Getting Son to Get up at Night to Use Restroom!

I think the sleep is more important than the peeing. I'd put him in Pull-Ups or Goodnights at night and let him sleep. It's not like he's doing it on purpose, and I'd think he will grow out of it - my brother did (I hope - I can ask his wife!!)

L.: I myself have a hard sleeper, she is almost 5 and I tried the "taking her off pullups" and for 6 weeks I washed sheets and pj's and all the other things, finally after having an outrageous water bill just from washing her stuff my husband and I decieded that pull ups were cheaper. :) Now, after going through that and thinking I was the only one that went through it I found out that a good friend of mine, 2 of her sons still wear pull ups and they are 9 and 11. So it is not a big deal, I wouldn't worry about it and like I have been told "They will grow out of it"
-A.

Well I wet the bed until I was nine. Now days they have goodnites for children who have a problem with wetting the bed. Accidents happen and it no way your child fault. It's not like he just doesn't want to get up. Don't worry it's normal. My four year old does great hasn't wet her bed in 8 months, but my three year old is still in diapers she is ready, but just won't go to the bathroom and there is nothing I can do about it, but be calm and wait. He will learn soon.

My son is 7 1/2 and does the same thing. If he drinks too much after 7pm he most likley will wet the bed. He's done twice in one night too. I've gone to goodnights if i've know he has drinken too much. That is all I can suggest.

If you go to www.Webmd.com, and type in bed wetting, you can find plenty of info. My honest opinion, is to put him in goodnights pants and let him sleep. Some children have problems with the control of thier bladder. There are exercises that he can do,to make his muscles stronger. Also, talking to his doctor about it would be a good idea. If the doctor dismisses it, I would get another doctor. In rare cases it is more than just a matter of muscle control. Best of luck.

Dear L.,
Sometimes children's bodies grow faster than their bladder, and that will put some pressure on it. Goodnights pants should help with the constant clean up, but talk to your pediatrician about this. He will eventually grow out of this stage. I knew this one gal, her sister was 12 years old and still had accidents. It's not uncommon. Try not to give him anything to drink 2 hours before his bedtime and make him go potty before he goes to sleep. That will help as well. Best wishes, G.

I was a bed wetter until I was in junior high and now my oldest is as well. We've tried waking up at night, nothing to drink after supper and on and on. Thank goodness, we had a wonderful pediatrician who said that first: kids need lots of sleep, so waking them at night is really not going to help them because they will possibly still wet and also not be well rested. Secondly, it's nothing she is doing wrong, her body just isn't matured and some kids take a lot longer, but she will eventually grow out of it. The key is to not make bed wetters feel "guilty" or ashamed, because they truly can't help it. We were given a prescription (desmopressin), which my daughter takes each night and now she rarely (once every few months) has a nighttime accident. She can do sleepovers and everything without being worried or embarrassed (and it really helps with laundry!) Good luck -- I know how hard this can be!

Hi L. don't try to wake him up and make him pee cuz it will not help I speak from experience. My daughter and son both wet the bed at night. They sleep so deeply they don't even know when they have peeed. For now i would just continue to by pull ups and be descrete about it because it hurts their feelings as they get older. My daughter is twelve and my son is eleven. Once they get older they have pills they can take that seem to help some. my daughter has started taking them because the pull ups and a period gets messy. I have also tried an alarm system they have, this worked for a little while but when any situation in her life changed we would be back at square one. Good luck and just love him and let him know it is not his fault and there are alot of kids who do the same thing.

L.,

One thing that worked for me is this:

My children's regular bedtime was at 8 pm. So, I made sure not to give them anything but sips of water about an hour before bedtime.

My children are very deep sleepers as well. Before I went to bed, I would put them on the toilet to go to the bathroom. They would sleep right through it. This worked quite well and there were never accidents again. I had to stop doing it after they were around 8 but figured it was worth it since they felt very proud of themselves for not having accidents at night any longer.

T.