My 7 Year Old Still Wets the Bed.

Hi. I understand the frustration. I have a nice who is now fourteen and wet the bed untill she was 12. She's fine now. Her pediatrician says that her bladder just wasn't fully developed enough. Which ment unlike us who can feel the bladder contract in a deep sleep she couldn't and would wet the bed. 90% of the time they'll grow out of it. My brother had wet his bed untill he was 13. First you have to determin if it's lazyness or medical. Try not to give any liquids 3 hours or even 4 hours before bed but for the occasional sip of water. And try to wake you're lil man up once in the middle of the night to have him try and go. I know it seems like a pain in the butt but thats really the only way to find out if it is medical. There is a thing they can do that goes in the ear and it alarms when the bladder contracts waking the child up. I can't remember what it's called but I can get you that information if you'd wish. Just send me a message and I'll find it all out for you. But odds are you're son is fine. And he very well could have something as simple as a bladder infection and him not even know somethings different! Hope I helped and good luck to you and you're family.

Kimmie*

I want to let you know that it's ok! I would however, consult his dr about it, he can maybe make sure nothing medically is going on. They have those nighttime pull-ups now for big kids, it might be something to consider.

Go back through older posts and you will see LOTS of mamas dealing with this. You aren't alone.
It is rather common, apparently, particularly with boys.

What we did at our house, was not just make him go to the bathroom before bed.. but actually would wake him up (or at least rouse him enough to walk, lol) after about 2 hours... and take him to the bathroom then.

Another thing to try, is to encourage him to drink a lot during the day... He won't feel as thirsty (dehydrated) near bedtime, so he won't "need" as much last minute "I'm thirsty" sips before bed.

My friend's son is 9 and was still wetting the bed. In fact your story sounds like her story 2 months ago =-) She took her son to the Dr. and it turns out he has an overactive bladder and was put on meds and change his diet a little. This was about 2 months ago. When I asked her how it was going she said the meds have been a miracle for her son and has had no side effects at all. I'm not sure what the diet had to do with it but I'm sure your Dr. can tell you. ParkersMoma gave a great answer. It could be that too. Best of luck to you & your DS!

My nine yr old daughter still wets the bed and I wet the bed until the age of 13. I did talk to her doctor about it. With me being active duty military we move around alot. So she is under alot of stress from all the moving around. I am lucky to now be at a place for more than 1-2 yrs. My daughter also has over active bladder. So between those two things and in the morning she doesn't want to get up because it is too cold or whatnot she wets the bed. So there are many reasons why your son wets the bed. Talk to his doctor and have a mom-son day see if he will talk to you. Those are my suggestions. I hope they help.

From what I've read about this it may mean his bladder is not fully developed yet. I'd go to the doctor just to check, but he should grow out of it.

I was told by a nurse friend that her son had the same problem and his doctor (she said was amazing about really knowing everything) told her to give him magnesium every day. And that was it.
I buy Kid Calm by Peter Gillham from any health food store or online. Follow the directions on the label.
Good luck!
C.

You are not alone. :)

But I would consult a doctor. It is usually around age seven that doctors will finally take a peek to make sure (for boys) that bed wetting at this age is not a physical issue.

he may have urine infecton . maybe ..... his doctor will test his urine and should be able give u answer same time ur there. also cut water any drinks after 6pm and if he takes a bath or shower becarefull he is not drinking the water for play and then that might be the problem . talk to ur doc too . good luck ...

I have 3 kids and they stopped wetting the bed at ages 8, 5, and 10.

My oldest daughter stopped wetting the bed at age 8 when I put her in charge of changing her own bedding. She was only wetting once or twice a week, and I think the thought about the consequence woke her up when she had to go.

My youngest child (a boy) wet the bed (actually, a pull-up) every night until he was 10. He was such a deep sleeper I thought he'd never get over it. He was motivated to stop though, so I bought him a pee alarm and it really worked for him. Within a week he'd stop peeing in his sleep and hasn't had an accident since (he's 12 now). I bought our pee alarm used on eBay, but you can also buy them at bedwettingstore.com.

Good luck!

My 7 year old would still wet the bed if I didn't put him on the toilet when I go to bed. He doesn't even wake up when I put him on, I guess he's used to it now. But I have tried leaving him to see if he's outgrown the bed wetting and he hasn't yet. I know there are enuresis clinics but they're very expensive and I can't afford them. You can also get drugs that mimic your bodies natural chemical that tells your kidneys to slow down on urine production while sleeping. I do not use drugs because I don't want to put any kind of drug in his body that is not absolutely necessary.
Just wanted to give you some options and let you know he's not the only one, there are many kids who still wet the bed at this age and way beyond.

hope this helps. My daughter wet her bed until she was 14. We tried leaving it and hoping that it would bother her, the sensor on the panties, and medication, As well as not letting her drink or eat and allergy testing. nothing worked for her.

She was not bothered by it, so I just let it go. If your son is not bothered by it, then I would not worry. If he is, try everything. he is not alone, though.

Hi J.-
I don't think there is anything wrong, per se with your son. Do you make an issue of going to the bathroom right before bed? If not, do that. Also, if you can, get a waterproof mattress pad that you can lay underneath him. If he wets himself in the night, it won't get on the sheets. A good friend of mine had period problems, and she had to do this until she got everything under control.
I do think you may want to ask for professional advice on how to move your son along to a healthy way of not peeing in his sleep, but really, people of all ages have done this, whether they drank too much water before bed, were so exhausted their body couldn't wake them up, were under undue stress, etc. It happens, and all I can say is that if there is a sudden increase, the family can't treat him as a case study, but rather someone with a short term issue that needs some positive help.
Good luck!

We don't have this issue at our house, but I think it is pretty common.One mom on this forum (today, I think!) suggested no milk with dinner or after, and she said it was like a miracle. Could be worth a try. Best of luck!

Hey, I wet my bed when I was 8. You say your son "still" wets the bed, so I don't know if this helps or not, i did not  keep wetting the bed from potty training age till 8yo, BUT I started to do it again at 8 because of a teacher of mine who used to scream and terrify me at school. Still to this day I remember her face while screaming.I did not think it was related so when my mom asked what happens at school I usually answered "nothing". But one day I told the story of this teacher screaming in class and my mom just made the connection. She told the other teacher and the director of the school. After that I w as ok, it was some kind of trauma. Keep investigating!

It's an age thing. My uncle did it until he was 16 and my 38 year old brother did it until he was 12. Some people sleep soooo deeply that the urge doesn't wake them up. Also, some boys (and girls) bladders don't mature until adolescence or later. Do the same thing you already are and get him some Depends. He will eventually grow out of it. Until then, that will solve the wet sheet problem.

Have you thought about trying an alarm? We used Wet-Stop and it worked really well for our youngest son.