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Ladies,
I have a little girl that is 6. She sleeps like the dead & we've recently gone into high gear trying to get her out of her night time pull-ups. We tried last summer & failed. This time around we're getting her adjusted weekly by my chiropractor and trying some homeopathic bed-wetting tablets. Some nights she stays dry (as long as my husband & I get her up to go to the toilet 1-2 times a night), other nights she blows twice! Thank goodness for waterproof pads! Just when it seems we're making progress...we're not. She is just not waking herself up to go. She will, however, sometimes wake up after the fact & clean her bed up & change clothes. If we don't wake her up, she won't get up. We've been at this for almost a month now. I'm about to head to the M.D. and see if she has any suggestions. I know there are meds on the market, but I'd prefer to keep it "natural." Your thoughts? Is she just not ready & we should wait another few months? Could there be a physical problem here? HELP! I'm tired of the PEE!!!
D
UPDATE: We just went to the dr. today. She said they don't start worrying until the kiddos are 8 & having this problem-right now it's just "little bladder & deep sleeping.". Family Hx can play a part; moving allergy meds to a.m. instead of p.m. might help. There you go!
Thanks, Dawn for the great link back- I check in on Mamasource infrequently, so I missed the recent question.
I think we'll start with the pediatrician this week. I took what felt like forever for this little girl to stay completely dry consistently all day long (like only w/in the past year) so, perhaps I shouldn't be too surprised that night-time dryness is coming along slowly, too. I appreciated the anecdotal info on Singulair! My daughter has bad allergies that will flare into asthma if they get out of control. She's on Singulair, Zyrtec & Omnaris to keep things tamped down & manageable. Hmmmmm....
Some of the previous posters reminded me: 1) I was a bed wetter up in to 3rd grade, infrequent though it was, it was horribly embarrassing, and 2) my dad was a real jerk about it. We're trying not to be near that way! I'll keep you all up to date! Thanks!D
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D.,
Don't wait, head to the doctor. I understand you want to keep it natural, but by 6 she should be able to control herself at night or get up on her own. She may have a weak bladder and it doesn't fill up enough to make her feel the urgency. She may have some other condition that could be causing this. I would get it checked out.
E.
I am a late poster for this topic- sorry. But, my son is 5-yrs old and still wets at night-- same thing with the heavy sleeping and so on-- he also has been a "fragile" day time dryness kid, so, I plan to wait and see how it goes over time-- he hasn't shown any kind of readiness clues-- I got a great book called 7 Steps to Nighttime Dryness and I really found it helpful. I plan to try a bed alarm once I feel he is ready and they say a child has to be at least 6 years old to try a bed alarm.
Mel
If she is fully potty trained but only wets at night, that is normal. Sometimes their bodies grow faster than their bladders grow and that can lead to bed wetting. Put a pull-up on her every night until she is dry for a week. Of course I am sure that you already do this but make her go to the bathroom before she goes to bed, limit her intake of liquids after 3pm. Make sure that she isn't drinking sugary drinks with dinner. (You could try Crystal Light) Best wishes to you!!
MY DS is 5 and still wets at night. He is a very sound sleeper! The pediatrician said that is probably the reason. At the time I asked about it, he said his own son was 8 and just getting out of the pull-ups. He said that it is only a problem if the child is staying dry at night for an extended period of time and then goes back to wetting. I hesitate to push the issue for fear of starting some other problem ... like making him think we are being jerks about it. I would really like to stop buying the GoodNights, but he'll stop when he's ready. I would like to know how the chiropractics goes for you.
