what's the best method to stop a child from wetting the bed at night?

Question

i have a three year old who's fully potty trained as far as being awake in the day time but once she's asleep for the night she does not get up in the night to go to the bathroom. ive tried stopping her from eating/drinking one hour then two hrs before bed, to getting her up every three then every two hrs throughout the night. none of these work consistently. already took her to the doc and everythings fine. she basically sleeps like a log. if i miss getting up one time off of the schedule ive started its like niagara falls. each day varies but she always seems to empty her bladder with enormous amounts of liquid. didnt have this issue with my six year old and now i have a ten month old in the home too and it's hard to keep on this schedule. please help! thanks!

Answer 1

Every child is night-time potty trained at different ages just like with day-time potty training. 3 years old is actually on the young side to have matured enough to maintain consistent dryness at night. Some children can, but the majority can not. I would suggest that you let her wear Pull-ups or Good-nights at bedtime and forget about getting her up at night. That is terribly disruptive to both yours and her sleep patterns. You will know she is ready for night-time dryness when she gets up in the morning with a dry Pull-up. Sometimes this can take until children are 5-6 and occasionally until 8-9. Wetting at night is a developmental issue and not a behavior issue. If your 6 year old was night-time dry at a certain age, that is because it was the right time for him/her. I seriously suggest not worrying about night-time dryness with your daughter right now. Buy a plastic mattress protector, a box of Pull-ups or Good-nights, and both of you get your much needed sleep.

Answer 2

I am not sure of the maker, or where you could find them, but I do know that they exist.

It is some sort of alarm type device that buzzs into the kids ear whenever the underpants get the slightest bit damp. That way, the kid wakes up, and goes to the bathroom. Don't know if it would work for yours, but hey, its worth a shot.

I just took a peek online, and it looks like they make them with just the audio alarm, or with the vibrating and audio sensors. Looked like they varied in price from $40-$80.

Google bed wetting alarms and see what you get. Good luck.

Also....there has been some connections between bed wetting and children exposed to anesthesia. One family I know had a nine year old who never had accidents until after the child had tonsils out. It was said that the anesthesia had long lasting impact on the portion of the brain that senses the urge to go. Don't know if it has any truth to it, but its something to think about.

Good luck!

Answer 3

my daughter was on the goodnites, and I would wake her up around 1am (not really waking up, she would actually stay asleep as I sat her on the toilet to go :) it always seemed to work, she did have the occasional accidents of course, and even now (she is 6) if she is up to late, or had too much to eat (not necessarily just a drink) to late in the night, she is sure to have an accident. I know its hard, but try not to compare her to the other child...they are all different, I never wet the bed, but my brother did till he was 8, so there you go....one thing to note...my niece is the same age as my daughter, she is 6 as well, her doctor also said she was fine...my sister finally at her wits end (tried everything in the book, she was even wetting through her pull ups) took her to another doctor for a second opinion...turned out, my niece was totally constipated, she was completely backed up, and it was causing pressure on her belly and and bladder, they took care of the problem and she has not had an accident since, (3 months) she unfortunately does have to take medication for the problem until her digestive system catches up with her body size. (note: her ped at regular check ups and done the little thing where they push on the child's belly to feel if there is any hardness, or lumps etc.., and never discovered the problem)

Answer 4

from time to time wetting the mattress is going previous what you think of "regularly" could be inflicting it (i.e. too plenty to drink, and so on.). Does she have a no longer difficulty-free time in school/living house? Does she look overly soft while responding to circumstances? And no, self-discipline does make it worse (and you figured that out already). They finally end up feeling stupid... like wetting the mattress is by some potential an unsightly element. yet they could't administration what happens of their sleep, no extra desirable than we can administration the placement that we sleep in in the process the night. And pull-united statesfor a 6 year previous could sparkling up your subject of having to scrub issues up, yet she's in all probability a extremely clever little lady and knows that a pull-up is in basic terms yet another call for a diaper. Which, returned, could make her sense stupid/grotesque/ridiculous understanding that diapers are for babies and he or she is in no way a newborn. i decide to propose taking her to her pediatrician or your loved ones wellness care professional and asking approximately lots of the motives/therapy of wetting the mattress. It sounds as in case you're looking after the conventional stuff that could desire to reason mattress wetting, and that vacationing a physician is next on the checklist in potential of removing. save your chin up, i comprehend it is no longer difficulty-free artwork and youngsters do no longer arrive into this international with manuals! :) If no person else has ever advised you, or maybe advised you latterly, you're doing a solid job, Mama... you, and he or she, will do fantastic! :)

Answer 5

I'd say get a plastic sheet for the bed to protect the mattress and use Goodnites. You're doing the right things so far, it may just take a bit longer for her to master night control.

My son was still wetting the bed at 8years old and he would wake up in the morning and be soaking from head to foot and would not have known. It pays to not get stressed about it because it just makes the kids feel worse.

Answer 6

It sounds like you ARE doing the right thing. I would say get a plastic cover for her mattress and continue what you are doing now. Then if things don't start to get better try those goodnites for a little while untill she gets better control of her bladder. But I would say use those diapers as an absolute last result, you don't want to go back wards in what you have already done.

Good Luck!

Answer 7

Get her goodnites. theyre training pants specifically for night. I grew up with bladder issues and i didnt stop wearing nities till last year... im 15 years old! its horrible, my doctor said i was fine too but we tried medicine and not drinking anything up till 3 hours before i went to sleep. My uncle had the same problem till he was my age. She'll grow out of it.

Answer 8

Has your daughter been allergy tested? A family memeber of mine had a food allergy, that caused this. Once the offending foods were restricted, the bedwetting was no longer an issue.

Good Luck!

Answer 9

nothing to drink after 5, 6 o'clock and make sure they "go" before bed