Bedwetters roll call!

[karend]

my ds1 is almost 14 and he still wets the bed...(doesnt produce the hormone to stop his body from reducing the amount of urine produce while he sleeps). We have tried tofranil and the pad and bell as well as u/s to see if there was a medical reason behind why he was still wetting. Almost as a last resort we went and saw a paediatrician who suggested some night time exercises for our son to do as well as some for when he wakes up. So far this seems to be working but it has only been a fortnight but the signs do seem promising.

My dh thought much the same... that it was ds1's fault but he read an article in a Defence force newspaper that said that bedwetting is more common than most people realise and can be passed down from one or both parents. It can be frustrating but you just need to be patient... Get some info off the internet and give it to your dh so he can understand a little more about it...

[Muffy]

My brother wet the bed right up until about 12 years old i think!!
i dont think its that uncommon!! xx

[Inertia]

Lyta was very much like me. It only ever happened once and we both hated it so much we never let it happen again...

DH stopped at 13
Angie at 10
CJ at 8
Sam still wets the bed.
One of my sisters did until she was 12.

I hate it when people carry on like a pork chop because "they never did it" or "they did it easy".. Well bully for you! How often do we need reminding that everyone is unique?

[HotI]

One of my mates at school did til at least 12 or 13.

[kawazuki]

my DS is 9 and he still wets teh bed, mainly if eh has gotten into trouyble that day, or spoken to or knows he will eb seeing his mum or after he sees his mum.

but on average its 2 times a week

[Catastrophic]

My DSS 6yo, still wets the bed occasionally, once-twice a week
DSS 4yo, still wets the bed everynight, to the point he soaks a pull up.

[~Raven~]

Thanks heaps!

He has only ever had a handful of dry nights in his life. We think he wets several times in his sleep as he's been changed at 3am by DH when he's up for work but wet again when I go in and wake him at 7

We use a night nappy on him ATM and he floods it to the point of leaking!

[toomanyshoes]

I wet the bed until 10ish I think, then at 12 I was hit by a car and bed wetting returned with AF, not fun!

I didnt stop the bed wetting until well into high school, was awful

My niece was a bed wetter until around 10ish as well, but I think that had more to do with what was going on at home poor thing

I guess its like everything really, AF, bed wetting, breastfeeding, etc all come/stop when its ready

Tell DH to bite his bum

[Lisa]

My nephew is 8 and still wets the bed.
My sister (his mum) wet the bed until about 11 and my BIL (his dad) also wet the bed until he was about 13.
My sister has been told that if one parent was a bed wetter, than the chances are dramatically increased that the child could be a bed wetter, obviously moreso when both parents were.

My Dad was also a bed wetter... my nan said one day the bed wetting stopped and that is when my Dad started to suffer from bad migraines. He got chiropractic work done for the migranes and now they've all stopped.
Apparently chrio's can be great for bed wetters, although I know my sister has yet to try one.