10 Year Old Son Wets Bed Need Some Advice

My stepson wet the bed every night until he was about 6 years old. The doctor wasn't much help and traditional "book" advice didn't work. I finally broke him of it when I was pregnant with my first child. When I got up to pee, he got up to pee - every night for about 5 months. Since I was getting up anyway, I just woke him up too. It worked great. By the time the baby was born, he no longer wet the bed. Since you're expecting - and will making those midnight trips to the bathroom - give it a shot! Good luck.
K.

Have you taken him to a urologist to determine whether he has a kidney issue?

Talk to another dr. My son is 7 and our dr. has given him a small pill to help him and it has worked so far. And he has no problem taking it. He is so excited in the morning when he is not wet. I love it! I know what your going through, it feels like it's never going to end. Good Luck

My oldest step son wet the bed almost every night until he was 8 or 9 years old. We took him to all the right doctors. After they ruled out medical issues we tried a device in his night time panties (the depend type of things) It was a sensor that would go off if he started to go, we set it to wake him up, he would go to the bathroom and relieve himself. After about 2 months of using the thing, he started going through the night without the sensor going off.
Good Luck!

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Its been a few years but I think we got it at a local pharmacy. It had sensors that Nick put in his pull up and then attached the alarm to his tee shirt. If he started to go, the alarm sounded and woke him up.

I found this in an article online

"Use a bed-wetting alarm device.
If your child reaches the age of 7 or 8 and is still not able to stay dry during the night, an alarm device might help. When the device senses urine, it sets off an alarm so that the child can wake up to use the toilet. Use this device exactly as directed so that it will detect the wetness right away and sound the alarm. Be sure your child resets the alarm before going back to sleep.

These alarms are available at most pharmacies and cost about $50. Although they provide a 60 percent to 90 percent cure rate, children often relapse once they stop using them. Alarms tend to be most helpful when children are starting to have some dry nights and already have some bladder control on their own."

Here are some links to purchasing them on line-

http://www.bedwettingstore.com/category_alarms.htm?gclid=...

http://www.dri-sleeper.com/cgi-bin/runisa.dll?sb:drisu::c...

http://search.ebay.com/bedwetting-alarm_W0QQcrlpZ63402309...

http://www.google.com/products?sourceid=navclient&ie=...

Good Luck!!!D.

There is a great book called The Thirsty Camel (I can't remember the author!) that addresses this very problem. As a counselor, I've recommended this book to parents several times, and they've always found it useful. Good luck!

I would get another dr's opinion. I had this problem as a child (yes, long ago). It was due to fact that I was a deep sleeper and I would dream that I did wake up and go to the bathroom. Wetting the bed woke me up most of the time, but I would swear I had gotten up to use the bathroom. My pediatrician gave me a tiny little pill to take every night. This was to keep me from sleeping deep so I would be able to wake up when I needed to pee. Soon after I was able to go to sleepovers with out being scared of what would happen.
Godd luck, I know what your son must being going through.

Patience with your son, get a second opionion on his bed wetting..he may need to see a specialist.
Congratulations on your pending arrival!
T.

the main question I have....have you taken him to a urologist?....CHANGE HIS DOCTOR, My 18 year old had the same problem...they have meds for it...10 year old is too old....he could have a problem and if his peditritian won't deal with it....GET A SECOND OPINION. Get a referrel to the urologist.

Has your son been checked to see if his bladder is perhaps immature? My nephew had the same problem and it was all due to an immature bladder. J. T

I ended up calling a company named Pacific International,www.stopwetting.com ,when my then 8 year old was having that problem. The President of th company came out and let my son, my Ex and myself all know what was going to happen and how. It took less than 8 months to get him to be consistently dry all nighht. We did notice that he had more dry nights than wet ones in about a month. Check out the website and see if they can help.

I would speak to your son and find out if there is anything bothering him. Bedwetting can be a sign of emotional turmoil.

Second, change your doctor or at least get a second opinion. There could be medical as well as emotional reasons for this problem. Seek out a professional that is willing to help in a manner in which you are comfortable.