Is there anyone who had a child 6 years old and still has nighttime wetting?

Question

My six year old still wets his pull up at night. He wears them because he had a problem wetting the bed and we like to try to avoid the bed getting wet. How can I break him. The alarm trick does not work with him.

Answer 1

My friend's son is eight and he still wears pullups, it is a medical issue with him though he had a small bladder and he sleeps like the dead. The doctors say it is something that he will grow out of in his own time. Have you seen a dr. about it? It may put your mind at ease to know that this is not that uncommon. Good luck!

Answer 2

I'd go to the doctors for investigations. There could be a medical reason for this (such as kidney problems or a urine infection). The doctor can undertake other ideas to break the habit such as prescribing tablets or ways to make the alarm work for him. He will also set your mind at ease that this is something your son will very likely grow out of (in a class of six-year-olds, there will usually be about two or three kids who still wet the bed).

What I've always been told though, is walking him up in the middle of the night and dragging him to the toilet won't work as he will be so sleepy that he isn't learning.

Answer 3

I have 6 year old twin boys. One had trouble will bed wetting until he passed his 6th birthday. Just like talking and walking, bladder control is developmental. Your son really can't be rushed. Some kids do take longer. I have each of them go right before they get in their beds. We do limit water but if they are thirsty we allow them to drink. (A small amount if it is a stall technique). Talk to your pediatrican. When I asked ours at the 5 year old appt, she said they traditionally they don't address this problem until after age 6. Medications traditionally prescribed for this problem only are a temporary fix. What finally did it for my son was his choice. We called the pull ups "nighttime underwear" and one night he said he didn't need to wear them anymore. And he was right. Good luck and hoping you dry nights ahead.

Answer 4

It happens, especially with boys, so don't freak. IT'S NOT HIS FAULT!!! Limit his fluid intake after dinnertime. No drink of water before bed. Get him up to pee before you go to bed & any time you get up to pee in the night. There are also new products on the market, I heard a commercial the other day for a diaper that makes the wearer feel wetness as an aid to learning to potty train - they might offer something like that in pull-ups, too.

Answer 5

well first stop with the pull-up. if he wears a pull-up he's body want want to stop wetting the bed because he is not wet and wont wake up. make sure he don't drink anything 2 hours before he goes to bed so if he goes to bed at 9pm tell him at 7pm last time for drinks. and make sure he goes to the bathroom 15 minutes before bed and right at bed time. you will see a change with in a week if you stick to the plan.

Answer 6

yes.I had 2 kids and one grandkid who wet until they were 8. You could mention it to his doctor, but if he is fine the rest of the time he will probably just grow out of it. You might want to use a rubber sheet to save the mattress in case the pull-ups leak. If you think about the fact that the diaper companies sell pull-ups in his size, you will realize that there has to be a market for those things. They would not make and sell them if there were not a lot of people buying them.

Answer 7

Sometimes their bodies grow too fast for their bladder. I know a little boy who used wet the bed at 8 years old, and he's completely normal. His mom would just walk him to the bathroom around midnight so he could pee, and then he'd be able to last until morning.

Answer 8

My daughter used the bell and mat at 6.5 worked well. They (the doctors)prefer that it be used at 7 as this has a bigger sucess rate. Continue to use pull ups and try again in 6 months. If anyone said don't use pull-ups don't listen. You and your son need sleep and this is a way to provide it. He is not lazy it is just that his body is not ready to concentrate the urine and for his brain to recognise the "full" feeling his bladder is sending while he is asleep. Don't worry it will happen

Answer 9

I have a six year old son and when he wets the bed it is due to him drinking after 8pm. If this is not the case it cold be a medical condition.

Answer 10

First of all, make sure he goes potty before bed. Then before you go to bed, take him to the bathroom. They might not be fully awake, and you might have to walk him to the bathroom, but thats what I did, cause half the time, I would go to bed late in the evening, and I would wake him up, and take him to the potty, then put him back in bed!! He never wet the bed at night!! I would do that!!