Advice on bedwetting..please?
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My son wet the bed until he was about 11 yrs old. We had a great change in life and yes it put stress on all of us. his dad was not there and it was just me. I did not take him to therapy for it but I should have. One day he just stopped and grew older and was not so concerned about whether or not dad was around. Don't punish him beccause he really can't controll it. Just tell it's ok and don't let him drink too many liquids after like 6:00 or 7:00. Please don't worry he's still a little guy believe it or not. Don't let him do sleep overs cause it will only be an embarrassment for him. Good luck
its hard when kids wet the bed. maybe he is scared to get up and go to the toilet,or maybe his is in such a deep sleep he doesnt even realise till its too late. im sure if you keep up the good parenting he will grow out of it. just dont punish him it could make it worse. good luck.
i had the same problem!
go to your doctor and ask about tofrinil
it is tablets but you can also get nasal spray
i hope this helps it sure helped me
I strongly disagree with the attention thing. A kid doesn't humiliate him or herself for attention. My daughter did the same as your son. Potty trained by 20 months after only 2 weeks of really trying. Stayed dry for about 3 years. We went through a lot of changes in there, too... funny thing, I thought she should have been feeling really secure, but she wasn't. She stopped wetting the bed when our lives became more settled, so I believe that when he feels more secure he can be on his way to freedom from enuresis. I don't buy the "weak, undeveloped bladder" deal, either. Please take him to the doctor. The doctor can help, at least psychologically. I hope I helped a little. I may have not made much sense, I'm a bit jet lagged.
Bedwetting is very common among kids in troubled family situations. It isn't to get your attention, since he isn't doing it intentionally. Probably all you can do is give him a lot of love and show him that it isn't important and doesn't matter.
one of my family members had the same problem...A way to help is to stop giving him liqiuds about a hour before he gose to bed... or there is a sort of alarm you can buy that alerts him when the bed is wet and that might help too.
He's insecure and nervous, he'll grow out of it. Get a waterproof matress cover and make him clean up after himself, tell him he's six, he's a big boy now and you need his help. If you believe it's for attention (I don't), pay no attention whatsoever to the bedwetting, pretend it doesn't happen, but pay lots of attention in other areas, school, friends, etc...
NO PILLS AND NO NASAL SPRAYS! I was on a pill and I ended up in the hospital for 2 days because of dehydration. then we tried the spray and it made it worse. he is not doing it on purpose in any way, and he is not looking for attention. no kid wets the bed for attention. the problems with your boyfriend probably cause him to start wetting and because he is young his body is growing faster than his bladder. it is normal and just tell him that some kids wet the bed. there is nothing wrong with him he just needs to out grow it. if he does not want wet beds and/or plastic sheets then keep him in pull ups or goodnites. do NOT limit fluids or wake him in the night. you both need to sleep.
cut off drinks after dinner make them go to bathroom befor bed
There were a few times this happened to me as a child. I know that drinking a glass of warm milk before bed time usually helped. My mother told me that it would help me. I don't know if it was completely a psyche thing, but it helped. Sometimes you may have to try this approach: talk to your son, assure him that he is not to be ashamed of this. When it happens, comfort him, but tell him that you will work with him to try to get it to stop. Control fluid intake before bedtime. Increase the consumption of water in his diet. Sometimes a few key things will help to control a problem like this. Take the diapers off, pt him in underwear. If you have to get a plastic mat to put under his sheets, then do. Do not treat him like it is his fault. The diapers are not the way to go. In his mind that is normal. Subconsciously he may think it is okay to use the bathroom in them, because he knows nothing else. Try the underwear, and acknowledge the times when he makes it thru the night successfully. Hope this helps.. I'm not a parent, but I have lived my life for children. My younger sister is like my own. :)
My 5 year old had the same problem, she was going through some serious family problems with her dad (he got married, introduced her to her step-mom's family, they had a baby, he cheated on his wife, the wife left him, she lost contact with step-mom's family and he moved in new girlfriend.)(He sounds like a winner huh?) But anyways, when all of this was going on he was in and out of her life when it was convienent for him, didn't call her for months on end. She started wetting to bed. It got so bad that she offered to help do laundry. I finally decided that she doesn't get anything to drink 1 hour before bed and I made her go potty at bedtime. Of course there would be the occasional sneak drink, and she would wet those nights. But, now she is doing great and we haven't had a wet night for a long time, knock on wood!
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