Wetting the Bed - University Place,WA

My son wet the bed well into his teens. I was advised to take him to a chiropractor. Has something to do with nerves in the pelvic area. Call a few different chiropractors to get a sense of which one is familiar with it.

He stopped after a about 3 weeks of adjustments. :)

Have you asked your Dr. about this.

At this age, I think this could very well be considered a medical issue.

It is not definitely NOT considered a medical issue at this age. My daughter went on an overnight field trip in the 5th grade and the school nurse spent a lot of time talking about this common issue that many 10 and 11 years old have. People just do not talk about it.
My friends's daughter had her period before she stopped wetting the bed. This is more comman than you may think too.
Your daughter is obviously embarrassed by this. If I were you I would just check her bed in the morning and wash her sheets if necessary. Personally, I would not say a word about her bed wetting. It is the kind thing to do IMO.

It's not a medical issue. Some kids have small bladders and some are heavy sleepers. (and you've probably heard of both of those) What you may not have heard of is that we all have an antidiuretic hormone that is released at night that causes the kidneys to release less fluid. Some kids don't make enough of this hormone. This doesn't mean they won't eventually make enough. Their bodies just haven't gotten there yet.

I would be concerned, however, if she were dry at night for several months and then all of a sudden the bed wetting began again. If she has constantly been wetting the bed (maybe a few dry nights here and there) I think you just need to wait it out. Ask your pediatrician about what I've mentioned.

Trust me, I understand your frustration. I also have a 9 year old third grader who wets the bed almost every night. We don't even deal with wet sheets. She used to wear pull-ups at night, and when she outgrew them she went to Good nites. I admit, I am a little worried that this isn't going to stop before she outgrows the good nites. And then what? Depends? But I know it's not my daughter's fault. What 9 year old doesn't want to wear underwear and be dry at night?!

I wonder if she would stop lying to you about it if she knew you weren't upset about the bed wetting? When my daughter gets upset and asks why this keeps happening I just try to tell her her body will tell us when it's ready. It is what it is. I hope that helps a little, knowing there may be a reason for it, and knowing other people are going through it too!

1. call your doctor to rule out bladder infections and other medical issues.
2. make up the bed with layers of incontinence pads and then a fitted sheet, 3 set of these. when she wets you can just strip a layer and have a clean bed and throw away the incontinence pad.
3. I assume you limit her fluid intake after perhaps 5 pm and then make her use the bathroom before she goes to bed? I also hear of parents that wake their child at 11 pm when parents go to bed to use bathroom again.
4. there are devices you can buy that bedwetters wear in their underwear that sound an alarm when it senses wetness. this hopefully wakes them up before the bed is wet and teaches them the sensations.
5. have her start wearing pantiliners, or even buy the incontinence pad that absorb more than just period pads.
Bedwetting is not something she has control over and she probably hates it more than you do. It is a maturity of the body, and for some it just takes longer. I would make an appointment with her doctor. And try very hard to keep the annoyance out of your voice when you find another wet bed, since she WILL take it personally.
And I hope she has many more years without her period to deal with. One of my daughters got hers when she was almost 13, and the other still does not have hers at 13. I got mine on my 15th birthday. Hang in there momma, she will not be doing this forever and with your history you know what she is going through.

At 9, it's time to consult her doctor. Also, washing her bedding every few days isn't enough if she's not giving you the bedding and jammies on the mornings when she is wet. If she's sleeping in pee bedding and jammies, and not showering after, she is going to smell like pee. If they're happening regularly, she should be seen by the doctor.

Some kids are 11 or 12 before they are dry through the night.
Just make it part of the routine to have her strip the bed every morning and put sheets in the laundry - no matter if it's wet or dry.
When she gets home, making her bed with fresh sheets should be the other part of the routine.
Keep a mattress protector on her bed so the mattress stays dry.
She might be a year or 2 away from her period.
Blood stains - it doesn't wash out easily but you have a better shot if you rinse it out or start it soaking as soon as you notice it.
When I started my period (I was 11) it wasn't very regular at first and there was many a morning when the sheets and my pajamas were bloody.
Yeah it was annoying.
It gets easier when you learn to use tampons (but predicting takes awhile till it becomes regular).
Pads leak too easily when you are sleeping.
Make her responsible for cleaning up her bed - no need to make anything secret about it and she should get over her embarrassment.

Please read this page. It is possible your daughter has some food allergies or intolerances.

http://healthy-family.org/food-allergies-may-cause-your-c...

Be sure to read the comments. There are a lot of people who shared their positive experience with diet change stopping the bedwetting. If nothing else it doesn't hurt to try eliminating common "trigger" foods from her diet for a few days to see if there's any change.

Wetting the bed can be an allergy to something like milk. If you want to test her try not letting her have milk for a week and limiting her fluid intake to around 7:00 or 7:30 at the latest and see if she stops wetting the bed.

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Tell her to put on a pull up every night so you don't have to do so much laundry. You should be checking her bed every morning before she leaves for school so you can pull her sheets and clean them. She needs to be accountable and not in denial.

My 13 year old grandson has been to pediatric urologist, taken pills, done the no drinks, etc...and they all say he'll eventually outgrow it.

I cover my couch with black plastic bags without even asking him when he comes to spend the weekend. I don't want ruined furniture so I prevent him from wetting on the fabric.

I suggest you have a frank conversation with her or make her pull and wash her sheets herself every morning or as soon as she gets in from school.

Our 3rd grade girl has had one dry morning in her life. She wears a pull up every night, even if she goes to a sleep over. She does not want to be embarrassed by peeing on someones bed.

While it is perfectly normal for a 9 year old to wet the bed (up to age 12-13 per my pedi urologist) it can't hurt to have a doctor look at her. Many kids who wet the bed also suffer from constipation, when the constipation clears up the bedwetting stops. It makes sense, full intestine pushes on bladder and desensitizes it so child doesn't recognize 'got to go' signals. Once constipation is cleared up the body begins to slowly recover and recognize the 'urge' signal.

Since she is obviously embarrassed you might want to consider an alarm. Alarms are effective, but the child has to want to do it or they don't work. We used one with my son when he was 9. It was a long (6-12 weeks) process, but it worked. He was wet every night, no exceptions. I had to sleep with him for 3-4 weeks to help him wake up to the alarm, but eventually he began waking up before the alarm. We stopped using it after he was dry 2 weeks and we've only had a few (2-3) accidents since, he's almost 11 now.

We are right there with you. My DD is 8 and wears good nights to bed every night - sometimes she is dry and sometimes not. We tell her that its not her fault (its not - she doesnt want to do it, she isnt lazy, it makes her feel bad) and that one day it wont happen, until that day, she is going to wear good nights.
Its really hard for her to stay the night at friend's houses or have new friends stay and find out about it. I always tell the mom that she is sensitive, but can take care of it herself. My heart hurts for her sometimes.
We have tried all kinds of stuff, all the stuff that people are recommending to you and nothing seems to work consistently. I think her little body just isn't ready for it yet, so we deal with it.
Her pedi tells us the same thing each year, still normal for some kids her age (until their 11th birthday), try all the preventative things, she will eventually stop.
We try not to make it personal to her and let her know that it isn't her fault, that she needs to be responsible for what she can control, not what she cant, and that we love her. Why make her ashamed of something she really has no control over. Thats just mean.