Adenoids and Bed Wetting

I'm not sure there's a connection.
But if her sleep is effected enough (the adenoids interfere and do not allow her to get some deep restful sleep) I guess she MIGHT be more likely to sleep through an urge to use the bathroom.
My son's adenoids and tonsils were removed when he turned 4.
His tonsils were not infected but they swelled up till they almost became an obstruction - so we had them out.
He slept a whole lot better once it was done.
But he wore pullups at night until he was about 7.5
Some kids can't stay dry at night till they are 11 or 12 (and a few go older than that).

Ok, I'm going to hit it from the other end, pun intended. How's her pooping? Is she constipated? My 9'year old he the same problems. Long story short, after an X-ray that showed he was compacted he started the Myrilax and to God be the glory, it stopped the second say of treatment. Our four year old started wetting the bed and dear old hubby wanted to say because he drinks all day but I had in the back of my mind what it could be, started giving him half the dose recommended and DRY SHEETS SINCE THEN. the Dr we went to said its common amongst children and those who eat school lunches.

This is an interesting question, B.. I would think that, if anything, her adenoids are waking her in the middle of the night, messing up her sleep. People who don't sleep well normally get up and go to the bathroom.

IF your daughter doesn't have speech problems, nasal speech specifically, then you should have her adenoids reduced at the very least. If she DOES have nasal speech, you need to talk to an ENT who works with speech impaired children. Removing adenoids in a child with nasality issues can cause them to have much worse nasality because the adenoids are a "roof" to the soft palate. You would want to make sure that your child doesn't have a hidden submucous cleft palate (my child does - that's how I know this) by having a nasal endoscopy done. I would NEVER allow an ENT to perform this surgery without doing a nasal endoscopy first.

So, first of all, give your daughter the gift of dealing with the adenoid issue. Get the ENT to do a nasal endoscopy to assess her STRUCTURE. It's really important. If he balks, go find another ENT. (I had to do that. THAT'S how we found out my son has a submucous cleft - by then he was 4 years old. We'd been dealing with his nasality for 2 years by then.) If there is no nasality, if his structure is normal, then go ahead and get those adenoids out. Trouble breathing during sleep is actually a health issue and will cause her so many ancillary problems in her life. It really needs to be addressed.

I would put all this above the issue with the bedwetting. Right now, be patient with that. Have her strip her bed and wash her own sheets and pajamas. Don't shame her in any way. DO have her own the problem instead of doing FOR her. She's certainly old enough.

Good luck with this - I feel for you and her over this adenoid issue. I'm glad ours is behind us!!

Dawn

I can't see any reason for the adenoids to be correlated in any way to the brain chemicals turning on to stop urine production when a person falls asleep. I suggest you discuss your idea with an ENT though. They might know.