My son is almost 6. He sleeps so hard during the night (not that I am complaining about that), that he will wet the bed and still sleep through it. What my husband and I have been doing is we take him to the bathroom before we go to bed. Normally around 11pm. My son is still sleeping, but once we get him in position, we tell him its okay to go potty, and he does. We make a joke that he "pees on command". We don't let him eat or drink anything after 7pm. He goes to bed about 8pm and we always make sure he goes to the bathroom before he gets into bed. He is getting too big for me to pick him up. Does anyone have any ideas? I have spoken to the pediatrician and he does not feel there is a problem.
I have the same problem, our son is almost twelve. It doesn't happen frequently at all anymore, but still on occasion. The pediatrician has told me for years that this could persist until puberty and be considered completely normal. He too is a very deep sleeper. Now that he's older, techniques like not allowing fluids, seem to work. When he was younger, nothing worked. Good Luck.
well i have a 8yr old and he has the same problem and I did the same thing with stoppinng his drinks to waking him up.There is a med out that he is on he takes everynight at 7 and has nothing else to drinks and it works it is called Imipramine 50mgs.ask your doctor about it. my son has no other problems and this is great
good luck
W.
J.,
I am so happy to hear that there is another mom with the same issue!! My 5 year old daughter is the same way. I have talked to her pediatrician and he is not really concerned about about it either. What I have done is that after dinner she is not allowed anything to drink she goes potty before she goes to bed. We have found that it is easier to go and buy pull-ups for her to wear at night that way we are not washing bed sheet every night. (she also shares a bed with her older sister)
She is a very hard sleeper. My pediatrician has told me that it could just be that her bladder is small and can not hold that much at one time. (Which that runs in our family. We have many family members with too small of bladders) So she is always on the run to the restroom. So my best advise is get some good nites or Pull-ups just for night time only.
When She has friends spend the night she goes to the bathroom to put one on then her jammy pants and you can not tell that she has one on. That way there is not chance of her friend or family member making fun of her if she does have an accident in bed.
J., First of all let me say congratulations on not giving up trying to have a child. I was in the same boat as you. It took me 5 1/2 years to get pregnant with my first child and 3 miscarriages but I have my "perfect" little family now. I have a 7 year old son who has the same problem as your son. People keep telling me he will grow out of it. My son is a very sound sleeper too. He will even pee thru his good nights some nights. All I can say is to be very supportive about it and hopefully it will stop soon. I also have a 3 1/2 year old girl who doesn't have that problem at all. It is hard to explain to Hannah why her bubby wears good nights and has accidents in the night and she doesn't.
Good luck and let us know how things turn out.
S.
I wanted to let you know that my almost 5 year old has been day potty trained now for almost 2 years and sleeps so hard at night that he wets and sleeps right through it. I have tried not letting him drink after 5 (man, is that a hard one) and it still happens. I don't however, wake him up to go like you do, but I figured I would do that once he is 6 also. My pediatrician told me that it is not considered a developmental delay until they are 7. If he is still doing it then, then he will tell me about my various options. He has told me that some kids under 7 just don't have the ability to wake up and go at night.
My cousin had this issue with her now 8 year old and she bought one of those bedwetting alarms. I think if you do a search on the internet you will find many of them at many different stores. She said it worked wonders for her son and had him potty trained through the night in a few weeks. So, maybe something to try if you are desperate. I think it teaches their bodies to wake up when they need to go.
My daughter was the same exact way. She would sleep right on through peeing all over herself and her bed, couch, etc. She will be 9 in Feb.2008, and I will say it's been about 10 months since she's last wet, a big indicator that she's growing out of it I think. I still make her go before bedtime, but she is able to have small drinks before she lays down without wetting which she could never do before. I say don't give up hope. Her pediatrician basically said some kids do up until 7-8 years. She didn't wet every night, but frequent enough for it to be somewhat of a problem. She would feel so bad and ashamed, so be careful not to carry any frustration outward b/c it only makes it worse and they can't help it whatsoever. When it first started happening I thought she was being lazy, because she's a pretty lazy kid as it is. So after talking to the doc I felt really bad. I didn't use any methods like alarms or pills, I just figured I'd let her grow out of it naturally and she did. Plastic sheets on the mattress, instead of fitted sheets I just laid flat sheets over the plastic so they were easier to change, I didn't use pull ups because I was afraid it would prolong her own ability to hold it at night, no drinks three hours before bedtime. You may have to do this for a few more years and it's tiresome. We had to buy a new mattress as a result of the dog smelling the pee on hers and then peeing on it, I know, disgusting. But I think he'll grow out of it eventually, maybe sooner than you think. My daughter is still a hard sleeper, but she gets up to pee now. the alarm sounds like its worth a try, if he's going that much. Hang in there!
