Any suggestions to keep child from wetting bed?

Question

My son is 4 and still sometimes wets the bed. Do any of you parents have any good ideas?

Answer 1

First of all every child is different. Some children are heavy sleepers and others wake up when they have the urge. What I can recommend is that during the day have your child drink water and 100% juice. Stay away from cokes and Kool-Aids. Second, about two hours before he goes to bed have the liquids intake be limited or stop and have him go to the bathroom. When the time comes for him to go to bed have him go to the bathroom again. He might not like it, but if you make it a routine it will stick! (example: Its 7:00 at night so first go to the bathroom, wash hands, and then brush teeth. It take two week to create a habit but one week to break it!) Thrid, when you are ready to go to bed,let's say that is at 11:00 p.m. wake him up and take him to the bathroom one more time. In my opinion the pull ups or goodnites are not that great because your sending mixed messages. He can rely on the pull up and then become really lazy in getting up when its time to go. Last, I would have a calender and every morning he wakes up dry put a sticker on that day. At the end of the week let him have an extra hour to play, watch a movie, or to do something he wouldn't be able to do. If two week goes by with no wet bed buy him a small toy. Remeber to always give postive reinforcement and if he does wet don't yell or punish him. Simply, tell him that you understand and it must have been hard for him to wake up. Tell him that you know he will do better the next day! Good Luck!

Answer 2

I started with no drinks after 6pm, wake them up and take them to the toilet when you're going to bed. It would be a good idea to get a urine sample into the docs, there might be problem with high blood sugar at night or a recurring UTI - children can be put on a low dose daily antibiotic. I found the alarm system didn't work - that's the small plastic sheet attached to an alarm, you put it under the sheet and if it gets wet it sounds an alarm and wakes the child. My child went on medication for this - desmopressin - this worked for us. Id say if he's only 4 and only does it occaisonally then keep going with the no drinks after 6pm and ask them to help you change the sheets etc when they do have an accisent. Good luck x

Answer 3

I have known of children wetting the bed at this age and do not think that it is a big problem. When a child is older say the age of 9 and above then it is a problem, it is normally the sign that their bladder just isn't big enough. You can help your son now, by letting of the intake of fluids 2 hours before he goes to bed. A sip is fin but not a belly full. Good luck to you.

Answer 4

only give him a certain amount of drink before bedtime. like half a Glass of water or something. right before goes to bed have him go potty. I have read studies on some of this my son was the same way. There is a hormone that releases from the brain that
tells you to wake up and go. If the child is a sound sleeper that might not wake up the hormone is still released and their bladder will open up anyway and they will pee the bed. Don't forget to keep him on a set bedtime schedule as well.

Answer 5

I would suggest taking them to the DR maybe not the 4yr old because she might still be young try some pull ups for her. But my brother wet the bed up until he was like 21 or 22 his bladder was too small for his body. But a good thing to get the smell of urine out of the bed and sheets is shaving cream. Just putt a lil in the wash and some one the bed and scrub in a circular motion. Best of luck...

Answer 6

Put a "goodnites" on him. Four is not that old. The experts say not to worry until they are 6 and still doing it. Some kids body signals take longer to develop than others. My five year old is still wearing a "goodnite" to bed while my almost-3-year-old wears underpants to bed because she is just better at it.

Answer 7

the best thing i have heard of is a bed monitor but consult some web sites and a family counselor, my brother wet the bed up to age 10 but since he is an adult he no longers....some children takes longer than others.

Answer 8

Dont let them have anything to drink 2 hours before bed time.

Remind them to use the bathroom before they go to bed.

Answer 9

well it might sound a little cruel but what i did with my kids was, take them to the toilet before bed and if they refused to do anything then, then i would say to them if you wet your bed you can sleep in it and when they did i would leave them in a wet bed. they soon get the idea ...

Answer 10

if the no drink wont work, then see your doctor, my five year old had a bladder infection. and when that was cleared up no more bed wetting