I hope this is not a silly question. Is there a solution I have not thought of? My 6-year-old soaks his pillow with urine each night. He is a boy. I have NO idea how he does this. I mean, the pillow? It's the lower part mostly by his neck. Washing pillows plus their protectors is a lot of work. Try daily.
He wears a Good Night and that leaks through but we have a disposable Goodnights pad under him, and a waterproof cloth one over that, and a pad over the mattress itself. Despite all this (it almost seems like WATERPROOF is a lie from the packaging) they all leak, except the disposable pad is pretty good but pricey!!! If I put enough of different kinds on, then that's our best bet.
My issue isn't the bedding so much.
I want to know how he's soaking his pillow and what to do. (He is a sound sleeper and does not move around much; never changes positions beyond one side or the other).
The pillow is under his head all night. But I did notice his parts were pointed up, not down. So maybe that will solve the problem. I'll remind him to make sure of this each night so his pillow does not get soaked. It's still crazy to think about the pee saturating part of the pillow so much, but it makes more sense. Thanks!
Is it pee or is he sweating? And if he's peeing, is the bedding wicking the pee up to the pillow? My DD sleeps with her pillow lengthwise so sometimes it's not as far up by her head as you would expect.
I know this was not the question but have you taken him to his pediatrician to get checked out? Your health insurance can cover the cost of chucks/ "pull ups" via a medical supply company whose products are designed for children with Enuresis. My thought on soaking the pillow is that his parts are pointing up. When my son was an infant I spent quit a few days having to change him entirely EVERY time he peed until someone told me you have to point their parts down.-Good Luck
There are two things that come to mind. Are you getting the right size first of all and second sounds like he's not learned to point it down. We had the problem when my youngest was younger. He's learned to make sure it's pointed right now. Cause if it's pointed up it will come out the top.
The ladies are right in what they say.
I'd go in there in the middle of the night and look to see where his pillow is. I'll bet he has put it between his legs. Pull it out and put it back under his head.
If he's not sleeping with it under his head, I would no longer give him a pillow.
Have you talked to the ped about his nightwetting? If he cannot wake up enough to feel it on his own, there is a little alarm you can get that wakes him up when it senses the beginning of wetness. That can help him stop peeing, or help him get up to go to the toilet. My niece had that, and yes, she wet the bed for a long time.
Really, try to figure out the mystery of the pillow. It can't be shooting all the way up to his head! I would take the pillow away from him until he doesn't do that with the pillow anymore.
Dawn
I had the same experience with my youngest. He is also a very sound sleeper.
I did 2 things with mine...
1. Reduce liquids in the evening. Generally, nothing to drink after dinner.
2. Wake him up to pee before you go to bed (11pm - midnight) and again early in the morning...5 or 6am
First, he probably hasn't recognized the feeling of needing to go to the bathroom when he's asleep, especially since he's a sound sleeper. Waking him up helps to train him. Second, the Good Nights and all the pads are probably exacerbating the problem, although it is a big time/effort saver for you. Much like potty training, if he doesn't feel the discomfort of being wet (as improbably as that sounds), then it won't wake him. I was always amazed that my son could just sleep through it all.
It took couple of weeks but he's 7 now and we've not had a night time accident for almost year.
Good luck!
Yep as FunMomof3 stated, you have to point his parts down. Its possible when he pees that it goes upward. Also the natural pressue when erected could be causing it to point upward more than usual, so that's probably something you should check to make sure it is ok.
Best of luck.
There's a medical condition where kids cannot stay dry though the night since their kidneys are not getting enough of a hormone level to hold the urine through the night like a mature kidney does. (This hormone is released when we go to sleep and wears off in the morning - which allows the kidneys to hold back the release of urine into the bladder. It explains why we have to go so badly in the morning and why oldre people get up in the middle of the night to go since their hormone levels are much lower as they age)
This problem resolves itself in puberty when all hormone level go sky high - but until then they are helped enormously by having this hormone via medication. My nephew, now 27, had this problem as a young boy and the medication was a miracle.
I can't speak to the pillow situation unless he puts the pillow near his torso when every thing else feels wet.
Speak to a pediatric urologist about your son's hormone levels - they'll do ablood test and if the medication will help him you may have your solution.
good luck mama!
Can't figure that one out. But you could maybe wrap the pillow in one of the bed pads. Meijers has the super large size, but use store brands to cut the cost of them.
Would it make a difference to take the pillow away altogether? Use something else that isn't such a pain to wash?
It does sound like enuresis and I was up that road with one of my sons. And the bed alarm didn't work. And he'd soak on a regular basis.
He was 12 when things started to normalize! And I figured it was just due to his bladder not being 'in sync' with the rest of his growth. Didn't use any kind of meds either
My son was a big drooler, so his pillow used to get wet a lot during the night. I was afraid that the pillow would get all gross, so I think at Walmart I found plastic pillow protectors. They seem to help protect the pillow the same way the plastic mattress protectors are supposed to. That might help with your pillow problem, along with checking to make sure his parts are pointed down.
Is he drooling in his sleep?
I've never heard of such a thing. Perhaps you might consider a potty alarm?
Try chiropractic for the bed wetting. It's worked for several people I know!
My son wore good nights till he was 8 because his bladder wasn't big enough to hold all night long nor half the night.
