Bedwetting

Gina - posted on 09/25/2012

I'm interested too since Apryl's story sounds exactly like my son. We are at our wit's end. We've tried everything and he's almost 10.

Donna - posted on 09/07/2012

I'm curious for an update on Apryl's boy since he's a couple years older now. Or updates on anybody who posted here. Apryl's story sounds exactly like mine, word for word. I'm at a loss for what else I can do...

Laura - posted on 05/09/2012

I am having the same problem with my 12 yr old son. He is a happy young guy, except for this. He started on a prescribed medication 2 weeks ago, and it is not helping. He feels ashamed and discouraged. He tries to wash his own sheets because he's embarrassed. He is a very deep sleeper too. He sets his alarm, puts it RIGHT BY HIS HEAD, but still doesn't wake up. I usually hear the alarm when I'm sleeping in another room. My fiance' is getting frustrated with him and thinks he's lazy, but I know it's not the case. I don't know what else to try.

Rajdeep - posted on 05/07/2009

My son is 12, and still wets his bed atleast one night in every 4. We thought of trying allopathic medicines, but didn't because they work by dulling the body's sense of thirst and/or constricting the vessels connected to the bladder, or dulling the reflexes in the bladder so that he doesn't feel it if the bladder is full and thus does not feel the need to urinate—all of which I thought were potentially harmful. The doctors too say that it's normal and medication should be avoided, the only remedy being to wake him every night till he finally starts waking on his own. We're presently trying homoeopathy, an alternate medicine system, which has no side-effects. It seems to work to the extent that we're down to 1 night in 4 from wetting himself everyday, though this system is notoriously slow in its progress. So I'm waiting and watching.

Kelly - posted on 05/05/2009

My son is nearly 9 and still wets a couple of times a month. Its really dishearting for him when it happens and it effects his whole mood for the day. I have to admit that I too find it tedious with having to wash blankets in winter!! Apparantly its due to a chemical in their brain thats mean't to wake you at night, but they lack the quantities needed. If you get any suggestions let me know.

Jessica - posted on 05/04/2009

Try finding a doctor that does hypnosis. That's what worked for our daughter.

Charlene - posted on 05/03/2009

bedwetting has been linked to emotional problems, school/life stresses (are they being bullied??) and also I have read that there can be a hormonal imbalance causing the brain not to receive the signal from the bladder. Good Luck.

Aliska - posted on 05/03/2009

Try the alarm. It helped my daughter. The trick is even if it doesn't wake the child it will wake you and you wake them to turn it off and go to the toilet. Make sure it is far enough away from the bed so that they have to get out of bed to turn it off. Also, 'practice' when your child goes to bed each night. Trip the alarm, make them get up, turn it off, walk to the toilet and go back to bed. You need to stick to it for at least a month and you need to pick a time when you can cope with broken sleep cos at first only you will wake up and not the bed-wetter. Good luck it is a pain for everyone in the family!

Tammy - posted on 05/02/2009

one thing you need to check ...does he snoore alot at night when sleeping he may not be a deep sleeper if he snoores he may have sleep apnea its a snooring disorder that will cause alot of problems including pottying in the sleep my husband has sleep apnea and i myself need to go be checked for it this dieorder can be takin care of with a breathing machine ...just a thought ..good luck

tammy

Dana - posted on 04/30/2009

Waking them up at night definitely helps. We wake our three younger kids around 12am and also around 4 or 5am to go potty. It's tiring but it does help.

Denise - posted on 04/29/2009

Not sure about words of wisdom, but hopefully words of encouragement. My son had this problem too until he was about 14 yrs. old. He too is a very deep sleeper. I believe this is heredity as his dad was also a bed wetter. He's been dry for 2 years. My advice is to keep doing what you're doing (i.e. limiting drinks at night) also, what we used to do was to take him to the bathroom after he's been in bed for a couple of hours. This helped sometimes. We tried the bedwetter alarm and it never woke him up, just me. By then it was too late. Your son's bladder just needs to catch up with the rest of him and then he'll be great! I know how frustrating this is and embarrasing it is for your child but try to be patient. It will stop. Hope this helps. :)

Michelle - posted on 04/29/2009

My son is going to be 11 and still wets the bed. We have tried to cut fluids and even gone a far as to have a bed made that he had picked out with new sheets the works, and still have the problem. Not as frequent, but yes he still wets the bed. If you find the answer please share, it is just as frustrating for him as it is for us. Not to mention the embarrassment.

Dana - posted on 04/29/2009

My daughter (almost 11) still has this problem. We took her to the dr and they usually find nothing... sometimes find an infection causing it. She's been to a urologist and I was told to cut out all caffiene, no water 2 hours before bedtime, no dairy products after 4:30pm (dairy digests last and will cause the bladder to drop urine in the middle of the night), no red dyes, no watermelon or other watery fruits and veggies, and only water at dinnertime. We do this and it helps but hasn't stopped it completely.

Maria - posted on 04/27/2009

My son used to wet his bed, and the doctor didn't find out anything wrong with him. It seems that some kids go through that, I was told. I was also told that something may be causing him anxiety or stress at school or with friends, maybe? It may help to talk to him and get him to open up. In the meantime, if he's a deep sleeper, turn his alarm on every so often so he can go to the bathroom. I woke my son up. I know it's a pain, but at least until he can learn to get up on his own. Mine did. He's now 17 and he hasn't wet his bed in years.

Jamie - posted on 04/25/2009

My son has this problem too but unfortunely we havent found an answer as of yet. It makes it really hard for him to go to camp. He has to go into his brothers cabin or his brothers best friend so that they can wake him up before any of the other boys to clean up or to change out of goodnite. Bless you and him.