My 8 year old son has been wetting his bed recently any suggestions on how to prevent this?

Question

I have thought about night time diapers but I don't want to make him feell worse then he already does.

Answer 1

get him some good nites, he probably just has a small blader. you can take him to a doctor just to make sure but i think that is all it is. you can also take him to the goodnits website and show him that millions of kids wet the bed and it is not his fault.

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Answer 2

Hi Something or someone is bothering this child.Start by asking him if any thing is bothering him. All of my grand-kids wet the bed and 2 of them still wet their pants. Their ages are 10,8 and 5 and the 8 and 5 yr old are really bad. Their parents separated when the youngest one was a baby and still do it as of today. Their mothers new boyfriend is very mean to the kids. If the doctor rules out medical problems then it is psychological. It is very hard to figure out what is causing the problem. Everyone has given you some good ideas. Try all of them to your best. Do not put diapers on him or call them diapers, that does make it worse call them pull-ups. I just hate it when the ex-daughter in-lsw puts diapers on the 8 yr old.
a young grandma still tring to figure it out. Good luck

Answer 3

The first thing you need to do is to take him to a doctor and rule out any medical conditions that may be causing him to wet the bed. If nothing turns up there then it is probably just a normal thing he is going through.

Others have mentioned that stress can cause this to happen and why, but it isn't unusual for a child that has been potty trained to start wetting the bed again. I wet the bed for 7 years old until I was almost 15.

The body grows at different rates, at one time his bladder was just the right size for his body and worked just fine for holding everything until he got up in the morning. Now he is older, different parts of his body are growing at different rates and it seems that in boys, the bladder seems to be the slowest. This causes wet beds because at that age they seem to sleep the soundest too.

I know he feels bad about it, but if there aren't any outside causes then it won't do any good to berate him for wetting his bed. It wouldn't be a good idea to punish him for it, instead show understanding and help him. Get some pullups or goodnites to wear. Explain to him that it isn't that he is being a baby. Explain to him about how his body grows differently as he gets older until all the parts are equal and work together right.

If he is too big for goodnites then there are youth sized diapers that can be purchased, but don't refer to them as diapers, call them protective pants. I'm sure he would feel better waking up with them wet instead of his pajamas and bed. Let him be a big boy and learn to help change himself at night if he needs to.

Good luck and just be patient with him.

Answer 4

If this is something new that has started, it could be a sign that something is wrong! My son started wetting the bed at about 10, he turned out to be diabetic and I almost overlooked it because the symptoms were so subtle. Also it could be something going on in his life he doesn't know how to handle, I have heard that that can cause bed wetting to start up in children. Either way it would be good to check with your pediatrician to first rule out an illness or some other problem.

Answer 5

If he just started wetting the bed after a few years of being dry at night, he should see a doctor. He may have a urinary tract infection. Also, make sure he is warm enough at night. If the air conditioning is turned up high , he might be getting chilled at night and that can cause children to be incontinent.

Answer 6

Some children can't control their bladders at night...and it takes some time before they understand control.
The best thing to do is have a cutoff point, after which he doesn't have anything to drink.
Also, make sure he goes to the bathroom right before bedtime.
It wouldn't hurt to set an alarm during the night so he can get up and go.
Also put plastic sheets on the bed.
It's a phase. Check it out with the doctor to make sure he doesn't have physical problems and don't make a huge deal over it. He'll outgrow it before long.

Answer 7

Hi,
Make sure to wake him up at night so that he can go around the middle of the night. That way, he will not have to go during his sleep. Also make sure he goes right before going to bed.
Limit liquids right before bed.
Don't worry about it because it sometimes happens, but unless there is an underlying medical condition, with a little prevention the problem will take care of itself.

Answer 8

My brother went to the doctor regularly for this problem. He was such a deep sleeper that he wouldn't wake himself up to go to the bathroom. First thing is to make sure he doesn't drink anything a couple hours before bedtime. That won't solve it alone though. My brother wore this contraption that hooked to his underware that buzzed when he began to go to the bathroom. It would wake him up and he would run to the bathroom. This helped a lot. Let your son know that this is very normal. Most likely he just sleeps deep (sometimes I wish I did) and I know many people who have this issue. If you want, there are support groups for your son to talk with other kids like him who are struggling with this same issue. Or he can go to yahoo groups or chat rooms related to this if he wants to remain anonymous.

Answer 9

It is normal for the to occur at this age. Stop the drinks after 5 and make sure he goes right before bed. If he continues, he may have a UTI, so you might want to have that checked. They make a prescription for kids to take for a few weeks that helps retrain their bladder. Good luck!

Answer 10

I was a chronic bed wetter until the age of ten or eleven. What my parents tried was making me use the bathroom before i went to bed, and once more during the night.It seems silly,but it really did the trick. Also speak to your son and ask him if he is afraid of anything in his room or in the house. I was afraid of the dark and would try to hold my urine until morning.Good Luck! once he is on a routine,the bedwetting should stop.