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Ditropan XL... my son was on it for just over a year, it helped increase the size of his bladder and voila... no more bed wetting!!

Hi, A.. My little brother had the same problem between the ages of 5 to 11. My mother finally tried a Homeopathic for bed wetting at the health food store. I don't know if it's the essential oils or sociological, but it really worked well for him, and a short time later he stopped and never wet the bed again.

I used to be a frustrated mom like you. I had a son that wet the bed every night until his 13th birthday. I have a friend who suggested a chiropractor. I took him and the rest is history. It turns out that everytime my son laid down, he had a pinched nerve that is supposed to tell the brain to shut off the bladder, so the brain wasn't getting the message. It may take a month of many visits a week, but it may be the magic ticket to a dry morning, YEAH!

Bed-wetting is, indeed and in fact, common, even among 11 year old children...in fact, about 3 percent of FOURTEEN year olds wet the bed...by 18 a full one percent still wet the bed. While the "1" may seem small, if you consider the large number that actually is, you'll see that, yes, indeed, it IS common...just not the majority. At this point, your son just wants it to be over, he wants to block it out, he wants to pretend it's not there anymore. The more you show frustration, disappointment, discouragement, the more he hates himself and that is NOT GOOD.

What we do for our two bed wetters (both are 12, one boy, one girl) is simply supply the tools--alarms, pull-ups, pills and let them choose what they want to try, and expect them to clean up after themselves; they take their bedding to the wash and get their blankets clean and remake their bed. I really, really do not care if they wet the bed. They are amazing, wonderful, intelligent, talented gifts to me...the fact that they wet the bed doesn't matter in the slightest. They had sleep overs with trusted friends and they take the precautions necessary to avoid an issue. I have a zero tolerance policy on talking about the bed wetting from the other children because, frankly, it's none of their business and they, too, have annoying issues, too. Our children hate that they wet the bed, they're very sensitive to the issue but know they are loved and valued beyond the urine...all I ask and expect is that they tend to it.

I also caution you about the common counsel to limit water. Many children do this but end up dehydrated which causes a list of other problems. Be sure your son gets a ton of water/fluids during the day before limiting intake in the later hours of the evening to combat this.

Share these sites with your son, explore them together. The more he understands the facts, the more you understand the facts, the more there will be peace in his heart...and yours.

http://www.massgeneral.org/children/adolescenthealth/arti...
Read the second paragraph.

http://parentingteens.about.com/cs/preteens/a/bedwetting.htm

http://www.wetbuster.com/
I encourage you to read the section on Famous People, especially Michael Landon!! (You may want to rent the movie: The Loneliest Runner Staring Lance Irwin from 1976 created by Michael Landon)

One of my brothers had the same problem until he turned 12 and started going through puberty. My mom talked to the Dr. about it and they gave her a medication that would stop the bed wetting but it can cause long term problems so he only used it for sleep overs or camping. That's what I would suggest. I'm sorry i don't actually know the name of the drug but my heart goes out to you and i wish you the best of luck!

Did not read them all but my son is 11 and has a similar problem, but he will wear the "diapers" on occasion. Make sure he is not EATING late, when you eat, it triggers your body to make urine, cut back on drinks, yadia yadia ya. But my son was diagnosed with over active bladder. You see the commercials for it, that is my kid. What the dr. suggested was to make sure he is having regular bowel movements. If he is at all constipated or has not gone all day, that causes pressure on the bladder and when completely relaxed, it releases. I know one day they will be dry!!! good luck!!

try this too, it can't hurt him.

http://www.drchristophers.com/extracts-oils/kid-e-dry-ext...

Have you ever noticed that some people don't have the ability to wait as long as others to run to the bathroom. I have teased my son-in-law that his bladder is the size of a raisin. The size of your son's bladder may cause him a problem also boy's just don't develop as quickly. I know that Chiropractic helped me with bladder issues. I wish I had my dr. here to explain it to you. All I know is that there can be a subluxation of the spine and chiropractic can help, it has helped me.

My guess would be that he is a very deep sleeper, especially if he didnt even wake to the alarms. Perhaps a urologist or the children's hospital in your area can recommend some other types of programs to help?

Have you considered having him set a regular alarm during the night or you going in to wake him to use the bathroom?

Hi, A.--
We have been through some of this with my seven-year-old and I consulted with him about what I should tell you. Here's what he said--"Maybe that mom should try the alarm again, but make sure it's a good alarm, and then have a chart to keep track of dry nights and look forward to a prize. That's what worked for me."
That said, I know it sounds simplistic, and I know you said you've tried alarms. But I'll tell you what we've done and what's worked for us. . .
I got a copy of the book "Seven Steps to Nighttime Dryness" by Renee Mercer CPNP. It's so useful and the information in it saved my sanity. I learned we were dealing with primary enuresis (never dry at night) as opposed to secondary enuresis (was dry at night with a relapse). The reasons and treatment options are totally different.
I also invested in a Malem Ultimate alarm. I tried to start alarm treatment last summer and while we saw some progress, it did not take because I was very pregnant and my husband was not committed to helping out at night. Also, I was not particularly conscientious about charting my son's progress, and that makes a HUGE difference in motivation and stamina to continue treatment. So I gave up for awhile and we were using what we called "nighttime underwear" (Pull-ups) for most of the school year.
Then, in April, my son was more motivated and was really hating his nighttime underwear. I consulted with his pediatrician, who is very current in his study of research, and he assured me that alarm treatments have the best long-term success rate, and any medication (DDAVP, Ditropan)options were really just a way of buying some time until the child outgrew the problem.
So I took out the alarm again and we had a pep talk about how we were going to use it and chart our progress very carefully. The alarm attached to his underwear and has a wire that attaches to a little box like a pager that pins to his shoulder. It makes noise AND vibrates and the sound of the alarm alternates with 8 different sounds so there is *no way* a child could sleep through it for very long. (But, interestingly, the alarm has not once woken up my son's three-year-old brother who shares a room with him and often crawls into bed with him, too.) The alarm has a two-step turn-off process so you have to wake up a bit just to turn it off. It is very effective.
The book "Seven Steps to Nighttime Dryness" helped me so much. It helped me realize the purpose of the alarm was to alert *me* to help me child, not just wake up my child. It also helped me realize the alarm treatment takes time. We've been using the alarm for 10 weeks and we are now consistently having dry nights (hallelujah!) The progress was slow but real and lasting. On the charts provided in the book, you note the time of bedwetting incidents. At first, my son was having two a night, then he went to one, and then one in the early morning, and now none.
The book points out that it is OK to get up in the middle of the night to use the toilet; you are not trying to parch your child into continence, but trying to teach him to respond to bladder sensations. So, if my son gets up at night before the alarm rings to use the toilet to stay dry, that's great! That is the definition of bladder control.
I got this book and the Malem alarm and a couple of waterproof overlays at www.bedwettingstore.com. I found the information there very helpful and their service prompt. The waterproof overlays saved my sanity laundry-wise. the book also discusses many reasons why chidlren wet the bed--from genetics to food sensitivities to constipation. Reasons vary from child to child and whether you are dealing with primary or secondary enuresis.
If you have any other questions about what we've done, please message me, I am happy to chat more if I can help. The book says one in 20 children still wets the bed at age 10. You are not alone in this; people just don't talk about it. If your son if feeling embarrassed and frustrated, he is probably likely to be motivated to work with you on a treatment plan.
My sincerest best wishes to you and your son!

my son is 13 and still has a problem. I remember wetting the bed into my teen ages years as well. I was talking to my SIL and she just mentioned "DDAP" it is a hormone that help you not to need to go pee for upto 8 hours. my son has now been on this for 4 days with no problems. He is a very activy boy and love to hang out with the boys and have sleep overs. But doesn't because of his issue. This is going to change his life... the other thing taht is great about this pill you do not have to take it everyday. Oh yeah make sure that your insurance covers it because the cash price is more than you want to pay. Good luck, I know this is really hard but who said it would be easy it does start with LABOR...
M.

My father as a child had the same problem. Age and all, so his mother would wake him up about every hour to two hours. How she found the time to do that, I'll never know. It may also be helpful to talk to your son's doctor about it, maybe he can send you to another doctor that works with those kind of problems. I've also heard that its very common. Wish you luck.

I have a friend that has a son that wet the bed until he was 12 years old. It is not really unheard off. I think that when we think of a doctor we always think of a MD but I have found that there are other avenues of thinking. For example, instead of getting costly surgery to correct my carpal tunnel I went to a message therapist. To get extensive bloodwork done I went to a D.O. (Doctor of Osteopathy) Also a chiropractor is a great option to consider. I have heard that sometimes bones press on certain nerves that control the bladder. I feel for him!

A.-

My husband is a hypnotherapist. The following is what he recommends.

Hypnosisis is probably the most successful therapy you can do for enuresis. The treatment lasts typically 6 - 14 sessions. It is usually 6 - 8 sessions, but something else may come up that needs to be dealt with concurrent to the enuresis treatment. Usually one or both of the parents were bed-wetters. Biologically, by the age of 8 most kids will grow out of it, but the parents don’t want to wait. They want the child to go to sleep-overs etc., and often the entire family gets involved in this therapy. Enuresis is more common with boys than with girls. Get a medical referral - there could be a medical origin to the problem. Causes: Enuresis is mainly caused by deep sleep - children play hard, they sleep hard and often the physical impulses don’t awaken the child. Sometimes there is secondary gain involved. An example of secondary gain would be when a child wets their bed they then get to sleep in the parents’ bed, so they wet their bed to be close to the parents.

Please feel free to give him a call to discuss further modalities.

James Klingensmith C.Ht.
Official 105.9 Alice Morning Show Hypnotist
askyourhypnotist.com
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I know this can be frustrating for all involved, but patience and time. I tried several things too, doctor, bed alarm, getting them up during the night, eliminated drinks at night, even have them do their own laundry. It can be embarassing as well, especially with friends.
Ours turned out to be more of an emotional problem. Dealing with a person that seemed good hearted, but since that person is no longer a part of our lives, the problem has stopped, almost imediatly. That may not be the issues with your son. But the sub-conscience has a way of blocking out things that bother or hurt us in any way. Could be as little at a subject in school.

Best of luck to you all, dont know if any of this is any help.

My niece goes to bed at 8 and my SIL gets her up to go potty at 10:30 when she goes to bed, then my bro gets her up at 5 when he gets up for work. She sleeps through it all and sometimes still has accidents.
Their doc has ruled out medical probs too, but they are frustrated and she's embarrassed. It's a bummer of a problem!

Good luck!

Just a guess but maybe stopping liquid intake by a certain time and then going to the bathroom right before bedtime and right as he wakes up. Also, setting a time in the night when you go and wake him up to go to the bathroom. This might set a biological clock for him to do it on his own later. Again, this is just a guess.

I have a 10 year old son who wet the bed until recently. I took him to the Chiro (let me know if you want the name of the chiro in Westminster) for unrelated headaches and also mentioned the wetting issue and she gave me an herb to try and he only took it for 1-2 weeks along with some specific adjustments she did for the bladder and areas around the bladder. This really helped! He has had a few random accidents in 6 months. It was very inexpensive.

2 things I did. My twins are only 2 1/2 but they have been potty trained for quite some time, but would always bed wet.

1. I went to the nature store and got some bedwetting pills. I don't know if you used the teething tablets, but they are made by the same company. It gives you the dosage, but I think it is 2 tablets before meals and before bed. It should take care of it in 1 week. It did my kids.

2. My daughter started wetting her pants again. So I took her in to the chiropractor. Her hips were really out, which when they are they push on the bladder and the nerves which cause wetting to occur..anyway, he got her hips back in and she hasn't wet her pants again.

I also have been waking my kids up around 8a.m. to make sure they go potty and have slowly been increasing the time to wake up so that their bodies get used to holding the potty till they wake up.

Hope this helps you. If you live in the Nampa area I can tell you what store carries the Bedwetting pills. They are homeopathic so they are not harmful at all.

Yes it is very common, especially if his grandfather's or dad had issues. Also if he is a deep sleeper he cannot wake himself up. Or only way we could help our son was by waking him up about 2-3x a night to use the bathroom. It was as if he was sleep walking because he was so deep in sleep.

I tried acupunture, chinese medicine (which did help). Food diaries, avoided sugars, liquids, etc. Sometimes he would go 2 weeks without wetting & then go right back to it. After much frustration & research I found out that it wasn't him it was underdeveloped bladder, genetics & deep sleep that was the culprit.

Finally he grew out of it & hasn't had issues for almost a year!!! Yea!!! It is very hard on them because they do not want it to happen...Just help him all you can and make him do his own bedding, he is old enough & will understand he is helping out too.