Natural Medications for Bed Wetting

my daughter is 7.. she is still in a pull up. she used to be dry about once a month.. in the past 2 weeks.. she is now dry 4 or 5 nights a week.. I did nothing.. I didnt get an alarm.. I didnt shame punish or scold..

I dont really get excited if she is dry.. I dont get mad if she is wet..

I will keep her in a pull up until she is dry for 20 or 30 straight nights..
but i imagine ther will still be accidents..

Time is what she needs. Just reassure her that in time she will be able to give up the pull ups.

J.:

There is no medication. It's just time. Her bladder needs to be mature enough for nighttime "training".

Well, let me correct that - there are medications but none that I would give to my child. EVER.

Sorry. Just continue with the Pull-Ups. You can cut back on her liquids for 2 hours prior to bed time. You can check her diet - some kids aren't getting the right things in their diet.

Good for you for not making her feel bad about it. I have a friend who comes to visit frequently - and will be here all next week - who is 11 and he still wets the bed. Not every night, but enough where he is still wearing Pull ups.

GOOD LUCK!

Some people swear by chiropractic adjustment.
Some people think milk is the culprit.
Some swear by corn silk tablets.

B is right. Time IS the most natural option.
She's 5.

Personally I'd invest my alternative medicine funds into a few good LARGE waterproof pads and extra sheets. Layer them for easy bed changes.
And I'd continue to use Pull Ups.

Time is the most natural 'cure' there is.
Some kids are 11 or 12 yrs old before they can stay dry through the night.
My son was 7.5 before we were through with pullups for good.
He had to wake up dry every morning for 2 weeks in a row and then we knew we were finished.
Keep a water proof pad on her bed and train her to take her bedding off the bed every morning and put it in the laundry, and then to also make up her bed every night.
It's just going to be her normal routine till she out grows this.
Don't worry!
She won't be going off to college and still be wetting the bed!
Talk to your pediatrician or a urologist and they will tell you the same thing.

J.,
before you try anything, you need to consult with your Pediatrician.
Don't use things willy nilly or experiment with OTC things.

Don't listen to your sister.

Nighttime dryness, can take even up until 7 years old and this is normal.
And some kids are just not there yet.

My daughter, even when she was 7, needed nighttime diapers. AND she had accidents. Once, she even had a dream that she was on the toilet, until she felt herself wet! LOL I didn't make a big deal of it or scold her. Her bladder was not developed yet enough. AND I already had a waterproof bed pad under her... so no fret. The sheets didn't get soiled. I just had her rinse off, and then put on new jammies, and she went back to bed. And sure I helped her. I am her Mom.
Then by the time she was 8 years old, she was fine at night. And able to get up and did attain nighttime dryness.
But until then, like I do with my son, I just explained that her body is still developing.

My son, who is 6, still needs nighttime diapers. No fret. I just explain to him that his body is still developing. And he is potty trained already. He is just not there yet, at night. His body. And he doesn't even know, while sleeping, if he has to pee.
No biggie.

I do NOT listen to others about it. Why? BECAUSE IT IS A PRIVATE personal matter, between me and my child.
I wouldn't think of embarrassing my child, and telling other people about it. It is NONE of their business.

Get a few waterproof bed pads and put it DIRECTLY under her at night.
I have 4 that I got from Amazon. And the sheets never get soiled. I just rotate the bed pads and replace it with a new one. All I have to wash is the bed pad. It being waterproof. A fabric type waterproof bed pad.

I never had to force my kids, to change their clothes if wet. They just did it. Or I helped them.

Then, ALL OF MY daughter's Teachers... from Preschool to Kindergarten to 1st Grade, ALL said unanimously... that kids these ages have accidents. Daytime or nighttime. And it is normal. How do I know? Because, I asked my daughter's Teachers. And they said that kids these ages have accidents or are in sleep diapers, but the parents don't admit it... but they tell the Teachers.

My kids' school, the health room even stocks clean underwear/shorts/t-shirts for the kids that have accidents in school. And the school and the Teacher's make NO big deal about it. They know, the Kindergarten and even 1st grade kids, have accidents. Even my daughter did in school. No biggie. The Teacher just makes no big deal of it. Nor to the parents.

Please don't use medications or natural stuff you don't even know about.
And do not listen to your sister. Just tell her it is NONE of her business.

I never... woke up my child at night and dragged them to the toilet. If so, then they would get lack of sleep.

And for my son, who is 6.... I do change his diaper at night, once. Sometimes.
Because, even the Huggies Overnight diapers, if too full, will leak. Although it does hold a lot.
My son doesn't wake.
I go back to sleep just fine.
And there is the waterproof bed pad under him. Too.
It doesn't bother me.

Per your daughter saying she doesn't want her nighttime diaper... well my daughter said that too when she was younger. And again, I just explained to her, that her body is still developing. And she completely understood.

And FYI: pull ups leak. They don't hold much.
That is why I use/used the Huggies Overnight diapers, instead.
And pull-ups, at least here in my State, costs more.

You are right, waking her up won't help because she most likely wont wake up all the way so all you are doing is teaching her to urinate in her sleep. Time will help, when she's older if she's motivated alarms can work too. We tried chiropractic for my son and it didn't work, but I still think it depends on the kid and is worth a try. We also used the Hylands bedwetting tablets, junk, don't waste your money.

ETA - of course the alarm didn't work, she's too young for it. SHE has to want to stop, then it takes patience and time, the instructions say 8-12 weeks and they are accurate. I slept with my son for 4+ weeks and it took 10+ to be consistently dry, but it did work.

About 20 yrs ago when my kids were little I saw a talk show with a children's allgerist. The doctor said when children who are potty trained wet the bed it is quite often due to allergies. Most of the time the culprits are artificial colors and flavors, dairy, wheat and few other things. She also said the parents need to become their own dectives.

It worked for me. I took all atificial flavors and colors out of my daughter's diet and she didn't wet the bed any more.

She is simply not ready. You can try medications, but at this age most doctors would not do that yet, they usually don't even talk about meds until 6 or 7. While some kids can go all night as young as 2, 6 and 7 are not at all uncommon, and for some kids it is as olds as 9 or 10, my cousin was 12. There are waterproof pads (disposable) you can put down to help prevent sheet changes, but other then that I think you have to just let nature take is course and remind her that it is not her fault.

My daughter wet the bed, less and less frequently, until she was 9. We didn't try medications, withholding liquids, waking her up at night, or alarms. Because none of them work, and would have only left her embarrassed, us both with less sleep, and money wasted. Only time and her physical development eventually allowed her to stay dry at night.

It sounds like you could try heavier overnight diapers, to minimize the wet sheets. And, try the bed pads, to make less laundry. I got tired of the laundry, too, but that's what we do for our kids. Then one day, you'll realize that stage is over and forgotten.

I have some male relatives who all wet the bed well past an age that you might expect (they were siblings). Some of theirs was laziness but I can't image it all was. Any way, I had frequent bladder infections and had the same problem.Eventually, when the infections stopped, so did my problem. It was tough. My son had a problem when he was young...fully potty trained except when being lazy but struggled with night time wetting. I can definately relate.

This is what we did that helped quite a bit: stopping drinks about an hour or so before bedtime, going to the batheroom again before bed, and then before I went to bed we would carry him to the bathroom to try again (sometimes he would go and sometimes he wouldn't). It helped but still had accidents fairly frequently. Our doctor gave us an Rx (I think it was Tophanil or Tofanil....it's been 14-15 years so I can't remember exactly). My son only had to take it a few times (I believe about 5 nights). It was very mild and helped...no more bedwetting.

Good luck.

Fortunately, my daughter had only had a few accidents since being potty trained when she was 3 but was dry most nights for about a year before that. Counting my blessings there.

You are making so much more work for yourself by doing it this way.

Kids do not wake up to go pee at night. They are supposed to be like a grown up, the kidney's are supposed to stop producing urine when the body goes to sleep so there is no urine to eliminate.

Waking her up only causes her to clench the muscles and stop the urine from flowing out. It serves NO purpose to wake her up. She's supposed to go to sleep and sleep all night.

Can you honestly say that all the kids in America, or the world for that matter, wake up time after time all night long to go pee? Of course they don't. They stay dry because there is no urine. Once a person wakes up their bladder suddenly fills so they get up and go pee as soon as they wake up. That's because the kidneys start producing urine as soon as you start waking up.

So waking this child up does nothing so stop it.

Stop adding work to your already busy day and put pull ups on her. She is going to go pee whether you put them on her or not.

Don't you think she's feeling worse about peeing the sheets that she would if she had a pull up on?

So stop, just stop making more work for yourself. Go buy some pull ups and save that excessive money you are spending each and every month on extra water, electricity, laundry soap, fabric softener, bleach, natural gas for a gas dryer, dryer sheets, etc....plus all the time you are spending on this task. IT's not needed. Pull ups are less than $20 per month and all that laundry and time is costing you a lot more than that.

1) Talk to your doctor to rule out medical causes (asymptomatic urinaru tract infection, asymptomatic bladder infection, neurological disorders, etc.

2) IF she had a clean bill of health (you'd be surprised how many 6 & 7yos are brought in, only to find they've had a urinaru system infection for YEARS, many are no pain, but many more just think that's how things are "supposed" to feel, since they've felt that way since toddlers/infants)

- Pushing fluids (instead of restricting) can help trigger the neurotical response you're looking for. May seem counterintuitive... But our body sends signals at different levels of intensity. Like tapping your toe, v stubbing it, v breaking it. The stronger the impulse, the more the brain pays attention. To get through to a sleeping/dreaming brain... That signal needs to be pretty intense. Restricting fluids = weak signal, and urine dribbles out all night. Until the spin yet just remains shut on its own 24/7 which can be anywhere from age 1-10. Pushing fluids, though, attends a strong signal to the brain that the bladder is full, which tightens the sphincter in response & causes enough discomfort to wake, and produces gushing flow.

On average, in a 'ready' kid it takes a couple nights (2-3) up to a week. Longer than a week & they're not ready.

- Protect the bed (BIG accidents a couple times a night for a couple days)
> sheet protecter
> sheet
> sheet protector
> sheet
> sheet protector
> sheet
This way, each accident = pull wet sheets off & toss in machine - no remake of the bed because its already made.

- With an older kid tell them what's up so they don't freak out about the accidents... Fear causes adults to lose control, in kids? That fear prevents control from happening / the autonomic (unconscious, heart breath etc. ) system won't switch micturation to the somatic (conscious motor) system.

- 20oz of fluid (apx, whatever a "big" glass is, not crazy huge) right before bed or teeth depending on your routine.

- Each accident, no big deal, praise (good job honey for waking!), and offer a juice box (or whatever) to help refill the bladder.

Typically its 2-3 accidents on night 1, ditto night 2, 1 or nothing on night 3. Sometimes its a lot on nights 1-3, a couple on 4-6, nada on 7+

.... Just something to try IF she's medically clear, and IF you haven't.
Its a great way to prompt the nervous system into action BUT not all nervous systems are ready to hand over control. Even if there hasn't been any stress/trauma/excitement (happy or sad, the nervous system responds to adrenaline the same... Kids with super exciting lives often exhibit the same symptoms as kids with horrible stress. Doesn't make it bad. Its just a physiological thang.

Some kids sleep really soundly. There are others that have allergies (as my daughter had) and wet the bed. If you are really interested in finding out if allergies (it is usually milk products) don't give milk for about a week and see if she is still wetting the bed. Also, don't give any liquids after 7:30 at night. If she doesn't wet the bed and then you give her milk and she wets the bed then you know it is the milk that is doing it.

Just an idea for you to try since this was why she wet the bed.

N.