Bedwetting?

Question

my daughter will be 4 soon, she was potty trained at 2. however we have been trying for bout a year now for her to stay dry at night. we started with pullups at night and when she started having dry ones we moved to undies with like hospital cloth pads to keep from changing the sheets. and we did good for a bit then she started wetting every night. so after about 2 weeks of no dries we went to pullups again and told her she had to try to keep them dry.(she gets UTI's from sleeping in wet pullups) so she does not like to wear them. i've tried putting a sticker on the calender for every dry morning..i've promised a gift if she can go a few day again. she willnot nap any more and hasn't from about 2 and a half years i don't think she gets enough sleep and at night she sleeps so heavy a marching band could go in her room. so i don't think its cause she can't hold it. i need some help any ideas on heavy sleepers...

Answer 1

Make them jerk off pediatricians do some testing or something. They need to give you more ideas instead of just saying "oh well wait until she's older". Arghhhhhh...........Don't doctor's just piss ya off?!

Answer 2

There might be some psychological trigger for the bedwetting; did she start a preschool or have some sort of upheaval in her life? Alternately, if she's just had a significant growth spurt, her bladder might not have been able to keep up. She's a hard sleeper, but she should be able to recognize the feeling of needing to go to the bathroom if you've had dry bedsheets in the past.

I'd limit her liquid intake in the 2 hours before bedtime, make sure she goes to the bathroom before she goes to bed and discuss with her a consequence of wetting the bed. With my son, we decided that if he wet the bed he would lose priviledges like watching tv and/or movies, then lose toys to play with for the next day, etc. Our nightly mantra is 'Pee in the toilet, not in the bed'. He still has wet nights, but the dry nights are becoming more common.

Answer 3

My brother didn't stop wetting the bed until he was 6 or 7 but. maybe you should continue to use Pull Ups at night and stop drinks an hour or so before bed , maybe she is drinking too much before bed. But remember all children aren't the same so just be patient with her and try not to scold her Be supportive and she'll do better. She can do it!! =)

Answer 4

y is everybody so worried about kids wetting the bed. give it a rest she will out grow it. kids feel ashamed enough waking up wet let alone having parents react over it. worry about it when shes 7 or older not now. its stress enough being a 4 year old. it could be from a small bladder to muscles not strong enough yet to her sleeping heavy to normal childhood. i know kids who did it til teen hood i know some adults who still do it just change the sheets and get a bath wet wipes r good if in a hurry for a kid that is and get on with life.

Answer 5

Its because of the heavy sleeping..Its not her fault so don't offer a gift if she can stay dry because then she might feel like shes been bad or something...i'm sure you meant well tho =)

Try to set an alarm a few hours into the night, like maybe 2 0r 3 am..it may seem like a pain for you to help her get up but eventually you won't be helping her wake up..her body clock will adjust to getting up at this time or when she feels the urge to pee and it may not take very long. Good Luck!! =)

Answer 6

I also had this problem for years, until I was diagnosed with a bad UTI. It was so bad, I remember screaming. I also wet my pants. It was diagnosed and treated when I was ten.
I would have your daughter drink cranberry juice every day to avoid the UTIs, not after dinner though. Try waking her before you go to bed, even if you need to carry her, so she can go. If it were my daughter, I would try homeopathy. Those remedies are very gentle, but often cure the problem.

Answer 7

Try giving her less to drink in the evening/night time. No drinks during the night. Is she at a play-school? Maybe there are external issues which are bothering her.

Answer 8

most kids wet the bed until 6, and some can wet the bed into their teen years (me for example). don't worry about the wetting so much as how to handle it. goodnites do work and I recommend you try them. if that does not help the look on line for a bed-wetting pant that is cloth.
if she continues to wet past age 9 talk to the doctor about it.

Answer 9

Talk to your pediatrician. He or she first needs to make sure there aren't any physical problems that aren't obvious. Then talk to him or her about what to do. There are "alarms" that work very well. When a child begins to urinate, an alarm or buzz goes off and tells her to get up and go to the bathroom.

But above all, get an expert's help. Don't depend on people like us in this forum. The issue is too important for both you and your child.

Answer 10

I had the same problem when i was a child, and it lasted until i was 11 years old. goodnights work, and she'll get used to them. my mom used to wake me up in the middle of the night at least once or twice and take me to the bathroom. there is also lots of other things that work. its probably the most embarrassing thing ever, especially when it lasts into preteen years, make sure she knows shes not the only one. if you have any questions email me [e-mail]

Answer 11

Keep and getting up at night time and wake her up to go for the tolate every two hours she will ont like it. I hiated it but it avenchaly worked