my son still has issues with wetting his bed what can be the problem?
My son wet his bed on and off until 8th grade. I had a sister who did the same, so I went easy on him and had him help me change the bed whenever it happened. He is now in college and hasn't wet the bed in 6 years!
I'm not sure how old your son is, but mine has the same issue. We asked his doctor at his last check up and he said they should be able to control it by age 6. For my son, that is 2 years away. I am not looking forward to 2 more years of accidents at night though. The doctor also said that if there is a family history of bedwetting it could be longer. Good luck.
it depends on how old your child is
Nighttime dryness is not a learning issue, it's a hormone development issue. Asking a 4 yr old to stay dry is not going to work because they may not yet have gotten the hormone that will let them do so. A person doesn't develop that hormone by request and it can take till they turn 8 to get it.
If your son is over 8 or close to that age then you can do a few things. First you need to go to the doctor and have his urine tested to make sure there isn't an infection then you can either do the bed wetting alarm or you can do medicine.
We tried the medicine with our 7 1/2 yr old and it didn't work at all. We were bummed.
So we just started her last week on a bed wetting alarm. It can take a few months for the alarm to work all the way and it does make the kid wake up when they pee.
Bed wetting can be inherited. My daughter was a bed wetter until the month of her 5 birthday. It could also be that his bladder has not grown as fast as he has. This is a very common problem.
I don't know how old your son is but by the age of 6 or so he should have control of his bladder or outgrown the problem. If not I would see you PCP there maybe an underlining medical condition that is causing it.
My daughter is 6 and still wets the bed about once a week. My doctor says it's statistically normal, that something like 20% of 6 year olds still wet the bed. She said their bodies simply have not developed the function that alerts the brain, and it has nothing to do with being too lazy or defiant. Also, if your child sleeps deeply they just can't get the message from the brain. She suggests waking her up before I go to bed (I hate to do this, but it seems like she doesn't even remember it in the morning!). You can also limit his liquids a couple hours before he goes to bed. Meanwhile, I have a plastic sheet under her sheet and just accept having to wash the sheets and pj's more often than I want to!! This too shall pass...
I don't know how old your son is, but there is a hormone that needs to develop for kids to be able to get up during the night to go potty or to even get the message to their brain that they need to go during the night. It usually takes longer for the hormone to develop in boys.
Some kids it takes until puberty before they can stop wetting the bed. As our children's Dr. said that he knows who still wetting the bed in 4th grade. Its more than you might think.
Take care
J.
How old is he? Lots of kids just do not have the ability to hold it that long. Or they may sleep deeply. Keep using a pullup or Good Nite and waterproof pad under sheet to make it easier on you.
