Bedwetting Advice for Older Boy - No Alarms/buzzers Wanted Tho

There are a few things you can do...

Personally, I would invest in a removable pad for him to lie on as he's sleeping, that way, you only have the pad to wash and not the entire bed. Also, encourage your son to limit his fluid intake after a certain time in the evening, and be sure he uses the bathroom before bedtime.

With this being a type of medical issue, I would also encourage you to consult a pediatrician and see if this might have some other cause that needs to be addressed.

I really hope that it gets better!

my brother was 10 before he quit wetting the bed, once he started puberty he quit sleeping so deep and stopped. Your son is having a secondary issue causing this, so I'm not sure trying some of the other things will work for this . If you are able to sew, absorbant diaper material and a sewing pattern for boxers would probably work to make several types of "shields" to wear at night.
As another suggestion, a friend told me that her brother wet the bed until he went to a chiropractor and got his back adjusted. After the adjustment, he never wet the bed again.
Good luck!

There are a lot of Mom's that make cloth diapers. Some even make training pants. Boxers are one type I've seen. You could google cloth diapers & find some small companies to ask if they would make soe custom for your son. You could also go to the craft website Etsy.com & do the same. I would think you could find someone willing to make them for you. If you do get some, look up the care of cloth diapers so the overnight 'training' boxers will stay absorbant.

I think you cold easily find someone to accomodate you!

Good luck!

J.

K.,

My daughter has wet the bed her entire life and she is almost 10. We finally bought the alarm and it has worked wonders. She hardly ever has accidents anymore. I understand not wanting to get the alarms, though. A couple of thoughts on how to reduce your laundry--try buying the disposable or reusable "chucks" to put on the bed (these are waterproof protectors that collect the liquid and keep it from getting the rest of the bedding wet). We've even used the puppy pads (our dog wouldn't use them, so my daughter did!). It's easy to replace one of those during the night and replace it with a clean one, don't even have to turn on the lights. She used the "overnights" pants for a long time, but finally outgrew them. Hope this helps...

D.

I have two of my four kids that have wetting problems. My daughter is 9 and my son is 6. I have plastic sheets on the bed of course, but I also have them lay a washable wet pad on top of their sheets. My son still wears the pull-ups but they sometimes leak, my daughter refuses to wear them though (but her problems have eased up and she only wets once in a while, not EVERY night). I like the idea of the disposable chucks... but they are thin and if your son moves around much while he sleeps it might not help much all the time. We had what they called "Granny Pads" in the nursing home I used to work at, they were thick quilted pads with a waterproof backing... might check a medical equipment store for those???

My son wet the bed until the day he had his Adnoids removed. They were swollen and no anti-biotic could bring them down (too many when he was younger with ear infections). He also suffered from severe headaches at least once a week. Those subsided with the adnoids being removed, but the most important and unexpected was that he NEVER wet the BED again. We had tried steriods etc with nothing working.
I don't have a suggestion for the pullups but I just wanted to tell you to get a second and third opinion and to be sure he has had a COMPLETE physical to be sure there are no other causes.
The Adnoids sit behind the sinuses and put pressure on them, thus he was having sleep apnea and causing him to sleep very heavy.
Good luck, I know its not fun washing the bedding everyday and the kids can't have sleepovers or go anywhere for a sleepover. Hang in there!

My older son also experienced bed-wetting all through grade school making it difficult to spend the night at a friend's house or have any of his friends spend the night at our house. We tried everything. Finally, his pediatrician prescribed a nasal spray called DDAVP. It worked !!! We started out with a spray in each nostril prior to bedtime. We eventually were able to spray only in one nostril. He was able to spend the night at friends' houses and vice versa. When his friends would ask him what he was doing, he just told them he had "allergies" and it was his medicine. No more embarassing bed-wetting.