Bed wetting......how to stop it?

Question

I have a five year old son that i can not stop from wetting the bed. I have tryed pull ups, no drinks 2 hours be fore bed , baths in the morning, rewards for no peeing the bed, and so on but the doctor says everything is fine and he'll stop soon. But i want him to stop now cause five is too old to be wetting the bed almost every night. Has any one out there had this issue and what did you do to stop it?

I don't put alot of pusher on him about and I did line his bed with plastic under the sheets and they checked his kindeys and wasn't that. And when we talk about he hides his face like he dosen't want to talk about it.

Answer 1

stop putting so much pressure on him. he may not be able to help it. but the good nites pants and let it be. my brother was one week from his 16th birthday when he finally out grew it. this is not something that can be ust stopped. his bladder is immature/ read through the site below

Answer 2

This is not something you or you son can control. His body is growing faster than his bladder, and until it catches up, he may have this problem.

Depriving your son of fluids before bedtime is a bad idea. He won't sleep as well and may become dehydrated.

The best thing to do is let him wear pull-ups, so he sleeps comfortably, isn't ashamed and saves you from washing sheets every morning. Make sure he uses the bathroom right before bed, and other than that, leave it alone. The more you make a big deal out of it, the more stress it will cause him, and they more it will continue to happen. They even make pull-ups for older kids now, and they're smoother and less noticeable for sleepovers and such.

Don't reward him for not peeing the bed. He has no control over whether or not he does it, and it'll make him feel bad on the nights he can't hold it. Just be patient and he'll outgrow it.

Answer 3

I had this same problem with my daughter. It can be very frustrating for both the parent and child. First and foremost, you should never be critical of your child. If they make it through the night tell them how proud you are, and if they have an "accident" don't fuss at them. I usually just said "we need to remember to get up."

How we helped to resolve the issue is we did not allow liquids two hours before bed time. (A sip of water is OK, but not much more than that.) Then about two hours after she fell asleep, either my husband or I woke her up and had her go to the bathroom. This really helps.

In the mean time, accidents may be just one of those things your child will have to grow out of. A good trick is to make the bed with a plastic sheet, then a regular sheet, then do another plastic sheet and another regular sheet. This way when/if your child has an accident in the middle of the night, you can just pull off the bedding and not have to deal with trying to re-make a bed at 1 am. (Much easier to deal with in the AM)

Your child is still pretty young, but you may have to take him to his pediatrician if it continues, or he complains that it hurts.

There are several web sites on the issue too....heres one that might help. http://www.goodnites.com/na/bedwettinginfo/index.asp?WT.srch=1&WT.mc_id=503360&IQ_ID=503360

Answer 4

Why are you putting pressure on this child of only 5???? I am not being sarcastic, I promise, but you are expecting way way too much. Many children wet the bed at night, especially children under 8 as there are many reasons.....sleeping soundly, scared to go by himself if he does wake up, etc......YOU DON'T STOP IT.....it just takes patience on your part and understanding to know that tis takes time. The more he feels your pressure, the more anxiety he has about it............My daughter is a pediatrician and her 3 year old son has just taken an interest at all in trying to wear pull ups during the day and go to the potty .......is it successful??? not all the time and it is just not a big deal in their house. I truly don't think she will expect miracles at night when he is only 5 either. Relax, Mom.....your kid is great and normal.

Answer 5

Bed wetting or enuresis in medical jargon is a very common issue in kids. first of all I would definitely get a 2nd opinion and take him to see a urologist. Providing everything checks out ok there are medications that can help. some other suggestions would be bed wetting alarms-having him help to change his sheets-remake the bed when he wets-keep a calander and mark off dry nights with a sticker-any kind of positive reinforcement. Bed wetters should not be punished but they do need to learn responsibility to care for themselves when it happens.

Answer 6

5 is not to old their are case of 12 year old it all has to do with the develop ment of the body, and you should let him grow up on his own time my 4 year old cousin wet the bed and the drink before bed was taken away i would just stay with the pull up stay with not giving him a drink try 3 hours or more before bed and don't worry and witholding drinks will not dehydrate him got it not day it hours some people my cousin doctor told her to withold the drinks so doctore go to school for some reason.

Answer 7

5 is not too old. Kids in unstable environments or who don't feel secure in their surroundings can wet their beds up to 12-13 years of age occasionally.

Answer 8

sometimes it isn't the childs fault, there growing bodies are going through lots of processes, and he might not wake up like the "urge" wakes us adults up, his brain may not be alerting him, but in time it will, if it is this case, then there is nothing you can do but hope for the best, sorry to say, but you'll have to wait it out and buy plastic sheets until his body matures in this area

Answer 9

First of all take him to another doctor.. lots of bed wetters have kidney problems. If he is fine , not much you can do .. put plastic on his mattress so it you can clean it so it wont smell And i hate to tell you this it wont stop just cause you want it too.

Answer 10

Just put on a diaper and sooner or later it will stop. I think it is becus they do not develope a part yet that stops them from peeing or sumpin
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