Wetting the Bed at 6 Years Old

I have a 5 (almost 6)year old daughter who is doing the same thing. I cut her off w/ drinks after dinner and wake her up and take her to the bathroom when I go to bed-but this doesn't always work. My sister-in-laws have both used the alarm mat thing and swear by it, but I am still not ready to try that method. I guess I keep hoping she will grow out of it. I sometimes get frustrated b/c my 3 year old boy has been dry trough the night since he was potty trained at 2. Good luck with whatever you decide!
H. B

dearest L., feeling sorry, i understand. i was ready to pull my eyelashes out 1 by 1! my third boy had a real problem bed-wetting, every night. til he was 8, then it stopped on its own. sorry, i dont really have anything to help. maybe knowing it will pass and another mom understands,will help a tad.

L., I'm a mom of 7 1/2 year old twins. My son still wets and my daughter has been dry since she turned 3. Unfortunately for my son, I was a bedwetter myself until a very, very late age as was one of my nephews. The approach I've taken is to just wait it out. I woke him up a few nights to have him go to the bathroom when I went to bed, but then I'm just waking him up and it's not really helping him. The difference between my daughter and son is that my daughter can just hold it all night and my son can't. So getting up in the night isn't really the ultimate goal, holding it all night is the goal. My sister-in-law went so far as to put my nephew on medicine at night that stopped his kidneys from producing urine for a number of hours, but I thought that was a little drastic. I think he tried the alarm as well, but it didn't ultimately help him hold it all night. It's frustrating for my son at times, but we try not to make a big deal out of it and just hope in the next couple of years he will grow out of it.

I also had this problem with my daughter until she was 8 at one point we did invest in one of those alarms that went off with any moisture. We used it for a week before we stopped. It did not stop my daughter from wetting the bed but did awaken everyone in the house two or three times a night. When we were awaken it seemed we were in a panic the alarm was so startling and it also went off even if all she did was sweat. I would not recommend this to anyone. What you need to do is speak with her doctor and see what they recommend. usually it is something that they grow out of.

Hello,
I have two boys and used the alarm device from Star Labs for my older son. It worked GREAT. He stopped wetting the bed within a month. I found this article written by a doctor you may find helpful: http://www.drgreene.com/21_584.html

My son's pediatrician recommended it as well. It was money well spent.
Good luck! K.

I'm no pro, but have been through what you are going through. I wet the bed until I was 13, my parents tried EVERYTHING, but nothing worked. The Dr. said my bladder wasn't growing as fast as my body. My nephew also had this problem until he was 12. I passed it to my 10 year old daughter. She didn't stop wetting the bed until age 9, we tried EVERYTHING. My best advice is to invest in some pull-ups, these will curve some of your frustration in having to wash sheets daily. Whatever you do - DO NOT punish the child or belittle her. It is not her fault. Patience, understanding and pull-ups are what got me through with sanity intact!

L.,
I feel your pain, but from the kid perspective. I wet the bed for 10 years! Yes, 10 long miserable years. After trying EVERYTHING known to man, my parents finally invested in one of those bed-wetting devices that alarms when it gets wet. It worked! I don't know where to find them, or how much they cost, but I can tell you it is an investment worthwhile. Hopefully you will have success with it, and you and her can be rid of the wet beds! Best wishes.

We did not use an alarm, just patience. Two of my sons stopped wetting at night around age 8. Yes the Good nights were a part of our lives for a long time.

We went through the same thing. My son was 9.
We tried the alarm called 'Nytone' enuretic alarm. It is purchased from a medical supply store.To be very honest,you must be very consistent when you work with your son on this. It is like having a baby again, because you must get him up when the alarm goes off and make sure he's awake. As the instructions says after 2 weeks the child should start awaking on their own. And he did, give or take a day.
Then about a week after that he was no longer going at night. It worked great for us. We felt like it was the best thing for
he also was getting embarrassed and nervous about sleepovers etc. It was a bit expensive but it pays for itself on the amount spent on goodnights. It was definitely worth it. I also felt like my son really appreciated the efforts I put it to it. He really got annoyed a few times and I reminded him we
were doing it together and we'd stick to it and were so glad we did. It worked for us.
Hope all goes well.

Just another thought and perspective. Bedwetting can sometimes be tied to enlarged tonsils/frequent tonsilitis. I know this sounds rediculous, but maybe worth a shot to make sure your daughter is healthy on that end as well.

well you are not alone, our son is 6 yrs old and he did the same thing. i took him to the doctor and they put him on meds for wetting the bed. and i do not know the correct name of this but it is in a bottle and is blue he takes a teaspoon 1 hour before bedtime and girl it works. he was wetting the bed/pullup everynight.
since on this we might get a wet bed once evry two weeks or so. you should check inot this. it is working for us. good luck!!

Hi L.,
My 2 daughters had bed wetting problems until they were 10. Their job was to strip their bed and put their sheets in the washer, of course get a shower before going off to school or whatever. We started homeschooling when they were older. Now I'm raising 2 granddaughters who had the same problem, and I did the same thing with them. They are now 12 and 13, and no more problems. We didn't have pullups back then, and I wouldn't use them today. A rubber sheet under the regular sheets helps. We got through it, and so have many others.
My mother riticuled one of my brothers who had this problem for a lot longer, and I believe the treatment made it worse. I learned from watching that not to make a big deal out of it. My husband was a bed wetter until he was 13, so it's just something that happens.
God bless you!
Jan A in MO

Hi L.,
My son is 7 1/2 and wets the bed, it is improving. I took him to a pediatric urologist who said he'd just have to outgrow it and the doctor did not recommend the alarm. My sons HATES wearing a pull-up (makes him feel like a baby since his 6 year old brother and 3 year old brother are dry all night). I've purchased a hospital fabric incontinence pad that we put in the bed at night. If he's dry, great, if he wets,he just puts the wet pad in the bathroom and goes back to bed. In the morning I can wash it in the washing machine and we're good to go. I did purchase one at the local home medical supply store, but don't like it as well as the one I found online. (Go to northshorecare.com, click underpads, click washable bed pads, and I got the large tartan plaid one for $19.95). It's save me from stripping the bed in the middle of the night and a ton of laundry! Hope the advice you get from all these great parents helps.