How do I get my 5 year old daughter to stop wetting the bed at night?

Answer 1

Have you ever taken her to her doctor she my have a physical problem my husband and myself both had to have surgery to correct our problems he at 16 and me at 18 all 3 of our children have also inherited this problem be patient with her don't punish her remember in God's time. but remember also it could be physical or emotionally . check into it and remember to love her and remind her it is not just her statics say at least 10out of 20 kids have this problem but unfortunately in a society where we talk of sex freely this problem is still considered a dark age topic good luck

Answer 2

Some kids take a little longer to outgrow night time wetting. If she was potty trained for a while, then started wetting again, it may stick around until she reaches puberty. My daughter was trained by 2, then started again around 5 or 6. I finally put her on the DDAVP inhaler (it also come in pills), which is a pill that mimics your body's own antidiuretic hormone (basically, if there are no medical reasons for the bedwetting, people who wet the bed often have less of this hormone for those who don't, so they actually produce more urine during the night, which they cannot hold until morning) Anyway, It worked brilliantly! She had no side effects and we used it until she finally outgrew bed wetting at 13. I highly recommend it because it made it possible for her to have sleepovers without worrying about her friends finding out about it.

Answer 3

It just takes time. But it would help if you didn't give her anything to drink an hour before bed and have her try to go to the bathroom before going to bed. Don't make the bed wetting a big issue, it'll only stress her out, & may cause bed wetting to continue as her body's way of relieving the stress because her mind doesn't know how to handle it. Praise her on the nights she doesn't wet, & just keep working with her.

Answer 4

Very inportant DON'T get mad at her because it will only stress her out and cause her to do it more instead when she does it at night ask her if she is ok then tell her "it's ok lets go shower and change you" and don't forget to change her sheets. I know it sounds a little hard because your tired at night but it works. There might also be a reason for this for example my son did it while I was in my last months of pregancy. Or maybe she need more attention
You can also try GOODNITE diapers for big kids.
And tell her doctor she might have a bladder problem.
Also don't let her drink fluid 1 hour before bed & have her go to the restroom before bed.

Answer 5

Don't allow her to drink anything but a small glas of water before bed time(an hour before). le ther drink most of her water and juices during the day well before 5pm.
Don't let her drink soft drinks, tea or sweet drinks after 5pm(eastern)
Serve her supper as early as posible and don't allow her to stuff and go to bed on an over filled tummy . It's bad on her system and kidneys.
After she eats give her some exercise(walk around the block with you or clean up he room ect. to get most of her bathroom needs over with for the night.
It's possible she just does not want to get up in the night. I have a grandson how did wet the bed . We learned that we had to get him up before 10 and bout 12 or he would wet the bed regardless as he wa sstill sound asleep. he has a weak kidney. So when he stayed wiht me i would get him up even though he was half asleep and he never wet the bed here again.
It wasn't that he wanted to but was asleep and was allowed ot eat and drink too much liquids at night before bedtime.

Answer 6

Get your daughter to help with the clean up of the wet bed linens.Worked with my three year old she hasnt wet the bed in over a month!

Answer 7

My 8yr old still wets the bed occasionally.. The dr did tons of test on her and found that her blatter is too small.. so she can't have sodas after about 6 to go to bed at 9pm and can't have anything after 7:30 at night to prevent the bed wetting.

Answer 8

I agree with the advice you have been given. Get her to help clean up and dont get mad. It will pass and there is probably no logical explanation. I heard of one girl who only wet the bed when she wore pants in bed. My son did it for a while but never when he slept with me. This was attention related and more difficult to stop because its semi-deliberate.

Answer 9

you can watch liquid intake after 6:00pm. no liquids . and wake your daughter up in the middle night around 11:00pm for bathroom . this helps . for some. my kids eat and get their last big drink at or right before 6:00pm well their bed time is 8:00pm they are 8,9, 11 yrs old. they are on medication. so they sleep harder. but all kids this works on the fluid intake at night cut off is 6:00 pm and also no soda pops for they make a child's bladder constrict in their sleep at night . keep it active . so eliminate this as well in their diets. you will see tremendous outcome. and no accidents at night. woo oho. it works. i do this. none what so ever of soda pops .

Answer 10

All children are not the same, but it won't hurt to try the simpliest thing like, cut out or down her fluid intake after 5p.m. until bedtime. It will take a little work, but my grands went thru this & my daughter just cut back on fluids & made sure to take her to the potty before she goes to bed. So good luck, it worked for us!!!!