Anybody know how to stop a 6yold from wetting his bed

11-03-2003, 02:47 PM

My 6 year old had been wetting his bed just about every night since he was four. We can't get him to stop. Tried everything from waking him in the middle of the night to go to the

room to stopping liquids two hours before bed time. He just does it anyway. And i know for a fact he has no knowledge of doing it.
His doctor says there is nothing to worry about till he is seven and if his bladder doesn't "grow" as he grows then we will do something about it.
The only thing we haven't tried is this machine that clips to his pajamas and beeps to wake him if it gets wet. Sounds good but costs $70 and up.
If anyone has any

s

send them my way.This is really starting to bother me.

11-03-2003, 05:52 PM

My older son was a bedwetter too so I sympathize and relate to your concerns. My doctor examined him and ***ured us he was fine medically and that is was a very common problem, more so with males. We did the same things you've done and all waking them up during the night does is keep YOU from getting

. Bedwetters usually

so soundly they don't awaken when their bladders are full nor do they recognize the signs to get up and go! Supposedly those "alarms" work but I'm sure there's other things you can try for no cost first. The worst thing you can do is to belittle or embarra ss your son. I'm sure he feels badly enough already. Possibly buying him new bedding (sheets, pillows, etc), letting him select them will

him stay dry. But in most cases it's not something they can really control. Praise or reward him when he wakes up dry and remind him he's loved.

Here's some websites that may be

ful:

http://www.aacap.org/publications/factsfam/bedwet.htm

http://www.bedwetting.ferring.ca/ (this site is terrific!!!)

Good luck - remember you aren't alone.

Brad&ScottsMom · 11-03-2003, 08:01 PM

Bradley was still 4 and wetting the bed. I made a deal with him. He wanted new Spiderman shoes, so if he stayed dry for a whole week (we marked dry nights on the calendar with a sticker) then he could have his shoes. He did it, even though our peditrician said he was probably

ing too soundly.

Shan · 11-03-2003, 09:02 PM

Have you thought of taking your 6 yr old to a Urologists?
The reason I am asking this is b/c my 7 yr old had been wetting the bed on & off for a couple of yrs., so his ped dr sent him to a urologist & we found out that the muscles in his bladder wasn't working right, causing him to go every few seconds throughout the whole day & night.
He was put on a few diff meds, but they didn't

at all. Now he is on Impramine to

w/ his bladder. He still has accidents at night, but not as many as before.
We did the same as you, waking up in the middle of the night, stopping liquids & all, but it doesn't work 1/2 the time.
Also, if you know it or not, bed wetting runs in the family.
Ask your dr about it.Or check out webmd.com about it.
Hope this

s some.
I would definitely ask for a referral to a urologists to rule out any other probs. Better safe than

.

WAHMof2 · 11-25-2003, 08:47 PM

My 6 year old doesn't wet the bed, but my brother did until he was about 9. My grandma put a rubber sheet on his bed, made him change his own sheets. They tried to reward him if he didn't wet the bed. I'm not saying I agree with those things but I think it was hereditary in my family on the mens side. They couldn't afford to take him to the doctor tho.
If your doctor says he is ok, just keep doing what you are doing and he will grow out of it.
You can also find

by going to the search engine and typing in "bed wetting"..There's alot of useful info out there.

11-26-2003, 09:52 AM

Thank you all for the

!

Some of the things, like new sheets (Sponge Bob is currently on the bed now), little rewards (he loves Hot Wheels), and things like staying dry for a week to get "that new toy". I'll just keep trying till his doctor says something is wrong. Again,

all.

Mrerridith