How can I help my son with his bed wetting?
Saturday, July 24th, 2010 at
10:38 pm
Chippy29 asked:
My son is nearly 8 and is still wetting the bed at night time. I know that most children grow out of this and it fairly common among boys, but he is so embarrassed. I don’t make a huge deal about it and he doesn’t drink close to bedtime. Any suggestions on how to help him? I thought about buying an alarm he can wear to bed.
My son is nearly 8 and is still wetting the bed at night time. I know that most children grow out of this and it fairly common among boys, but he is so embarrassed. I don’t make a huge deal about it and he doesn’t drink close to bedtime. Any suggestions on how to help him? I thought about buying an alarm he can wear to bed.
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First, have him checked by a doctor to make sure nothing is physically wrong with him. Avoiding drinks, especially sugary or caffeinated ones is great! Could be something psychological affecting him – bullies at school, something at home is off kilter…talk to him and find out. He could just be overtired, because he’s not waking up when he has to go.
Could part of the reason be he doesn’t like coming out of his room into a dark hallway? I was like that when I was a child. The house was scary at night! Maybe a night light in a bathroom and hallway and leave his door cracked open.
But if he is truly ****** while asleep I’m not sure there is much you can do except buy the boxer type pullups they have now. A doctor will recommend an alarm first (I’ve already asked mine about this). As a last resort there is a medication that stops the body from producing urine but obviously that is a last resort because, as you can imagine, the long term implications could be bad.
my step son is 8 years old and he has the same problem when he comes over. he will wet the sheets in the bed. i try not to give him drinks 4 hours before bedtime. everytime i do that it works but he stil gets very tristy so sometimes he still drinks am not sure how the alarm works.
Don’t STRESS!!!! The fine muscles that run from the bladder to the urethra are some of the last to develop in boys. Our boys usually outgrow this at about age 9. Get night time underwear and let him take care of himself. As long as you aren’t having to deal with wet clothes/bedding you will be more relaxed about it and so will your good boy.
First, have him checked by a doctor, if bed wetting goes past age 7, that’s usually a sign that there is some underlying issue going on. Keep not making an issue out of it, if he wets, simply throw his bedding in the laundry & don’t say a word. Don’t let him have anything to drink or eat 2 hrs before bedtime.
Try Goodnights and pads that help protect the sheets so clean up is easier. Having him get up a little earlier than he is used to and going straight to the bathroom, going before bed and setting out nightlights are all great ideas too. These things take time and at his age, not uncommon.
If it makes you feel better I was a bed wetter past the age of 15. The most common problem is the sensory between the brain and the bladder to wake the person up when the bladder is full to empty it is not there due to an immature bladder. In my case, I wore diapers to bed until they could stay dry. And I know most people are like no way diapers are for babies, I am not a baby, no way I would embarrass my child with diapering him/her. I think letting them continue to wet the bed and wake up in wet sheets and wet nasty pajamas is more degrading than using diapers at night, and by diapers I mean both tape on diapers and the pull-up style diapers they all the same thing ( I wore the tape tab diapers). You mentioned the alarm to wear at night. Those have been successful about 50% of the time and to be up front I am not knocking them one bit. For some kids they work and others they don’t. The problem I hear from them is by the time the alarm wakes up the child (especially heavy sleepers) the child has already wet the bed or emptied the majority of his bladder in the bed. I think if I were to use an alarm, I would use a diaper (especially at first) with it so that when the child wets and the alarm goes off, by the time he/she is awake to realize he/she is wetting, the diaper will protect what is released.
Is his wetting being done on porpous if so he needs to be delt with otherwise check with a doctor