Still Wetting the Bed

I think this is the most common question. I read it all the time. My son has the same issue. He'll be 7 in July. My friends son used a Patty Alarm and that conditioned him to wake up. It worked for about 6 months but then he had a relapse and they started it again. I wake my son up right before we go to bed and make him go. Sometimes he goes again, in bed, and sometimes not. Pull ups make it easier but I hate spending so much on them. I'm hoping he'll just grow out of it soon.

My son wet the bed until 5th grade. We tried everything from DDAVP nasal spray to alarms to limiting his drink intake. Finally, we spent the money and took him to the Eneuresis Treatment Center. After following their program, he was never wet again. I know it sound like a commercial, but I wish we'd have taken him there sooner. Their program is all about INCREASING bladder size and helping kids wake up from that deep slleep. It wasn't cheap, but it worked.

First have you checked with your doctor? I ask this because some children do have medical problems that can cause this. When my son turned six he was still wetting the bed almost every night, potty trained at three also. When I told my doctor he said we could try this medicine, Desmopression, it doesn't work on everyone but the ones it does it is great. After 3 days no more wetting the bed he was off of it in three months and now he is turning 10 and has NEVER had another bed wetting incident.

Unfortunately I have this same problem with my 6 year old daughter. We have tried all sorts of motivation techniqes, but all failed, although not for a lack of trying. The only thing that has worked for us is setting her alarm for 2:30 am. (The majority of her accidents happened around 3 in the morning.) The alarm goes off, she goes to the bathroom, and then back to bed. I just make sure that my alarm is set to wake her up in the morning for school, but I know that there are alarm clocks that have a dual alarm feature.

Good Luck!

This sounds easier than it is.....but.....don't make a big deal out of it!

It will stop happening when it stops happening.

Sorry sister! That's all I got.

My son (7 in March) also still wets the bed at night. Every year at his check up I ask the dr if it's ok, and every year the dr says it's normal until 8 or 9, especially since his dad and aunt both wet the bed forever. Good nites do go up to 125 lbs! Crazy, I know!

they make them for kids well over 100 lbs - the s/M go up to 68#.
My son is 6 and still wears them, its because his bladder is still immature. Give it time.
He won't be in high school still wetting his pants.
The time to stop making a big deal out of it will be when his brain and bladder get all connected.
God Bless

I had that problem with my son. We ended up taking him to the doctor. According to him, this is the age for nocturnal enuresis.....they sleep so deeply that they dont feel the urge to urinate. He said it is kinda like when we get older and need detrol to no prr everytime we cough. my son was put on meds for 6 months and then he was fine. It made bedtime so much better, and he wasnt embarrassed anymore to have friends over. He was on DDAVP. Hope that gives you an option.

I actually had this problem when I was younger. I think I wet the bed until I was 11 or 12. I was a hard sleeper. My mom put rubber sheets on my bed. I eventually grew out of this and I'm sure your son will too. I know it's frustrating though! My bed smelled like vinegar for ages! That's what my mom would put on the mattress to get rid of the pee smell.

This is not uncommon.
Full dryness at night, can even still occur at this age.
You could ask the Pediatrician, to rule out anything.
But basically, our Doctor says that even at this age, they have accidents.
Night time dryness is a whole other process.

My daughter is 7. She still has occasional accidents. I just use a waterproof bed pad directly under her, and if she has an accident its not big deal. I just put a new bed pad under her, and I have about 4 of them so I can wash/rotate them.

I don't limit liquids or wake her just to go pee. She can do it herself. But sometimes she just sleeps SO deeply that she does not wake. Once she even had a dream that she WAS on the toilet until she felt herself wet. It was funny! And we laughed about it. She just gets up, washes herself off, then changes jammies and back to bed.

My daughter does not wear night diapers. But she still has accidents every blue moon. Normal.

My Hubby, did that too when he was a child.

All the best,
Susan

My son still occasionaly gets in a deep sleep and doesn't wake to go pee. We put a plastic sheet on his mattress under his sheet (so his bed doesn't get stained or smell) and he wears a goodnight underwear (they go up to 125lbs). We also limit his beverage intake.