help!! my 6yr old is a bed wetter .... i tried everything..?

Question

my six yr old wets the bed, he's been doing this since 3yrs old, i assume he has a weak bladder in which i was told by a proffesional, or it seems he's afraid to go to the bathroom at night. ive tried minimizing his beverages close to bed time and talking to him about not being afraid to even yell for help if he's scared to go the restroom at night, his bedroom is close. this is not working cause no matter what he will wet the bed, now he will be 7 in December and i dont want this to continue and i also dont want to purchase big kid diapers as i feel like ill be handicapping him and allowing him to wet the diaper. my last option was to wake myself up at night and take him to the bathroom, but i have a long day and i just cant cope w/ out adequate amount of sleep.....any other suggestions??

Answer 1

The diapers, it will have to do until he get's further medical help on the condition. ^-^

Answer 2

don't sweat it, many kids wet the bed.

here are some things you can do:

1) the offspring should take a nap after school

(offspring may be too tired to get up at night)

2) little or no liquids 2-4 hours before bedtime.

(too much liquids will fill the bladder and you guessed it)

3) before going to bed son should relieve bladder.

4) don't pressure him. he feels really bad already.

( kids love when mom is considerate and loving. its real healthy)

5) be supportive. tell him that you know it tough on him and you know he wants to make the adjustment / trasnsition

6) if you have a mom, offspring's grandmother, ask the grandmother to work with him. if your mom is like you, don't ask her, because you do not have the temperment to make a child feel relaxed and more than likely she does not have it either.

if you have sisters, cousins and girlfriends, you need to more closely associate with them, (you sound not to have a support system.) a support system is vital to healthy children and families. you sound tense and uptight. a bunch of women laughing rough housing and kids playing is very healthy

please don't take anything above as a personal criticism, its only an observation from an outsider looking / reading in.

offspring is under pressure because he knows that sooner or later a friend will invite him for a sleep over and he might do it at the wrong time.

good luck and blessings.

Answer 3

Ignore it. Seriously. Get him the diapers he needs to sleep soundly, then leave it alone. Don't punish him for wetting, don't reward him for not. He will feel bad when punished and guilty when rewarded because he didn't earn it - he has no control over it.

At some point, his bladder will catch up to his body size. For now, the more you talk about it, the more anxiety and shame it will cause him, which will make him a more nervous child and more likely to wet the bed. It's a cycle!

You talk about him being 7 like it's around the corner. In reality, he has more than 6 months till then. That's a long time in the life of a 6 year old.

Answer 4

This is usually something that he can not control until his body is ready. I'm sure that just as you don't like him wetting the bed, he probably doesn't like waking up in it either. My son is 7 and still will have an accident every once in a while. He shouldn't be having too much of a problem with it if he is not drinking anything 2 hours before bed. Make sure that he goes to the potty right before he lays down. Other than that, there isn't much you can do if his body is just developing slow. It's nothing to be ashamed of I assure you.

Answer 5

Had the same situation! Our daughter did this....Docs say not to wake them up in the middle of the night, and that it is a prob that will resolve on its own. RUling out any medical probs, my advice is this:

Go ahead and get him the GoodNites (big kid pullups for nights-you can even get more economical brands at the dollar store!).... I think it gave our daughter confidence, rather than encourage wetting. She woke up dry more and more often after that.When they wet the bed, it makes them feel upset and inadequate, i'm sure...having a confidence booster helps. Our daughter has not wet the bed in about 5 months now. She is no longer wearing the Good Nites either!! I was totally against it, but glad i gave in!

Good luck!

Answer 6

Bed wetting at this age is more than often a psychological problem. If not at home, he might be having problems at school that you are unaware of. I doubt he wets the bed for any of the reasons you have mentioned-most kids can sleep through the night without having to get up. Consider a psychologist.

Answer 7

it could be the room temperature. if kids get to cold they tend to wet the bed. Another thing could be if he's having nightmares or dreaming about being in the bathroom already. I would make sure he use the restroom right before bed and don't let him watch tv to late. If he has other siblings it is possible that he does it for attention

Answer 8

Hey don't worry and don't pressure him I wet the bed until I was seven he may be a hard sleeper and having to go to the bathroom doesn't wake him up this is what my mom did just wake him up about 2 and ask if he has to go to the bathroom and if he doesn't wake him up again in about 4 hours after a while he will get used to waking up then and have to go then his body will do it automaticly good luck and don't worry

Answer 9

you must help your son he may need to be awaken several times at night to go to the bath room to take a leak. If you get him use to waking up to go to take a leak he will get use to it and he will get up on his own and get back in his bed and go back to sleep. You might not want to get up or break your sleep,but it is worth it by helping your child after all you are the mom and should want to do the best for your child while he is still small if you break that habit now he will not have to go through life with wetting himself at an older age Mom get on your job and help your little boy sleep is not more important than your sons problem is it?

Answer 10

let him wear diapers, dont worry, hell grow out of it, my cousin wetted the bed since he was 10 and hes nearly 20 now and he doesnt wet the bed anymore. but i dont think ur child will wet the bed until hes 10

Answer 11

my most helpfull advice would be to eliminate diapers at night time don't talk about it never allow drink's past 6:00 at night and put a night light in your child's bedroom find out if this is because of fear or because your child is really sleeping while this is happening