up to age 5 and 6. Thanks again.

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My son is 8 and just up til this year he has been a bed wetter. No matter if he peed just before he went to bed or not. My 2 other girls (3 & 6) have not wet the bed since they were potty trained. Lots of patiences and sheets...

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My twins did have accidents for a while after they were potty trained but I never made a big deal out of it and kept reminding her that it will be ok accidents do happen, try not giving her any fluids after 7p.m. that helps. I don't think there is anything to worry about, remind her that she is a big girls in panties and how nice they look on her. I think sleeping on the floor is not a good thing she needs to be sleeping in her bed, she must feel alittle scared and being closer to you gives her the extra security, one of my twins went through that not wanting me to leave the room and to stay with her all until she fell asleep which sometimes seemed like forever, I kept reassuring her that it is safe and mommy is close by and I can hear her, we did stories , we hugged alot and I then was able to leave as long as there was a night-light and the door was wide open. Good luck I am sure that everything will turn out ok, children are all different and don't look at her age but her development some children excell faster and some kids need time to catch up.
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