Bed Wetting - Missouri City, TX

I was a bedwetter sporatically into my 20s. I was and still am sometimes a deep sleeper. My 14-year-old (step)son sleeps really hard and sometimes wets the bed. Once you rule out any physical problems, he should have some psychological therapy. Even adults sometimes revert to this in the face of certain stressors. Don't let him drink anything but water after a certain point in the evening, and not too much of that; empty his bladder just before bed. Also, he might be such a sound sleeper because he's not getting the right amount or type of rest. (At a certain time in the evening, have him relax and wind down into sleep, instead of just falling off to sleep. Make it early enough where he can wake up naturally in the morning, or wake him gently. It's just so jarring to wake to an alarm clock or someone yelling at you that your psyche is traumatized, and you can't truly relax in anticipation of that alert.) After that, don't make a big deal of it with him. It'll make things worse if he's embarrassed. Before sleepovers, my mother would talk with the parent(s), and they'd make sure that I slept on my own bedding (alone and not on the sofa) and would wake me at night and/or get me up first in the morning so I could "freshen up" before the rest of the group. Get him a plastic cover for his mattress, and make sure that he knows how to operate the laundry equipment. Make him responsible for cleaning it up, and then leave it alone. It'll wear off. I hope that this helps.

I'm in my 30s now and have dreamt of going to the toilet while sleeping with my husband. Yep, you guessed it--I'd have to wake him during the night and fix him a bed somewhere else and remove and wash our sheets. It happens. Treat it like it's just one of those things, and it'll bring less and less anxiety.

back ground of me and my sister: My sister and I had a normal life, we didnt wet the beds starting at around age 3 or 4.
Tragic ending of not wetting beds: My best friends trailor exploded 6 feet from where we lived in our trailor. After that happened my sister and I both started wetting our beds. My mom tried everything. What finally worked for us after several nights is a tape recording of us saying
" I will not use the restroom in bed I will get up to use the restroom" over and over again. To this day several several several years later I nor my sister have used the restroom in bed. I have used this same trick with my children and my sister has used this with my neice because she is a deep sleeper as well (that child has slept through trains being ten feet away with whisles blowing).

I had the same problem with one of my children, until we noticed they were in such a deep sleep they could not wake up. We just happened to walking by the bedroom one night and saw our child sit up in bed and then wet. He/she was still sound a sleep. So, we made sure nothing to drink before bedtime and woke her/him up during the night to go to the bathroom. And that worked. But food allergies can cause this same thing (bed wetting).
Just never punish a child or teen for bed wetting, they do not want to do it anymore than you want them to. I hate parents that punish a child for bed wetting or accident as a toddler.

If you find the Answer please share with me, i also have a 14 yr old son who is bed wetting.

M., I went through the very same thing. My mother used embarrasment tactics and thought that would work, it does not. I personnaly had a fear factor. SOmething happened in my life prior and I was frightened to get out of bed to go to the restroom. I eventually grew out of the extreme fear and stopped, however I lived with fear for most of my adult life until I got the help I was needing from counseling with a Christian Biblical therapist

We had the same issue with my stepson. All it took was a little work on our part by getting up twice a night (11:30-12 / 3:30-4) to wake him and make him go to the bathroom. Those times eventually became routine and he now wakes on his own to go during the night. He has only wet the bed maybe twice in seven years since implenting the routine.

there is a nasal spray(desmopressin). works like a charm. it was truly amazing! it is prescribed by your family doctor or urologist. one spray each night in each nostril. i hope this helps

Have you tried the potty pager? You put it in their underwear and it vibrates and wakes them up. I think it is under $100.00. You can google it.

My son who is only 8 still wets the bed at least 3 nites a week. Talk to the doctor and he dosent want to do anything just yet. Apparently it is normal for his age and on up into the teen years. My ex husband (my sons father) is 30 and has the same problem, as well as his sister. In their case their bladders stop growing when the rest of their bodies continued. (might be worth checking out) It was a simple procedure to "stretch" the bladder. As for my son we tried no liquid at nite and waking him up to go to the bathroom but still he would wet the bed. I started making him wear goodnites but he thought that they were pullups. Thank goodness someone at the Goodnites factory wised up and they started making the nite time underwear that look just like boxer shorts! That has worked wonders. He can now have friends stay the nite and not have to worry about them making fun on him because all they see is boxers. He still wets them on occassion but it seems to have alot to do with physcology. When he wears the "boxers" he seems to wet them alot less verses underware alone. I wouldn't worry about it tooo much it really is more common than people realize. Good Luck!

Hi, I am a parent, with a daughter, whom wet the bed til she was 16-17yrs old.I also have tried the alarm system which did not work,seen doctors for meds., did not work.I have tried everything since she was 3yrs. old and potty trained.I gave up and told her she couldn't have sleepovers,or spend the night elsewhere.What did help, was "No liquid after 6p.m." and cutback on Caffeinated Drinks, and water intake.It did stop bed wetting at least twice a week.She is now 19yrs.old and has stopped wetting the bed.One thing,she has an Aunt who went through the samething so I am not sure if it is in the "GENES".Good Luck to you.