My friend has a son who is 14 years old and he still wets the bed she asked me to put this on beacuse she didnt want her other friends to find out so she wants to know what to do: Treatments? Drynights? Plastic liners? "PLZ Help" She quotes
2006-12-05 19:52:03 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Toddler & Preschooler
Bed wetting in an older child is a sign of a much deeper issue. It can indicate mental stress, abuse, bullying, or possible medical issue.
In the mean time, restrict fluids 2 hours before bedtime, and put rubber sheets on the bed.
Get this kid to a doctor ASAP though.
2006-12-05 20:00:41 · answer #1 · answered by floormee 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try Good Nights. This is not unusual, many boys wet the bed at later ages. My brother wet the bed until he was 16. The doctor said he was growing too fast. I don't know if that is really the case, but whatever. My husband was also a bed wetter well past 10. I would definitely put a waterproof pad over his matress, and buy a few. Double layer just like you would the crib, pad, sheet, pad, sheet so if he does have an accident you don't have to completely remake the bed in the middle of the night.
2006-12-09 17:33:58 · answer #2 · answered by newmommy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the child is of normal intelligence and has no other already known medical conditions or mental abnormalities than you should worry less about hiding it and trying to keep the bed dry and worry more about the cause of these issues. Your friend should take her son to the Dr. to see if there is a medical cause for his night time episodes and if there are no medical reasons than she will want to look into what mental factors are causing this. By no means am I accusing your friend but it is common for children who have faced serious trauma or who have been sexually or physically abused to wet the bed so she may want to look at who has been around and what her son has been doing. It is not normal for a child that age to be doing this and she needs to find out what is going on.
Of course if there are pre-diagnosed issues that she is aware of or medial problems that are causing this than disregard the above.
Good luck.
2006-12-05 21:37:58 · answer #3 · answered by la_thumpera 3 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Has your friends son seen a doctor ? It is absolutely un-natural for a fourteen year old not to be able to control his bladder. More than likely he has a medical condition that is causing this problem.
I would suggest that she make an appointment ASAP, as there are several rather serious medical conditions that could be contributing to this, one being that he may be Diabetic. Diabetes is very serious and not something to mess around about. If her son has it he needs to be monitored very closely by a Doctor. There are many other physical problems that a Diabetic needs to watch for and know about too. Even if its not Diabetes, there has to be some kind of medical problem there, so please tell her to take her Son to a doctor.
2006-12-05 20:05:28 · answer #4 · answered by LofanNui 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe if you set an alarm to go off every 30 minutes or hour, so that he would be awake at the time he might have to go to the bathroom??? I don't know. I would do that if I had that problem.
He's not gonna pee in his bed, if he's awake to use the bathroom. After a while, make the alarm go off after maybe every 2 hours instead, so he might get used to using the bathroom in the middle of the night.
I would definitely try that. Now I know what to do if I ever have that problem.
Also, you might already do this, but don't let him drink anything before he goes to bed.
2006-12-05 19:59:27 · answer #5 · answered by ?Johanna Loves Superman? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am assuming health reason where already checked into? If it's nothing physical then I would highly recommend to see a phsychologist. A 13 year old doesnt just wet the bed unless he has a condition with which he cant hold it.
Good luck to them!
2006-12-05 23:48:54 · answer #6 · answered by Jenni C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Buy a Plastic Bed cover, and some depends for the poor kid. Bed wetting at that age is embarrassing, with the depends at least he will keep the pee in his pants.
2006-12-05 19:54:48 · answer #7 · answered by Allie K 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Therapy. Get to the cause of the bed wetting in a child so old -bullying, abuse, past sexual abuse - these and more could be an issue for him (he may not even realize he remembers it).
2006-12-06 00:04:34 · answer #8 · answered by AlongthePemi 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my first thought was "threaten to tell his friends if he dont stop" but NO i think there is a much bigger underlying problem there. has she thought about therapy? it may be worth it to find out if something bad happened to him as a child seriously though doesnt she have a close enough relationship with him to simply ask him why? i feel so sorry for him he must be embarrassed and feel alone. wow yea she needs to get in his head or let someone else im going to pray for them both tonight! good luck
2006-12-05 20:00:07 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes those would work and maybe also seeing a therapist to see why this is happening. It could be an emotional problem that needs attention. He needs to know that hes not "bad" or "wrong" for whats happeneing but rather have support and know that people who love him are willing to help
2006-12-05 19:55:37 · answer #10 · answered by JoAnne H 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋