Wetting the Bed at Night - Frankfort,KY

Maybe the remodeling has stirred up some allergies. I have a niece who wet the bed for years until they realized it was allergies and treated it.

Is there a lot more dust in the air. I would consider going to an allergist.

First let me say Stephanie hit the nail on the head. Don't stress - at all. Kid's pick up on this and it could get worse. If she doesn't want a pull up just put a something waterproof underneath her. My daughter - now 14 - had the same issue until she was about 9. It didn't happen all the time, but she would be in such a deep sleep she wouldn't wake up. There wasn't anything physically wrong with her but some kids take longer to develop Full feeling in their bladder. She was so embarrassed but I always just told her no big deal. Worse case scenario - it will happen every once in a while, you'll have to wash sheets - but one day she'll be 14 and it won't matter - sometimes I miss washing those sheets!

Try not to stress about this. If you get stressed about this, your daughter will be stressed and it will be not make the situation any better. Has anything about your daughter's daytime naps changed? Are they shorter? It seems to me that children about your daughter's age begin sleeping less during the day and can be more tired at night. She could be in a deeper sleep. You might try having her drink less in the ninety minutes before bed and make sure that she uses the potty just before she gets into bed. You might even wake her to go potty right before you go to bed (if you go to bed a couple hours after she does).

If she is going potty more frequently during the day or complains that her peepee won't come out or burns then I would talk to her doctor about testing for a urinary tract infection or see if you can get her to drink cranberry juice. Make sure it is cranberry juice. A lot of drinks that say cranberry juice actually have very little cranberry juice and list other juices. Ocean spray makes a Cranberry Juice Cocktail that is exclusively water and cranberry juice concentrate with no artificial ingredients. I think that it has cane or beet sugar as a sweetner. My daughter has had a history of UTI's, but I have her drink cranberry juice every day and it has helped tremendously.

I've also heard that some people think that food allergies could cause this, but I don't know this to be fact. Hope this helps.

Hey, L.! I experienced the same thing with 2 of my children. Let me tell you about my boy first since he is the youngest. He as completely potty trained by 2, however, only during the day. He wore pull ups until he was five. I was about to go nuts. He would sleep right through it and wake up soaked and cold! And not only was the pull up wet, but the sheets too. I didn't push the issue because he was my youngest and I gave him some lee way, but by the time he was five, he didn't wet the bed anymore. Yes, we have had a few accidents, but I don't worry too much about it. Just relax and don't make any comments when changing the bedding. Just have them help you change it and they may see how much trouble it is. But let her body grow.

Now, my oldest daughter. She is now 11 and I would say since she was 8 that she has periodicaly wet the bed about 3 or 4 times a year, at one point it was a couple times a month! The pediatrician says that there is nothing to worry about (he checked her blood and UTI, etc.). He said that her bladder isn't growing as fast as the rest of her and it might take some time to catch up. She too would sleep right through it!

My advice would be to just be patient. I know it is hard work to change the bedding. Put some lighter bedding on or less bulky bedding so you can wash in one load instead of several. Don't belittle them and don't broadcast it to the whole family that so and so peed in their bed! That is a biggie for our house! Good luck!

Hi L.,
I wouldn't worry about it. Your daughter is still pretty young to be completely 'night trained'.There are many, many kids 4-6 years old who still miss once in awhile at night! Often, a growth spurt will cause them to sleep a little more deeply, and that's all it takes to not respond to the impulse in time to get up and go. And little kids can be anxious about changes, enough so that they even subconsciously hesitate to get up in the dark if things are a little different. Pull-ups are a tool of grace, for you and her. Don't make a big deal out of her misses, and praise her progress when she does stay dry. You might tell her the pull-ups are just in case you need to clean up, she can get back to sleep faster.

are you cutting back on her drinking before bedtime? Has anything happened that might of changed things?

I'm so envious of you for getting your daughter potty trained by 2! That is great. I know remodeling doesn't seem like a big deal to us but it may be to her. Even though the schedule is the same she may just be sensitive to her environment and surroundings and feeling a little off. But I have to agree there are some good suggestions below that are more likely. Hang in there with your patience and give yourself a pat on the back for having accomplished something most kids don't do until they are 3 (from what I hear).

Hi L.,
I know exactly how you feel! My daughter who is 10 now was doing the same thing and nothing had changed in her routine at all. I have been dealing with this for a long time now and i still am on occasion. Sometimes she might go a whole week without an accident and others she might have an accident everynight. We did take her to a urologist and they did say that it was a part of her brain that was in such a deep state of sleep that she was not waking up to go potty. They gave her some medicine but it really didn't seem to work for her but what we did find that does help was her drinking more during the day and cutting back on her caffien intake as well helped. Every year when school started i would go to the back to school bash and talk with her teacher and let them know what was going on and for a couple of years they had to have a dr. excuse for her to have a water bottle in class and more trips to the bathroom during the school day, but as long as you have a good teacher and school staff that will not be a problem. We did not use pull ups because she said it made her feel like she was wearing a diaper, but we did get matress cover and just continued to wash her sheets. By all means do not condim her for this and dont belittle her it will only make things worse, and if you feel like you need to tell family members like when they want to keep her overnight let her know that you need to tell them just in case she does have an accident so they wont be upset if she does have one.
If you want to talk more just let me know.

Sometimes when kids are growing they sleep harder and don't wake up to go pee. It is also not unusual for kids to regress for a few days right before they make a huge leap in development. 2 1/2 is about ready for some huge leaps in speech and self awareness.

I would take her to the doctor and have her checked for a UTI (getting a child to pee in the cup is easier then you think...wear a glove!) and if they do not find anything make sure she gets less fluids before she goes to bed and maybe a small nap during the day for a few days.