Daughter Sleep Walking & Urinating While Standing - Not in Bathroom! HELP!!

just wanted to let you know I'm going through the same thing with my 7 year old son. He has been doing it for about 2 years now, i'm a night owl so usually I hear him get up. Sometimes he will run around the kitchen in his sleep I then guide him to the bathroom. One night I was in bed already and woke up just in time he was about to pee in the frig. :-(
We went camping the other night and he woke up in the middle of the night and was going to go out the camper door even. I sleep very light now cause I'm scared he will get hurt while he is sleep walking, he only sleep walks when he has to go to the bathroom but he seems to get confused where the bathroom is even though its right accross from his bedroom.
Good luck with your daughter I hope she outgrows it soon as well as all the other kids doing this. Sorry I don't have any advice though. :-(

You might want to make sure she doesn't have an urinary tract infection....and talk with the pediatrician...

Hi J.. I can completely relate, but not from your point of view... instead from your daughter's. I was a sleep walker and accident prone from time to time when I was young. This could be from a myriad of things so it may take some investigation from you. Hopefully, and most likely, it's something simple and nothing to concern yourself with. In my case, I was a sleep walker which was not associated with my accidents. My accidents were caused by a renal problem. I was born with a birth defect that makes it hard for me to feel when I need to use the restroom. This was highlighted when I would sleep walk because, as we know, when we are asleep our body is at rest and muscles are more relaxed. Due to my renal problem, I was unaware of the need to use the restroom and as I would sleep walk, my bladdar would reach the point of being full and simply release. My parents tried all the same things you are doing, limiting liquid, making me go to the restroom before bed.. none of this helped much because my body simply wasn't ready to recognise the signals sent by the bladdar that it was full. I would wet the bed if I wasn't sleep walking and this didn't happen every night because my bladdar wasn't always so full that it would just release. This isn't a very common problem, but it does happen so it is a possibility. In time I grew to find other ways to realize when my bladdar was full and my accidents decreased and finally stopped when I was 12 or 13 years old. I suggest continuing to prompt your daughter to use the restroom, before she goes to bed, and maybe again when you go to bed, just to ensure she empties her bladdar as often as she can. Then if this still doesn't stop it you should consider seeing her Ped. to check into other causes, like mine, or other medically related issues that cause night time wetting. Chances are though, her body simply hasn't matured to the level where it is realizing the signals during her rest. Good luck with this, I know it gets frustrating. Above all, please reassure your daughter that everything is ok, she's got nothing to be emabarassed about, etc. I know this was my biggest problem growing up and her self esteem on this issue can have a BIG impact.

Hi J....

There are probably a few different things this could be but I have a son that went through the same thing when he was little. When he was about the same age he started experiencing what they call "night terrors." I know it sounds bad, but the name is actually worse than what he was going through! He would look totally awake - eyes wide open and be talking to me (not really understandable however) - but would in fact be asleep. And during these times, he would sometimes go to the corner of his room, or the corner of the bathroom and urinate on the floor. I couldn't figure out what the heck was going on because he looked totally awake! Freaked me out! (LOL) But anyway...he eventually out grew it with no lingering effects whatsoever. But, like the other lady said, we did do behavior modifications, like making sure he went to the bathroom right before bedtime, and then woke him up right before we went to bed again to go. And it helped most of the time (not always!). I would however, suggest mentioning this to you child's doctor to make sure that there is no underlying problem such as an UTI or something else...it's always better to be safe than sorry, right?! Good luck and I hope this gets better for you and your family very soon!

T.

I don't really know what to tell you, but I have a friend who is going through something similar with her son so I would appreciatte it if you could tell me what you find out. Sorry I can't be much help.