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Bedwetting Nightmare!

Jo - posted on 01/22/2010 ( 3 moms have responded )

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I have a 5 year old boy that is in Kindergarten this year. He was completely potty trained for the day time at 24 months. I was thinking that I was one of the luckiest moms ever! The issue is, he still wets the bed at night. He is 5 so he feels way too big to wear diapers. He cries if I even suggest it, and I don't want to make the problem worse by putting something on him that encourages him to wet because he doesn't feel the wet. We have cut off all liquids after dinner, and I wake him up once during the night to go to the bathroom. The doctor says there is nothing wrong with him medically, he just needs to mature. Has anyone been successful with this type of struggle, or am I going to have to continue washing bedding on a daily basis until he moves out for college?
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Krystal - posted on 01/24/2010

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hi my name is krystal, i kno how your son feels, i was wetting the bed from the age of 3 - 16, was very embarrest about it but now i can talk about it, my mum tried everythin with me, from stopping my drink intake from 8pm to waking me up 3 times in the night, i had a monitor that i wore in bed that was suppost to wake me up wen i was leakin wee but that didnt work, i was on new medication every week because my body was getting amune to them. they did test after test after test and i used to get urine infections alot ( 5-6 times a week), found out that my bladder was the size of a very small ballon and was unable to keep much in and hold it, and i also had scaring on 1 kidney and 45 per cent of my other kidney wasnt workin, i had to do alot of work to train my bladder but im 19 now and havent done it in 3 years and i have an 8 month old son. they also told her that some of it was because i was wetting the bed i was nervous and worried that if i did it i would get told off and made me do it even more and i was also a very deep sleeper so i would never wake up in time. my mum used to put somethin protective and water proof on my mattress to stop it getting ruined, you gotta be patient with him, i kno its hard but it will only get worse if ya get angry and upset, try not to make a big fuss out of it, just say its ok mummy will deal with it, he needs reassurence that hes not in the wrong, keep doin the no drinks past a certain time and takin him to the toilet in the night, talk to him and tell him that wen he wakes up in the mornin if hes wet the bed to make sure he tells mummy straight away , its alot for a 5 year old to deal with. also if you are still worried about it then i would suggest askin to have some test done just to make sure.

Annette - posted on 01/24/2010

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liquid cutoff time is 8pm dr says. remember how hot it is in summer. you dont want to dehydrate him

Annette - posted on 01/24/2010

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dont. just put a towel down just in case. take him to the loo b4 he goes to bed. again b4 you go to bed. first thing in the morning. my son had a condition where his bladder would fill in the rem stage. 1st 5 mins of sleep. i just mentioned to the doc one day and found out. once he gets used to this he will naturally go himself. but it took a while so be patient. if he has an accident just tell him things happen and if it happens again all he has to do is put his wet blankets in the wash so you can wash them cause you wont always know and you dont want him on a wet bed

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