my son is 7 and is still wetting the bed?

Question

he doesnt do it every night but it upsets him a lot and i was wondering if anyone knows wats the best way to help him ...

Answer 1

Encourage him to stop drinking after 6 pm. Buy pull-ups, (they are made for older children for this reason). Have him checked by a doctor to rule out medical reasons. Protect his mattress with a pad made for bed wetting and never embarrass him. Tell him he needs to let mommy know when this happens so you can wash his bed sheets. Or tell him to pull them off his bed and put them in the laundry himself and no one will ever say a word about it. Not embarrassing him is worth way more than a dry bed.

Answer 2

First of all have you brought up the subject with your family doctor? If not I suggest that you do because he might have a small or weak bladder. I would suggest that you don't let him drink anything a half hour to an hour before going to bed and have him use the toilet before sleeping. Is there something that might be bothering him? Because this too can be a reason that he is wetting the bed. Take notice of what has gone throughout the day on the nights that he does wet the bed and the nights that he doesn't; see if there is anything different. Hopefully it is something that can be easily fixed. But like I said before depending on how long this has been going on I would defiantly bring it up with the family doctor.

Answer 3

You can help your son by not giving him anything to drink after 5 or 6 p.m. depending on his scheduled bedtime. You can also wake him in the middle of the night every night to make sure he goes to the bathroom. It's called starting a routine so he can get use to it and start going on his own in the middle of the night. Because although all children don't just automatically develop the sensation of having to urinate while asleep and wake up and go to the bathroom on their own, there may be something else going on with him. I say this because sometimes children can experience things in their lives that they're scared to talk to you about. So in harboring these things it causes unusual behavior, such as, bed wetting. It's worth looking into. Hope it's not to that extreme but just keep working with him, pray about it and it'll all work out for you and your son. Then again maybe he's just scared to get up in the middle of the night when everyone else is asleep. Maybe you should try leaving a light on to give him a more secure feeling.

Answer 4

Assure him that this is normal. The ability to stay dry through the night can be affected by many, many things--allergies, being overtired, neurological maturity. It's all stuff he probably can't control. You can take him to the doctor, but that might reinforce to him that something is wrong. (Maybe call your doctor and talk without making a visit?)

My son is 11 and still occasionally does it. We showed him how to strip his bed, and he and I work together to wash the bedding and remake his bed. We did tell our son (around the time he was 6) that if he choose not to wear the pull ups, he would have to help take care of wet bedding, and he has willingly done so (so, this was his choice, and it gave him some measure of control in the situation).

Answer 5

How many adults do you know who still wet the bed? None? Thats right, we all grow out of it but some of us just take a little longer.

As long as there is not a medical reason for it (ask your doctor) then over time it will be overcome.

Being a kid is no fun when you are a kid with this sort of problem often makes kids a little introverted and ashamed. Just let him know thats it is perfectly normal and over time he will overcome it.

It is not very assuring for him at the ripe old age of 7 but a lot of love and reassurance will help him through it.

Being a parent as well some times the only remedy for our kids problems is time supported by big hugs from mum and dad.

Good Luck

Answer 6

My oldest son also wet the bed until he was around six, and I feel very strongly that you should NOT put big kid diapers on him, this is humiliating for most children..diapers are for babies. The most effective thing that I did was also the most difficult for me and required a few weeks of broken sleep but within one month, he no longer wet the bed and has not since. I set my alarm for 1:00 A.M. and then 5:00 A.M. every night and made a commitment to myself to wake him up and take him to the toilet. At first he went groggily and was barely even awake(me too) but at least he woke up dry which was really nice for him to experience. As the first week passed we got into a routine and it became much easier to get up and get him up too. Then the night came around week 2 when at 12:55 he woke up all on his own and I heard him go down the hall to use the toilet on his own. I almost cried with relief... soon I didn't have to wake him at all. After one month he was waking all on his own and has not wet the bed since.

Answer 7

Don't let him drink ANYTHING after 6pm, have him try to go pee right before he goes to bed.. and if that doesn't work.. sometimes people just wet the bed.. to try to take away his stress over it.. never make him feel bad or ashamed about it. Let him be part of the bed stripping process, and make sure that he knows that you still love him no matter what. There is nothing wrong with wetting the bed.. and he should be taught that.

Answer 8

my sister wet the bed until she was 13 years old and we shared a full size bed. My parents ended up figuring out that it was an allergy to milk, if she had dairy products after dinner she would wet the bed. Years later I had the same problem with my own son. Good luck and just reassure your son that he can't help it and that it occurs more often than you think in kids.

Answer 9

My daughter just turned 10 and finally she has been 6 months free of bed wetting. I tried it all, no drinking, waking her up, using the bathroom before , etc... Took her to the doctors numerous times, even medication. What worked?? TIME... sometimes they just sleep to deep, or their bladders haven't caught up with them yet. Goodnights really helped. She could sleep with some confidence and I did a reward program. Started out small, if she could go 3 mornings with a dry goodnight she would get a surprize.. Good Luck I know it's fustrating....

Answer 10

My daughter is 9 now, but she wet the bed until she was approx 7.5yrs. She was just a very sound sleeper, and would sleep even after she had wet herself.

Tried the waking her up at midnight bit, but she would go at midnight, then would wet again later that night! Also withheld drinks about 1 hr before bed, but that didn't really work.

I just let it go, and one night she just woke herself up to go to the bathroom by herself---she was so proud! Ever since then, she wakes up by herself and has not had an accident since.