Bed Wetting

Hi K.,
My husband is a chiropractor/naturopath who has treated many kids who had a bedwetting problem. I know he has a homeopathic remedy he usually gives them. He's found that usually it's related to a food allergy they have. (Most often it's corn). You can try taking all corn products out of his diet (that includes corn syrup). If you want to know specifically what he's allergic to, you could bring him in for testing. My husband's website is www.Drelijah.com

C.

I have successfully potty trained two children now ages 5 and 3, with a 1 year old to go. One major part of our success was to wait until they were ready. Once decided that they are ready there was no turning back. It was underwear from then on, no more dipers, not even pull ups. I took each to the store to pick out their own new "big boy/girl" underwear and new potty chair/seat. They got a reward each time they went pee or poop. For my daughter it was a sticker and for my son it was a quarter. It just depended on what they really liked. They then could each see the progress with their own eyes. My daughter had a chart that she put her stickers on and my son had a clear piggy bank that he could watch fill up. One big help was that our child care provider was behind us 100% with what ever we thought would work. And for bed wetting prevention they were not aloud to have any beverages 1 1/2 hours before bed, and had to go to the bathroom every time before laying down both for nap and bed time. We even made up a potty song and dance that we did every time they successfully went on the toilet. But, the biggest thing to remember is that each child is different and there is no one perfect way to accomplish this huge task. Good Luck!

I don't have any suggestions for you. I too am struggling with a bed wetter. My second child, a girl, will sleep dry, but my oldest, a boy 5, doesn't. We've tried waking him up within a couple hours of going to sleep....recommended by my doctor. But that doesn't seem to do the trick. My doctor has said that he should grow out of it. The hard part is waiting for that time.
Make sure your son knows he can't truly help it....sometimes they just have small bladders and they aren't strong enough to hold it through the night. They are accidents and it is ok. Reinforce how happy you are if he does have a dry night, then he will keep trying to have more of them.
Until then, I think you can get medication that MIGHT help the growth and strength of his bladder.
I'm sure I wasn't much help, but sometimes it is nice to know you aren't alone in your struggles. :)

Some kids just can't make it through the night. Do you limit the amount of liquid in the evening.

My neighbors son just out grew this and is in 3rd grade this year. They actually had to wake him up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom so he wouldn't have an accident.

I also had a cousin who had trouble waking up and actually wore good nights until he was 13. It happens to hundreds of kids.

Talk to your child's doctor.

Most children can't help wetting the bed. Their muscles simply aren't mature enough to "hold it" while sleeping or they just sleep too hard to recognize the need to go. Age has a lot to do with it. The younger they are, the more patient you need to be. Your son will outgrow this! In the mean time, if he's leaking through his diaper or pull-up, try limiting his fluids before bed. Also (and this one is a bit tough) set an alarm clock and wake him up every three hours or so during the night until he learns to recognize the need to go. Waking up for a quick pee is a whole lot easier than having to wake up to change a whole bed, PJs and a quick wash up!

My second child had this problem, and I took him to our family chiropractor, It works wonders!!! and no meds! or electric pads. As our Dr explained to me, the nerves in his pelvic area were not getting the right messages from the kidneys to the bladder. It took 3 adjustments and no more bedwetting.

I always made it a practice to take my kids first to the chiropractor then to the medical dr, 9 times out 10 what ever was wrong would be corrected, from ear infection to tonsils, colds colic ect.

the only ones you have to deal with are the medical drs, who of course will poo poo you taking them for an adjustment, but now 26 yrs later I think they are more open and tend to work together.

Our first chiropractor had 7 kids right along the same ages as our 5. Same with the present dr I go to. and my kids now being adults all continue to check with a chiropractor first or in some cases as last resort!

it depends on how old he is..

how old is he?