My daughter is 5 and wets the bed

Ok. I have an 8 yo who is just starting to go through the night. My 4 yo on the other hand has gone all night since he was 2. Every child is different, and most kids don't want to wet the bed, so its not their fault. Have you tried waking her up in the middle of the night. I've found that prevents most accidents. It's kind of a pain, becuase who wants to try to wake up a child in the middle of the night (we spend a year trying to get them to sleep all night lol), but it may prevent accidents. You might talk to her Dr, as he may be able to offer advice.

My daughter is also 5 and wets the bed. We have an 8 year old son who is finally starting to develop a stronger bladder. Children rarely do this on purpose. She either is too sound of a sleeper to be awoken by her body's need to go, or her bladder hasn't developed enough to hold the urine until morning---or a combination of both. If she is waking up in the night because she is wet, she obviously doesn't like the wet sensation. We have my daughter wearing Goodnights. She doesn't like them, but we've tried going without and it's a disaster. I agree it's a pain, and it's frustrating. But it will end eventually. My son does not wear the Goodnights. He usually gets up in the night to go. Sometimes he dribbles and will change his pants in the night, but he rarely wakes us up and he rarely soaks the bed anymore. This is a big milestone, as he was still in Goodnights less than a year ago. Try to be patient. I suggest the Goodnights--they're stronger and more absorbant than Pullups. You might try waking her up before you go to bed to go potty. This may be all she needs to keep her dry. However, if it seems very upsetting to her to do this, it's not worth it. Our son used to beg us to wake him up when we went to bed. But when we did, he was so totally out of it that he would sit on the toilet without opening it, or he'd just stand in the bathroom and do nothing. It just seem futile so we stopped. It will get better!

You should really discuss this with your family's doctor. Much like the other comment above I would tell you to not be mad at your child. Her bladder may be immature and this is in no way her fault. My kids stopped wetting the bed by this age, but my youngest sister didn't stop until she was ten. She had issues with her bladder and as an adult still has problems with bladder infections etc. This is a really embarrasing problem for children and her self esteem may suffer. Again please speak to your physician and I wish you both the best!

It is a normal phenomenon.We all weted when we were yong.So,she is not to blame.You can not be angry with her.Because it has no infuluence over her wetting.Don not let her drink water befor go to bed.Or you can wake her up to answer the natural'call. that'all!

Oh gee she isnt doing it on purpose!! Many children do wet the bed until much older than she is. First take her to doctor as they have new medications that can help. Second keep using the pull ups because she sleeps so soundly she doesnt wake up and she cant help it. Third this can go on for quite a while I used to do day care and was surprised how many parents had this problem. But one good thing is that girls seem to stop wetting sooner than boys do. I dont know why but maybe they dont sleep as soundly after a certain age or something.

I was a terrible bedwetter until I was 8 years old. One thing I can tell you is Don't get angry at your child. Believe me, (from experience) this will have far reaching affects on her that could last years. When you're that young and can't do anything to help yourself with a problem like this (and it's making your parents angry with you) you literally have no where to turn. And this made me scared to go to sleep every night. Piled on top of the fact that you can never sleep at a friends house without being ostricized it's a very frustrating place to be for a kid that age. My Parents Bought me a device that consisted of a thin metallic looking sheet that went underneath my fitted sheet. It almost looked like aluminum. it was atatched to a thin wire that lead to an alarm with a buzzer that would wake me up whenever it sensed moisture. I stopped wetting my bed within 2 weeks and it was never a problem after that. I don't know what this device was called but this was in 1978 so they've probably developed some better stuff by now. I would ask your childs doctor if they've heard of such devices. Because I'll be honest with you. To this day the most liberating day of my life was the day I woke up and realized that thing had worked. No more ticking my parents off in the middle of the night, and I could finally go sleep over at friends houses. And at 8 years old that was real important to me.