just over a month ago i took my son to the drs about his bedwetting problem it hasent got any better at all i?

Question

he tends to wet mostley about 3/4 am in the mornings the dr has told us to put him in nappies at night but now he is wetting in the day now i am at a lose end to what to do its hard for him to understand why its happening to him he is getting toi the age of life of publity and his school mates are making fun of him

Answer 1

Get a bedwetting (enuresis) alarm. It is the most effective method to help children permanently stop wetting the bed at night. They sense moisture and alert the child when they are wetting. Much different than an alarm clock, they sound when the body is wetting. (not at a "random" time). Gradually children learn to recognize the signal from their bladder and learn to sleep dry all night in about 10 weeks.

Check them out. You won't regret it.

Answer 2

DO NOT give your son the medication for bedwetting. Simply nothing to drink after 7:30 or at LEAST an hour and a half before bedtime. DO NOT wake him in his sleep to use the restroom. This can create a sleep pattern that will be hard to break and kids need all the uninterupted sleep they can get.

You did not state the exact age, but puberty for boys varies. Some aren't fully mature until the age of 14. A few even later.

My son wet the bed until he was almost 13. It is not uncommon. When puberty hits, it will stop. Trust me!


Usually bedwetting stems from the brain sensors that tell one its time to use the restroom....if your son is a heavy sleeper, or that part of the brain has not matured yet, dont' worry...it's only normal...

Answer 3

My sister has this problem... believe it or not, it was hereditary for her. She's 15 and wets the bed. My mother did it until she was 17. The only thing the doctor couldn't tell either of them is how to get it to stop.

There are some different methods that reuire certain amounts of frustration, but it depends on how important it is to squash this problem.

This is what my sister did:

1) She didn't drink anything but water after 6pm, and in very spare amounts. This helped her have time to process and relieve herself in the bathroom instead of on the bed.
2) This is more difficult and may seem cruel but wake him up at around two a.m. every night. This sucks because you have to get up (regardless of age, no child will get up to an alarm that early) and walk them to the bathroom, but 90% of the time, anyone's gotta go by that time. If you do this often enough, it will become common practice at other children's houses as well.
3) Goodnites or Pull-ups do work wonders, but I honestly believe that they do not positively solve the problem. While they stop the leak, they don't encourage a "let's fix this" attitude. Why worry about it when you can just go ahead and pee? These might be good back-up plans, but try encorperating the other methods with these.

Hope I could help!

Answer 4

I know it's frustrating for both you and your son. I may help if you were to use an alarm to wake him during the bed wetting hours. 3 am ,3:15, 3:30, 3:45, and 4 am. Granted it maybe a extreme, but extreme circumstances mean extreme measures. Maybe he'll get tired of waking up in the wee hours (no pun intended) and actually stop wetting the bed. I was able to successfully train my daughter against bed wetting at the age of 18 months. Here is what I did, one night a put her in a pair of "big girl panties" Dora the Explorer to be exact. No more pull ups for her!! Trust she was excited. I put her to bed and that morning around 2 am, i went in to check on her. Sure enough she had wet the bed. I woke her up and told her that SHE needed to change her sheets and her clothes. She did with little help from me. It took her about an hour. It was an hour well spent because that was the first and ONLY time she has ever wet the bed. She didn't want to get up anymore and change her sheets.

Answer 5

I think you will find their is an underlying issue wish is the reason your son wets the bed. The best course of action is to do nothing and say nothing...in time it will probably stop...my daughter had problems with her water works which was the cause of her bedwetting....you can not and should not punish a child for bedwtting it will only make the situation worse.

Answer 6

Go back to your GP and tell him to refer you to your local Inuresis (bedwetting) clinic. Any child over the age of 7 should be refered to a specialist for bedwetting and if your son is wetting during the day as well then it is even more important that he be referred.

The lovely thing about the inuresis clinic is that it is dealt with in a way that helps the child feel less embarrassed and they should be able to reassure your son and make him feel better about himself.

Good luck.

Answer 7

There are devices that sense moisture and will make noise to wake him up so he will get up and go to the bathroom. Ask your Dr about it. If he doesn't know about it, change Drs. Google it for more info. Bed-wetting alarm should do the trick.

Answer 8

Suggest you revisit the Drs. and ask for further help and advice. There may be an underlying problem here that could be physical or psyhological. Do it asap so it can be addressed by those who have the experience. Good Luck.

Answer 9

well, they shouldn't make fun of him. its normal for some kids.
it usually goes away by the age of 7-12. it really shouldn't be a problem. there are these special daipers for bigger kids nowadays. maybe you should go buy one. just a suggestion.

peace out <3

Answer 10

my nephew had that problem and he used this program where you get this velcro stuff to put in your underwear, and then you hook a sensor on it at night and whenever it gets wet it buzzes and wakes you up to go to the bathroom. eventually, it will train you to just wake up on your own when you have to go to the bathroom. ask your doctor about it.


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