Anyone have bedwetting issues?!?

[laughinplace199]

Thanks to all for the insight.
It is just frustrating because he used to get up in the middle of the night if he needed to. He might be nervous about starting school-he is going to summer school in June??

I bet that's it. When my DS was starting Kindergarten, he did the same thing. He had been dry every night since he was 4, and all of a sudden when he was 5 and school was about to start, he started wetting the bed. I know it's a pain to constantly wash the bedding and pj's, but just remember it's probably just a phase and will pass soon. Good luck.

 

[tadamom]

I have been in the same situation with my DS6. He is dry all the time now but when he was about 4 or so he wet all the time and it was a total pain. We started waking him up to go to the bathroom before we went to bed every night around 11 o'clock and then we would set an alarm for around 3 in the morning. That is the only thing that saved us. I know it sounds like a pain to set the alarm for the wee hours of the morning but I would rather take a couple of minutes to have him go to the bathroom than spend 30 minutes redoing a bed (my son's bed is a totaly pain to redo sheets on). After a little while of doing this, we were able to stop the early morning wake-up and just take him before he went to bed.

When I was a child, I was a bedwetter. I was just such a sound sleeper that I couldn't wake myself up to go. Also, I was afraid of the dark and even with the bathroom light left on I was afraid to get up and go. And, I was too embarrased to wake my parents up. My parents never knew this, I'm sure if they had known they would have been happy to find a solution or even get up with me when I had to go. Just thought I would share that in case he is afraid of the dark.

 

[dis75ney]

My DS is seven and still wets occasionally. He's just such a hard sleeper that a Mack truck could be running right next to his bed blaring its horn and he would simply roll over and continue sleeping. His MD says that there's nothing to worry about...he'll outgrow it eventually, so I'm not that concerned. I just make sure to stock up on Good Nights...

 

[Shagley]

Then at 4 he has his tonsels and adnoids removed b/c he was such a restless sleeper and we discovered his adnoids were completly blocking his airway which caused the restless nights.

A few days later after his surgery... He stopped wetting the bed.. I don't know if it was a conicidence or not, our Peditritian said she had heard stories like that. I completley believe it was b/c of the surgery...
so I don't know if you have ever had his adnoides xrayed? That could be an underlying problem.

This happened with my niece, except instead of having large adnoides, she had a small jaw which abstructed her airway when she slept. The orthodontist used a contraption to widen her jaw, and she had no problems after that.

 

[bzzymom]

DS is a bed wetter and he will be 11 in 2 months. 3 years ago we tried him on a medication at nighttime, but it really didn't work. He has had a few dry nights. He is a very heavy sleeper and last year was diagnosed with ADHD. He has been using "goodnights" although sometimes he does soak through them.

My problem now is that he doesn't want to wear "diapers" anymore, and the other night he spent the night at my parents house and had an accident without the pull up. He spends the night at my parents house a couple times a month and has done well there until now. My mom was upset with him because he told her he had the pull up on when he didn't, and then he hid his wet underwear and everything. Someone found it a 5pm and by then, everything was absolutely disgusting. He slept on their nice futon which has a cover that you can only spot clean and their mattress was really stained. He is not punished for having accidents, however, he is punished for hiding and lying.

I have thought about getting an alarm system for him to wear, but when he saw it, he didn't want that either. I think it looks like a good thing.

 

[teresajoy]

It's a story within a story--about a boy who learns that his brain is in control of his body-that when he sleeps, his brain is still awake-that's why if he's hot at night his brain tells his legs to kick off the covers, if he hears a loud noise his brain tells him to wake up, if he gets to close to the edge of the bed, his brain lets him know to move over..and when his bladder is full his brain will know that if it's full it can stay full all night because you are in control, or if you can't hold it, your brain will wake you up and you can go to the bathroom, use the toilet and go right back to bed.
I really never thought it would work, but got the book out of the library on the off chance.
I guess it's mind over matter, but my son has been dry more often after reading that book than he has been in his entire life..and he has TRIED so hard in the past, he does not want to wet the bed.

*I* think it's because the book is incredibly boring and the kids know that if they stop wetting the bed, they can stop reading the boring book.

I had to look it up after reading your post: http://www.amazon.com/Dry-All-Night-Technique-Bedwetting/dp/0316542253/ref=si3_rdr_bb_product

 

[cybrkitn]

My DS5 (soon to be 6) is also a bed-wetter. I was getting very frustrated having to get up every night to change his sheets (DH is a heavy sleeper and I couldn't get him up to help). DH and I even took a suggestion of a nurse he knows. Since DH doesn't come to bed until around 12 or 1 am, DH would try to get DS up to go to the bathroom. The only problem - DS is a very, very, heavy sleeper and we just couldn't get him up.

I was having a conversation with my mom about it and she suggested having him wear "GoodNites". They are pull-ups made for older kids who still have bed-wetting issues. I was a little leary about it at first, but my mom reminded me that at least this would let me get a good night's rest. Something I wasn't getting.

We also talked to DS's doctor and he said it is most likely heriditary if DH had the same issue when he was little. DS will eventually out-grow it and boy am I looking forward to that!

 

[GothTink]

My DD7 is a bedwetter. She's never been dry for more than a week or so at a time. All I can say is PULL-UPS! They're great.

My DD7 is too. Unfortunately, she has incredibly sensitive skin and gets awful rashes from Pull-Ups. So...I use plastic sheets and get her up in the middle of the night. But even with that, she usually wets, poor dear.

 

[edeeheulb]

Our kids are little growing machines. Their bodies are constantly changing and growing and parts may be more mature than other parts. My 4 yo just started sleeping though the night with out needing a pullup. My opinion is that your DS bladder maturity has not caught up to the rest of him. Maybe he just went through a growing spurt and his bladder just needs to catch up.

 

[RACHELSMOM1]

GoodNights underpants - hold more (no more leaks ) and fit better than pullups. They come in larger sizes.

 

[hammie59]

My ds just turned 5 and has been potty trained since about 2 1/2, except at night. If he's awake, he obviously will get up and go to the bathroom, but he also is a very hard sleeper and very often wets the bed so we put him in pullups at night. With him, it's basically hit or miss, so until he's consistantly dry, he'll keep wearing them. We tried cutting off his liquids about 1-2 hrs before bed, but that doesn't always work and sometimes he's really thirsty so I give in. I'm not too worried, I know one day he'll be dry at night.

 

[Omma]

This happened with my niece, except instead of having large adnoides, she had a small jaw which abstructed her airway when she slept. The orthodontist used a contraption to widen her jaw, and she had no problems after that.

Our orthodontist mentioned the same thing w/ us. Our dd had a rapid palatal expander and headgear and the CTscan showed her airway is MUCH larger than it was before. All of this coincided with our using the alarm so I don't know which one it really was but we are now dry!

 

[SplashMountainMama]

I didn't read thru the posts, so don't know if this was mentioned or not? But DS when he was little wet the bed all the time once we tried to break him of the pull ups. Would get him up in the middle of night before I went to bed and everything and still woke up wet... Then at 4 he has his tonsels and adnoids removed b/c he was such a restless sleeper and we discovered his adnoids were completly blocking his airway which caused the restless nights.

A few days later after his surgery... He stopped wetting the bed.. I don't know if it was a conicidence or not, our Peditritian said she had heard stories like that. I completley believe it was b/c of the surgery...
so I don't know if you have ever had his adnoides xrayed? That could be an underlying problem.

That's interesting because DS6, who is our only bedwetter, has large tonsils/adnoids. The doctor has always commented on them being large, but has never suggested removing them. It's never been an issue except that he snores.

 

[jara1528]

My youngest DS was still wetting the bed when he was 8. We used Goodnites and during a month he would be dry only one or two nights. The doctor suggested trying the alarm. Ordered it online, let him listen to the sound it made, put it on and sent him to bed. It went off the first night, it was LOUD. That was the last time he wet in the night. We made him wear the alarm for the rest of the month just in case. I'm not sure how it worked (I think he was afraid to go, the alarm was so loud) but it did. It's been almost two years!