Hello all:
My 5 year old still tends to wet the bed after being woken up several times during the night to empty his bladder. He does not drink past 7pm and he's in the bed by 8:30pm. I am tired of buying pull ups because this is not helping the situation.
Any suggestions?
He's only five! Keep buying the Pull-ups and don't stress out about it. My daughter is 8 and still wears one at night- so does my friend's son, who is 10!
I think you'll find that bedwetting, especially for boys, is a lot more common than you think.
He doesn't need to drink anything after dinner...a mouthful of water after brushing teeth is all.
Not to worry you, but frequent urination (and excessive thirst) can be a sign of diabetes...call your pediatrician to rule this out.
My best wishes to you,
J.
A.,
My daughter did this until she was a teenager. She was born with kidney weakness--long story. She also had migraine headaches. Eventually we found out it was due to mercury and when we chelated her, the problem went away almost immediately. I have no idea if this could be an issue but I thought I may as well let you know one of the more unusual causes. Like the Mom with the tonsil issue said, it could be originating somewhere else in the body and have nothing to do with drinking too much.
Research bed wetting and food allergies as well. If he has a latex mattress, that could be a culprit too. About 30% of people are allergic to latex.
hello. my brother had this problem and it helps if you make him stop drinking at least 2-3 hours before going to bed. that might help or you could talk to your pedi. my brother goes to bed at 9 and he's not allowed to drink anything after 630.
hope this helps
Hi A.,
I hear you. My son is 8 and we are still buying goodnites. I have talked to doctors nd they say don't worry about it until he is 6 or 7. It is very common in boys. I have been hearing it more and more. My son had problems with his bladder not growing properly because of stool problems. He is doing a little better, but we are still using the goodnites. We hope he will be able to stay dry by the time he's 9. Hang in there, most boys outgrow it sooner than my son has. If you haven't already, I would talk to your doctor about it, just to be sure there isn't a medical issue.
Good Luck!
S.
Dear A.,
My son did the same thing until he was around 10 years old. We tried everything, waking him up, limiting his fluids, a doctor prescribed nasal spray and nothing seemed to work. He was really embarrassed about it so we did not make a big deal about it because I knew it was not his fault. One thing I can say is he is such a sound sleeper that I think that may have been a part of the problem. I think their bladders are not quite developed and that's why they have the accidents. I did purchase waterproof mats that are used for cribs and I would have him sleep on it so when he did have an accident we could just change him and pull the pad and not have to change the whole bed. They didn't have pull-ups back then ( he is now 24 years old). so I used to have to wash everything daily. I know how frustrated you are but imagine how he feels, my son wouldn't even sleep at a friends house because he was embarrassed and afraid he would have an accident. You can ask your doctor for the nasal spray it does work for some people but if didn't work for us. Just be patient and remember this is not his fault.
Good luck!!
There are(were) a lot of bedwetters in my family and the most effective thing we found is a medication in the form of a nose spray. I can't remember the name, but maybe if you talk to your pediatrician, he/she will know.
If he's anything like me, he's embarrassed, and punishment doesn't help.
This is very common especially among boys. He will grow out of it and probably quicker if you ignore it. Keep buying pull ups. This is why the diaper companies make over sized over night diapers. There are all kinds of aids on the market and I dont think any of them help. They seem to help because eventually the child is dry. But I think he would have been dry eventually anyway. Relax and tell him you understand and its ok to pee in his sleep.
Try waking your child up when you go to bed, 10-11pm, to use the bathroom again. Also, look into other reasons why this might be happening. Is there something going on at school, or another medical problem? My friends daughter was wetting the bed nightly until she had her tonsils removed and then it went away. GL!
my oldest had this issue and the doctor laied it out so fast I almost thought it should have been common knowledge. While potty training him, we would have him to pee every 2-3 hours. After a while it was like clockwork. Even if I was on an errand, I would have to find a bathroom for him, like he had a stopwatch on. At night it was terrible becuase he would soak his pull ups to the braking point each night. The doc explained to me that holding urine is something that is trained. If all day, day in and day out, his bladder is trained to go pee every 2-3 hours, that usually a kid in a deep sleep will just go with no knowledge on that same schedule. Being that said I stopped making him go when told. We had a few accidents during the day where he would play instead of go, but nothing serious. He started holding it longer and HE would tell me when he needed to go instead of ME telling him. It only took a couple weeks and the peeing at night stopped. I will state, I would have to remind him as soon as his eyes were open in the morning to go potty or else he would go in the pullup, but again, that only lasted a few weeks. It took time, but I think re-training his bladder to expand more and empty less frequently was just like training any other musscle in the body. It worked. Start to finish, it took about 2 months and I've not bought a pull up since...well, till lately with the youngest. :-)
Good Luck either way!
