How do you get a 7 year old to sleep through the night without a diaper(and not wet his bed)?

Answer 1

Humans are made up of hundreds of parts, not all of which grow at the same rate. Its VERY common for young kids to wet the bed, as their kidneys aren't growing as fast as the rest of them.

So bed wetting is normal and nothing to worry about. Get a vinyl mattress cover and a thick coverlet. The kid will sleep with the coverlet over the vinyl so its comfortable, but the coverlet can still be washed.

The worst thing you can do is traumatize him/her about bet wetting.

Answer 2

Start child off on pull up pants, and have a talk with child explaining the route to the toilet. Aslo get child to drink quite a lot during the day. Contrary to belief this will help the childs bladder muscles stretch thus accomodating more urine. Set up a reward system on dry nights versus the wet ones, however dont make the child feel ashamed for wetting. Instead just have a talk with the child on the wet days and talk thru how you can help the child. There is a good book out there called "Boss of the bladdder" but I forget who wrote it and I have got to say this was a turning point in my childs bed wetting...




PS that "Nineinches" idiot gave you a really stupid answer and I would report him her If I were you. A 7 year old who is still wtting is still normal!

Answer 3

You may not be able to yet.

Young boys have a tendency to not have fully developed bladders and control until later in life. I was 13 before I could go consistently without wetting the bed.

My mom used to keep a plastic sheet on the bed all the time to protect the matress and occasionally I would wind up back in diapers for a few nights if I wet the bed more than a couple of nights in a row.

You need to seriously limit liquid intake during the evening after dinner. The less he drinks, obviously, the less he will need to pee during the night.

You could use pullups for larger kids but I hate putting all that plastic, paper, chemicals and human waste in our landfills. Maybe you could find a large pair of padded training pants that would fit him and put a pair of waterproof pants over them.

The other thing is, don't blame him and make him feel bad about it, that will just make things worse. You may want to take him to the doctor and see what he/she has to say about it and make recommendations. There is medication to help "dry" him up, but I'm not sure I would want to medicate my boy just for that.

Good luck.

Answer 4

Have you discussed this with his pediatrician? When I was a child, I wet the bed until I was about 7 or 8. I grew out of it. I took some kind of medicine for it, but, as I was so young, I don't remember what it was.

If that wasn't the route you were thinking of, then make sure that he doesn't drink any liquids 2 hours before bed, and that he goes to the bathroom just before bed.

Hope that helps.

Answer 5

Get her to change the sheets everytime she wet the bed. Some bedwetter head to the parents bed, and the problem continue on. So the child know that it OK to do this. You have like I said get the child everytime they wet the bed to get up and change the sheets. They so realize that it not very comfortable to sleep in wet sheets. And not to give into to them coming in to the parents room to avoid the issue. It has to be dealt with firmly or the situation never get cleared

Answer 6

That's a bit old to be wetting the bed,have you took him to the doctor? Only thing I can suggest is no liquids after 6pm. And you might go as far as setting the alarm clock to wake him up during the night to go potty. Sorry this is all I can think of , I didn't have this problem with my Kid. Good Luck

Answer 7

Before he/she goes to bed, make sure they go to the bathroom. If you (the parent) gets up in the middle of the night wake them up and take them to the bathroom. Don't worry they will go back to sleep. I do it all the time with my 5-year old.

Answer 8

pullups!!!!!

are you aware that night dryness issues are hereditary? If your son has never achieved night dryness, but got daytime control long ago, he has a hereditary issue that will resolve itself when he's around TWELVE YEARS OLD. His bladder is too small and he sleeps too deeply too make it through without a pullup. He cannot control it. If you've ever made him feel badly about himself because of it, you should apologize to him, tell him you've learned it's not something he conrols, get him his pullups and move on.

Answer 9

Make sure he goes to the toilet before bed and try not to give him any fluids for around an hour before sleep time.

If he is a good sleeper, you could try setting your alarm for once or twice a night and going into his bedroom, waking him and taking him to the toilet- eventually his body clock will learn to wake up at certain times, giving him the opportunity to go himself.

Answer 10

Start Giving them a warm bubble bath,early,then before putting them to bed make them use the restroom, and don't give them anything to drink for three hours before bed time.