DS wetting the bed still....

[mummydreamer]

Hi everyone, haven't been on here in a while....

Just wanted to ask some advice. DS is 6 1/2 and still wetting the bed every night. I've tried making him drink less, I've tried making him drink more, getting up to go to the toilet, a bedwetting alarm, nappies, no nappies, etc....I just want to know if it's at the point where I should take him to the Doctor? Or if I should still leave it? 2 nights ago he wore no nappy and was dry. The night before he wet the bed, and last night he wet the bed, got up, changed into a new pair of pajama's and put a nappy on himself which was also WET this morning too.....I just don't know what to do. What would you do? Thanks

[BeautifulMadness]

id be interested to see some suggest...


my 5 yr old still wets the bed.....only if you dont wake him up to make him go....

[Jennifer13]

My 5 1/2 year old still wets the bed some nights. We wake her to go to the toilet every night when we go to bed and that has helped, but there are still random nights where she wets. We have a brolly sheet for the bed rather than pull ups now. If she wakes wet she changes herself and then comes in with us.

She has steadily been improving, but I think in her case it's linked to the fact she's a really deep sleeper. Day time TT was a breeze at 2 1/2, so I figure there's nothing physically wrong with her.

[mummydreamer]

Jennifer, this isn't random, this is every night, every night. It's random or rare for him NOT to wet the bed. And if he does wet the bed, he either sleeps through it and wakes up dry the next morning because he's let it dry, or he changes himself but gets back into the wet bed. I'm trying to tell him he needs to come and wake me.....He's a really deep sleeper too. Just not sure what else to do to make him 'click.' And considering he's nearly 7....just thinking maybe it's worth a trip to see what the Doctor says?

[*EJ*]

Sounds a little tough on him, you and the washing We're just starting to have sucess here with DS1 who will be 5 in Jan. Althought last night he was drenched at 10ish. I would say we are little more on the side of 3/4 of the time he wakes up dry.

I really can't be of too much help but...

i remember my nephew on his 7th birthday telling me proudly he is no longer wearing a night nappy and i'm not aware whether or not his mother had been concerned about that him still needing a nappy at that age

but my cousin took her DS (just turned 7) to the Dr's earlier in the year as he was randomly wetting day and night. I can not remember the exact outcome of it but i think it had something to do with him knowing when his bladder was full. He did take some medication at some stage. I can try and find more out about it if you think it might help.

Good luck hopefuly his time will come really soon

[megs]

I have a 6 1/2 year old who is a bed wetter also. He will wet the bed probably 5 nights out of 7. I was using the brolly sheets but during winter it just got too much with the washing and trying to get it dry so I put him back into pull up. I recently bought a book from the Royal Childrens Hospital and it suggested things like teaching her child that they are the boss of their bladder etc.

A few things they mentioned was not to wake them to take them to the toilet as that isn't teaching their brain to recognise when they need to go. The also said not to restrict fluids if anything increase fluids as it might help to strech the bladder.

I have noticed with my son that he goes to the toilet alot during the day, so I think part of his problem is he has a small bladder.

I'm looking at addressing it further with next year, after the baby is born, the school nurse gave me some information of local incontinence nurses as I think you need to identify what type of bedwetter they are before you can address the problem.

I hope all of that makes sense.

[Phteven]

MD, we took our bed wetter to a physio. It was $60 well spent.

[nothing2lose]

I feel for you....

My ex step son (who lived with his dad and I) wet his bed still at 12. We did EVERYTHING, including medication. It was an absolute nightmare...most of all for him

I don't know when it went away as he went to live with his mum and his dad and I separated. Sorry I don't have any answers but i wanted to offer my support.

I really hope it sorts itself out x

[Jennifer13]

A few things they mentioned was not to wake them to take them to the toilet as that isn't teaching their brain to recognise when they need to go. The also said not to restrict fluids if anything increase fluids as it might help to strech the bladder.

While I see where this is coming from, my DD has fantastic bladder control and will go for ages during the day without going to the toilet. We've never encouraged her to go unless she needs to. Her problem at night is def related to the fact she just does not wake up, regardless of how full her bladder is (she just wets the bed). I'm a deep sleeper too and seldom wake up (instead I'm busting in the morning). Waking her to try once late at night (so she's been asleep for hours) seems to have worked about 80% of the time.

Onyx - what did the physio do?

[Lisa]

Apparently the chairs that they use for pelvic floor issues have have had great success with helping kids that are bed wetters. Google Pelvic Floor Chair.

Other suggestions I have heard can help are chiropractors and physios - as Onyx suggested.

[~Kim~]

My GF took her 7yo to a kinesiologist that helped them