I Am Having Bedwetting Issues with Both My 6 and 2 Year Old Daughters

Hi B., I am sorry to hear that you are going through this. I know first hand how frustrating it can be, for both my (then) 8 year old daughter and for myself. She was completely potty trained and for some reason, out of the blue, she just started wetting her bed.

I have done everything that I could think of to try to get her to stop. I would stop letting her drink anything an hour before bedtime... didnt work. I would just give her pull ups and hope that she would stop... didn't work. I know that there is a sensor thing that you can get that will start to beep when the slightest bit of moisture is detected, but I didn't want to wake up my whole house. I even took her to the doctor just to be told that she would outgrow it, as her father had issues with wetting the bed when he was young.

Last year I took her to a Urologist and they gave me some very helpful information. First of all, something that I was unware of, is that anything with red dye in it is a bladder irritant so we were instructed to stay away from anything red (Hawaiian Punch, Cereal, juice, jello, etc). We were also instructed to do "fluid shifting". My daughter will take a water bottle to school and have to drink as much water as she could between the time she woke up and 3pm. Then 4-6 oz at dinner, and nothing after that- being watchful that she didn't eat anything after dinner that could be turned into a liquid (jello, ice cream, popcicle, etc). It took a few days, but eventually her bladder did get retrained. She does still wear a pull up for 'just in case', but it does seem to help.

I wish you the best of luck! Send me an email if you would like to talk more!

Lots of kids have bedwetting problems. I have six year old boy/girl twins. They still are inconsistant with staying dry at night. We use those "overnights" diapers you find in the training pants section at the store every night. If/when they stay dry for a whole week, we will try going without them. Until then we just use the overnights. Another possibility may be a urinary tract infection. You could ask your doctor to check for this.

I haven't had this problem, but from things I have read there really isn't alot you can do, some kids just don't master it until they are almost teenagers,and your 2 year old may not master it until she is 3 or 4, As for letting them sleep at friends and families houses as long as they have those overnights for older kids I don't see where it would really be an issue, most people are understanding so long as they know ahead of time, wouldn't be an issue for me, sorry I couldn't be more help but good luck and maybe if you relax a little instead of drawing attention to it, they may just stop on thier own when they are ready, if you are real worried talk to the dr concerning your 6 year old and see what he has to say.

Have you tried waking the 6yo up before you go to sleep and having her use the potty? We did that with our 4yo who was still using the diaper at night, and it seemed to help train her to get up at night by herself and use the bathroom. This would only work if the problem is a learned behavior, not if it is a small bladder or lack of the hormone that slows down urine production during night. I would just watch the 2 yo and see if she grows out of it. If not, then around 4yrs start taking action. Good luck!

could there be a bladder infection involved?
has she had counseling?