My 7 year old son is still bedwetting. Is there something wrong? He is a typical very active boy who.?

Question

He is an active boy. Plays a lot. Part of the baseball varsity team. No problem in school work.

Answer 1

You might try to cut liquids off earlier in the evening.

Have him go to the bathroom before he goes to bed. Make this part of his routine... just like brushing his teeth.

Don't accuse him of doing anything wrong, and try to be understanding of the condition. It's not permanent.

You might check with your pediatrician and see if he/she has any suggestions as well.

Answer 2

It might not hurt to mention this to your family doctor the next time he goes in, but there's probably nothing wrong except that his bladder may not be developing as quickly as the rest of his body. I grew up with the same problem and wet the bed every night until I was 12. I also learned how to put my own sheets in the laundry at a young age -- probably around 6 or 7 -- and I think that was a great solution. It didn't stop me from wetting the bed, but I was able to have more control over my situation and didn't have to involve anyone else in dealing with it, which helped a lot with the embarrassment factor. If you do nothing else, your son will probably stop when his bladder has grown enough to "catch up" with his body, which often happens around the age of puberty if not before.

If you and/or he are really distressed by it, though, you might try using using an alarm system that wakes him up the moment he starts wetting during the night. After a few weeks of "training," this can help him learn to wake up when his bladder gets full during the night before he starts wetting, which could help him to stay dry even if his bladder is still not big enough to make it through the night without getting up. You can find some relatively inexpensinve models of this here: http://www.bedwettingstore.com

Above all else, PLEASE continue to show him love and support and help him to realize that this is not his fault. Having been there, I guarantee you he feels much worse about this than anyone. Keep encouraging him and bear with him and you'll make a HUGE difference for his self-esteem, both now and in the long run! Good luck!

Answer 3

Nothing wrong. I had a stepson who wet the bed at age 11. I've read a lot of your other answers about when to stop his fluid consumption in the evening as a way of lessening the chances of his wetting the bed. That's good and does work. I also know that there has been a medicine out there, the name of which I can't currently recall, which is very safe and doctors have prescribed it for decades as a way to help young people, and maybe older ones too, control their bladder activity at night. It is very effective and very safe, so if controlling when he stops drinking things at night, and whether any of his drinks happen to have diuretics in them (caffein, lemon, and limes for example) which stimulate the bladder, doesn't do the whole job, go see your doctor and he'll gladly prescribe the medicine I'm talking about. They've been doing it for decades and it's very safe and effective. God Bless you.

Answer 4

This is Enueresis(Bed wetting) Most of these children outgrow this habit between 12-16 years of age but a few of them continue even in adult life. The condition is very common. Causes: a)Training : Often the training begins late or is not properly done. or the training is started too early , especially if coercive ,produces confusion and rentment rather than compliance. b) Emotional disturbance: In many casses it is associated with emotional problems or conflicts within or outside the family. In the family the conflicts may be of many types. Parents may dominate the child, too much by ounishing and scolding , or the child may fell rejected and isolated. There my be jealousy and rivalry towards younger children in the family who have alreday achieved bladder control in the family. Children with emotional conflicts are usually of timd type, and tend to develop resentment and tension, which manifest itself in disturbed bladder control. As they grow older they become sensitive of their habit of bed wetting. They develop feelings of inferiority, and sense of being different from other children which aggravate the children even further.
There is the view that emotional conflicts, as as lack of training precipitate enuresis but only in those who are prone to it because of developemental abnormality. This tendency is shown in the family history. If the precipitating factor is not there the child merely has an irritable bladder with frerquency of micturiton which may persist into adult li
c) Physical disease and anatomical defects are relative causes for enuresis Hence show him to a paediatrician..

Answer 5

The most often cause is his bladder has not grown as fast as the rest of him. Did you or the father have that problem as a child. For some kids it is just that simple. He is healthy & active, great. Patience is all you can really do. He'll grow past it. Be support & let him know that it isn't his fault & that it you both will get by this. Please don't let others humilate him by ridiculing & teasing. Now they have the good-nite underpants that can help him be more comfortable. One of my boys went through this too. Good Luck!

Answer 6

I had a similar problem with my boy. He wet the bed until he was 9. A doctor I went to had the solution. He told me that next time my boy wet the bed, get HIM to take the sheets off, show him how to wash and dry them and then make the bed. Tell him he will need to do that from now on in. I did that and he never wet the bed again. Apparently the attention he was getting each time he wet the bed wasn't worth the trouble of actually cleaning up after himself!

Answer 7

Maybe he is a heavy sleeper! When I was young I would dream that I got up and walked to the bathroom but in fact I had not walked anywhere. I didn't realize it until it was to late. It is very embarrassing to a child, afraid to spend nights away from home. Maybe you should ask a doctor !

Answer 8

It's very normal! I have 3 boys, but only one had problems. Things to consider: how much fluids after 7pm?, constipation, is he a solid sleeper? Most boys outgrow it before 12yrs, but if you're concerned have it checked by a pediatric urologist.

Answer 9

no he is fine they can wet bed up to 6th grade try this no drinks after 6pm and if you do water try and wake him up at 10 pm and at 3 am to go potty he will start to do this on hi own it will work keep it up it takes 21 day to start or stop a habit

Answer 10

I have a 10 year old brother who still bed wets, he's about to grow out of it. Your son probobly will to. Don't worry.