bedwetting

Hi!
Jensen has been TT'd since January (so, what's that? 4 months?) Both day and night and #2.

However, for the last week EVERY night, he's been wetting the bed, sometimes twice a night (eg: wet the bed, bed changed, new sheets, back to bed, wake in the morning wet). Sometimes it's the middle of the night (230, as it seems), sometimes it's not til the the morning just before he wakes (I'll go in wake him up, go back in and he's wet the bed) The other night, 230 again, he's come in crying. He always needs a shower, he's that wet, I've changed his sheets and put a nappy on him and he'd weed in that by the morning too...

YESTERDAY, after taking his sheets off the line, ready to put them on the bed, they're on the floor, he finds a book, lies down on his sheets on his tummy, all comfy and says "I wee on the mat". Sure enough, he's weed on the newly clean sheets (He was really quiet in the lounge room the other morning and said the same thing, but that time he'd had a #2 accident as well).

We are getting so frustrated 230am showers are really annoying and we can't work out why.

I thought maybe he's getting sick (he's got a runny nose now, and sounding a bit funny), there's been nothing major going on at home, or at day care from what I know. The cat did wee on our shoes the other day, but dh gave him a good kick up the ask-your-mother-for-sixpence. Dh has taken on a bigger role at work, but thats it.

Any idea what we can do and why he might be doing it? It's driving us crazy. We're unfortunately resorting to a nappy tonight.I feel like a bad mum somehow....

i know this is a really late reply, but just wanted to ask how things are going with your DS now, with bedwetting? my DS is nearly 6 and he still wets the bed every night. i am trying desperately to get him TT before this bubs arrives (though with only 4 weeks to go i don't like my chances....) i've resorted to a bedwetting alarm, because DS just doesn't wake up even when he wets the bed. he will sleep through till the morning, and his bed will be dry, but i'll smell the wee.....don't know why it doesn't 'click' with him, DD was a breeze to TT, and even when she wet the bed she would wake up straight away and come and tell us......anyway, hope you got it sorted out. Fingers crossed my DS does too ;)

Night time wetting is not something kids can control. Don't pressure your kids! It only makes them feel guilty for something they can't help at all. My oldest two are 7 and 5. They wet the bed EVERY SINGLE NIGHT. We tried limiting their fluids at night (they don't drink after supper anyways), waking them up to go, etc. But it's just a matter of maturity. Their bodies are not producing the hormone that concentrates urine at night, and they are very deep sleepers. We've talked to the doctor about it, and my oldest will be seeing a bedwetting specialist in a couple of weeks, so we can try to do something before it becomes too embarrassing for her. But, if you have a look around online, you'll see it's more common for children to wet the bed regularly, some even into their teen years. (I really hope we're not headed for that!)
So, I sympathize with you and your frustrations. I dearly wish that my oldest two could be dry at night, as their three year old sister is! But, please try to remember that they really can't do anything about it! Put the nappy on, or a waterproof sheet down, or whatever works for you to keep the laundry to a minimum, and save the mattress, but don't make them feel guilty for it.
All the best!

im not making him feel guilty, because obviously i realise its something he can't control. on the contrary, im trying to be as supportive as possible. i completely understand that bedwetting is common, and is also genetic, and i know i used to wet the bed when i was a kid as well, so he probably gets it from me anyway. but since DS has just started school, i think he would like to get this under control as well. he wants to wear undies to bed at night, not nappies, so hopefully the bedwetting alarm will help him acheieve this.

Glad to hear you're not pressuring him. It happens easily enough! I know how frustrating it is, believe me! :) From what you were saying about being desperate to have him toilet trained, and wondering why it didn't "click" for him like it did for his sister, it sounded like you might feel like he could control it, and just wouldn't.
Hope something works for you and him soon!