My 4 yr old once potty trained has never wet the bed.But in the last couple of weeks he has wet the bed about 5 times.Iwas recently in a wreck but he wasnt in it and he started before that so i dont think its that.my husband said maybe b/c of the cold wether he doesnt want to get out of the bed.Anyone had this?I'll probabl take him to his doctor soon due to him sniffling even though he has no cold and ask him about this but what could make a child just starting to wet the bed? I have tried not letting him have fluids before bed and even making him pee before I lay him down but it doesnt stop him from waking me up early in the morning telling me he just peed on himself.
Your son may be experiencing a urinary tract infection. You should take him to your doctor and have a urine test done.
I would definately take him to see the doctor. It sounds like it may be a urinary track, bladder or kidney infection causing it. Especially since he has never been a bed wetter before. Hope this is of help. W.
My son did that at first, but we were letting him drink before he went to sleep without making him go to the bathroom. I have one friend who doesnt let her kids drink anything an hour or two before bedtime. Good luck!
has there been some kind of change lately? changes in life or the lives of others around them can make a child suddenly wet the bed.
I've heard that occasionally kids can start wetting the bed during growth spurts, as their bladder doesn't always grow as fast as the rest of the body. Sometimes it can be hereditary, as well. My seven year old still wets the bed rather often, and we found out that my sister-in-law wet the bed until she was close to twelve years old. My son went about two years after being potty trained where he didn't wet the bed, and then it suddenly started up when he was almost four.
You might also want to investigate a little and see if he's struggling with anything else. Maybe there is something bothering him away from home that is causing the change. I've heard that trauma or even extra stress can cause this.
Good luck!
He could have a UTI, but you'd also notice him going to the bathroom a lot more during the day, too.
Hi C.-
My son is 5 and recently went through the same thing- it was really frustrating when you have to wash the sheets that often, and you can't figure out what's going on. My son did it soon after we moved in to a new house, and we were trying to figure out if there was an anxiety, his diet, etc. After cutting off fluids, making him pee right before he laid down, encouraging him to get up in the middle of the night, nothing was working. We finally got firm with him, actually, and said that he could only do "privilege" tomorrow if he didn't wet the bed. This was a last ditch effort (and we felt bad b/c we thought- what if he can't control it!?!), but it worked! The pattern went from every night/ every other night to maybe once a week, and then after a couple weeks, nothing at all. He would get up and go in the middle of the night sometimes, and be very proud of himself for it the next morning, and rec'd a lot of praise from us for that. Now, this worked for us, for him in his situation, but it might not be the answer for you. If it doesn't work after a few nights, I wouldn't carry on with that system because that could be adding more pressure if this is a result of anxiety or if he really just can't help it b/c of a physiological thing. But if it does work, it just goes to show the power of the mind- if they think about it, they can make their mind and get up in the middle of the night. Recently, he's had a couple accidents where he's peed a little in his pajama pants but it wakes him up and he finishes in the toilet. We haven't really been bothered with that- I think that's just part of being a boy, growing up, etc. If your son has the sniffles, he could just be sleeping really hard too. Maybe putting him to bed a little earlier for a couple days so that he can get some rest for his body would help him not sleep so hard. Good luck!
