Anyone Have Experience with a Bedwetter?

I have a 9 year old son who still wets the bed, and he had started having occassional day accidents that he was completely unaware of. We went to a Chiropractor and has spinal adjustments to "release pressure on the nerve that feeds to the bladder an urethra" - it didn't work. We have -tried waking him at night - it didn't help. We are now seeing pediatric urologist. My son apparently has extremely small bladder capacity (like he needs to empty when there are only 75 ml of urine in his bladder, when he should be able to hold 300 ml or more) - he was diagnosed with chronic constipation by the urologist and we are treating that before having further testing. The urologist's position is that it is still normal up unitl age 15 - that about 20% of children will stop bedwetting each year - so that by age 15 only about 1% still wet - those are the kids they are concerned about. The success rate of other therapies (such as medicine have the same success rate as doing nothing.) - The greatest success is supposed to be with the alarm - but the child has to want to do it for it to be successful - my son doesn't want to try it yet.

I know it is hard - I would take him to the doctor if you already haven't. We just don't treat it like a big deal - so he won't feel bad about himself.

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Hi B.,

My heart goes out to your daughter. My best childhood friend went through this also. It was very traumatic for her, especially during sleepovers. I remember at about 13 it just stopped and never happened again. I think that your daughter will just grow out of it. I know that there are overnight pull-up things for older kids. She could use them at sleepovers and I bet no one would even know. The best advice that I could give you as a mom is to not make her feel badly about it. I remember my friend's mom used to always get mad at her about it. I know that made her feel terrible. Good luck to you.

My son is 9 and he still wets the bed. He takes DDAVP and it doesn't work. We even tried a very expensive alarm system and it didn't work. I'm at a loss as well and don't know what to do.

My niece did this also. When she was around 12/13 it just stopped. I also had this prob as a child and mine just stopped also. My best advice is to just hang in there and DO NOT make her feel bad or awkward about it. My niece was also always worried about sleepovers. Hopefully she will grow out of it soon.

My son wet the bed until he was about 12. I didn't keep him in pull-ups because he was day-trained when he was 18 months old. He is ADHD and a high percentage of those kids have a problem with night-time wetting because they go, go, go during the day, then crash at night and sleep so deep. I never made a big deal of it, as it is purely accidents. He has a high self-esteem. Also, detrol and ddavp help strengthen the bladder muscles, but a side effect of detrol (not sure about DDAVP) can be constipation. My physician told me that my son sleeps so deep that it doesn't matter how much liquid is in his bladder, that when he sleeps so deep, his muscles just relax. Best to you:)

We have started using Detrol.

My son is 17. He had stopped bedwetting around 13... but it started up again. Not sure why.

But we had done DDAVP and the alarm around age 11 and by 13 he'd stopped.

Detrol seems to work much better than DDAVP. He is also not eating salty foods after lunch, and he's not having caffeine after lunch. He still eats and drinks plenty.

So far, so good. Talk to the doctor and try Detrol!

My son is also 8 years old and has ADHD. He is a bedwetter as well. We limit fluids..does not work. Tried waking at night but he is deep in sleep that he does not move at all so that did not work. We are just waiting it out since he should outgrow it. Both sides of the family have a history of bedwetting and all grew out of it eventually.

For the older children who cannot wear pull-ups, what about those pads and such made for adults. I am not talking the full "diaper" but what about those inserts? Just an idea...

J. S.

I know this seems strange but have you considered a Nite Trainer? I had a friend whose daughter was 7 and wetting the bed. They went to the doctor and the doctor said they could try meds but even himself said they don't always work plus my friend really didnt' want to medicate her daughter. Well the doctor suggested this...I'm not sure if it was this EXACT one but it was the same concept. Her daughter stopped wetting the bed in 10 days - I am not lying. She couldn't believe it and never expected it to work but it did. She said it was completely worth the $70 they spent on it. Good luck!

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Mix the following "medicine". 1T apple cider vinegar and 1T honey in a shot glass. Every night before bed, then after a dry week, every other night, then after a dry month every other week.

I don't know how it works or if it's purely psychosomatic, but it 'cured' me 20 years ago, it's worked for my step daughter (for 4 years now), and it worked for my nephew.

I had two kids that wet the bed. My son wet the bed until he was 10 and my girl until she was 4-5. We tried the medicine-didn't work. Then had inspiration to get them up before I went to bed which was around 11. That eventually worked and have been pee free at night for 2 years now. Also my kids went to bed early 8pm. If your kids go to bed later I would recommend a later wake up time. Good luck!

I have heard there is a book called "Dry all Night" That is suppose to work wonders for bed wetters. I haven't tried it myself. Good Luck!

I have to wake my son up before I go to bed (around 1am) and make him go. If I do he will be dry 90% of the time (not enough that I am comfortable with sleepovers) and when I forget to take him in the middle of the night then he is wet 90% of the time. I have tried and nothing works so he is still in pullups at 9yo.