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My daughter is 4 and has been potty trained for over 2 years. The past 4 nights she has been wetting the bed. 2 nights ago we cut off liquids 3 hours before bed and made her go to the bathroom before bed. She has wet in the past but far and few between. It does not hurt when she pees and there is no signs of a bladder infection. She normally wakes up when she has to go. Does anyone have any ideas why this is happening all of the sudden? Please help. She shares a room with her baby sister and us trying to clean her up wakes the baby so we are all losing allot of sleep over this. Please any advice would be great!
That was the last night it happend. So far we are doing alot better with it. She was constipated so as Gamma posted I think that did play a major fact in it. Never would have dawned on me that that was it so thank you. Thanks to all the moms who replyied and to the one that thought I was letting my daughter dehydrate. Not having liquid before bed does not cause the child to dehydrate. Her dr even said to do that.
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Take her and have a urine test done just to be sure it's not a bladder infection.
Kids go through phases and bedwetting can ba one of those. Put a pull up on her, over night ones, and let her get the sleep she needs plus your family needs.
Restricting fluids only makes the problem worse, it concentrates the urine and can cause a bladder infection even if she isn't having one now. It is a muscular issue where she just isn't getting the signal she needs to go and waking up.
Our Pediatric Urologist says constipation is the number one cause for kids to be incontinent. When they lay down the pressure of the packed feces puts an additional pressure on an already developing body part and the little ones don't have a chance.
It's not her fault, it won't last forever. Good luck!
Is she afraid to go at night? Maybe a night light would help. Just a thought. My daughter is afraid at night of the dark and would call for us. Sometimes just being upset about something else can trigger this. My daughter was trained completly and for 2 weeks straight had accidents at school. It was so embarrasing for her and us. Finally, we told her she got a sticker if she didn't have an accident and she has gone now 2 weeks without an accident. We told her after she gets 20 stickers. she can get a toy at the story (small) and she is very excited about this. She is 4 too. Good luck!
Take her to her pediatrician to see what they recommend. I was sent to a chiropractor when I was little for bed wetting and mine stopped, but everyone is different. But it can be sign of so many things, so I'd take her to her doctor,
I think the kids get too comfortable. I have the same issue with my son. Kids that know how to potty tend to start 'holding it'. They hold it to keep playing, or too keep sleeping. It will get better, but sometimes we have to return to training. Good step stopping the liquid again. My son had two accidents, so for now I've returned to waking him up to go potty in the middle of the night. Just tip in and get her up-- I'd probably just pick her up to keep her quiet, instead of trying to wake her in the room. If she's a sleepyhead like mine, they don't like that very much!!
Hi M.,
I feel your pain. My daughter was still wetting the bed at almost 7. I finally began getting her up just before I went to bed and carried her to the toilet and quietly told her to go potty. Then I'd carry her back to bed so she'd go right back to sleep. It worked. She's almost 9 now and she is finally waking up to go. I did stop waking her before I go to bed almost a year ago though and we haven't had many problems. Good luck! N.
Not to freak you out, but I would take her to the doctor and have her blood glucose level checked. Before my daughter was diagnosed with diabetes, she started wetting the bed. It was our first clue that something was wrong.
I really hope that your daughter is just fine and this is only a phase.
My daughter is almost 9. She on occasion has an accident, but it is usually when she is going through a growth spurt. I wouldn't worry about it. Just assure her that she is doing nothing wrong and encourage her to let you know quietly when she has had an accident so you can keep up with it. I agree with the other mom about putting a water-proof pad on her bed and lay out clean jammies. That way she can get up in the middle of the night and go into the bathroom and change. She can then remove the wet pad and replace it with a clean one. Practice with her during the day, so she can feel comfortable doing it at night when it is darker. Good luck!
Don't restrict liquids that can dehydrate her, in fact, do the opposite. It's much easier for a small child to be awakened by the need to go to the bathroom if she's got a full bladder.
Also if she's going to bed later she might be so tired that she isn't waking.
Honestly, I can't imagine worrying about night training this young. It is very normal developmentally for children to wet the bed regularly or occassionally into adolescence. If nighttime wear is not really an option, make sure she has a waterproof pad on her mattress, have an extra pair of jammies out "in case," and lay a folded sheet or waterproof pad in the middle of her bed to whisk into the hamper while one of you helps her change. She needs to drink water whenever she is thirsty, so please do not restrict liquids. Sometimes a more full bladder wakes a person up more than a slighly full one, and depending on where she is in her sleep cycle, she might not wake easily. There is not much to help with the baby except letting the baby get used to a little noise from sharing a room.
well my daughter did that till she was 9. what we did was less soada and put her bettime earlyer
