My 7yr old son bed wets I need help what to do?I wake him up at night.I dont let him drink an hour before bed?

Question

What should I do he wears the goodnights but this is getting ridiculous.HELP

Answer 1

Try not to stress out. Have you seen a doctor, and ruled out stuff like a bladder infection? Many boys are late-bloomers in the dry-bed department. If there's no medical problem, then just relax and see what happens. I'm sure *he* is doing his best not to wet the bed, either. If you restrict liquids too much, you may cause problems with dehydration -- and the complications from that are *much* worse than changing sheets!

You might try cutting out caffeine in his diet (at least after noon -- don't overlook soft drinks and chocolate), and also cutting down on the sugar. You may also look into increasing the amount he drinks *before* noon. It can wash out his system, and he'll drink less in the afternoon naturally. But if it doesn't work, it doesn't work.

Support him as much as you can, and don't make a big deal out of it. He's old enough to run a washing machine, so you might have him do his own sheets -- not as a punishment, but as a way that *he* can control his circumstances.

I have a feeling that time is the only thing that will really help.

Answer 2

About 7% of 7 year olds wet the bed. Waking him up won't work. Not drinking before bed is good. Make sure he is not constipated and not a big snorer. Make sure his is not overtired. After that, you should use an enuresis alarm. It is an alarm specifically made for bedwetting and works via behavioral modification. It has about a 90% success rate in curing bedwetting in 2-3 months. I would recommend the WetStop from Palco which is available on-line at the bedwettingstore.com

Answer 3

Don't sweat the small stuff! My daughter is six and still wets the bed every night. Most of the other Moms I've talked to say their kids wear goodnights too. I used to wet the bed until I was 12. I took medication for it but nothing seemed to work,until my bladder grew. It's just a waiting game.

Answer 4

it is quite hassle-loose and can run in families. the main necessary step is to stay calm and not place blame or shame. He would not like it in basic terms as much as you and in all danger has no clue why it occurs. examine with a doctor first to rule out something organic and organic (infections, diabetes, etc). it is likewise an excellent thought to ascertain with the instructor at school just to ensure there are no longer any important differences in his ecosystem. If its in basic terms an immature bladder, he will outgrow it. It in basic terms takes time and endurance. contained meanwhile use own secure practices (diapers) to permit him to sleep extra with ease and shrink added laundry, harm to the mattress, scent etc. even nevertheless he can't administration it, he can take accountability for assisting freshen up. during the day, have him drink extra suitable than regular and have him carry his urine as long as a danger. Then while going to the washing room, have him commence and end generally to construct the urinary muscular tissues. cut back fluids after dinner. attempt it for some weeks to work out if there's a distinction. A pediatrician pronounced that if he's an extraordinarily heavy sleeper, have him sleep bare. this might shop him from falling asleep too deeply, however the obtrusive danger is a wetter mattress. this difficulty isn't a huge deal and his fulfillment is geared up on your persevered love and help. good success

Answer 5

He shouldn't have anything to drink after 6pm, or at least 2-3 hours before going to bed. You may want to try and wake him once or twice in the night and have him go to the bathroom. If you do this the same time every night for a week or so, it should "set" his "body clock" to awaken himself to get up and go. If this doesn't work, I'd check with your pediatrician to be sure it's nothing physical that's causing this. Good luck!

Answer 6

I can't say that my parents were the lovliest I grew up wetting the bed a little because I was afraid to go out into the dark where the cocroaches were a little because I was lazy and a little because I was stressed even at a young age, then My brother grew up ( 9 yrs younger than myself) he wet because he was stressed- our parents fixed it by making us wash our sheets even in the middle of the night how horrid but it worked EIther we called for someone to go to the toilet with us or just tried our best to do it ourselves we certainly didn't want to wash our sheets again!

Answer 7

I don't know anything about this problem but I happened to hear a child psychologist Dr Janet Hall being interviewed on the radio on Saturday morning (here in Australia). I think she made the point that it was a bad idea to refuse drinks before bedtime.

I tracked down her website - www.bedwetting.com.au
She seemed to make a lot of sense, check it out.

Answer 8

Good luck. My stepkids wet the bed till they grew out of it at about 12 or 13. I made them change the sheets and wash/dry/put back on bed.

Answer 9

What worked for me is when my dad stopped reminding me to not wet the bed at night. Once he stopped reminding me that I do it, I stopped immediately. Put a pad under the mattress, don't use the good nights, it only reminds him that he wets the bed. Good luck.

Answer 10

Talk to his pediatrician. I saw a program a few months ago that talked about children whose bladders remain relatively small while they continue to grow... causes this very problem... but it eventually catches up. I guess it's more common in boys as well. It's a medical thing.