Bed Wetting - Irving, TX

I have a daughter who is 10 years old and have taken her to the doctor about the same problem and they have told me that she will out grow this and that it is only that she is so asleep that she isnt able to wake herself up to go to the bathroom. There are pills that can control this that are prescribed by your doctor that really work and I hope this helps you!

While I don't have any advice to offer at this point, I would simply like to offer my support. Your son is not alone. My brother had bed wetting problems until he was almost 8. I hope this will not cause too much frustration for you or your son.

My daughter was the same way at that age. She had no problem with bowel movements but would sleep through wetting on herself. We stopped all fluids 1 1/2 hours before bed and woke her at 2 AM to go to the bathroom. Most times she would sleep through going to the bathroom (very sound sleeper), yet once we set her on the toilet, she would always urinate. We did this for about three months and she started waking on her own or never wet during the night.

Had this of not worked, our next step was the doctor. We were very lucky as the biggest problem was that she was a heavy sleeper.

Good luck.

T.

R.,

Unfortunately, I wet the bed until I was 12 years old (don't tell, ok?). He may be a little young but you can see a urologist to make sure he has nothing wrong with his kidneys, bladder, etc. The tube connecting my kidney to my bladder was too small thus causing a back up, etc. Remember, most kids grow out of it at their own pace. It may not be heridity because my 6 year old has never urinated in the bed.

If you are concerned if he sleeps out, let him bring pull ups and discretely put them on before bed. My mom never let me sleep over which hurt worse in the long run. You know, the more you make of something to your kids, the bigger the issue, I'm finding.

Hope this helps.
D.

I really don't have any advice....just wanted to continue to reassure you that it isn't anything to worry about. You are doing the best thing by letting your son wear pull-ups at night. He probably sleeps too sound to be able to wake up during the night. My husband and I wore ourselves out taking our daughter to the bathroom once or twice at night. She would never know we'd done it because she would sleep so sound; but we would be exhausted from interrupted sleep. They didn't have pull-ups in those days and I refused to put a depends diaper on her. But she did out grow the problem.

Your son's bladder will grow as he learns to hold his urine longer and longer through the day, too. Then he will be able to hold more urine for longer periods of time at night. Try not to make an issue of it. Believe me, he'd go to the bathroom if he could. I don't know any child who wants to wet the bed. I was a bed wetter until I was in elementary school, too.

I wouldn't put too much thought into the emotional thing, either. He probably plays hard through the day. Is he hard to wake up in the mornings or naps if he's not ready to wake up?

Be supportive of him. By all means, don't shame him. He's more ashamed of it than you can imagine.

I've been a professional child care provider for over 20 years. I've raised two daughters (one was a bed wetter), and have 4 grandchildren (one was a bed wetter). He'll outgrow it, I'm sure. Good luck and God Bless.

My 5yr old son was doing the same thing last summer. We finally figured out that it was emotional stress due to the birth of our second child. My doctor's advice was to be especially patient and loving with him and set aside time just to talk. It seems to have worked since implementing that in January.

R.,

Have you talked to your physician about this issue? When I was about his age, I had the same problems. They found that my bladder was misshaped and had to do surgery. If he is not having this issue during the day, then this probably is not the problem.

Good luck dear!

I would suggest looking at whether he might be allergic to milk (not just lactose intolerant, but with a true casein allergy). I had this problem myself as a child and although they say not to worry, it's really bad for a child's self esteem (particularly if not handled well - so the not worrying is a good thing in that respect). It wasn't until over 20 years later that I found out that this problem is correlated with a dairy allergy. And, yes, he will likely eventually outgrow, as he will learn to wake himself - this problem occurs most often in kids that are deep sleepers. But, I really hate to see kids go through what I went through. Interestingly, my husband had the same problem and I had expected my two kids to also, however, they didn't because they didn't get cow's milk until much later in life since I knew it caused me problems. They are not on a totally casein free diet since they too did develop a milk allergy (even with the early avoidance).

R.:

When my son was wetting the bed, I mentioned it to my chiropractor, just in passing. He suggested I bring my son in for an adjustment. I did, and he never wet the bed again. My chiropractor has since moved out of state to start his own practice, but there's plenty in the D/FW area to choose from. Perhaps someone on this site can recommend a good one for kids?

I hope I don't sound weird, but we're finding that more and more children's 'issues' (ADHD; sleep disorders; etc.) are related to food intolerances. It's worth investigating whether food sensitivities could be causing this problem.

Good luck!

Not to make you nervous but my son still wets the bed once every other month and he's 15. He finally stopped wetting the bed every night at age 12. We tried everything, but I have to say maybe we didn't try it all soon enough. Six is a good age. If I could do it over, I'd try all options at once and consistently. This is hard on the parent. Of course, you don't want your son to ever feel guilty about it. It's just something that happens to some people. We did DDAVP, and the wet sensor. I wish we'd tried both at once, and that we had slept in his room, so we could help get him up when the alarm went off, because he sometimes would sleep through it. I have the monitor and this is the website we bought it through... http://www.bedwettingstore.com/ We went through several. The lastest one we only needed to use for a week or so before things finally stopped. We bought the Malem Ultimate. If you're interested in buying ours, I'd be glad to sell it to you cheap. You can purchase new covers. The plastic part has been cleaned and is easy to clean. Email me if you're interested ____@____.com