Bed Wetting Solutions?

I wet the bed until I was almost 12 years old. I slept like the dead, would rarely wake up to use the bathroom, and it didn't matter how much or little water I drank. Keep something under his sheets to guard his mattress and if he doesn't mind the under jammies, use them. Keep in good touch with his pediatrician, but this is developmentally normal in a lot of cases, even if it is not ideal. If his attitude about it is good, just try to be relaxed. My younger sister and I went through this and it was soooooooo embarrassing. I'm very thankful that people know now how common it is. I would also probably not even try to the alarm thing, especially if it doesn't work for him. He might just need a few years to finish growing into himself. That's awesome that you're taking such good care of him!

I was a bedwetter until college (and to be honest, even though I'm 30, I've still woken up starting to go) because I'm simply too hard of a sleeper. Eventually I sort of trained myself to dream about having to pee, most of the time I spend the whole dream looking for a bathroom, but if I find one and start to feel relief, I know I need to wake up or bad things will happen.

My grandpa, on the other hand, had a medical problem he had to have surgery for when he was 18. I dont know the specifics (his generation dont like to talk about that sort of thing) but i know it helped him. If your grandson just cant wake up, it may just be something he has to grow out of. Good luck!

My oldest, whom is13 yo now, wet the bed until about his age. She was a hard sleeper too and I know she wouldn't have woke up to an alarm either. We made her strip down her bed and even got to the point where we went to the dr and got medication. Did your grandson recently move in with you or have any changes in his life? Sometimes that can trigger it. Our 8 yo wets the bed too. She did well for about 3 years, then we moved and she started kindergarten at the same time and began wetting the bed. Unfortunately she still does. She felt much better after we bought her "underjams" and she's not embarrased about it around her friends either. She has a strong and confident personality though. Good luck. I hope you find something that works and he "grows" out of it soon. Take Care.

Do some detective work on your own. My daughter wet the bed until I took all artificial colors and flavors our of her diet. It could be dairy products also. Kids can have a slight allergy and the only way it shows is in bedwetting.
When my daughter was 4 I saw a talk show on bedwetting and used the suggestions offer by an allgerist who specialised on working with children.

Boys have trouble with urination at night until their male hormones kick in. Be supportive and let him know it'll stop in a few years.
A grandson who lives with his grandparents and not his parents is also missing them. You sound like a very caring and loving grandparent and in this he is lucky.

take him to a chiropractor. sounds odd but i have heard this working for MANY people...good luck!

i would second the food allergy possibility but i would also suggest acupuncture. i've heard good things about it and i just started my 6yo on it. (there are non-needle options for kids.) my sister was around 8 when she stopped and my husband was 10 and still does occasionally.

Since the alarm is waking you anyway, why not put it in your room and then go wake him? It might not be the ideal, but if it works and helps everyone feel better about the situation, it seems worthy of trying.

My grandson is 12 ans still wets the bed every night. He was molested by his father or one of his dads friends who stayed there in the flop house. This poor boy may have been through hell. He has been to a Pediatric Urologist who X-rayed him and added MiraLax to his daily routine. A constipated colon, intestines, bowel presses on the bladder when the person is laying down and they just can't hold it once they relax.

The Urologist also has him on a pill at a very, very low dose. After a few more months they are going to increase the dose to see if that works.

They can do all kinds of things to help him be dry at night but waiting for the body to be physically ready is the hardest for parents. My ex and his wife are adopting this grandson and feel very frustrated at times but they know he is not responsible for wetting and making him clean it up or punishing him for it is just cruel. They are doing everything they can to help him and they are dealing with it the best they can. He is currently wearing a full size extra absorbency adult overnight diaper. It is very hard on him to put it on every night but it is going to happen, he does not get to choose.

Setting an alarm for your grandson only will make him tired at school the next day. It won't help him stay dry. He'll wet while he is asleep anyway. That just makes everyone else in the home tired too.

Sometimes an allergy - usually milk - will do this. Have him stay away from ALL milk products - cheese, yogurt, milk, ice cream, etc and anything with milk in it - read labels and then three weeks later have him take milk and go to bed. If he wets the bed at that time and hasn't for the weeks before you know it is milk.

there is a solution for allergies if this is the case.
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There are quite a few causes of bedwetting. My little brother was night trained until age 6 when his dad got cancer and his mom died. He then wet the bed every night until he was a young teen. The night alarm that goes in the underwear worked very well for him and was very quick. My other brother has 4 boys who all had bedwetting issues. With them, it is a genetic issue that goes back a few generations. Drs told them they'd grow out of it, but when they were nearing their teens suggested the underwear alarm. With one kid, it worked very well very quickly. With the second, it didn't work because he'd sleep through the alarm or go back to sleep wet. They waited a year and tried it again with great success.

Limit the sugar after dinner/before bed. That means any sweet treats, milk, juice etc.... Sugar discourages your body from super concentrating the urine, which results in more urine, and wet beds . My son wore pull-ups til he was 7 and cutting out his nighttime sugar really helped.

My son is nine and I have started waking him up at midnight to use the bathroom. 10 dry nights in a row! He is a very deep sleeper and isn't fully awake when I send him to the bathroom. (I've asked him in the morning and he has no recollection of getting up or anything he says to me.) He doesn't drink a lot of fluids at night and we've tried changing his diet. Nothing works, he's just a deep sleeper. Since the alarm is waking you up, get up and send him to the bathroom. Good luck.