Help with bed wetting

MonkeyMamma

MonkeyMamma

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No it isn't me wetting the bed.;)

It is Grace. She was a very easy child to potty train but has always worn pullups at night. There has been a time or two that we ran out of pullups and she had to wear panties. There are nights she makes it just fine and will get up and go potty but other nights she wets the bed.

We ran out of pullups two days ago and dh and I decided that since she is 5 she should start wearing panties. The first night she did great. Last night I woke up at 4am and went to check on her and she had wet the bed. Alot. So I cleaned her up, stripped the bed and put her in a sleeping bag on the floor.

I don't want to put her back in pullups but I also don't want to change sheets everyday. For now I am going to put her sleeping bag on her bed. That way if she wets I can just wash that instead of all the sheets.

I know she is trying and wants to not wear pullups anymore. So does anyone have any special tricks? We already make her go before bed and take her again when we go.
 
My Joy is almost 7 and she still wets the bed occasionally. She sleeps SO soundly, that she doesn't wake up when she needs to go. We make her go before bed, too. It helps if she doesn't have anything to eat or drink for a couple of hours before bedtime. Sometimes when we have evening things going on at church that isn't practical, but we try. Joy sleeps on a sleeping bag, too, for the same reason. She calls it her "nest". LOL

The big thing is, don't make her feel bad about it. :) I'm assured that they grow out of it eventually.
 
Sorry, I don't have any advise. You just made me chuckle when you stated it wasn't you wetting the bed. :lol:
 
I agree with Marilyn about making sure she goes to the bathroom and not drinking a couple of hours before bed. I used to put a waterproof baby bed mattress on top of the fitted sheet. That way I could just remove it and not all the sheets when there was an accident.
 
I do have a mattress protector on her bed at least so the mattress doesn't get ruined. We've been really good about taking her out of bed before we go to bed so she can try and go potty again. I think the only thing else to do is make sure she doesn't drink before bed.
 
My daughter is almost 5 and she is wetting the bed as well. It DRIVES ME NUTS!! We have noticed the more tea and cola she drinks the more "accidents" she has. So we have been substituting those drinks for juice and water with lemon (my favorite). She does a lot better when she doesn't drink much caffinated drinks. And we try not to let her drink anything 2 hours before bedtime with a trip to the bathroom before bed. She still has an occasional accident but it's not an every night thing now. We also bought one of those plastic zipper mattress covers to save her mattress. That way if she does have an accident we don't have to move her into another bed or into the floor. Just wipe it down and change the sheets and blanket.
 
I have kids that wet the bed every now and then at that age and a bit older. I myself wet the bed at around that age still...but not every night.

Try no liquids 2 hours before bedtime and make sure she uses the bathroom before bed. You may also want to wake her up early in the morning...about 6:30-7:00am....if she is sleeping a long time maybe she just cant' wait until morning...ya know? Just throwing that out there. Now, if this were me I would try this while she was in pull ups or those goodnights...just to see if it works. If not, I guess her bladder just isn't ready.
 
I guess we are going to have to start eating dinner earlier but dh is not going to like that at all. Maybe I could just move her bedtime back instead. See we eat dinner at 7:00 or 7:30 and then she takes a bath and goes to bed around 9:00. Dh does not like to eat early at all. Some nights when the kids aren't here we don't eat until 9:00. So it will be hard for me to keep her from drinking anything 2 hours before bed.

If I just make sure we eat at 7:00 and then make sure she drinks nothing else that'll be a start. She very rarely drinks any sodas except when we go out to dinner. At home she drinks milk or juice.
 
Ok, I know all about this one. My pediatrition said its just a case of premature bladder. "She'll outgrow it someday!" We use good nights (or store brand equvilancy)...................... Even if you go to the pull-up website read the testimonials of the older kids (maybe its the good nights website).......... anyway, My doctor recamends a goal of somekind, a chart of dry nights, with stickers and then a bigger reward....... maybe a toy or something she looks forward too.
 
my docotor also told us not to give her anything after dinner to drink and we eat early........ so far that hasn't helped, but do make sure she goes to the bathroom before bed.
 
We eat late all the time also. I thought we were the only ones! Growing up we ate at 5:30PM on the dot every night. lol. In my house we eat anytime between 7:00-9:00pm. Got into the habit when my dh wasn't getting home from work until then. Anyway, my ds would pee his bed any night he drank Gatorade with dinner. LOL.
 
I can't post a link but there is a good article from the AAP.

It is at the American Academy of Pediatrics website and is found by searching for bedwetting ... the name is

wakingupdry.pdf
 
My almost 6yo ds still wears a pull up at night, otherwise he'd wet the bed pretty much every night. This is one of those things I refuse to make a fuss about. Some kids' bladders just don't grow as quickly as the rest of their bodies and will catch up eventually. It can be hereditary (my dh wet the bed until he was 7ish). Add that to a child who's a deep sleeper (like my ds) and I don't feel like there's much to be done besides wait it out and let them outgrow it.

My ds is such a deep sleeper, you can't even wake him up in the middle of the night and have him go to the bathroom... he'll sit on the toilet asleep LOL We just don't make a deal about it and we'll continue letting him wear a pull up/goodnight until he starts waking up dry.
 
check this

this is strait from www.goodnights.com

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Getting the facts on bedwetting can be a big help–not to mention a bit of a relief. Just knowing that one out of every nine kids does it and that it doesn't go on forever, can go a long way in putting a little perspective on things.


Fact #1: Who Else Wets the Bed?
  • Five to seven million kids in the United States wet the bed.
  • 20% of 4- to 12-year-olds wet the bed.
  • Bedwetting is more common among boys than girls–about 2/3 of kids who wet the bed are boys.
  • 72% of kids who wet the bed will outgrow it by the time they're 11–99% by age 15.

Fact #2: What exactly is Bedwetting?


Doctors call it enuresis ("en-you-REE-sis"). If your child hasn't been dry at night for longer than six months, that's considered primary enuresis.
If your child did have dry nights and then began to wet again, that's called secondary enuresis. Most kids who wet the bed (about 80%) are dealing with primary enuresis.


Fact #3: Why Do Kids Wet The Bed?


There are several things that can cause bedwetting, including heredity. Some kids wet the bed simply because their bladder hasn't grown as fast as the rest of their body and everything just needs to catch up. Others might not be producing enough of an important hormone (ADH) at night. And some are going through a stage where they just sleep too soundly.
The most important thing to remember is that kids DON'T wet the bed because they're lazy. No one wets the bed on purpose. It's simply a condition that requires patience and understanding until a child outgrows it.
 
Thanks for all the replies and information. She really wants to wear big girl panties at night so I am going to work with her all I can to make it happen for her. She is so excited that next year she will get to go to summer camp with Samantha. But she can't go unless she stays dry at night and that is why it has become a big deal for her.
 
When my ds had this problem we would just take him potty between 12 am-2 am. (We would stand him up and guide him to the bathroom.) It took a few for him to get used to it enough where he would wake up by himself. HTH
 
One night down

She stayed dry all night last night. I made sure she didn't drink anything after dinner. We made sure she went potty and then took her again. She got up at 8:30 this morning totally dry!!!:D

One night down, several thousand more to go.

I am going to make her a sticker chart today. I think she'll like that.

Funny story - when I was trying to get Samantha not to wet the bed many years ago I would always take her before I went to bed and she was always asleep. She would pee while sleeping but she would often do weird things like talk in her sleep. One night everytime I would hand her the paper to wipe she would throw it back and yell I'm going, I'm going. Once while walking down the hallway she asked who that man was while pointing at dh. She was always good for a laugh.
 
My middle kiddo wore pull ups until she was 5 1/2 or so...but I have a friend whose 9 yo son still wears Goodnites. He tries but evidentally either has the immature bladder or something....he changes his own bedding, etc and doesn't wake her up (given his age). It's been an ongoing battle....been to the doc, etc.

Hope she continues to do well.
 
Well I hope she continues to have successful nights. I just wanted to offer a suggestion. When I was training my girls at night I would wake them about 4 hours into their sleep and take them to the restroom. I tend to wake up at night but if you don't maybe you can set the alarm to wake you up. The idea is to get their bodies used to waking up or feeling their need to potty while their sleep. Over time they wake up on their own and go. I don't know if that'll work for everyone but it worked for us.

Shara.
 
Well I broke down on Saturday and bought the store brand pullups.

I didn't want her to wake up covered in pee on Sunday morning because I knew I wouldn't have time to give her a bath before church. I'm just going to take things slowly and try every suggestions here. One day at a time.
 
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