My 4 Years son always wet his bed at night. what should i do?

Answer 1

Get him some goodnites and a plastic sheet. It's VERY common for a four year old not to have full bladder control at night (especially with boys), and the worst thing you could do is make a big deal out of it, or punish him for it. Just give him the 'protection' that keeps him and his bed from getting wet, along with keeping him from being humiliated.

There's nothing wrong with him. I wet the bed until I was 7, and I was punished, threatened, and shamed for it, because clearly my parents didn't understand that it was out of my hands--and I am still bitter. I wish they'd had goodnites when I was little (it would have been *nice* to not wake up wet and covered in pee every night), but they'd yet to be invented. Let him use them to keep him dry, and when his bladder is big enough, and his sleep not so deep, he'll be fine.

Answer 2

Put a plastic sheet under his bed sheet when he sleeps and tell him that it will always be there until he stops wetting the bed. Make sure he goes to the loo before entering bed.
Don't worry, he's only 4, he'll grow out of it.

Answer 3

Our daughter will be 4 next month and she still has this problem now and then (I'd say maybe 1-2x a month).
Her bedtime is 9pm, so after 8 we don't let her have a full cup of water/milk/juice, maybe only 1/4 or 1/2 a cup. After she has gotten ready we make her go potty and then she's off to bed.

I'd limit how much he has to drink before bedtime. Then before bed make sure he goes to the bathroom. Good luck!

Answer 4

Stop fluids a few hours be for bed and always have him pee be for bed that's all I did and my son stop he was 2 and a half. I also never put night time diapers on him it was work but i let him pee the bed so that he would learn not to like it you'll have to do more laundry but it helps. Also get a vinyl mattress cover so it doesn't ruin his mattress. Good luck!

Answer 5

Yeah i have my friend she'd been having same problem ans she told me so. And i was watching the super Nanny and i learn from there that you must set a time to take him at the rest room for exmple ten pm and 2am and keep that schedule always till he will get used and first carry him till three times , then the fourth time hold to his hand . My friend she follow the instruction and just yesterday she told me that no more wet bed and he pee once only in the night . I bet try it.

Answer 6

Some kids don't stop until they are 12, so find some way to keep him dry. There are lots of pad and undie products at the stores to help with this. Make sure his doctor knows about this so he can check him for other problems. Put a waterproof cover on the mattress and you can get some mattress pads from walmart or Walgreen's. Get extra sheets so you don't run out of dry stuff, and get extra pajamas. Try not to get on to your son about this, it could make it worse for him. The doctor can try him on a medication that has worked for lots of kids I know. Best of luck to both of you!!

Answer 7

Bed-wetting is uncontrollable urination during sleep, a condition also known as nocturnal enuresis. Accidental wetting of clothes or bedding is common in children younger than 4 and is usually a normal part of developing bladder control. Children learn to control their bladders at different rates, but most can do so reliably throughout the night by age 5 or 6.

Generally, bed-wetting is defined as occurring 1 to 2 times per week over at least a 3-month period in a child 5 years of age or older. Primary nocturnal enuresis is bed-wetting in a child older than age 5 or 6 who has never been able to consistently stay dry at night. Secondary nocturnal enuresis is bed-wetting that begins after a child has had at least 6 months of nighttime dryness.

What causes bed-wetting?

Bed-wetting is not an intentional act by the child. Most likely, a child's bed-wetting results from a combination of factors, which may include:
Delayed growth and development.
Small bladder capacity.
Too little antidiuretic hormone (ADH).
Sound sleeping.
Psychological and social factors.
Secondary nocturnal enuresis is a condition in which a child starts wetting the bed suddenly after consistently having had bladder control throughout the night. When this occurs, it may be the result of a medical condition, such as a bladder infection, or emotional stress.

How is bed-wetting treated?

Treatment usually is not needed for bed-wetting in children age 7 and younger. Most children who wet the bed develop bladder control over time without treatment.
Bed-wetting (primary nocturnal enuresis) in children older than 7 or 8 may be treated if it occurs at least twice a week for at least 3 months and is affecting the child's performance in school or relationships with peers. Treatment includes educating the parents and child about what is normal and expected and how the urinary system works. Treatment methods may involve praise and encouragement, a moisture alarm, behavior therapy, or medication. Often a combination of treatment methods is used.
Bed-wetting that occurs after a successful period of staying dry throughout the night (secondary nocturnal enuresis) may be related to a treatable medical condition.

What can YOU do to help your child?

Help your child understand that overcoming this problem is a natural part of growing up. Punishment or shame are never appropriate responses—remember that your child is not wetting the bed on purpose, either consciously or subconsciously.

What about daytime wetting?

Daytime wetting generally occurs for different reasons than nighttime wetting, although they can occur together. Treatment options usually differ as well. The focus of this topic is nighttime wetting that occurs without daytime wetting.

Answer 8

Brun has good advice. Also, you can put a rubber or plastic sheet on the bed so the mattress doesn't get urine on it. And try getting your son to wear a Pull-Up to bed.

If this is a new behavior, have your child checked by a child psychologist.

Answer 9

Take him to a doctor to rule out medical problem.
If nothing, just use plastic mattress sheets,
big kid/adult "diapers". There are kinds that look like underwear so he doesn't have to be ashamed.
No fluids half hour before bed, but let him drink all he wants before then
Pee right before bed
Wake him up to pee when you go to bed
Eventually he'll grow out of it and his self esteem will be intact. He is not doing this on purpose and kids who are punished often get worse plus they tend to develop emotional problems on top of it all.

Answer 10

eliminate drinks about 1 hour before bed time and make sure he goes potty before he gets into bed. if that doesnt work you might have to wake up in the middle of the night to make him go again