2007-10-25 06:46:12 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Toddler & Preschooler
No drinks about 3 hours before bed.
Make him/her hold it during the day when they usually go to the bathroom. Not long, but to build up the muscles.
2007-10-25 06:49:41 · answer #1 · answered by USAGUY 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well, reducing the fluid intake about 2 hours before bed can help. Not a cure. Make sure the child is actually drinking lots of fluids from the time they wake up until just before dinner time. This gives the child time to process the liquids before going to bed. Also, if they go to bed about 2 hours before you do, try getting them up to use the potty before you go to bed. Also,be sure you are keeping the room warm enough and the child is or has enough clothing or blankets to keep him warm thru the night. This promotes sweating out the liquids as well. If they are taking in enough liquids during the waking hours then the sweating is not a concern for dehydration. During their deep sleep state they cant be responsible for wetting the bed, but, can be responsible in the morning for putting the wet bed clothes into the wash room, and taking a shower. Covering the mattress with plastic can help to keep the mattress from having to dry out too. Humiliation for bedwetting only destroys the childs self worth and self esteem and will cause irreparable damage. Be sure your child knows that it is a problem and you are going to help him or her to overcome it. I know it is difficult for the parent, and frustrating.....but dont make that kid feel anymore humiliation than he already is feeling. He feels terrible, and is fearful his friends will find out. Bedwetting can continue until 12 years of age or older. Sometimes counseling can help, or do your own fishing into his/her psyche, as to what is bothering him/her and if there is a problem you arent aware of. School fears, friends, siblings, or a parent being too rough on them. Lots of things, affect kids, and sleep is their only true escape of complete relaxation, and can be that they just let go in the night. Support, lots of understanding, patience, and time is the cure for bedwetting. Certainly not more humilation.
2007-10-25 14:11:08 · answer #2 · answered by Toffy 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No drinks a few hours before bed, go potty right before bed, before you go to bed get him up and take him potty, and then early in the morning get him up and take him potty.
Another thought is that when I was young (I am now thirty) I had a bed wetting problem and couldn't figure it out. I came to find out that I was allergic to milk and anything that had anykind of milk in it at all made me go into a super deep sleep at night and I couldn't wake up.
So if I stayed away from any and all milk products I was fine.
I did outgrow this allergy at about 16 years old.
So it might be an allergy of some sort also. Does this happen every night or just on some nights? And what is he eating through the day?
Good luck and hope this works out for you both soon.
2007-10-25 13:57:59 · answer #3 · answered by jhg 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can try Wet-Stop. It's an alarm that goes off even when there is a small amount of moisture in the underwear. The alarm is attached to the shoulder of the child's T-shirt. My son used it and it woke him up to use the bathroom. I have heard others say that some kids sleep right through the alarm though. If interested you can buy it at any medical supply store or order it online. www.wetstop.com
2007-10-25 18:39:44 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
More important than the cure is the reason; bedwetting is often linked with emotional issues, so please do take your child to a counselor or therapist if you can, and make sure there are no psychological traumas that are the reason for this bedwetting. Children who are being abused sexually physically or emotionally often have this problem, so please do check up and rule this out as a possible reason.
2007-10-25 14:32:12 · answer #5 · answered by askios007 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I just talked to the peditrician about this. I also have a 7 year old that still wets the bed. Hate to say it but there is no cure, your child will have to grow out of it .
2007-10-25 16:35:24 · answer #6 · answered by TD R 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Whatever you do...ignore David. I had the problem and believe me, I did not know I was wetting the bed. I just woke up wet and my mom did humiliate me and I am sure that contributed to my low self-esteem and no relationship with my mother (among other things). Remembering my childhood and how mean she was, that is one of the things I always remember. Your child will soon grow out of it. Until then, just get the plastic sheets and wait. I grew out of it by 8.
2007-10-25 13:54:49 · answer #7 · answered by notthatiknow 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there is an antidepressant called imipramine that stops bedwetting,other than that you can do what I did for my daughters toilet training, set the alarm clock to halfway through their sleep period ( about two in the morning) and wake them up to pee when the alarm rings, it just takes a few minutes and sets a mid-night wakeup into their internal clock.
2007-10-25 13:55:07 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
If you have tried all the conventional methods your doctor has told you about then the only thing you can do it wait. In time your child will out grow this.
2007-10-25 13:50:00 · answer #9 · answered by DMG 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it MIGHT be a medical condition... a doctor should be able to fix that.
but there is almost always a psychological reason for this.
you have two ways to deal with it. you can either just wait it out, or you can go see a pyschotherapist to find out what the problem is, and fix THAT
2007-10-25 13:53:22 · answer #10 · answered by wolschou 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋