How can i help my 4year old not to wet his bed during the night when he sleeps?

Question

He doesn't wake me up if he needs to go. He himself doesn't even wake up.

Answer 1

its normal at this stage that he does urine in his pants. give some time or consult a child specialist

Answer 2

Until he is 6, it is considered perfectly normal. Even at 6, a pediatric eurologist will run some tests, then tell you 10% of kids who wet the bed at night outgrow it each year.

So, you need a way to not have to wash sheets everyday (like Pull-ups).

When my youngest was 8, we tried an alarm system--which worked well (and quickly) for him at the time.

Basically, the nerves that signal the brain to either wake up, or hold it until morning, are slow in developing.

Not anything to worry about at all (unless there is physical pain, blood in the urine, or some other sign).

But, it is frustrating (my son would fill a pull up, then leak some on many night--after no liquids past 6 pm, etc).

Try and be patient, and assure him there is nothing wrong.

Good luck!

Answer 3

dont let him have anything to drink before going to bed. Maybe keep him in pull ups until he starts to wake himself during the night. If he is good at going to the toilet during the day he shouldnt really have a problem. It is more common for boys to wet the bed then gils . Its common for kids to still wet the bed up to the age of 5. Bed wetting is a medical condition which can be cured

Answer 4

My 2 y.o. just learned how not to wet the bed, she wakes herself up. But before this I had a few methods.

1.) No drinks an hour before bed time.

2.) I would wake her up right before I went to sleep in order to "empty out"

3.) I wake up once at night to pee, I used to get her up with me

Now, she does it all on her own... hasn't wet the bed in a month.

Answer 5

i had probs with my daughter also i would jsut try to cut out fluids half an hour before bed, make her pee before bed and put a plastic backed mattress protector on her bed

i found over the years certain foods she ate had some effect
and of course bad days at school

shes 9 now , it rarely happens these days

but she too was not waking up through the nite, a friend told me about how white bread in some children blocks the signal to the brain to "wake up and go pee"

Answer 6

Try to figure out the approximate time he wets the bed, and wake him up before he does it. Get him up at a certain time every night, until he gets used to it and wakes up on his own.

Answer 7

try not giving him any thing to drink before he goes to bed make sure that he has gone to the bathroom and put pull ups on him for a while and then again some times it could be he just needs to go to a doctor some kids wet the bed until there in there teens

Answer 8

First, is this a nightly occurrence or just every now and again?

While it's not unusual for a 4-year-old to occasionally wet the bed, it is for it to be a nightly occurrence. If it is nightly, talk with his pediatrician. Otherwise, hang tight! He'll outgrow it.

Answer 9

Put pull ups or diapers on him
Make him go to the bathroom BEFORE going to bed
Limit his liquid intake after 6pm

Answer 10

Restrict his fluids after a certain hour. I know there are books on this......worth the investment.