Daughter using diaper for convenience

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Our 7 year old daughter still wears pampers at night as she wets the bed almost every night... We don't make a big fuss about it, neither does she, it is just the way it is and we're confident it will stop sooner or later sometime...
Anyways, yesterday we found out she sometimes pees in her diaper in the morning after waking up when she's still in bed - cause "she's too lazy to get up, take off the diaper and stuff and go on the toilet... She also said it had already happened that she went into the diaper in the evening for the same reason...
I basically told her i didnt think this is a particularly good idea and told her to stop doing that immediately.
All she responded was "they're already wet from the night anyways so it doesnt really matter if i pee in them again..." - which left me without any good argument cause she's actually really got a point here... Cause she really wets them in her sleep almost every single night as i already wrote.. But i still dont like the idea if her just going into her diaper...

What should i do? Any advice? My husband just suggested to me to chill down and let it be as it is...
What do you think?

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  • thegypsysailor
    8 years ago

    IMO, that's terrible parenting. Way to teach responsibility and control, and now you have a lazy, unsanitary, disobedient, argumentative child on your hands.
    If you don't want your child to wet the bed, don't give them any liquids for at least several hours before bedtime. Nothing in the bladder; no wetting the bed! That's GOOD parenting!

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  • Avant-Garde
    8 years ago

    I don't think this is a good idea. This already seems to be turning into a habit. She needs to learn not to be so lazy and go to the toilet in the day. Imagine her keeping this habit when she's a teenager or an adult.

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  • seekelp
    8 years ago

    On one hand, some kids don't stop wetting the bed until their double digits. On the other hand, it sounds like your daughter is picking up a bad habit.

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  • chuy
    5 years ago

    Just be glad is pee and not poops, is just a phase that will go away soon hang in there.

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  • chuy2
    8 years ago

    Try a bed pad instead of the diaper make her wear her regular clothes for one night see how it goes or just make her get up at night every time she potties in the diaper so she can change it herself

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  • Brownblowout
    8 years ago

    Powerdumpin' in diapers is fun

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  • Alyss
    8 years ago

    Pretty sure social services need a-callin'

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  • Hua.Cho
    8 years ago

    I personally do not find fault with it, maybe just try encouraging her to use the toilet instead. And offer rewards for good behavior as a opposed to punishment. I think everyone matures on their own time and she will eventually get there :-)

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  • howaminotmyself
    8 years ago

    Get plastic for her mattress and make her sleep in her urine. A few uncomfortable nights should nip that problem in the bud. If not, you will have far more problems on your hands in the future.

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  • sillygirl77
    8 years ago

    I think you should seek a forum of parents with children who wet the bed and ask. I'm not a parent I admit, but I have to agree with Seekelp that you may be fostering a bad habit.

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