Bedwetting - Patchogue, NY

My sister-in-law (as a child) wet the bed until she was 10-12?? The doctor told her mother it was an allergic reaction to milk. She took her daughter off milk and milk products and her bladder didn't "sneeze" anymore.

Number advice, talk to her doctor about it, it might just be as simple as her blatter hasn't develope as fast as she has ( she'll grow into it), cutting out the drinks is a great start. When you were potty training her did you ever wake her up a couple of times in the middle of the night for her to go? If ya did you need to go back to that, if ya didn't start. Wake her up every couple of hour's till you start noticing a "schedule" of what time's she goes, and then keep waking her up then. Even if you stop giving her a drink, make sure you have her go potty right before she goes to bed ( and I do mean right before, that's what i have to do for my little one). Till you get this straightend out, don't spend your money on the "bed protectors", I have two garbadge bags duct taped to my daughter's bed, and it works just the same, and she doesn't feel it through her sheets, not to mention the garbadge bags are a heck of a lot cheaper then those protectors. I just take a wash clothe and wash it off if she has an acciedent. As far as feeling like a single mom even when dad's home, yep been there done that,a nd i got a divorce. I use to get so stressed out I use to lock my self in the bathroom when her diaper needed to be changed, and I wouldn't come out till he changed it ( how pathetic is that). If ya wanna talk to someone give me a mail, and i'll respond, just be patient with me i have 4 kids so it takes me awhile to get back to anybody, but i will get back to you!! good luck

My kid brother had the exact same problem. My mother bought the alarm, but he actually slept through it. Her last hope for him was to take him to her chiropractor, who discovered that the nerve that lets his brain know when he had to pee wasn't waking him. He had only 2 or 3 adjustments in his back and he stopped wetting the bed.

Just remember that it's NOT her fault. There's very likely something interfering with the signal of "I have to pee" and keeping it from reaching her brain while she's asleep.

Hi P.,
Have you tried the "Goodnites" pants yet? Your daughter can dress herself in them and take them off when she wets. There was another mother on here asking for help, and many people suggested them. If you check out the packages at the store, there is also a web site you can go to for advice.
Good Luck!

P.,
Have you gone to the dr to have her checked out. There is a disorder in some children where they really can't control there bladders at night. It's like a child form of over active bladder. It might be medical..

First of all, PLEASE DO NOT LIMIT YOUR CHILDS FLUIDS. I know alot of well meaning parents think that this will help, when in reality this will only creat a dehydrated bedwetting child. Most bedwetters do not have a bladder problem, they actually have a sleeping problem. And rest assured that your child will wet regardless of how full her bladder is. Most bedwetters spend most of the night in the deep sleep stage and in that stage their brain and bladder don't communicate properly. Other signs can be that they grind their teeth when they are sleeping or have difficultly waking in the morning. Seem way too deep in sleep and are slow to get moving.

We contacted Pacific International, a company that deals specifically with bedwetting. We did not however use them, they wanted $2,300.00 for their program. But the idea behind the program was for the child to wear a moisture sensing alarm and when the alarm goes off the parent goes in and wakes the child and then the child finishes urinating in the bathroom and the key is to get the child to completely wake up. And to make sure you have the child change herself and clean up. The idea is to reprogram your brain to react to the sensation on it's own.

Also they do make pull-ups for up to about 125 pounds. They are called Good-nights designed for older children who bedwet.

Good Luck!

Hi, my 6 yr old daughter has the same issue. She does not wear the pullups anymore because she only does it to feel like "mama's little baby" again. Now, I just use a plastice mattress cover and although it seems inconvenient at times, I set my alarm clock for 1:30am to get her up to use the bathroom. She most times doesn't remember me getting her up, but she is very happy when she wakes up and everything is dry. It seems to be more difficult for her to control it during growth spurts, and she sometimes will ask me to set the alarm to get her up if she is worried about it. Hope this might help. Good luck!!! Let me know what has worked for you.....Thanks

The only thing that has worked for me is waking up at 3 am and taking my 6-yr old son to pee. He goes to sleep at 9 pm, my husband takes him around 11:30 pm and then I take him at 3 am. It's been months; and just last night (and several times last week) he got up on his own.

Hello P.,
I have had few children in my care that were bed wetter�s� this is what I have learned and found to be fairly effective.
Children who can control their bladders during the day, but who have never been dry at night for at least a six month period, have what is known medically as �primary nocturnal enuresis�, the most common form of bed-wetting. Over five million school-age children in the US alone have this problem. Some things that are non-invasive are�
Night-lifting: This procedure involves waking your child periodically throughout the night, walking your child to the bathroom to urinate, and then returning your child to bed. By teaching your child to awaken and to empty his or her bladder many times during the night, it is hoped that he or she will eventually stay dry. During the day you could try�
Retention Control Training: The child is asked to control urinating during the day by postponing it, first by a few minutes and then by gradually increased amounts of time. This exercise can extent the capacity of the bladder and strengthen the muscle that holds back urination. ***NOT*** for long periods of times.
Then you may want to try a Moisture alarm: Moisture alarms are considered a useful and successful way to treat bed-wetting. Medical research has shown that moisture alarms have helped many children stay dry. This treatment require a supportive and helpful family and may take many weeks or even several months to work. Moisture alarms have good long-term success and fewer relapses than medications.
Should this fail you still have medical options such as Medication� I would use this only as a LAST resort� Imipramine This drug is a tricyclic antidepressant. It is thought to either improve the child's sleeping pattern to improve the functioning of the smooth muscles found in the bladder. This medication brings some improvement to about 30% of the children who have tried it. Often, the symptoms return when the medication is discontinued. The drug can cause serious side effects and needs to be closely monitored by the prescribing physician.
Desmpressin acetate This drug is a synthetic form of the antidiuretic hormone and is administered as a nasal spray. It helps the child's body make less urine, and thus lessens the risk that the child's bladder will overfill during sleep. The medication often works quickly. However, the condition may return after discontinuation of it's use. While this medication is much safer than Imipramine, it still can cause some side effects.
Hope this helps you! _Robin_

My ten-year-old daughter had a bed wetting problem. I was a bedwetter as a child. Maybe your child has a low bladder, maybe it is weak or maybe he/she has a bladder infection. Take them to their pediatrician. Also, try cutting out the water after six at night!

Hi P.,
Well I am a single mom with two boys. My 10 year old wet the bed for years and I started by cutting back on drinks after 6pm and then I would wake him up about 1 to two hours after he went to bed to go pee. That would stop the bedwetting, but it's tiring. Eventually he got up on his own. He was about 7 when I went through that. He is a very heavy sleeper. He started wetting the bed again after he turned 8, but not often. It turned out that he had epilepsy. I didn't figure out the bed wetting until he had his first seizure during the day.
Now I am back to waking him up one or two hours after he goes to bed so that if he does have a seizure at night, his bladder isn't full. It's hard and he struggles with getting up, but it is getting better.
I would get upset at times, because being overworked and over tired and having to change the bed again got me upset. I never discipline him because it's really not his fault.
It will get better. Have faith.