My 6 year old wont stop bedwetting, help?

Question

Dont know what else to do.
* Limited drinks
* Waterproof sheeting
* Pants with fav characters on
* Get him to change the sheets
* Regular checking on him - to see if he needs to go
* make sure he goes before going to sleep
* a nightlight in bedroom
* jazzed up the bathroom with fun things like a toilet seat
* sticker charts with good rewards
* checked with doctor for infections, he cant go to special clinics till age of 7
* Have him sleep over friends and family house

NONE OF THESE HAVE WORKED.

This is not early days - i have been doing this for over 3 months now and still no success.

Answer 1

My daughter did this for years until, I was stopping at a friends house and my daughter and my son had to share the same bed they were 4 and 6. In the morning he was soaked through. He announced to the whole household that his sister had pee'd all over him! It shamed her so bad she never wet the bed again. Not a good way I know, but it worked.

Answer 2

Try this, as it worked for us. Bed time is what 7:30? Wake him up at ten or eleven and ask him to go to the toilet for you. He may say he doesn't need to - but they usually will go when walked to the bathroom. When he does perform, he should be rewarded with a hug then if he doesn't wet the bed do it again in the morning with something either praise / hug or a sweet or whatever. If he wets the bed don't get mad just sympathise with him. It will pass and don't get too stressed about it. The most annoying thing is the sheet changes and washing and drying that are needed. Making him change the sheets will upset him. Remember he doesn't want to do it and don't make too big a deal out of it. You will need patience but it wil be fine.

Answer 3

Has anything unusual happen to him before this started? Anything that might cause emotional stress? Sometimes, if there is nothing else that works, there might be an underlying issue. How are things on the home front? Any fighting, etc.? My son had a bed wetting problem into his teen years. We were urged to take him to a counselor, but my husband wouldn't hear of it. And I know there were things on the home front that could have been the cause. I hope this helps. In the mean time...don't do anything that will cause him shame. He probably already feels that. Just be patient and give a little extra love.

Answer 4

There is a great website which I have been to. As a parent of a child who is now 8 and still has the occasional bed wetting episode this article helped me to understand that eventually they will just grow out of it. They actually have no control over it, they only learn the feeling of having a full bladder. Also don't stress about it, because the more you make them feel like they are doing something wrong the worse it gets. Check it out:

http://www.cyh.com/HealthTopics/HealthTopicDetailsKids.aspx?p=335&np=152&id=1667

Within the article there are things that you can read to your child to make them feel more at ease with what they are going through.

Good luck, I hope that this helps

Answer 5

This is going to take a very long time to cure that.

Depession in children is one cause of this nature. The other is the home setting and the parents.

I can go on and on and list many things here about a childs bed wetting tactics.

Your dealing with a problem that will take counseling and evaluation mentally of your child.

I know of two children that had gone through this and they were so bad that even at the age of 10 years, they continued to bed wet.
I am not even going to comment what was told and why they did here because every case is different.

You are the answer to this problem with your child.

You have gone through alot and tried many things to stop it. Why not try to put your child in a happier environment mentally. Let the happy side of life grow inside .

What goes on inside the mind of a child is where you will find your solution to this problem and not other modern methods.

This is a mental state of mind that needs to be addresed with caution not to destory anymore thought that has given a wrong message to the brain.

I'm talking about mental therapy where you can help their neurotransmitters work efficiently to conqueor this probem the right way.

Make sure that their eating right and have their balanced meals daily. Get him on vitamins too. One every day.

Its time to turn this whole picture around and it will not be as hard as you think. I feel that you will do well, but be patient and work on the mind.

Try playing games with him like flash cards. So that he uses his brain to learn and remember. This will stimulate his brain transmitters into working.

He has to start using that to recite poems and such. Make him learn by playing games that require them to use their thoughts and memory banks.

You would simply be amazed at the results.

I don't know about you of anything so I can't comment on that here, but I will say this, do not argue to your child about anything also. That will only make things worse. He needs to see happiness, feel happiness and love and understanding.

You can also give him responsibility as well. Get him to do things and reward him as such. Allowances and piggy banks all of this stuff keep a childs mind working.

Puzzles, art work, painting, minibikes, go carts...ect

TRUST IN THIS

Try it out and see what happenes. Buy those flash cards at the store. They have mutliplication, division, color cards...ect
The games will help him and have other children there as well so that they all laugh and play and learn at the same time.

That's is your son and you love him dealry and your going to get through this okay! Write me back and let men know your progress I want to help you win this.!
Peace and God Speed to you@!

Answer 6

There really isn't much you can do, saddly. I wet my bed untill i was about 13 years old and then it just stopped. I thought it was because every night I told myself that I am not going to wet the bed. Its a horrible experience when you can not sleep over anyone's house without worrying, and I still worry even though I havent for almost a year. You can't force it to stop and limiting drinking is horrible. My mom used to do that to me and I hated it. Good rewards isn't a good idea either because you are making him feel as if it is his fault. He can't help it. You could try going to the doctor, they used to give me pills. Though they didn't really help. Sorry..

Answer 7

I've heard you are not suppose to limit drinks.
It might be the size of the child's bladder. Some seem to just take longer to be able to sleep thru the night. Keep trying. Maybe, talk to him and see if he can tell you. Some kids always dream about water and things that make them go.

Maybe, explain to him how you avoid going in your sleep. Because, if it's not physical (which it could be) he may just need to concentrate on not going. He'll get eventually. I think it does take boys longer on average.

Answer 8

There is a device that can be attached to a bed, that when it gets wet, activates a buzzer or bell to wake the child up. I believe that it is sort of like a biofeedback or else a behavior modification device, or both. It might help. Just search the net for it. You might also take the child to a psychologist, for additional assistance.

Answer 9

He is 6 years old but still has not reach that age of accountability or appropriate reponsibility. Have as much patience as you can. Get some pull ups to keep from messing up the sheets. and instead of pushing, talk with him and have patience.

Answer 10

You can visit your doctor and they will refer you to a clinic they will give you an alarm that as soon as child starts to wet it goes off, there is also medication i tried it all with my child with no luck, i also tried different things nothing worked he eventually stopped wetting bed when he was 13.