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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 ...
My Nephew Has a Medical Condition, My Sister Needs Help
Asked by R.P. from Wichita
on October 23, 2009
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hi all, i have a question, my sister has a little boy (age 4) who just found out that he has a medical condition that makes him poop his pants. i know weird, right? th...
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- Good Morning R., As the other Mama's said, have your sister look for a Dr. with treatment recommendations. There is no reason in the world now for this little guy to h...
- Does he have encopresis? there are physicians (ue=sually pediatric gastroenterologists) who work with this and medicines you can take to help. It isn't quick but it ...
- I assume he has encopresis which my son also has. Your sister needs to get him into the GI group at Children's Mercy. It may be as long as a 2 month wait so she shou...
5 Year Old Cronic Constipation
Asked by S.R. from Pittsburgh
on March 9, 2007
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My 5 year old daughter has had constipation since she was born. She would go for 2 weeks without having a bowel movement. At times, she has been so constipated that sh...
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- MIRALAX! its available over the counter now, not just prescription now!
- S.- I am a mother of a 4 year old who has constipation constantly as well. I have read down the other emails and found some interesting things. But brand of Fiber sup...
- S., I totaly understand where you are coming form my 34 month old is the same way. I put her on soy formula. That helped alittle. When she started eating table food...
5 Year Old Refuses to Poop in the Potty Despite Efforts made...HELP PLEASE!
Asked by A.S. from Killeen
on April 13, 2010
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My son is 5 years old and going on 6 this September. He has had constipation problems since he was about 2 and we have given him Miralax as a prevention and suppositor...
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- In answer to your question of going from negative feedback to positive, just remember to not show any emotion even when you feel like screaming. Our son was potty tra...
- I am sorry you are going through this, but let me tell you I have been there! My now 10 year old son has constipation and pooping issues. What we did that was the tu...
- He might be afraid of the toilet and falling in. I would suggest a baby bjorn toilet seat that goes on top of toilet. Hang in there!
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...
6 Year Old Still Wets the Bed Sometimes at Night
Asked by L.O. from Tulsa
on July 24, 2008
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I have a 6 year old who has been potty trained since 2 years and has never had a wetting accident during the day since then. The problem is she will wet the bed at nig...
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- I have a 6 yr old boy that still wears pull ups every night and most nights still wets them. He just sleeps too deeply to wake up to pee at night, I think. I just po...
- I was exactly like your daughter when I was her age. What worked for me FINALLY was my dad woke me up (I think midnight) every night for a while. It got me into the ...
- Could be bad nerves?? My so done it and found out that he was a nervous child.
Help! My 6 Year Old Is Still Having Accidents
Asked by A.B. from Minneapolis
on December 17, 2009
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My daughter is 6 years old and has been potty trained since the age of 2 1/2. This past summer, she began a span of having accidents for about a week and a half. (by a...
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- Well, get her a medical exam first to see that nothing is going on health-wise. Perhaps it's something as simple as constipation or something more serious. While ...
- I'm wondering why nobody at school is DOING anything about this!!! I mean, surely you can smell it, and allowing a 6 year old to sit in her own feces is nigh unto negl...
- Power Struggles! I would TOTALLY make her 100% responsible for her accidents. I wouldn't help a bit, make her clean the mess, wash out the pants and find new clothe...
Help...6 Year Old Will Not Poop in the Toliet
Asked by J.L. from Austin
on March 27, 2008
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I am at my wits end. My 6 year old poops in his pants a couple of times a day. He will not use the toliet - never has. I have tried incentives like stickers, candy, ...
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- Hi J., I am a child psychologist and have worked in the past with some encopretic (pooper) kids. The very first thing to do is make sure nothing physical is going on....
- What if he isn't wearing any pants???
- It took my son a realy long time before he was potty train. My son's the stuborn type the only thing that worked for me was to be more stuborn then him. When he finaly...
5 Year Old Has Regressed with Potty Training
Asked by E.J. from Salt Lake City
on April 2, 2008
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My daughter has recently turned 5 - she potty trained when she was 2 years old and went over two solid years with absolutely zero accidents, no problems. She does sti...
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- Take her to the doctor and make sure she doesn't have a bladder infection or another underlying medical problem such as diabetes that would make it difficult for her t...
- my 4 yr old is kind of in the same situation. She was potty trained at 2 and until recently was wearing pullups at night. She has had quite a few accidents during the ...
- The slightest change in a childs life can trigger regression. Also have her checked out by your Pediatrician to make sure it isn't a kidney issue or anything either. ...
5 Year Old Still Wets His Bed
Asked by M.V. from Greensboro
on April 2, 2007
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Hello Moms,
My 5 year old son still wets his bed!! My sister told me its because we put a diaper on him so about 1 month ago we stopped the diaper!! Now I have to ...
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- PLEASE Don't keep putting diapers on him. I had the same problem with my oldest when he was little. We found out that he had a smaller bladder than most kids and the f...
- Hey M., This is definately a medical issue and might be better addressed by a pediatrician. Check out this website: http://www.pedsurology.com/bed.htm It sta...
- My oldest is 8 and still has accidents occasionaly. I cut him off of fluids an hour before bedtime. I believe it is due to him being such a sound sleeper that he jus...
