My 6 yr old son stills wets the bed daily ive tried everythin can anybody help???

Allison - posted on 03/04/2009

am having this same problem with my 5 year old boy ,i agree boys take longer to get dry alltogether but as an older mum try not to get stressed about it. don't compare your childs goals to others kids they are all different .my son sleeps heavily and even if i wake him in the night he still has accidents hopefully with maturity it will sort itself out  xxx allie

Sondra - posted on 03/04/2009

My son is 6 and we are having the same problem. He was doing well for a while, only wet a couple of nights during the week...but he seems to have reverted back. We have limited liquids after dinner. He goes to the bathroom before he goes to bed and we get him up again around 9:30 - 10 when we go to bed. I have even been setting the alarm and getting up at 2 am to take him to the bathroom. I am so frustrated! The nights I get up at 2 he will stay dry until around 6 then he wakes himself up. I think some of the problem is he is such a deep sleeper...you could set a bomb off in his room and he wouldn't wake up! I'm hoping "this too shall pass" and he will grow out of it.
Good luck!

Sarah - posted on 03/03/2009

thank you all so much i will keep trying i wasnt told about water instead of milk he always has milk b4 bed ill keep you all informed of his progress x

Heidy - posted on 03/03/2009

hello, i just joind, and when i read your post i had to first see what others had to say, than see if my thoughts went along with theres... they do, pretty much, only watter at night,    milk is good for them so its hard to not give it to them alot... my son is almost 4, daughter almost 6 and they are having the same problem, its really hard, but i have to get into a better habbit of getting them up in there sleep to bring them in to use the potty, if i dont and they have accidents, i get frustrated, and that doesnt help them, or me,  using potty charts with stickers can be a great tool, but you have to stick with it! i think if we boath stick to those three things, rewards for trying, little to no drinks after dinner, and getting up at least once every night to get them to GO where there saposed to, we will help them to be very acomplished potty peers, and do not forget most importantly... incourage siblings, i remember when i was a little girl, my sis had a problem for a long time, and i made fun of her, cause i was younger, it didnt help her i know now, every body's body is diffrent.  good luck!

Heidy - posted on 03/03/2009

hello, i just joind, and when i read your post i had to first see what others had to say, than see if my thoughts went along with theres... they do, pretty much, only watter at night,    milk is good for them so its hard to not give it to them alot... my son is almost 4, daughter almost 6 and they are having the same problem, its really hard, but i have to get into a better habbit of getting them up in there sleep to bring them in to use the potty, if i dont and they have accidents, i get frustrated, and that doesnt help them, or me,  using potty charts with stickers can be a great tool, but you have to stick with it! i think if we boath stick to those three things, rewards for trying, little to no drinks after dinner, and getting up at least once every night to get them to GO where there saposed to, we will help them to be very acomplished potty peers, and do not forget most importantly... incourage siblings, i remember when i was a little girl, my sis had a problem for a long time, and i made fun of her, cause i was younger, it didnt help her i know now, every body's body is diffrent.  good luck!

Tina - posted on 03/03/2009

My daughter has the same problem. We limit drinks in the p.m. too, make sure she goes to the bathroom before bed and we wake her up when we go to bed. She is such a sound sleeper that she doesn't feel it when she wets the bed. The doctor did tell us that one thing to try is when she's awake and needs to go potty to try to wait a little while. This is supposed to stretch the bladder so it can hold more. I have noticed that since she's been doing this she's having fewer nights of wetting.

Kristina - posted on 03/02/2009

I had the same problem with my daughter.   What we did was no drinks after dinner.  Sipps are ok of course.  She goes to bed at 7:30 and the first week, we got her up at 9:30-10, and then now we get her up at 11 when we go to bed.  She has never wet the bed when we follow the rules!

Gina - posted on 03/02/2009

I am having the same problem with my 6 year old daughter.  I have ben told that you should never allow kids with this problem to drink carbonated beverages.  Also, no dairy or sugar after noon. 

It's hard to do.  I have never really allowed my kids to have carbonated drinks, so that isn't the problem.  The dairy and sugar after noon is very difficult for me to keep up.

Good luck!

Amanda - posted on 03/02/2009

my doctor gave the kids an allergy medicine and it worked. my daughter takes and allegra d every night and she doesnt wet anymore.

Sarah - posted on 03/02/2009

Hi there,

I have the same problem and believe me so do half of my friends. I can tell you after seeing doctors about this they all had the same answer. This is normal. Boys bladders develope a lot slower then girls, it can take them until they are 12 years old to fully stretch their bladders and stop wetting the bed. We just cut off liquids after 6pm, sips of water are o.k. and some days he is dry others he is wet. One thing i did notice is that if he had milk before bed (like with snack) he would soke the bed. So we do water with snack and it has helped. I know it's frustrating, but out of all my friends sons.....all but one still wet the bed and the ages very from2 to 12. Hang in there and don't get discouraged. You are not the only mom dealing with this.