Bedwetting at 9Yo - He Stopped and Restarted!

Hi M.!
First TAKE HIM OF THE DEPRESSANT. He knows his body more than we do, so trust him on this case.
Second I would tell you do not be worried.

This could be a dissease - just like any other disseases, called Enuresis (Bed- Wetting) Don't over dramatize it when it happens, like scolding him - because he can't help it.
I'm a huge fan of homeopathic rememdies and I'm going to give you a suggestion of a few things you can get.

I have this great book called "The Family Guide to Homepopathy" by Alain Horvilleur, M.D. ISBN # 0-###-###-####-0-8 where I found this info.

The pellets you can use comes from a company called BOIRON and you can find them at Whole Foods at the Annapolis Harbour strip mall, Vitamin Shoppe in festival of Riva, or even at the Apothecary in Cape St. Claire.
1. For restless sleep, when the child talks in his/her sleep, and dreams about urinating.
BELLADONNA 9C
three pellets three times a day.
2 If the urine has a strong smell.
BENZOICUM ACIDUM 9 C
taken as above
3 For enuresis alone, without any other particular symptoms
EQUISETUM HYEMALE 6X
taken as above
4 If the child spoils the bed (defecates) and urinates at teh same time
HYOSCYAMUS NIGER 9C
taken as above
5 If the child urinates only early in the night.
SEPIA 9C
taken as above

You can go online and google each remedie to what they content.
I have used pellets from this company for over 5 years and it really works wonderful. I have learned a lot of ways to cure my family over the years I have tried it on my self.

Good Luck,
L.

Have you taken him to see a urologist? Could it be a physical issue? Just wondering....

I wish I had good advice for you...my son is 6 and wets the bed almost every night. I try not to make a big deal about it but nothing seems to work. The only thing that did work (sometimes) was me waking him up in the middle of the night and taking him to the bathroom. But he's almost 70 lbs now and I can't lift him to take him to the bathroom. The other thing we were doing was limiting drinks after 7:30 (bedtimes at 8:00). That seems to help, somtimes. Last night we went to the store and bought the Goodnights that look like boxers but he refused to wear them becuase they are a diaper on the inside. It's hard I know...if you have tried these methods let me know how they work for you. And I'll keep reading response to help me also! Good luck!

First of all, please take him off the medication. If he doesn't like how he feels on it, that's a good indicator. Especially where he's telling you he doesn't like how he feels how he feels when he's on it. I would try taking him to your pediatrician. Believe or not bedwetting is a fairly common occurance. Is he waking when he has to go to the bathroom in middle of the night. He may actually still asleep while he wets. In this case, it may not be his fault. Until you can meet with your pediatrician, get some goodnights (yes they make them that big- my 15 yr old step brother has to wear them to bed because he wets the bed at nite but he has cerebral palsy and can't control the spasms of his bladder while sleeping) and let him know until the issue is resolved that he will be wearing those to bed/ on long trips, whatever situation. Also make him responsible for any clean up when there are accidents- he's more likely to decide that he would rather train himself to use the bathroom. Hope this helps!

I know I'm late to responding but we have the same issue with my son. My husband wet the bed until he was 9 so we assume it's genetic. For the last year things have gotten better with our son. One thing that has worked is to set weekly goals. I'll write in pencil on the calendar a movie he wants to see, or Chuck E Cheese, or Port Discovery. Then he has to stay dry for 7 days to earn it. If he has an accident he starts over and I erase the goal and move it down the calendar. This seems to work for him just as you mention important things like travel work. The alarm you speak of didn't work for him :( He's a very deep sleeper and it would wake me up down the hall but not him! I think the sadest thing is that it's embarrassing for them. I never get mad or make a big deal about it because at this age they are getting punished enough by the experience.

I wouldn't trust any mind altering drugs, but I have a couple of friends who were prescribed a drug, which they say works with the bladder. Anyway, they said they used the drug for about a week or so and they didn't have any more problems. Here is the name and description I found online: DDAVP® Tablets (desmopressin acetate) are a synthetic analogue of the natural pituitary hormone 8-arginine vasopressin (ADH), an antidiuretic hormone affecting renal water conservation. Another thing you may want to look at is how much fluids (especially sodas) does he take in. My nephew ended up going to the bathroom so much that while in bed he would just become lazy. He knew he had to pee, but didn't want to get up so he would just wet the bed. This went on into his early teens. He, too could control it when he wanted to that was actually how we figured it out. Ask your son how often he has to go to the bathroom. Then monitor how much he's actually drinking. Kids these days, I believe drink way too much. When I was younger we all played outside for hours only stopping if we were really thirsty. I noticed a lot of parents always have cups of something or sodas out all day long for their children to drink. Our bodies are suppose to signal thirst, but the only way you'll know if a child is really thirsty is keep all fluids out of sight, out of mind. They'll tell you when they're thirsty.