5 Year Old Wetting Bed - Common?

Hello, my son wet the bed up until he was about 7... AND coincidentally was on using that same nasal spray. However, in his case, he wet the bed before he began using it.. Anyway, my son is pretty well-adjusted too and had no major issues going on perse.. However, like you I did wonder is this was normal... When I began to read up on it, I found an interesting article that suggested everyone's bladders are different sizes and therefore, could be that some kids (and adults for that matter) can't hold as much as someone else.. I thought it sounds logical enough being as there weren't any other physical problems at the time.. By the age of 8 he pretty much grew out of it... Until he did, we simply lined his bed with plastic and just dealt with it... I do agree with the Kinder teacher too in that 5 is definitely a year of major transitions...

good luck

I find that my little one still does rarely, and usually when he is super tired. I really try to get him to go to the bathroom one last time right before I tuck him in, even if he doesn't think he needs to. He's old enough now, that it usually wakes him up, and he only wets a little...but it's still disruptive to our sleep. I also think it happens with growth spurts, but I can only base this on anecdotal evidence from my own home. Good luck, and I wouldn't worry too much, if its just an occasional occurance.

Believe it or not it is common in 5th grade which are about 10 years old. In preparation for an overnight field trip our district's 5th graders go on, the school nurse spent a decent amount of time talking about kids who wet the bed and how they would hide this fact from the other kids while on this camping trip.

Very very common.
Unlike MamaR's response (wetting after a period of being dry isn't typical), my experience is this: My son was potty trained day and night starting at age 2 1/2. However, every time he went through a major growth spurt, he would wet the bed at night for a few weeks (not every night, but a few times). It would also happen if he was really over-tired and our schedule was off. Then, he'd go back to being dry for another 6 months. He went through quite a few of these periods. We talked to the pediatrician about it early on, and he said it was totally normal so we haven't worried.

In your case, maybe it's the combination of being extra tired from starting school and just getting over an illness, and he's sleeping really soundly. That would be my guess.

My son is 5, and he's still in pull-ups at night only, and has been potty trained since 3. For a while at 3 yrs. he was night-dry, but after consistently wetting the bed every night, we gave up and switched back to pull ups at night. Our son sleeps right through it.
Especially with Kindergarten starting, our son is EXHAUSTED. Maybe this is causing such a deep sleep that your son is just sleeping through the need to go. With our son, I don't think it would be possible for us to even drag him to the bathroom at tnight for a potty break, let alone for him to wake up on his own, go, and put himself back to bed. Be sure to get some waterproof mattress protectors, to minimize damage to your mattress, and maybe put him in pull ups until so you can avoid the massive laundry of daily sheets.

Typically bedwetters always wet the bed, they were never truly dry all night. Bedwetting after being dry for a significant period of time (year or more) can signal a physical problem. I would take him to the dr to make sure there is nothing underlying going on.

Daytime toileting is entirely DIFFERENT than night time.
Nighttime dryness... is physiological based... based upon the child's organ development and development of the brain connections and myelin nerve sheath development and hormones.

Nighttime dryness, is something that does not occur even until 7 years old and this is NORMAL.

Both of my kids, were still in night diapers at that age. My son is 6, and is still.
PER ALL OF my daughter's Teachers, from Preschool to Kindergarten to 1st grade... ALL UNANIMOUSLY said, that bedwetting and pee accidents at other times of the day, is NORMAL. Kids these ages are not completely dry yet. But the parents will not admit it, except to their child's Teacher.

It does not matter, how young a child was when potty trained or how long they have been potty trained for. Nighttime dryness is a whole other matter and timeline. And, it is normal.

I have ALWAYS used, and still use (for my younger child), a waterproof bed pad, under him. That way, the bedding does NOT get soiled. I got 4 of them from Amazon.
I never scolded my kids for wetting the bed. Because, it is a biological based thing. Not a behavioral problem.

My daughter, even at 7 years old, wet the bed. But no big deal and because I always had a waterproof bed pad under her.
EVEN in Kindergarten, kids have daytime accidents. I know, both my kids were in Kindergarten. The Teachers, make NO big deal of it. And... in fact, the Health Room at my kids' school... stocks underwear and extra shorts/clothing... for the kids that have pee accidents while in school. They KNOW that young kids, have accidents. And the child is never punished or scolded or made to be embarrassed about it. In fact, up until 1st grade, the Teachers tell the parents to bring extra clothing for their child, to keep in class. In the event of an accident.
It is childhood.
No child, is a rocket scientist, over their body.

My daughter also did this until about the age of 7. I was having to wake her up around 1 or 2 in the morning to go to the bathroom. I actually had her wear Underjams at night and was afraid she wasn't going to ever stop! She is now almost 8 and has no problems now. I do think that it is common in 5 year olds especially. I would just give it some time and make sure there isn't an underlying problem going on but I think this is completely normal!

40 years ago -not common. Today, more common, (sadly) but that doesn't mean it is normal. I disagree with the poster who said bedwetting is normal up to 7 yrs old. An occasional accident in a limited amount of time could be considered nothing to worry about but repeated incidences, especially in a child who has been consistently dry - should always be suspect. My two girls were dry, completely, at night by 3....my son was a bedwetter.

I have done medical research for 12 years, and anytime I see bedwetting in children I immediately consider alkalosis or diabetes. What you should know is that fluticasone is a steriod. Any drug ending in "sone" is. That spells trouble and here is why.

Steroids are hormones which affect blood sugar, muscle mass, growth, bone density, sleep cycles,blood thickness, mineral absorption, acid levels in the stomach, and more. Excess steroids cause the body to switch to an alkaline state- where electrolytes get out of balance....the sodium goes up and the potassium goes down. Other symptoms are swelling ,* especially the belly or face*, *high blood sugar* which causes excessive urination/ especially at night (ie: diabetes), *confusion* or *drowsyness* wanting to sleep excessively in daytime or not feeling rested even after napping during day, asthma, nausea, excess hunger, excess thirst* chronic fatigue, weakened muscles (due to the low potassium) skin issues (cracking, dry, flaking, rashes, hives),allergies, teeth grinding, lowered immune system = more infections which last longer. Steroids can be very dangerous for children because they affect growth hormones and future sex hormones.

Infants/toddlers who are given steroidal breathing treatments are more likely to be bedwetters and more prone to diabetes and allergies/hayfever..

Eventually people in high steroid states can get diseases like chrones , colitis, migraines, PMS, cataracts, osteoporosis, arhtritis, fibromyalgia, neuropathy,ulcers, GERD, glaucoma, kidney disease , heart disease, blood clots and thick blood, impotence, hair loss, thyroid problems, yeast infections, celiacs, recurring sinus infections, depression and bipolar, memory loss /alzheimers, cancer / tumor growth, and specific thyroid disorders and more that I cant even think of right now.

The drug your child is taking is affecting his blood sugar and is the cause of the bedwetting. I would get him off of asap. If you want to do more research on high steroid states, look up Cushings Syndrome and Conns syndrome. You can also do a search on 'high cortisol or high steroids affect on blood sugars'.