I have 2 kids, a 4 month old and a 3 year old. I also take care of my fiancees two younger brothers( they are 13 and 11 years old) as if they were my own. The 11 year old has always had a problem with wetting the bed at night. I know that it is normal at times, but we noticed that there are times that he would wet himself through out the day sometimes just because he was too involved in playing outside or playing a video game that he would'nt want to go to the bathroom in time enough. I have asked him if he was wetting the bed at night because he was scared to get up in the middle of the night and he said yes, so then we would leave the hallway light on for him, but he continued to wet the bed. What we did then was get him some Good Nights sleep underwear, so that just helps so that he doesnt wake up in a wet bed, but it doesnt solve the issue he has... Has anyone been through a similar experience with their kid?
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One of my daughters had this issue at night until she was a 10 years old, we took her to the doctor and after some tests they discovered that she had inherited her Grandmothers unusually small bladder. I remember the doctor saying " I Would be surprised if she was able to ever make it through the night with such a small bladder". He then explained to us that the bladder is a muscle...and as such can be stretched...she was not to go to the bathroom as soon as she felt the urge but was to wait as long as she felt like she could, and since the body is constantly producing urine, this "stretched" her bladder. I also made a routine of getting up in the night to take her to the bathroom...she just slept so soundly that she never was awakened by the urge to urinate.
There are some medicines out there...one in particular is called DDAVP that I know is used a lot by children with this issue.
Because you also state that he sometimes will have an accident during the day, I would talk with the pediatrician about this as it seems to indicate some other issues that may need to be addressed.
Not sure if these things have been said by others, but as kids, when my 7yo younger sister was still bed-wetting they found her to have a dairy allergy. All dairy was removed from her diet and she gained bladder control again.
The other thing is that I recently read that caffeine over-stimulates our bladders. So, while adults may be used to caffeine and its many effects, most kids are not. Try to see if there's any caffeine in his diet, especially near bedtime, and try to wean it out.
Good luck!
As a pharmacist, I know there are certain drugs that kids take who have this problem if it is a physical problem. talk to your pediatrician about it. Also, there is a product that beeps when kids start to urinate at night that alerts them. I think you can buy it on onestepahead.com. good luck.
This is what my pediatrician told me. He said that if they're still wetting the bed at night at about age 6 to bring them in for tests to rule out other things. My second son went through this and we did urine tests and xrays. All came back fine and we decided it was constipation putting pressure on his bladder as well as the fact that hes just a boy and he can't be bothered. He still occasionally has accidents but as long as we keep fiber foods in his diet and he drinks enough water he usually fine. My third son is now 6 and cannot sleep through the night without wetting. So, we'll probably start the whole thing again to rule out other problems.
I suggest you follow the same course and get some tests done.
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Have him checked for diabetes. that is a tell tale sign in children. Sometimes kids that have emotional stress also wet the bed. Definately though I would rule out the diabetes....talk to the pediatrician.
Hypercalcemia (high blood calcium levels) will cause bedwetting.Greatly reduce milk products, and then get the child on magensium malate or magnesium citrate.
Take him the Doctor.... to see what medical reasons if any exists.
Unless it is an emotional/psychological based problem.
Then see a Therapist...
that is old, to still be wetting the bed.
Just heard a similiar story with a friend's child and after finally taking the child to the doctor they found out she has some sort of kidney problems. This is probably (and hopefully) not the case for you, but maybe worth looking into if nothing else. I know when she did make it to the bathroom, she was going like at least once an hour. So have you noticed him going often throughout the day? Good luck!
I was a bedwetter until I was about 16, which was pretty embarrassing. My mom put rubber sheets under my regular sheets, and if I wet the bed, I changed my sheets in the middle of the night and put them in the washer, which she started in the morning (until I got older, then I just started it myself in the morning). I was just a really heavy sleeper.
Is his room far from the bathroom? Could he have a special flashlight that's only his for going to the bathroom in the middle of the night?
I am kinda embarrassed to say that I wet the bed until I was 7. After a bunch of tests (a lot of them psychological), it turned out that the nerves in my bladder weren't as sensitive as they should be, so my brain wasn't getting the message until it was too late that I needed to go. It happened sometimes during the day too, but was worse at night because I was a deep sleeper. I can't remember the name of the condition (it wasn't overactive bladder, but it was similar) but I was given some medication that helped me be more aware of the sensation of needing to go, and I had to take it for several years. Though I no longer need it, to this day, when I get the urge to go, I can't just hold it - I have to find a toilet right then.
Anyway, maybe you should get him checked out for something along those lines. I remember being very relieved once they figured out what was wrong - he probably will be too! Best of luck :)
get one of those little alarm thingamajigs they wear in their underwear that goes off when it gets wet. I wet the bed until I was 12 and my mom saw an add for one and bought it for me. Absolutely saved me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Just to let you know that you are not alone. My son is 9 and still faithfully wets the bed. We got one of those alarm thingies, but he sleeps so soundly that that even didn't always wake him. The batteries ran down and we have to locate more so that it can be up and running again. Meanwhile, he has to change his own sheets and I continue to wash, wash, wash the clothes and hope that soon, soon he will learn to keep dry in the night.
This is called "Enuresis". My now 23 year old went through it exactly how yours is. Go to the doctor to get a diagnosis. It all seems like he can control it but won't. This is not true at all. Getting the Pull UPs is a good start and monitoring him is good as well. Limiting drinks after dinner can help but it will still be there.
You can do a google search but how it was explained to me by our doctors was that this occurs more with boys than with girls, and will stop when puberty begins. The doctors were right. My son stopped urinating in the bed, and practically overnight started nocturnal emission (involuntary ejaculation or "wet dreams").
I assume at age 11 that it will not last much longer as the age when it stops is usually no later than age 12. Be patient and do not punish, but do make him be responsible for his actions.
K. B
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