Bed Wetting - Jonesboro, GA

My brother is 11 and very rare, but he does, he wets the bed still, my cousin was the same way. There are actually pills you can give him to help with that. It actually works.

My step son is now 14 and still wets the bed he has ADHD and the doc said it's got some thing to do with that and the meds he's on for it.. The doc said he will grow out of it but i thing is when cause he wont tell me when he has wet in the bed for days and then i smell it and then i wash every thing i try to get him to tell me when he does so i can wash the things then too keep it from smellin so bad.. They have put him on some new kind of meds now that is helpin with the bed wetting the doc said it's org from people that is dep witch he's not dep he's just a troubled teenager.. So let ur son know it's ok and that he will grow out of it sooner or later hopefuly sooner.. Good luck with it ask the doc if theres any thing they can put him on some thing to help with it..

My daughter is six year old still wets the bed, I will be honest with you I dont have any tips to help. She has beed tested and the only thing that showed up is that she has a weird holding thing going on, which is when during the day she NEVER gets out all of her pee when she goes. We had to do a thing where we had to make her go to the bathroom every so often and sit a timer to tru to make her go more it didnt work. We also called about the bedwetting things you see the flyers everywhere. I'll be honest I hated that thing. It cost around 3,000 but you make payments. And they claim u get your money back, but that is after 4 years and only if u keep up with the program the entire time. My daughter didnt wake up to the alarm (she is a HARD sleeper). and would wet sometimes 5 times a night. We stopped that after giving it a LONG hard try. I have tried getting her up 3+ times a night and taking her to the bathroom she would go every time and still wet the bed. and of course have not let her drink after 7 in a long time. My niece wet till she was 16 to be honest. And I truely hope mine do not. But the main reason I responded was to let you know that you are not alone. And I agree with the sleeping bag/goodnight/bag thing. I also worry about letting my daughter stay with friends too. If you have taken him to the doctor and they can not find out whats wrong then I would try not to worry about it and just wait till he grows out of it. My husband was 8-9 b4 he stopped too. He has told me how bad it was for him growing up but I guess it is something that a lot of people go threw. I hope just knowing your not alone helps. I know sometimes that really helps me in certain situations.

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There are lots of links at the bottom of that page, with lots of answers. I'm finding that my girls just don't wake up at night. We started the training (without the alarm, so far) and they are doing better, but still not great.

You could try giving your son absorbant overnight pants for his sleepovers. He could discreetly change into pjs in the bathroom and his friends would never know he'd changed his underpants as well.

Best wishes. It's a tough subject to deal with.

Has your pediatrician checked the size of your son's tonsils? Sometimes really large tonsils can lead to all sorts of symptoms like night terrors, ADHD-like symptoms, and bed wetting. If he snores, you definitely need to get it checked out... he may need a tonsilectomy. (They have new procedures now that are less radical and less painful.) Alternately, it may just be how his bladder is developing, and you may need to use Goodnights for a while, esp. when he spends the night with a friend. Good luck!

My boyfrined's son is 11. He has lived with us for just over a year. When he first moved in he would never go spend the night with anyone because of his bedwetting problem. One day we had a talk and he told me that he wanted to spend the night with ithers, but he was embarrased. I mentioned this at his next appt with the family doctor and he sent us to a pediatric urologist. We had to keep a chart of how often he wet the bed. He was placed on 2 meds (it took a couple of moths to get the dosage tweeked), About 2 months ago he quit taking the meds (because he had went 3 months without wetting the bed). Since then, he might have wet it twice.
His urologist also gave us a list of guidelines:

None of the following after 3 pm:
caffeinated drinks, carbonated drinks, dark beverages
Nothing high in vitamin C, Limit your dairy products

He really felt like he was being punished in the beginning, but after seeing how well he did with the system he realized the benefits.
I was skeptical about putting him on meds for it at first but it has really boosted his self confidence.

Honey, my kids are 14 and 16 and they still wet the bed occasionally. He will grow out of it but for the meantime you can get those goodnites for him. Tell him he doesn't have to tell his friends that he wears them. My daughter has been to many a sleepover wearing them and noone noticed. She was a lot more confident knowing if it did happen she wouldn't be embarassed. You may want to let the other childs parent know so noone accidentally says anything when he discards the used product. I wet the bad off and on til I was 18. My Dr. said that I had an underdeveloped bladder and if it didn't stop by 18 they would have to do surgery. My Dr. now says that a high percentage of kids have a bedwetting problem some just grow out of it faster. Just keep up the no drink past 7pm and make sure he uses the restroom right before bed as well as if you can get him up in the middle of the night. And keep reassuring that he's not alone there are lots of kids with this. You sound like a great Mom. Keep it up! Hope I've been useful.

My neice wet the bed until the age of 13 yrs. In some kids it just happens. Maybe he is scared or acting out. My brother bought my neice some pull ups and she would wear them at night just in case. Maybe he is afraid to get up at night and don't want to let anyone know. You know that's a guy thing..lol.. The no drinks after 7...ok. unless he really gets thirsty. But, I'm a sucker when it comes to my kids...lol.Good luck.

My stepson who is 14 now wet the bed until he was 8. I ordered a bedwetting alarm over the internet and he stopped about three weeks later. Never wet the bed again. It would wake him up and I guess it just teaches them to wake up when they feel the urge. Now my seven year old started wetting the bed again after not wetting for about a year. I ordered an alarm from Ebay and it has helped some but not as well as with my stepson. It's worth a try.

Hi I have the same problem my son is 8 the doctor told me to wake my son up when I was going to bed I felt so bad for waking him he thought I was getting him up for school she said if that didnt work they have a sheet or something that has an alarm on it as soon as it gets wet the alarm goes off and he will go to the bath room so ask his pediatrician about it see what he says R.

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My son is 8 about to be 9 and still wets the bed. I have spoken with the peditrician and have been told that boys who are 18 still wet the bed. Her suggestion was a sleeping bag(for home use too) or Goodnights for the nights he wants to spend away from home. That way he can go in the bathroom, change his clothes and the person he is spending the night with does not have to know. I send a walmart bag with my son, he just puts it in that and throws it away the next morning and he does not have to be embarrassed or ashamed...because it is truly not there fault. I hope this helps.

A.,

I would recommend that you request information from a company named Pacific International. Their website is www.stopwetting.com. They talk about the REASONS that most people have wetting problems. We met with them about 9 months ago to determine whether they could help our 8 year old daughter stop wetting the bed. We have used the program, but the initial consultation is free. If you don't feel that the program is right for your situation, then there is no obligation on your part to try the program.

But I can say that my daughter is dry now. It's wonderful NOT to have to worry about how her wetting problem could affect her self esteem in every day life. But I do completely understand what you are going through.

Even if you don't call them, read the Pacific website. It's VERY informative. And can help you understand even better the possible reasons WHY.

(I also ran across another company when I was doing a Google search for Pacific's website addy. I don't know anything about them, but it sounds like they do the same type of treatment if you want to compare the two. The other company is www.nobedwetting.com.

Good luck!!!

C.

I hope I can give you a little bit of information, but you are not alone. I have a 7 year old that has the same problem. Both his pediatrician and urologist say that he will outgrow it eventually.

You may want to investigate who in your family or your child's father family has had a problem with bedwetting when they were children. This will help in understanding how close your child is to stop bedwetting at night. Every child is different of course.

The urologist indicated that there is medication to help the child produce less urine at night so that the bedwetting is not as frequent or may even stop. At the time, our son had just turned 5 so the urologist recommended to wait until he was at least 7. I am not too crazy with the idea of giving him medication just yet, but eventually I might consider it if the bedwetting does not stop.