What can I do to stop my son from wetting the bed?

Question

he hasn't ever stopped wetting the bed he is 4 now and been potty trained during the day for a year and I cant get him to stop peeing at night. I also cant break him from a sippy cup. I have boughten him brand new cool cups with straws that has his favorite cartoon characters but he wont bugde please help!

Answer 1

One way is to limit the amount of liquids he gets. Don't give him any about 1/2 hour before going to bed. Then when it is bedtime, take him to the potty before he climbs into bed.
Don't worry, these things happen because his body is growing faster than his bladder. As a back up, get pull up overnights just in case of accidents.
Tough love with the sippy cups, throw them all out. He will have no choice but to drink from the new ones.

Answer 2

Sounds like he has ***Linus Syndrome where the sippy cup is concerned. Let him grow out of it on his own terms, wouldn't worry about that too much. As far as his bedwetting goes, it may be that he has a bladder condition. This is not really that uncommon in kids of any age. Where they cannot control their bladder movements. Don't let him have too much liquids before he goes to bed as that contributes to the bedwetting as well. Consult your doctor because you won't get a better analysis and advice anywhere else. For now your just going to have to keep him in diapers for awhile until a permanent solution can be found. In time he will grow out of it. ( Diaper's are no longer age restricted, so there's really no shame there). If he resists, tell him Granpa wears one too. This could go either way, he'll either accept it or he'll just burst out laughing. Just kidding, we gotta have some humour here. There's also blankets made for people who wet the bed. You just put it on the bed like a blanket. It's pretty small like the size of a bath towel ( blue and pink, blue side up ) so you have to make sure his pelvis area is right in the middle of the blanket to get the best absorbtion.

Answer 3

First talk to your pediatrician about this to see if it is physical. I had my daughter potty trained by the time she was two, then when the new baby was 5 months she started bedwetting. I just thought it was jealousy. Finally at three I took her to the pediatrician, they did some tests and found out she had a spastic bladder. So we worked with her. She is now 41. Her son is now 6 but he still will have accidents. Just make sure that he has nothing to drink after 6. Put him on the potty before he goes to bed. A lot of times bedwetters are sound sleepers and are too tired to get up. First go to the pediatrician to make sure it is not physica.

Answer 4

My niece had this until she was 9. My sister heard from a co-worker that this is may be due to protein defficiency in the diet. She made sure my niece had enough protein and the problem went away in a couple of months.

I want to add to DJ's observations. In Easter Europe, where diapers are a luxury, potty training starts as soon as the baby can sit on its own - around 8 months. For most children, #2 training is over by the age of 12 months, #1 trainig is over by the age 18 months and night wetting stops before the age of 2. If a kid can't control his/her bladder after 2, it is seen as retarded. I guess, having to handwash soiled underware makes for very motivated parents.

Answer 5

First of all cut out all liquids past 5:00 except for a quick drink (3 ounc cup) at bedtime if he needs it. Secondly, Why did you take him out of diapers if he wasn't fully potty trained? I kept my daughter in diapers at night until she was 5 years old. Who's going to know he's in diapers when he sleeps? Also invest in a plastic mattress cover. Being potty trained during the day doesn't mean one is fully potty trained. Giving up the diaper at night too soon usually results in wet beds.
As far as giving up the sippy cup...so he doesn't want to give it up right now...is the world going to end if he doesn't? Is it going to matter in 20 years?

Answer 6

you need to make sure you dont give him anything to drink after About 7pm. except maybe a sip right before he goes to bed. and you have to make him go to the bathroom right before he lays down regardless of when he went last. my daughter just turned three this month and she has been potty trained since she was two. this has always worked for her, she has only had about three accidents in a whole year and that is when i forgot to make her go to the bathroom. as far as the sippy cup goes; out of sight out of mind. i took my daughters paci away when she turned two. she of course would cry for it but you have to stick to it and say no its gone. just keep offering him the cup with the straw, like someone already said, if he gets thirsty enough he will use it. let him know that sippy cups are for babies not big boys. good luck!

Answer 7

Lose the top of the sippy cup , or just part of it, can't find it, he'll get thirsty. It worked for the binky of my friends 2 year old. Also make sure he potties before bed, but don't give him glasses of liquid at night, just a sip when he is thirsty. FIrst thing in the morning, he should scamper to the bathroom.

Answer 8

First thing dont panic. Kids are all different and take thier own time with training. its no secret that kids traine din the day frwquently take longer to hold it at night. First off get a pediatrician to see him so you know theres no real physical problem here. After that its just a matter of patience and perseverance. Cut down on liquids, waking him up at night to go these things help but an immature bladder just takes time. be supprtive and patient. My son wore a diaper at night till he was 9 and there was nothing physically wrong with him...its just a learning process.

Answer 9

Many youthful little ones from 3 to teenage years moist the mattress and performance the opt to placed on secure practices (diapers) at nighttime as my son nevertheless does. Our well being care provider defined to us that because the newborn grows, the bladder now and again does no longer strengthen as quickly called an immature bladder. it really is a level the position youthful little ones pass with the help of to the position the sensory to wake the newborn isn't there because of the immature bladder for this reason the newborn wets the mattress because the bladder will empty. This degree generally occurs after a baby has been potty educated. Plus as little ones strengthen the heavier sleepers the develop into which does no longer help. it isn't something you may prepare a baby for at nighttime. My son is 5 and that i nevertheless placed him in disposable diapers each and every nighttime because of mattress wetting. i replaced into also a mattress wetter and wore disposable diapers at nighttime for a lengthy time period till i might want to stay dry so the age even as youthful little ones strengthen out of the mattress wetting degree can determination. i might want to apply diapers at nighttime till he can strengthen out of this degree. Our well being care provider stated with youthful little ones being this youthful it received't result their self-worth and it shall we all and sundry get a restful nights sleep without mess to pressure about in the morning.

Answer 10

Bed wetting by a child (boy or girl) usually indicates personal
insecurity. The child doesn't feel loved or understood--nobody
seems to take him/her seriously. Surround your son with plenty
of hugs, kisses, and just be supportive of him. That does NOT
mean to spoil him, because he'll just keep wetting the bed to get
more attention. The sippy cup is a relatively simple fix. Just
talk with him (not "to" him), and tell him in a positive tone that he's
a big boy and he has his own mug or cup like yours. He will give
up the sippy to appear to be "grown up".