My 5 yr old still wets himself, night and day.

Merenda - posted on 06/22/2010

During the night to wet the bed i guess it is more acceptable than wetting the pants during day time.
And if you were making him wear diapers to sleep or walk around in it he will stop as he knows friends will be laughing at him and he will be force to stop if it was laziness or him looking for attention that is causing that.

Using makintosh on his matress is also a good option as this make him wanna stop when he feels cold at night when the makintosh is wet.

Also try to rule out if this is not a medical situation that you have here that need a doctors check up.
Chronic bed-wetting is thought to be related to (1) a physically and/or neurologically immature bladder and/or (2) a deep sleeping pattern. Apparently these children often sleep so deeply that they are not aware of the message the bladder sends to the brain saying it is full. almost all children outgrow their bed-wetting habit. As children mature, their muscles become stronger and their bladder capacity increases. They tend to sleep less deeply and to become more sensitive to messages the bladder sends to the brain.

Waking your child periodically throughout the night, walking your child to the bathroom to urinate is another option.

Moisture alarms are considered a useful and successful way to treat bed-wetting.

And about wetting pants during daytime can also be so frustrating.I would get some diapers and diaper him. I would then let her know that until he can keep the diapers dry, he will continue to wear diapers day and night and to school. So once you have told him the choice he has to make, if he wets, you must carry through with what you told him
I would guess he wouldn't be in diapers too long before he started using the potty again as he knows other kids will tease him endlessly, so maybe it will work. But try to rule out if it's not a medical situation here first....

Antoinette - posted on 06/21/2010

My son is only at nights and its driving me insane. I dont know what to do about it and I cant think of anything to try again. Lord help me

Melissa - posted on 06/02/2010

My son will be six next month and still wets his pants but it seems to me it only happens when he is off playing and is to lazy to stop what he is doing and come in to go to the bathroom too. Have you asked his Dr? I ask because my now 8yr old had a problem when he was younger and I told the dr and she wanted to run tests but he stopped doing it so the tests never got done and I dont even know what tey might have tested for but if there are tests then maybe you could check into that.

Serena - posted on 05/24/2010

Set a timer for every hour, and when it goes off say in a cheery voice "it's potty time!" and if he doesn't walk to the bathroom on his own then carry and don't let him out of the bathroom even if he's crying, until he atleast sits on the potty. when he actually goes potty you could say something nice like: I like when you go pee in the potty because that's what people do" or you could reward him with sticker, popsickle or take him to the park, but he doesn't get to go to the park if he wont use the batheroom etc. you have to be firm you can't let him walk all over you!