My son wets the bed every couple of nights. We have keep him in pull ups at night but when does it become an issue. He will be six in July and he does fine all day. When he attended daycare they used to say that he sleeps so sound that they could move him all over without phasing him and he does sleep pretty hard. we have a 3 yr old girl who is fully potty trained even at night. Any advice. We have tried wakeing him up in the middle of the night.
2007-01-06 14:58:56 · 12 answers · asked by akitamom05 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Toddler & Preschooler
You need to talk to your pediatrician. My son had this problem and besides being impossible to wake up at night to take to the bathroom, he had a tiny bladder (found by testing). We tried everything, including bed alarms which woke up everyone in the whole house except for him! :) Don't pressure him, keep vinyl covers on his sheets and pillow cases,be supportive and let him wear the pullups as long as he needs, and most of all let him know there is nothing WRONG with it, lots of people have the same problem (turns out 2 boys in his class had the same problem). Our son wore pullups up at night til he was 10 or 11 and he finally just quit wetting the bed on his own. (his grandmother actually wet the bed until she was almost 18 yrs old!)
2007-01-06 15:03:23 · answer #1 · answered by Elizabeth L 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We also have a 6- year-old son who has been having issues at night since being potty-trained, and we ran through the gammet in terms of trying everything, even getting him up twice a night to go to the bathroom. Make an appointment with you pediatrician or family doctor to discuss his bed wetting problems. Our son, once he gets to sleep, is an extremely sound sleeper, too. We are looking at putting him on a low dose of medication (your doctor can discuss this with you if it is an option) that will help him get to sleep faster and also help with his bed wetting issues.
Our son also has ADHD, which I mention if only for the fact that we learned once he was diagnosed that the two (bed wetting and ADHD) often go hand-in-hand. This does not by any stretch of the imagination mean that your son also has ADHD, but I feel I need to mention this in case you have also been considering this as a possibility, too. Good luck to you!
2007-01-07 02:15:10 · answer #2 · answered by TNTMA 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
EAch kid is different. I also have a 5 year old who still wears a pullup to bed, and a 3 year old who has worn undies to bed after being potty trained for just a few days. My pediatrician as well as many other parenting sources I have read say not to worry yet. Most people's sleep cycles allow them to wake up to pee during the light part of their sleep cycles, but our kids' cycles just never get that close to consciousness. They say not to "worry" till they are six, but even then there's not much you can do, maybe get a bedwetting alarm that wakes them when it gets wet, but I think it's better to just let them outgrow it using pullups. It's not like they are doing it on purpose. And I don't let my kids go to sleepovers anyhow.
2007-01-06 15:37:24 · answer #3 · answered by toomanycommercials 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First of all STOP comparing your children. One has nothing to do with the other. Obviously he was not fully potty trained when and you should have invested in a plastic mattress cover at best..As for the pullups...I never found them to be all that great as they give the child a false sense of security...they can still wet their pants and it doesn't matter. I also suggest getting up around midnight every night to get him out of bed to sit on the toilet...of course you'll have to stay with him if he is such a sound sleeper, but that's one of the sacrifices we make when we CHOOSE to become a parent.
2007-01-06 15:02:56 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
between the ages of 3&4
2007-01-07 05:01:48 · answer #5 · answered by baby 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My son too. Same age. Seriously, I am 34 and wet the bed two nights ago. I had the bathroom dream. Don't sweat it, just keep the pads on the bed. Make him pee RIGHT before bed. It helps my son.
2007-01-06 15:02:00 · answer #6 · answered by Christine B 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
He'll grow out of it.
Note to Christine B ~ I HATE the "bathroom dream"! Happened about six months ago. Never drink a lot of soda and take a "P.M." pain reliever before going to bed, lol!
2007-01-06 15:12:23 · answer #7 · answered by My Evil Twin 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lots of kids still wet the bed when they're five, especially boys. I wouldn't make a big deal out of it.
2007-01-06 18:36:33 · answer #8 · answered by jane7 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
DO NOT allow him to have any liquids an hour before bed time and make sure he goes to the bathroom before bed time.
2007-01-06 15:09:09 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's normal. My daughter did that in Kindergarten and the teacher says it's common.
2007-01-07 01:50:59 · answer #10 · answered by KathyS 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋