Need Tips on Keeping Bed Dry at Night

We have bed covers that work really good..they have a few different ones..I got the one that you zip up to protect the mattress..

Hi J.-

I'm just like you. Between my Silpada business and everything else that needs to be done around the house, and keep my two little ones out of trouble, doing sheets everyday is a nightmare!!! If it helps, I actually bought the large cotton/plastic chuck pads to put under my kids sheets. They're just like the ones in the hospitals, and can be purchased in most durable medical supply stores. You can even put them ontop of the sheets if you wish, and all you'll have to wash is the chuck pad. The cotton aspect does not make my kids perspire, whic is nice too! I have 4 pads. So, I can strip the bed (if needed), and make it up again without having to wait for the laundry. Its something to think about on your next go around!! Good luck!!

Of the 4 of my children the boys were the bed wetters. My regular tactics that worked on the girls did not work on the boys. I stopped all liquids and food after 6 pm, made them go to the bathroom before they went to sleep(around 8) and then woke them up again before I went to bed. Usually around 9-11 pm. Kids don't have that sensation of having to urinate while they are sleeping( heck some adults are still like this) so it may take a while. Usually by 7/8 they outgrow it and if they don't that is when I would probably check for other problems. I had to do this for a month straight before I saw the light at the end of the tunnel. I have twin boys so sometimes they would wet the bed together and sometimes not-either way my water bill was high...Hang in there. It could also be psychological. He might be having some issues with you being a bit overwhelmed with your business, or if there have been any changes when he started the bed wetting. Most of the time they outgrow it. Hope this helps, yet I'm sure you've heard all this before. Good luck...

Don't give him anything to drink past 6:30. That will help alot. If not then put him in pull ups. Not all kids are the same and he just might not be aware that he needs to go until its too late. We had that same problem with my oldest and he was fine with the pull up he didn't think it was a diaper. Best of luck.

Hi J.,
My sister in law has the same problem with her son. She buys the Goodnights and they seem to work pretty well. It also makes him feel better when he wakes up in the morning and says "Mom look my goodnights are dry"!
A.

good for you for using pullups. my son wears pull-ups only at night and he wakes up dry all the time. We talk about it and I often ask him if he wants to wear underwear to bed sometime yes, sometimes no. Don't stress yourself out over this.

Hello J.,

Don't give him anything to drink past 6pm. That should help, Or You could put pull_ups on just at night,make sure he goes to the bathroom before bed and you may also need to wake him up once or twice during the night ( before parets go to bed) Until he relizes that sometimes he needs to get up at night to go. I hope this helps.
Good luck.

K. from Beverly :)

I have a 12 yr. old daughter. She sleeps so soundly she wets. She does not know when she has to go. Talk to your Pedi. about dessmopressin.It is a completely safe nasal spray or pill form med it works great.

Any doctor will tell you that at 4 this is neurological. There's no amount of intervention you can do that will make him dry through the night until his little body is ready. LOTS of kids wear diapers/pull ups at night until they're well into grade school. Their bodies just don't wake them up.

Buy some pull ups and stop worrying. He will be dry in a few years. My niece wore night diapers/pull ups until she was 7.

What I have done with my 5 year old is have him stop drinking about an hour before he goes to bed and right before he goes to bed he goes to bathroom. I also use pullups at night so there isn't any changing of the sheets. I have heard that after 7 nights in a row of being dry they should be completely trained at nigth also.

hi J.

i am new to the group here thats why this response is a little late coming.

my now 11 yr old had the same issues until she was about 8 or so. i agree that it is just how some kids are; i was told she must have a small bladder. even now she has trouble holding it if someone else is in the bathroom when she has to go.

we didnt let her drink about an hour before bed, had her go to the bathroom even if she didnt have to right at bedtime and i used pads on her bed under her sheet to protect her mattress. i didnt care about the laundry and i figured it she felt wetness she might immediatly get up to go. i also tried to wake her up nightly when i was going to bed to see if she had to go then.

good luck