Bed Wetting & Night Accidents: Child
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5 Year Old Still Wetting the Bed at Night
Asked by N.J. from San Francisco
on January 23, 2008
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My 5 year old boy is still wetting the bed at night. My older son was potty trained at 2 1/2 and never had any accidents even at night. My second son is such a heavy s...
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- Sometimes it is muscle control. You can try putting 2-3 Cheerios in the toilet and have him aim/shoot for one and try stopping, over and over. It is a fun game for the...
- Hello N., Continue to be patient with you child. My nephew is 9 years old and he still wets the bed. Whenever he's at my home, I'll wake him up early in the morni...
- You know, it's more a matter of physiology than anything else. When his muscles mature enough he will stop. I know it's hard though. I have one child that wet the bed ...
Help My 6 Year Old Is Wetting the Bed Every Night!
Asked by S.W. from Boston
on September 16, 2009
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My 6 year old son has been potty trained for years now, night and day. He has over the last couple of months has started wetting the bed, almost every night. I don't a...
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- You're right not to punish him. Our son wet his bed every night of his life until he was 8! His case was different from yours for that reason; it was not a sudden onse...
- My daughter had the same problem. We did fing out she has reflux which is a urinary problem but she also started to have day issues. For night time try the beepers!! I...
- My 6 year old daughter also has accidents from time to time now. What we do is limit the amount of drink she has for dinner, then pretty much no drinks after dinner e...
6 Year Old Bed-wetting
Asked by M.P. from Houston
on April 8, 2008
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Hello everyone. I need to get some suggestions on my daughter's condition. She is 6 going on 7 years old and still wets the bed at night. I have been buying her pull u...
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- I hav a 5 year old daughter and she was not only wetting the bed and still is now, but she would have accidents throughout the day as well. I did take her to a Urolo...
- My son just turned 7yrs in February and he still wets the bed most nights. He has never been trained at night, he just sleeps so heavy. His pediatrician just says it...
- OK I swear that I am not looking for the "shock" response from everyone, but I was a foster parent for teenage girls age 12-18 for 4 years and I was taught that bed we...
My 5-Year Old Is Suddenly Wetting the Bed at Night
Asked by C.C. from Chicago
on September 11, 2008
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Hi Mom's. I don't know what to do, my 5 year old son is suddenly wetting the bed at night. He has wet 4 times since last Tuesday. He just started kindergarten a few...
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- I think the change in going to K might be the reason but it could also be the change in weather. I noticed that my oldest would wet the bed more often when we had weat...
- Not to distress you but does he drink a lot and pee a lot during the day? Does he seem to eat a lot or look like he's losing weight? Many times the 1st sign of type 1 ...
- My sons have always been pretty good at not wetting the bed, but they are much more likely to do so when they are tired. When we're visiting family out of town, on vac...
Bed Wetting
Asked by S.F. from Washington DC
on January 27, 2009
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Hello all. I have a seven year old son, soon to be eight, who is still wetting the bed. I have tried everything I or doctors could think of. They say that he will grow...
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- I saw this prior and I could not remember what I used for my cousin. My cousin was staying with me a couple years back. She was a 11 at that time. She still would w...
- We had the same problem in our family. It seem to affect those who were more sound sleepers. I think because they fall into such a deep sleep they don't wake up in ti...
- have you tried limiting his liquid intake after 6pm, also when you go to bed get him up to go to the toilet also talk to him about the day is there stuff that he...
Bed Wetting
Asked by F.F. from San Francisco
on June 30, 2008
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OK - My son just turned 8. He still wears pull ups at night, due to constant evening bed wetting. He's a hard sleeper and doesn't feel himself urinating. I've cut o...
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- F., Have you tried taking him to a urologist? Maybe there is something they could do for him. At least just to rule out a physical reason. Also, what about an alarm...
- My son is 8 and still wets the bed. He also doesn't feel it and just sleeps right through it. We have found some bedwetting tablets that disolve under his tongue and ...
- I would take him to a pediatric urologist and have a full work-up. They will give you the best advice, tailored to his needs. You will find out if there are any othe...
Bed Wetting
Asked by S.M. from Denver
on March 10, 2009
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My almost four year old daughter was completely out of training pants, sleeping through the night and dry at nap time but for the last few months she has been wanting ...
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- S., I know that this seems like your daughter is back sliding. I invite you to see this lack of continence as perhaps simply a matter of a small bladder and a mind ...
- Regina gave you some great and accurate information! You're dealing with secondary enuresis, which is different from primary enuresis because your daughter has been d...
- I want to caution you against automatically thinking this is a lazy thing. Children do not enjoy waking up in urine, it is not a joyful happy thing. There are many...
Bed Wetting
Asked by A.M. from Milwaukee
on March 5, 2010
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My son is 13 years old and is still wetting the bed. We have tried everything from stopping his fluid intake a couple of hours before bedtime, setting 2 alarms so tha...
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- I have been a chiropractor for 20 years and have treated bedwetting very successfully. I once had a 16 year old girl that didn't want to go to friends house because o...
- I would suggest getting one of those alarms that hooks to his underwear and then to his clothes. As soon as urine hits the alarm, it goes off and wakes the child. We u...
- A., It may be time to contact an Enurisis Treatment Center. They treat this as a sleeping disorder - which it is - and a professional consultant teaches you and yo...
Bed Wetting
Asked by B.M. from Binghamton
on May 26, 2008
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i am a mother of three a 4,5 and 7 yr old. my girls 4 and 7 have had no problem potty training, they actually started quite early. my son, on the other hand, didnt sta...
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- I had the same problem with both of my girls and my doc reccomended trying a bedwetting alarm. We went online to the bedwetting store and ordered the Malem ultimate e...
- My son is 5 going to be 6 in October and he has just now gone a month without wetting the bed!! He has nothing to drink past 6:30/7:00 since he goes to bed at 8, I won...
- My parents had the same trouble with my brother. They started taking him to the bathroom late at night (11pm - 12am) just before they went to bed and he usually made i...
6 Year Old Still Wets the Bed at Night
Asked by C.D. from Salinas
on May 23, 2008
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I have a 6 year old boy who has been potty trained since he was 2 1/2. He never has accadents during the day but is having trouble potty training at night. He is dry...
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- Don't over react or make him feel bad is my first advice. My brother who is now 40 yrs old made some comment how our parents ridiculed him b/c he wet the bed until li...
- He will, eventually grow out of it. Please, do not pressure him or make him feel that something is wrong with him. Many boys, in particular, gave this problem. Get ...
- I have a six year old son who is diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder. I got him potty trained after much tears, and trials. As far as at night,we put a Goodnights ...
