my 6 year old niece wants to ask you all a question as shes too embarassed to ask me?

Question

hello my name is jessika and i am 6 i am steying hear with my aunty megan as mummys having my babe brothher i want to ask you that i am 6 and i still wet my bunk at nite and i try to stop and i go to the toyllet at nite but it goes when i sleep my aunty says dont worrie but i dont like being wet dose anyoone can help me plesea as at home mummy gets cross

Answer 1

tie your hose in a knot.

Answer 2

Hi Jessika, Your Auntie is so right. Sometimes it takes a little longer for some people to have night time bladder control. I have know some people that did not quit wetting the bed until they were 12 years old. Hopefully in your case it won't take so long. Have your Auntie buy you some special undies that will at least keep your sheets and blankets dry and all you will have to do in the morning is shower and get dressed for the day. It may help to have an alarm clock put next to your bed to help you to wake up about 4 hours after you have gone to bed. You will know it is time to get up to go to the bathroom and this will help train you to wake up to go before you have an accident. Hope this helps.

Answer 3

hon my daughter wet the bed too. Her urologist said it is very common for little girls' bladder to grow slower than the rest of her so...her bladder had a small capacity. That is why drinking less liquid in the evening helps. If it really bothers you or your parents you can get several treatment options. They have pills that you can take that will interrupt your sleep so you can get up and use the bathroom. The drawback to that option is some children will not feel rested and be tired during the day. One option they tried with my girl was a drug to desensitize the bladder. With the bladder desesitized you are basically forcing the bladder to grow. My girl got stomach cramps from this and we (she & I) decided to deal with the bed wetting. Also the option others have mentioned. But you should go to the doctor and between you, your parents and your doctor you can figure out what options you are comfortable with. Good Luck and remember that even though Mom might get cross, she loves you and is doing the best she can too.

Answer 4

Hi Jessika. Contgrats on the new baby brother!

As for your problem, my son used to have the same problem at your age and would have an accident if he were either overly tired, sick, or have a lot of changes in his life and a new baby brother is a big change in your life!

What you can do is to try to not drink anything (or much) 2 hrs before bedtime as that helped with my son.

Your Aunt can buy you a pack of Big Kids pullups that are designed just for bigger kids that may have accidents. If you have an accident, you could just take it off and put on a new one and go back to bed.

If you are too embarrassed to tell your Aunt or Mom, you could ask them to buy you an inexpensive plastic mattress protector and you don't have to tell them what it is for, you can tell you want one because you have heard about dust mites.

Dust mites are tiny little bugs that you don't see without a microscope, but live in mattresses they can cause allergies and give you the sniffles and that over a period of 10 years, one estimate is that 10% of your mattresses weight will be due to dust mite poop (I bought a mattress protector myself after my ex-wife told me about this fun little fact). When you go to bed, pull your top sheet up, put you top sheet where it was, and if you do have an accident, you can just take off the top sheet and put it in the laundry.

I hope you will feel ok talking to your Aunt and Mom about it because it happens to a lot of kids and they can help you come up with other ways to work this out.

If you watched "Skating with the Stars" and saw Bruce Jenner, who was an Olympic Medal Runner many years ago, he used to wet the bed nearly every night until he was about 12 and got to be so good a running to run home and take down the sheets him Mom had washed from the drying line (that is what they used to do before everyone had a dryer in their home) so the neighborhood would not suspect there was a problem.

Answer 5

You're doing good by going to the bathroom before bed. Try not to drink anything at least an hour before your bedtime. Also, maybe your auntie could get you your very own alarm clock and you could set it to get up once in the middle of the night. Then you can use the toilet before bed, once in the middle of the night, and then in the morning when you wake up.
My little sister wet her bed for a long time, too, and the doctor said she just slept so deep that her body didn't tell her to wake up. It'll get better and you'll find something that works for you.

Answer 6

Don't drink anything at least 3 hours before you go to bed. Go to the bathroom right before you get in bed. Try wearing a diaper to bed for a few days - you won't like it so deep down something inside you will make you wait to pee when you wake up. You shouldn't have to do it more than 3 or 4 days. Good luck to you , baby doll - I wet my bed until I was 10 or 11 - one day I just stopped and was so happy!

Answer 7

Hi Jessicka:
You know you might wet the bed because you drink too much late in the day. My suggestion is this: Drink your last drink, water, milk, juice, or whatever you like in the afternoon, not after say 4 pm. When you eat your dinner, don't have a drink with it. This way be sure to go to the bathroom right before you go to bed. This way if you haven't had any drinks after 4 pm and you go to the bathroom before bed you probably will not wet the bed. best of luck with your new brother.

Answer 8

Remembering when I was young and had that problem, I think the way I stopped was when I didn't allow myself to feel comfortable at that moment when I was about to wet. I would wake up and go to the bathroom instead of staying asleep and wetting the bed.

Answer 9

If I were you, I would not drink anything after 7pm. Use the bathroom before you go to bed. You may have to be awaken 2 or 3 times during the night if it continues to be a problem. You also may have to go to the doctor to see about having a bladder problem. This is a last resort. Try the other things before you do that.

Answer 10

This really is normal. My son is 9 now and still wets his bunk occasionally. The doctor told us nothing to worry about.

But to help it might be a good idea to not drink any liquids a few hours before bed time so there is nothing to make you have to go in your body.

Good luck sweetie!

Answer 11

Hi Jessica! :) Sometimes kids still wet the bed into their early teens. There are things you can do about it, like not drink anything before bed and wake up in the middle of the night to pee. Your parents might think about getting you a rubber sheet, too.

Don't be afraid to ask your aunt! She already knows you wet your bunk and doesn't think any less of you. She and your mom love you, and there are things they can do to help, including asking your doctor for tips.

Good luck!