Bedwetting Help!!!

This might not help but I wet the bed until I was 12. I believe it is hereditary. The doctors and my parents tried everything to get me to go. They tried the alarm, no drinking water, back then there were no pull ups. My parents then realize that it was going to take time and when I woke up wet. I had to change my bedding and had to learn how to wash them. I think that out of everything helped.

I can certainly sympathize with you! My daughter is nearly 6 and has the same problem. There was a similar question to yours posted in the last week or two. Look over the archives and see if you can find it. Apparently there are some medications for children still wetting the bed that might help your son. I know when we went in for Jordy's 5 year check-up, the Dr. assured me that this is still very normal and all I can do is keep her in pull-ups until she's mastered things and her body catches up with her bladder. I'm hoping that as she turns 6 and possibly 7, if she is still having issues, we can get her put on one of the medications. I don't want her to be ashamed as she goes to her first sleep overs etc. Good luck!

so he hears the alarm and still won't get up? is there a light in the path to the bath room? maybe he's scared of the dark. or does he sleep through the alarm and you have to wake him? he might just be a very sound sleeper and he doesn't pick up on the cues his body sends him that he needs to pee. wish is could help more.

I have three boys and my first had no problems in this department but his brother just isn't potty trained at night. I have asked his peditrician about it and she says that most boys have frequent accidents until they are about 9. My husband was this way and so for us its more of a heriditary issue. But she did say if they do have accidents to have them change the sheets and put the new ones on and not to make a big to do about it because it won't solve it. Good luck. Hopefully you will get dry nights soon!!

My 6 1/2 year old daughter still wets the bed. Our ped referred us to a urologist after her 6 year check up. At that appointment we were sent home with an alarm and a medication that is supposed to increase the muscles and the capacity of the bladder. We made an appointment to go back for a follow up in 3 months. We used the alarm for two months and my daughter never heard it. She is a VERY sound sleeper. I would get up with her and take her to the bathroom and when I would ask her in the morning she had no recollection of me getting her to the bathroom. So we quit using the monitor and continued on the meds. About two weeks ago was her follow up visit. They agreed that the alarm wasn't working but decided to add another med to the one she is already taking. It is one that stimulates a hormone in the brain that somehow then keeps her from wetting the bed. We have had alot of success since adding the new med. In the past two weeks she has only been wet twice!! That is progress for us. Maybe seeing a urologist might be the way to go. I don't know. It has been a good thing for us!! :)

Has there recently been something new in his life? It sounds like he is almost scared to get up by himself. I would be talking to him and have him make suggestions of what to do and make sure that you are really rewarding and praising him after a good night

Sometimes children's kidney's grow faster then their bladders. It will soon fade. But don't make a big deal out of it, it IS embarrassing!

have you had him checked with the Dr to make sure it is not a medical issue. My niece ended up on pills for a short time that stopped the bed wetting and she is doing fine now.

I have a niece who is 9 and a nephew who is 4 who both have this problem. Their mother has tried everything, but it is hereditary. They have resorted to using pull-ups. If not before, it will resolve itself at puberty. My husband said that when he was a camp counselor, there were a couple kids who still had occassional accidents, and his students were anywhere from 9 to 14 years old. It can be horribly embarassing for the kids, though, so you try not to make a big deal about it.

Where did you get this alarm? I want one. My daughter who is 4 is having problems. My doctor said NOT to put her in pull ups or night briefs. So we don't. She said not to give her anything to drink 2-3 hours before bed. So, we don't. She said to make her try to pee 2 times prior to bed. So, we do. Still she has accidents. I have rubber sheets on the bed and I am constantly washing sheets and sheet protectors. I'm also waking up in the night 1-2 times a night to wake her up and take her to the potty. When I do wake her up to take her to the potty she will stay dry, but I just can't do it every night. I'm exhausted. Maybe this alarm thing would help. I feel for you. Let me know about this alarm thing. Thanks, and GOOD Luck. M. M.

Take him to the doctor to make sure that there isn't anything wrong with his bladder, especially if he's getting UTIs. I went through bedwetting as a child, and my mom tried everything. I had the alarm, I had different medications, she woke me up in the middle of the night... Nothing worked. I ended up having a urinary tract issue that had to be corrected with surgery when I was 8.

There's a nose spray that is supposed to help the issue if it's that his body isn't getting the message to his brain that he needs to pee. I personally find it annoying that the first thing doctors do anymore is prescribe something, so here are some other ways to reduce the bedwetting:

Don't let him drink more than a couple sips at a time after dinnertime (for me it was around 5pm), and nothing caffeinated past lunch-time (around noon or 1pm). Caffeinated drinks shouldn't be allowed often anyway; caffeine stays in your system for up to 24 hours and can really contribute to the bed-wetting.

Take him to the bathroom at least twice an evening (once after dinner and once before bed), and make him stand/sit there for 5 minutes trying to go, to make sure it's all out.

During the rest of the day, try to get him to go to the bathroom (even if he doesn't feel like he needs to) at least once every two or three hours. He may not be understanding or even getting the message from his brain saying that he has to pee until it's too late, and going this often lets his bladder get used to being empty... He should start recognizing when his bladder feels full, and that will help him at night.

Cranberry juice and water are always the best things to drink for kids with bladder issues, so try to stock up. ;)

If none of that improves his bed-wetting, then middle of the night trips to the bathroom, again making him try for a full 5 minutes, may be in order.

In the meantime, if you want to try any "big kid diapers" or plastic sheets or whatever will make your life easier on the clean-up end, feel free.

N., my son who is 22 now, wet his bed till he was 14 yrs old. we tried EVERYTHING, even pills from the dr. nothing worked he just had to grow out of it. I say: dont punish him, help he with washing his bedding the next day, and taking a bath/shower. Help him with his self esteem. tell him you love him and often. do special things with him, go out to a park, go for a walk or window shopping ect... My son now has a 3.5 yr old son who still is not potty trained, especially pooping in the toilet he has problems with. My best advice is to show your child how supportive you are with him or her and they will do the rest. anytime you want to just chat email me, ____@____.com hope this helps you, S.