Stopping Night Nappies

Baybee1984

Hiya, aw bless her Im pretty sure its because shes just started school too. Its very common. If nothing is bothering her and shes fine throughout the day, then its probably like the other posters have said, just change and exhaustion. My DS has done it a few times since starting fulltime school too, which is not like him, and hes absolutely happy, Im not worried tho.

If its happening everynight, like the others have said, maybe visit the GP to rule out infection too.

Krystaltips

Please please please, don't blame her.... I was a chronic bed wetter as a child and can remember standing shivering in wet pyjamas while my Mom stripped my bed telling me how dirty and disgusting I was... Something I would never do to my DD, she's 4 and just started full time school. We get occasional wet beds but I never make a big deal of it, just change her wet clothes and settle her back down with as little fuss as possible... I also know there are other children in her class who still wear nappies at night so I wouldn't worry for another couple of years yet... If she's happy in herself it could just be one of those things...

frugallass

It might be worth gently waking her as you go to bed, for a quick visit to the toilet, lighting to a minimum.....a friend of mine did this with her little one and although it didn't solve the problem completely it did give her more 'dry' nights than 'wet' nights

TeaTree6

Just to let you know my DD1 who never wets the bed actually started to do so after getting worms from nursery so that could be something else to rule out. But try and remember that it's not uncommon for 4 year olds to wet the bed frequently and although it's a bit of a worry and a burden on the wash pile it's not usually anything to worry about.

gerad_way

Don't want to worry you but have you considered taking her to the G.P or your local chemist and getting her blood sugar checked. My son started wetting the bed the first week that he started school after being dry since 2 years old. That was one of the first signs of him having type 1 diabetes.It's best to get type 1 diagnosed as soon as possible as they can become seriously ill if left to long.
good luck

elljay20

thanks again for the replies. i think i'll get her checked out at the gp as she has been stuffing herself silly lately!!!! wehad a chat about it yesterday and i asked her what was worrying her.

she said she does it because she's scared of the dark and would i leave her fairy lights and lamp on, i didnt take her too seriously but i did leave her lights on and she was dry!!

she also told me that she got up and went to the toilet " and you didn't even hear me mummy!"

delhome

aww bless her. Leaving the lights on obviously helps her, and with her saying she went while you were asleep, just shows you that she knows when she needs the loo. My dd is 13 and we still have to keep the landing light on for her. I think it is just for comfort more than anything else. Good luck x

Krystaltips

DD is 4 and always sleeps with a little lamp on. I used to turn it off after she was asleep but she started waking up and coming and asking me to turn it back on again so now I just leave it... It doesn't seem to affect her sleep...

If it works, just go with it.

dinkydido

iI dont think 4 year old wetting bed is a major worry (unless you are the parent!!!)
It is just a phase and she will grow back out of it, don't make her feel too anxious about it.
My 21 year old wet the bed until he was about 13 years, in the later years it was only very occasionally i. e. about once every 6 months. Once anything physical was ruled out i refused to make a fuss about it. I simply used to tell him it was O.K. and to jump in bath when he got up. It usually follwed a day when he had been upset or worried about something.
He never saw any 'experts' i.e. pschologists etc as I didnt want to make a big thing of it. he eventually grew out of it without worrying himself sick about it (because I did'nt go on about it and make him feel worried about it)
School trips were a bit of a worry, but he never had any bed wetting on them or at friends houses. maybe i should have got help but I really dont think it would have done any good and because I didn't openly fret about it, it didn't really bother him either.
i think i'm starting to sound like an awful mother ?

HC_2

My daughter wet the bed too, she had no infection (she had a kidney scan to make sure) and we had no family problems.

She was prescribed Desmopressin, which seemed to do the trick. We have a hormone in the body that reduces the production of urine during the night - which is why we don't need to get up to go to the loo every few hours. Sometimes, in children, this hormone doesn't kick in and so it can be taken in a synthetic form. (This is my layman's explanation, so it might not be quite right! )

Perhaps your daughter is too young to take this at the moment, but maybe you could see what your doctor thinks?