Bed wetting

I really don't have a problem with the bed wetting thing. My daughter is 4 years old and hasn't been wetting the bed for over a year now. My exhusband has called an needed advice a few times. His future stepson is about 7 years old and is still wetting the bed. He even wets his pants if he doesnt' want to get up from a video game that he's playing. He said that he made the boy wear a diaper to school and he has to wear one to bed too, b/c he still wets the bed. I dont' believe in things like that. (thank god weren't nolonger married). Anyways... at times i have heard in some cases that a child may have a small blatter. I would try not giving your child anything to drink after dinner. That way his blatter won't be soo full when he goes to bed. Make sure he does go potty before bedtime. The first week... try getting up like at 1:00 in the morning... and taking your child potty again... even if he's asleep. That way his blatter will then be empty again when you put him to bed. It seemed to help with me. I wish you luck!!!

My 5 yo has also got signs of ADHD as his 12 yo sis does. The five yo wet the bed up until this year and even now has the odd accident. I think a lot of his problem was that he was on the go 100% during the day and when he eventually went to sleep, he slept like a log so would just sleep through the sensation of wanting to go to the toilet. I have heard of alarm systems that wake the child at the hint of a wet bed but that is sort of a bit late in my opinion. I eventually did bribe my little one. I let him sleep with me occaisionally (his Dad was not with us at the time) but he could only stay in my bed if he didn't wet it. Do you know that was the start of our dry nights! It was more important for hjim to sleep with me so he made sure he went to the toilet before bed time and didn't drink about two hours before bed etc. Now he wets the bed only when he is really exhausted or feeling sick. Definately an improvement. Oh and he couldn't have an electric blanket till he stopped wetting the bed so that was good incentive too. Good luck as always...

How is your little one now. My daughter who's four is still wearing diapers in the night. If I dont put the diaper on she'll wet the bed by 11 pm or so. But if i put the diaper, she will never wet it until morning. This i think is just mental. I have heard not giving the child a lot of liquids after 6 pm also works. If you can take him to the toilet in the night for about 3 times at the beggining and reduce it to one time, also might work. It worked with my son. But with a girl its difficult cos they have to sit on the toilet and after that we have to wash them, then her sleep is gone and we also wont be able to sleep after that (LOL).

If your physician recommends medication at this point I would try it. My youngest sister was a bed-wetter until ten, and nothing up until that point helped her and our mother did try lots of different advice. My sister ended up just stopping on her own. She did suffer a lot of embarrassment and poor self esteem because of it. I think most bed-wetters do and it is really not their faults. In my sister's case it was suspected her bladder was not fully matured and she still as an adult has occasional bladder issues. I say if there is a medication that can help, I would be inclined to at least give it a try. All the best!!!

My son has been using DDAVP nasal spray for the past 3 yrs to control his bedwetting. It works great, is easy to use, and has no side effects. It has really helped to make him feel better about himself. He is 12 and he felt so bad that he wet the bed. He used to sleep on the floor because he didn't want to wake us up to change his bed :(

My 12yo son is Autistic and was very slow at toilet training. Looking back now, that was the easy bit!! Bed wetting was a nightmare because he would do it more than once everynight. I would stop the drinks at certain times, praised him and tried the bed wetting alarm. All failed miserably. I mentioned it to the dr on his next visit and reluctantly accepted a prescription for a medication. With the repeats on the script there was a 12 month supply. On the first night using the medication, there was NO wet bed. The first night in 7 years. I gave him the medication every night for 12 nights with excellent results of NO wet beds at all. I thought I would try a night without the medication and still, there was NO wet bed. He never took the medication again and still to this day, he has 100% dry nights. I went back to the dr to discuss the medication and he was also impressed. The dr said that he just needed that bit of influence to get his body into a routine and it worked. Im not saying that medication is the answer and we did try everything else. It WAS a last resort that we tried the medication.

No I am not against it if you have tried everything then you have to take this step so I hope the Doctor will help you

hi, well firstly cutting down on drinks after 6pm is a good start to stop him from wetting his bed, also get him to go to the toilet before bed, does he do it on purpose or accident because my cousin does that on purpouse and my aunty disciplines him alot for it. hope this helps!

Well my lil brothers peed the bed till they where 10 years old you should just let it trickle and just put plastic on the bed or have him sleep in a sleeping bag on the floor