How do you get youir kid to stop wetting the bed?

Answer 1

if ur child is young.. this might help. it may be tiring for you.. but ... get him or her up every couple hours through the night and have him or her go to the potty. i found it is working very well for my two, almost three, year old son. my frind did it with her two children after they were potty trained. her children do not wet the bed... ONLY on occasion.. but it is normal... your child will grow out of it.. if it is not a mdeical problem, as many have mentioned. try this tactic and see how it works for you.
p.s its is easier if you do it on a weekend.. or when u are off from work...
good luck

Answer 2

Limiting your intake of liquids doesnt really help all that much (it does some) but you will find that they will still wet the bed. It could be a sign of a immature bladder and yes they will out grow it. My daughter was 8 years old before she quit wetting the bed but hers was mostly because she is a deep sleeper and did not feel the sensation of havin to go urinate. What I did was made sure she went to pee before bedtime with a small drink of water afterwards (withholding liquids isnt always a good idea either) this prevented her from getting up wanting water later when you are trying to sleep! Most kids who go to school are on a schedule at school probably goes at least twice a day usually an hour before lunch and usually right after lunch. (i know by the time mine got home they were fighting over who got to pee first.) Then what i did was gave her an insentive, I asked her if she would like a new bed, one that didnt have urine spots all over it she was like yeah, so i told her if she could go without peeing the bed for 1 year I would buy her a new bed. she then made it a habit of going to the bathroom before she went to bed and then would sleep through the night and wake up dry.. Yes i kept my end of the bargin she got a new bed because she kept hers and i did it very gently and without condeming... when you belittle a child for such behavior you are only making them ashamed into hiding their secret, letting her know that regardless of how you feel about it doesnt change how you feel about her. your feelings are not important as hers.

Answer 3

I have a 7 yr. old that occasionally still wets the bed. What works for me is making sure she goes to the bathroom before she gets into bed. If she doesn't fall asleep right away and asks for a drink, I limit the amount I give her to avoid accidents, but I don't deny her the drink. I also make sure to never make a big deal out of it. I just act as though it's just one of those things that happens. We wash up, change clothes, and move on. I have noticed that it occurs most frequently when she hasn't had enough sleep the night before or has a restless night. When she finally crashes out, she sleeps so sound that she doesn't wake up to the urge.

Hope this helps.

Answer 4

I wet the bed until I was 15. One day I just stopped on my own. My mother tried everything. I've learned since then there really isn't anything you can do, some kids just have immature bladders. Just reassure the child that it won't last forever, everybody eventually grows out of it and get the kid some overnight pull-ups for older kids. I wish they had had those 35 years ago when I was suffering through my mothers horrible "home-remedys" *shudder* I think if you remove all anxiety about it, it will help.

Answer 5

My son is 9 and still wets the bed, i have tried limiting liquids after a certain time, and it didn't work. The dr. said he would eventually grow out of it, that he just had an immature bladder and if he didn't do any better by the time he was 10 that they would do some testing on him to see if he was ok. I hope you find out so you can let me know too.

Answer 6

Give them nothing to drink 2 hours before bedtime. Make them use the bathroom before going to bed.
Leave a night light on in their bedroom and bathroom. Explain to them that if they wake up in the middle of the night, they can go to the bathroom. They won't be scared if they can see. Sometimes it may be because they have a bad dream and get scared. They may not be able to control it.
It may take longer for some than others. You could try putting a diaper on them only at night as a procautionary. They may eventually not want to wear it and grow out of it.
You could also teach them that when they go to the bathroom to urinate, then try stopping at intervals. This will help them learn to control it. Explain to them that they can cause it to start and stop. Hope this helps.

Answer 7

I just aked that question a coupple of days ago. I talked with my 6 year old and she even said "mom when am I gonna stop wetting the bed, because I dont like to change in the middle of the night and sleep on the floor because my bed is wet" And now she is even getting some kind of diper rash. So we discussed it and said that we will just give it time and when she is ready it will stop on her own. Because god knows we tryed everything else. Even the doctor.

Answer 8

Take the child to the doctor. See if there is some sort of sleep disorder the child has. I believe there are medications to help stop the bed wetting also.

Answer 9

You might try taking your child to a chiropractor. There are corresponding nerves that go to the vertebra and organs, so if by chance your child's lower back is out, this could be causing the problem.

My son only wet the bed when his back was out. It stopped immediately after a visit to the chiropractor.

Answer 10

Depending on their age, they will either grow out of it (if still young), or you need to see a dr for medication, it is a medical problem. But they have medicine for this condition. Spanking and punishment WILL NOT help. Nobody WANTS to wet the bed.