Bed wetting help

kerry13238

my son still wets he is 9 there is a girl across the road who is 12 and has just stopped because she got tablets from the doctor.i took my son and he suggested a alarm. with my son i notices that sometimes he does it when he first goes to bed he does it and when i asked him why he said he didnt want the miss the end of the dvd.

sooz

I've just asked for a referral for my nearly 7 year old son.
I just wanted to thank roves for his post...made me see it from the other side.
I try hard not to be disappointed, but I am. His bedwetting makes so much more work for me, especially as the pull ups don't contain the enormous amounts of wee he produces. He too is in a bunk bed. There is nowhere else for him to sleep.
I've tried an alarm..he slept through it (we tried for weeks).
Any suggestions where I can buy bigger pullups? He's about 30kgs now, & most sold in supermarkets, chemists etc are now too small. I've bought reusables..... He might as well have been wearing paper pants for all the use they were :mad:.

pingua

I used to wet the bed till I was about 12. It just happened ???? My eldest brother did too. Other brother and sister were fine.

It made no difference if drinks were limited at night, if we were woken up and put on the loo at silly oclock or whatever they did. It still just happened.......

It did not stop overnight - just seemed to phase itself out ???

julie03

i have a 7 year old boy who is exactly the same , if on occasions he forgets to put a nappy on he sleeps right through wet bed and pyjamas and it doesnt seem to bother him he is an extremely deep sleeper so we were told a clinic wouldnt help him as the bed alarms wouldnt wake him up only us. my son is mildly dysphraxic and has suspected asd. we just dont make an issue of it, he just cant go to sleepovers and stuff at the moment. im sure it will just come to him one day

Indie_Kid

What's he like during the day? I mean, does he wet himself?

clairibel

My 7 year old has regular accidents in the night and i just reassure him he will stop doing it when his body is ready and not make a fuss x

One of my oldest friends used to wet the bed regulary until she was 16 and still does now from time to time and she's 36, she used to have a nose spray to stop her wetting the bed. x

browndogone

My 8 year old son also still wets the bed (just occasionally now) and I have to agree with other posters - I dont make a big deal of it, in fact I dont even mention it and neither does he.

I do limit what he drinks past 6pm, I make sure he has a wee before bedtime, maybe even encourage him to try and squeeze another one out after a story etc. He is a very deep sleeper and once he is asleep thats it he wont wake for a wee. As I am going to bed I do lift him out of bed (he is also in a bunk bed) and put him on the toilet- he is always still fast asleep so I have to hold his head otherwise he just falls off the toilet and then put him back to bed - this does seem to work but occasionally he will still wet the bed - and if I dont do all of the above he will definitely wet the bed. Our family seem to have a history of "bedwetters" and I am positive it is something he will just grow out of.

I do however sympathise with all the washing it creates

Mado

sooz wrote: »

Any suggestions where I can buy bigger pullups? He's about 30kgs now, & most sold in supermarkets, chemists etc are now too small. I've bought reusables..... He might as well have been wearing paper pants for all the use they were :mad:.

The dry nites come in quite big sizes. But they are expensive...

The tablets or nasal spray are some hormone that supresses/reduces urine production at night. Most children do produce enough by the age of 7 and a few just don't. I have been told that sometimes, giving the artificial hormone can kick start the naturally produced ones. Otherwise, it can be a face saving device for sleepovers.

Interesting to see how many children are afflicted by this...

JimmyTheWig

Glad to see we're not alone. Our DS1 is nearly 6 and wakes up every morning with a saturated nappy. When we've tried he just never wakes up for a wee. Sleeps right through in a soaking bed.
Plus, he loves his nappy. He often tells us, proudly, between getting his nappy on and going to be that he's "done his first wee-wee". Grrr.

Not overly bothered at this stage, but aware it might become an issue. The only problem for us is the cost (financial and environmental) of 4 kids in nappies.

karen24_2

Unfortunately I can't physically lift him out of his bunk as he is very heavy and I have a back problem, so if he doesn't wake when I try I leave him. He does use the toilet when he's awake, and since we have limited liquids after tea, his nappy is not as wet as it was earlier this year. It used to leak out and wet his bed and pyjamas, so that at least is an improvement. I'm not overly bothered about the nappies and bedwetting, I just deal with the extra washing and don't make a fuss at all. The only reason I asked for advice is because he has started removing his nappy in the night and is asking not to wear it anymore. Obviously I don't want to be changing a wet bed every night for a year if I can avoid it, apart from the extra washing there's his quality of sleep to consider. Believe it or not I'm not annoyed with him at all, and he knows this as I'm sure if he could stay dry he would. I spoke to the support worker at school today and she's going to get the school nurse to call me, I'll let you know what she suggests to see if it can help anybody else. He stays with family regularly but hasn't been asked to sleep at a friend's house, he probably wouldn't stay anywhere where wearing a nappy would be a problem due to his other problems. It's been interesting and helpful to hear the point of view of people who have had experienced bedwetting personally and will make me think carefully before I do anything now.