Peeing the Bed

My son has a problem as well, I have gotten to where I dont let him drink anything after 5 or 6 depending on the bedtime..it seems to help besides when you are single with kids the less laundry the better!

I'd say your son was just ready to stay dry earlier than she is. It's a developmental thing. Unless there's a physical reason, there's nothing you can do to make your child stay dry at night. It will happen when her body is ready.

My girls pedi said that peeing the bed at night can last until they six or seven. My sister peed the bed until she was 12. My mom just got those "Good Night" things. They are like pull ups, but they only for night. If you are worried about, just call your pedi and make an appt. They have a nose spray that is supposed to help them stop peeing the bed at night. Maybe that is what she needs.

V.,
As embarassing as this is to admit....I wet the bed until I was 10....the doctor said that wetting the bed is not a attitude issue its b/c your body grows faster than your bladder and you're not able to hold it. I found that if I went to the bathroom right before I went to bed and got up a few hours later to go again, that helped. I hope you find something that will help.

My son, at 4 years old started this also. Limiting the water at night is so hard, so I didn't fight it. What I started to do and it seemed to work after about 4-5 weeks of this. My kids go down about 8-9pm, I sometimes don't go to sleep till after midnight, so I would go and wake him up before I went to bed at 12am and take him to the bathroom. If I woke up in the middle of the night to go the bathroom, which I do alot, I would then go to him and make him go. I normally got him up at least once a night. When I did it, he never had an accident, when I would back off, he would go two or three nights dry and then do it again, so I would start it back up for a week and then back off again. Eventually he learned to go longer and longer without an accident. I think me waking him up helped him get into the pattern of waking himself up and going by himself. I know he goes to the bathroom in the middle of the night about 2-3 times a week, because he leaved the light on. LOL

Hope it helps. Good Luck

PS, do not start using those bed alarms that wake the child up when they get wet, my mother did that to me in the 70's and I had nightmares for years because of that stupid alarm. Plus my older sisters would throw water on in the middle of the night to make it go off. Ahhhhh childhood!!

My daughter has never wet the bed but she is 4 1/2, potty trained for years, and every once in awhile she has an accident. I can understand your frustration. My child is completely awake when she does this. She knows she has to potty but puts it off until the last minute because she'd rather play, and wha la, we have wet britches. I can't offer much advice on wetting the bed, but I can sympathize. It's pretty frustrating to have a child pee their pants because they are too occupied with other things to potty. We just patiently remind her that big girls use the potty...I'm sure your daughter will outgrow it soon. Remember not to lose your temper or get angry, or punish her. She isn't intentionally wetting the bed...I'm sure it's frustrating, to change her, and change the sheets...I'm not too fond of pee soaked pants myself!

I would say no to the medications, and the crazy alarm. The Goodnights might be a good idea however...

Her body will naturally develop to give her the sensations, even in her sleep....just be patient.

most of the time this is just a developmental thing, they relax so much that they can't wake up or hold it. My 6 year old is doing the same thing right now.

I try really hard to limit night time drinks but his dad won't and the nights I'm sucessful he stays dry.

Most of the time my husband takes him to the bathroom twice a night, he's up anyway. other than that we keep a plastic matress protector on his bed and wash his bed clothes every day.

Hi V., I have a son who's 6 will be 7 in October and still wets to bed everynight! He had his back tp school checkup today and his ped. says not to use the medications. They stop them from wetting at night, but they don't teach the body to learn to stop wetting at night. His suggestion is the bed alarms. He says you can find them online and they really work. They sense the slightest wetness and sound an alarm that wakes the child. They learn that the wet sensation means they need to go potty. We are going to try it, I'm actually looking for one tonight online. Best of luck! Kim

My son had problems with that, also, so we started something new with him. After supper, he was not allowed to drink any more liquids. Period. When he asked, we simply explained (again) to him why he couldn't. We also made sure that he went potty before going to bed ~ even when he said he didn't need to. Sure, there were still occasional accidents, but when limiting his drinks as bedtime got closer, the accidents became fewer! Also, we put a night light in his room and in the bathroom, and assured him it was ok to get up in the night to go to the bathroom. Often, however, he would just sleep through the night. So, I think it was primarily the reduction of fluids before bedtime that did the trick!
Good luck!

I don't really have advice on what can "help" her learn not to, but I understand the feeling. My son, who turned 4 in May went for a couple months w/out wetting the bed at night then all of a sudden started doing it again. He takes medicine for ADHD and it seemed to coincide with starting a new one. But the only thing I can really suggest that work great are Goodnites night time pullups. We never have any leaking problems with them. And they have girl and boy design ones. I've heard that all kids outgrow it, and to just give it time. Good luck!

B.-Mom of 2 great boys, 4 and 2 1/2