My oldest is still have problems with wetting the bed, does anyone else have this problem?

Heather - posted on 05/19/2010

Thank you so much for that comment, See what don't get me is that I have 3 boys ages 6 1/2, 5 and 16 months, and the oldest one is the only 1 that can not wake up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom. I try and get him up before I past out for the night but he is a hard sleeper and it takes me like 5 minutes to get him up every day for school. But I do want to thank you all so much for your advice and comments.

Jennifer - posted on 05/18/2010

My son is 6 and a half and still wets at night from time to time. I have good news for you! He's normal!!! In fact in my recent understandings, boys typically wet well into their 7th year of life because physically their minds are not fully develeped to alert themselves to wake when they have to go. Its true. If he continues to wet into preteens, then yes I would say its definitely a medical issue. I staple water and fluids as well, sometimes that works and sometimes it doesn't. Boys do have a hrader time with stopping anything to go to the bathroom. They literally hold it until it starts to dribble out. Girls tend to grow mentally much faster and by the time they in school are more likely to have already gotten over this. My son has to take responsibility for when he does wet, he has to strip his sheets, lay out the clean ones, and put it all in the wash. I really personally would not worry to much unless he gets to puberty (which is probably a whole "nother' bed issue then :) ... its frustrating I know to have to deal with it all the time. Honestly if he is already in underwear at night, I would personally try not to degress into pull ups. I keep some on hand in case we visit somewhere overnight. Its his mental development more than anything at this stage. I hope this helps relieve some pressure off of you. Don't let other parents try to make you feel bad for anything! I hate it when other parents compare your child to theirs (and yours is always below theirs). Your child just needs to know you are there, you understand and that he is normal. He is so normal. :)

Heather - posted on 05/17/2010

Thank you for those of you that repied to my post I put pull-ups on him and he still does wet some times he is just for big for them, and I'm not working so it is hard for me to be buying the Goodnights they are alot of money for like 10. But thank you all I will check this again in a day or so.

Sarah - posted on 05/15/2010

My youngest had trouble with that til she was 9. She finally outgrew it. My best advice is a shower curtain liner or other durable plastic sheet under his sheet or "Good-Nights". If you're the kind who wakes up during the night, get him up for a bathroom trip then too.

Good Luck!

Dawn - posted on 05/15/2010

my daughters wet the bed till they were about seven or so.... i also work in a group home, where we have a fifteen year old boy that still has accidents... the conclusion from the doctors has been in both situations, that these kids bladders are slow to grow to appropriate size... that, paired with deep sleeping children, causes accidents at night.

there is a medication that the doctor can prescribe, either in a nasal spray, or a melt-a-way tab that goes under the tounge, called, ddrp... i think.. i will look into the proper full length name... but it stops the child from wetting. allows the bladder to stretch enough to help it grow out... and saves the lack of self esteem issue in these children. Dont fret, or get upset... its not your sons fault... and eventually, it will end. There is always a light at the end of the tunnel.



wishing you the best always,

Dawn.

JuLeah - posted on 05/15/2010

Some kids, mostly boys, wet the bed until they are ten or so. There are pull ups he can wear. He will out grow it someday. It tends to run in families. If the father wet the bed, the son often does too.