Bed Wetting - Goshen, NY

Hi S.,

I think you are doing the right thing limiting her drinks & making her go before bed, but you should also wake her up at some point. I did this with my son & it work but if I forgot, wet sheets:)

Take Care

Limiting drinks after dinner is a good idea. You might also want to have her use the bathroom before bed. Even if she says she doesn't have to go, have her sit there for a few minutes.

I come from a huge family, 13 aunts and uncles 62+ cousins and 4 siblings. I am not sure how effective this tactic will be for you, but I know when my sisters were younger my mother would wake them up 3-5 hrs into their sleep and make them go to the bathroom. Even if they would just sit and not actually pee, she would do it routinely. Her explanation...Kids just like adults get that "sensation" of having to use the bathroom but unfortunately sometimes when that feeling disrupts their sleep, they dismiss it and often don't respond/react to it in time, if at all. Having children at least visit the bathroom once nightly, even if they don't have to go, will train them to react when the need to use the bathroom arises and wake up from sleep to do so. I know it seems like a bad idea to disrupt a childs sleep, but I can honestly say that it does work.

when my daughter has had a full day and I know she will sleep hard thru the nite, I jsut put her on the potty before I go to bed. so if I am going to bed at midnite, or anytime AFTER she has already fallen asleep, I pick her up, sit her onthe potty, she usually goes, and I put her back inbed. one of my doctors told me he does that with his twins.

good luck!

i am also a mother of 3. They are 8,6 and 1. My 6 yr old used to wet the bed very frequently. When i asked the pediatrician she recommended that we stop drinking liquids at least 3 hours before you put them down to sleep. I have them in bed by 9 so by 630-7 pm they stop drinking. They use the bathroom before they go to bed, and if nessesary i will get up at 4 in the morning to check to see if either one needs to go. I've also had BOTH wear the goodnights (pull-ups) when they may drink a little later just to make sure there are no accidents.
Our pediatrician has made an suggestion of medication but we would rather do everything possible before doing meds. I has been working pretty good. So mot t oruin your matresses buy the plastics covers for them or buy the matress pads (like in the hospital) to put under their sheets..it really works.
I hope this helps.

My oldest had the same problem, was a heavy sleeper as well. I tend to get up at least once during the night and I would have him go to the bathroom at that time too. My dr only said to do the same things you are already doing and said if it continues he would prescribe medicine, which I did not want. Getting him up during the night that one time and getting him 1st thing in the morning really cut down alot on the accidents and gave him more self confidence.

Our son had the same problem. My husband started taking him to the bathroom at 11 or 12, and that helped him make it through the night. He never really woke up for it, but he would pee and go right back to sleep. Good luck!

Hi S.,
I had this problem with my son and here are a couple of suggestions. Wake your daughter at least once after she's asleep and take her to the bathroom. Eliminate drinks at least 1-1/2 hours before bedtime and make sure she's emptying her bladder just before getting into bed. Also I would mention the bedwetting to your pediatrician to rule out any medical problem. Good luck to you. Have a good day - C.

SHe may have a weak bladder or a small bladder. Have you taken her to the doctor to have her checked? SOmetime it's medical reasons and not neccessarily emotinal or laziness as some parent believe.

hi....

This is a medical problem. My daughter went thru the same thing until she was 12 years old. I had to limit the drinks and pick her up out of bed at midnight, sit her on the toilet and run the water. I did this every single night. If I forgot, she wet the bed. The doctor checked her out and gave her a nasal spray. She sprayed her nose before bed time and she woke up dry.

YOu need to take the child to the Dr. and find out what the exact problem is.

Good luck

Hi S.. You are doing what needs to be done. You can try waking her before you go off to bed and see if she will go. My two older sons both wet the bed until they were 10/9. They are both very sound sleepers and waking them was not an easy task. They both had a problem with the signal to tell them to wake up at night and go to the bathroom. It skipped the wake up part, and went right to the urinate part. This is actually not uncommon. There is medication, DDAVP, but it did not work for us. Our pediatrician also told us that if a parent had bed wetting problems, this will go to the child. My husband did have that problem. They do grow out of it. We stocked up on sheets and Febreeze. Lots of encouragement and praise when the bed is dry. I wish I had a "cure" for you. You can speak to your pediatrician, they may have an alternative.

I wish I had some kind of help for you, but I'm in the same situation. My 4 year old has been trained for almost a year and still wears a pull up to bed. Even then I'm changing his sheets at least twice a week. He is a very deep sleeper and I think that's half the problem. Until they reach the age where they can wake them selves up, I think that they will still do it. Good Luck to us both.