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My daughter is 5 and we are having a bed wetting issue. I want to add that is not a regression thing, she has always wet the bed. Now we are trying to get her out of the good night's and I need advice on how to handle this. I can't tell if it's lazyness on her part by not getting up to go in the middle of the night or what. I cut her drinks off at 730 and I make her go before bed, and bed time is 9. What else can I do? Because it's every night! I never had this issue with my other kids.
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It sounds like her body just isn't ready to wake her up at night yet. Personally, I would wait it out as long as there is no medical reason. -
The pediatricians here say it is within normal range until age seven.Comment
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You could wake her 2-3 hours after she's asleep until shes developmentally ready to do this her self. bladder control involves a number of body bits functioning together to get it right brain, muscles, nerves, spinal cord I wouldn't be concerned yetComment
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what about at age 11?and already in puberty and still wetting the bed?Comment
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Thanks guys. I didn't know if I should be trying to "train" her by waking her up, or let her be or what.Comment
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We have struggled with this with my ds. We have tried limiting fluids after 7, waking him up in the middle of the night, waking him up with a cold water spritz to make sure he was actually awake because otherwise he's half sleeping and basically just peeing in his sleep like he was already doing, we have tried stretching his bladder by having him hold it until he was ready to burst, we have tried pretty much everything reccommended by the doctor and anything else we could find to read.
This fall we ended up taking out what few processed foods he was eating as well as artificial food dyes, artificial flavors and all preservatives. This was actually because we were working on his focus in school (it wasn't bad but this was also a BAD year with the teacher he got and we were trying anything we could to find a way to get through the year). The food restrictions actually help a lot with his focus (his observation not only ours) but a pleasant side effect was no more bed wetting. At this point I can actually predict when he will wet the bed. We let him have a cheat day on Saturdays when he can lighten up his restrictions a little (still no colors) and I KNOW that on Saturday night he will wet the bed. Now the only time we end up with a wet bed in the morning is if he got something that we didn't investigate.
This is a HUGE pain with potlucks, group meals and especially gatherings with his friends like birthday parties but we have made it work. We have found candy that he can have (made with natural food dyes and/or fruit juice) and other things that he considers treats and then he eats A LOT of fruit and veggies and we make things like smoothie pops to substitute for popsicles. We end up bringing our own food to everything and always have to make sure we have snacks with us so he can have something on the go since most options won't work for him but it's worth it when he can tell us that he doesn't like feeling the way he was. The key to our success has probably been the fact that we involved him in the process and it has been his choice to continue this far because he likes the side effects. He has his moments and we have to pick our battles but most of the time he is good with this plan.Comment
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My brother wet the bed until middle school when the Dr finally gave him some medicine that stopped it from happening. I can't remember what the medicine was or what it did, but his body just never woke up to pee at night.Comment
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My son also wet his bed until he was 8 or so. We tried everything you are doing also but nothing worked. We just let him use pull ups and didn't make a big deal about it. There is a med. you can get but its not meant to use long term but he would use it when he went to sleep overs. He out grew it in time. He is a healthy 22 non-bed wetting man now.
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You can ask the pediatrician about DDAVP, but most won't medicate until past a certain age.
At 5, it's very normal. My ds/6 occasionally wets the bed, too. We make it a non issue, he helps clean it up and we move on.
She WILL outgrow it.Comment
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My dd is the same way (4.5). She could care less that she has to wear pull-ups at night. She is very happy when she wakes up dry, but that's rare.
Plus a part of me is lazy. After waking up at 2am for a week because she wet the bed (Queen size, no less, curse those big sheets!), I put her back in pull-ups and figured she'd eventually outgrow it. It's good to hear others are/have been in the same boat, even if it's leaking
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My youngest dd was such a deep sleeper that she never felt the urge. We tried everything, including meds. Nothing worked. One urologist said it was caused by PT before her body was ready.
We ended up buying an alarm system. As I recall, it was a pad that fit under her sheet and when she started to pee, it would sound a loud alarm. It worked within two weeks.Comment
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Sounds like a medical issue and so I would get him/her to the doctor.
In the meantime, I would buy a couple of plastic mattress protectors and then make the bed in layers (plastic protector, regular sheet, plastic protector, regular sheet) so that he/she can peel off one wet layer and have a dry one underneath and get back to sleep quickly. The wet sheet can be washed the next day.Comment
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My son wet the bed until he was about 5. I didn't make a big deal out of it but I was worried that he could have a bladder problem. He didn't. One day he just stopped and I don't know what did it. I think he just grew out of it.
Edit to add: I did try waking him up in the middle of the night and limit drinks after a certain time and sometimes that would work but not always. I also stopped pull ups cause I didn't want him to think he didn't need to get up but washing sheets everyday is a pain so you have to deal with that.Comment
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