My grandson is 9 yrs and still wets the bed.?
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do not let him take pills for it. I took every bed wetting pill they had and the side effects were worse than the wetting. I even ended up dehydrated from one of them and had to spend 2 nights in the hospital. after all this we tried alarms, they did not work, we tried every trick in every book. nothing worked. then one day after we had just decided to let me wear goodnites until I out grew it, I stopped.we just left the problem alone for a few months and it went away, I was 15 before I out grew it. just buy him some goodnites and let him out grow it. things will be a lot easier on both of you.
dont let him drink before sleeping.
He could have a weak bladder, he would probably need to take the medication.
my son is 9 and still has this problem also. i would never do pills. he will grow out of it eventually just don't make a big deal out of it. wash the sheets and move on with life.
it is normal you just shouldn't let him drink that much liquids before he/she goes to bed. and confront he/she and tell her there is nothing to be afraid of ( you know nightmares!) and then i think he/she will become much better, but as i said it is deffinitly normal.
Keep him on a schedule. Not drinking anything 1 hour before bed time. Make sure he goes to the toilet before bed. Keep him motivated. He should slowly learn not to pee in bed. It might take a couple months of work but he needs to stay motivated. It worked for me.
The pills most likely will not help. I am saying this because my brother had this problem until he was 13, and finally we learned that if we give him a tablespoon of honey, and a handful of saltine crackers, it would help soak up the extra fluid, and it really did work. He stopped bed wetting and no longer has to take meds for it.
Well - the nerves in that region are still developing, which might explain some of it...
But what really needs to be controlled is when he is drinking, and what he's drinking prior to going to bed. He probably just needs control training... don't drink gobs of anything prior to sleep... pee before you go to bed... and avoid anything caffeinated as its a diuretic.
He's probably a deep sleeper, and consumes liquids before beds... his body hasn't developed enough to wake him up to pee when that small bladder fills up.
Just my .01
-dh
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don't give him drink at least 2 hr before sleeping n practice him a good habit to urine first before going to bed.
Before going to bed eat two tsp. walnut halves and one tsp. raisins.
Bedwetting can also be treated using herbs like causticum, lycopodium, ursi, corn silk and pulsatilla.
Avoid taking liquids before bedtime and make sure you empty the bladder before hitting the sack. If he is real thirsty, let him suck on ice cube.
Practice retention control by postponing urination during the day, first by a few minutes and then by gradually increased amounts of time. This exercise will help strengthen the muscles that control urination and also increase the capacity of the bladder.
Good Luck ... Hope this helps.
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I am not going to lie: I had the same problem around that age.and a few years afterwards. I had heard of a local chropractor who specialized in cases like this. It turns out that my spine wasn't alligned properly and it was pressing on some nerves that control the bladder. I tried everything suggested to me before-hand and nothing worked. I was going to travel across from one state to another for an 8th grade trip to disneyland where we would spend 2 nights on the bus and I didn't want to embarrass myself in front of friends. The very last ride I road was Splash Mountain and I got soaked, yet nothing happened that night and I hadn't prepared myself in case of an accident. For a number of years now, I haven't had not one problem with it and it was all worth it. I don't think pills are the best way to go. Sometimes they don't work, they cause more problems than they fix, or there is a combination of both. I hope you have the same luck with him that I had.
My nephew is going through the same thing! He will be going to the Childrens hospital next month, it could be a very serious underlying condition, you never know, have him thoroughly examined to make sure hes ok!
There could be something bothering him.Iwet the bed well from 5-16,but I had a tumultuous life filled with mental,emotional,and sexual abuse up until 16.
I wet the bed till i was 12 (I'm not 37 ) my 2nd son wet the bed till he was 11 they have pull ups for kids with bed wetting problems at that age i was yelled told i was being lazy at and hit for wetting the bed at that age just let him know you understand and its not hes fault and he isn't a bad kid about meds for it i cant tell you what to do but I would never put mine on meds for it they do eventually out grow it its the size of his bladder that's the problem you can have him go to the bath room before bed and wake him up though out the night have him stop drinking 2 hours before bed get his bladder on some kind of schedule
There is a nasal spray that many use for their children and it works. It does seem as though more and more children are wetting to bed at older ages. The spray does work.
This may not work for all children, but I did it with my sons, before they went to bed at 9pm, they peed, then when my husband & I went to bed at 11.00, 11.30 we would get them up & make them try to go pee, it worked out very well for us, they would pee with a little encouragement, & fall fight back to sleep when we put them back in there beds.
I would suggest checking out this information: http://www.goodnites.com/na/bedwettingin...
I wet the bed until i was probably about 12 or 13, and my parents never considered using medication. I feel that there are always other options to try, and it's better to try everything else before deciding to fill yourself or your kids up with drugs (only people who really benefit are the pharmaceutical companies). That is a link to the treatement options that are listed on goodnights.com, but there is plenty of other information on the site under different headings that might shed some light, and give you other ideas on what he could do.
I wet the bed until I was about 11. Stop giving him drinks about 3 hours before he goes to bed. That helped a lot with me.
I agree with prismcat3-don't make a big deal out of it-at least not concerning with the child (no embarrassing comments, etc.) . Have you asked the doctors why they want him on pills? Have they explained everything about what could be causing this to you? What kind of pills? Are any of these doctors urologists? And please, keep checking for a natural way to take care of this. Plus, he should "outgrow" this in time. Take care.
He may be really disturbed about something. Kids often revert and start to bed wet all over again when they are really upset.
his bladder may not have matured yet. I would limit the amount of fluids he is drinking in the afternoon and early evening. Also, he may help to set an alarm in the middle of the night to wake him up and have him use the bathroom. Once he gets on this schedule he amy be able to wake up on his own.
Give him the pills. So many people on here with same problem and no natural cure in sight. Its so embarassing for them when they get older and cant stop if your doc has pills let the child take them and see if they work.
I had the same problem when I was younger. I wet the bed on and off until I was 16 years old. I am now 25 years old and still find it embarrassing though I no longer have this problem. Imagine how it might feel to your 9 year old. For me I quit drinking anything 2 hours before bedtime and I had to at least try and use the restroom before going to bed. Eventually I was put on a alarm which basically was a wire I attached to my undies and the little alarm box to my shirt. If wetness was present it sounded the alarm and alerted me to use the restroom. Luckily technology has become better and they now offer wireless alarms. I enclosed a link you could check out that offers nothing but bedwetting items. As I grew older and wanted to spend the night at friends house (which gave me much anxiety in itself) I was given a bottle of pills that would help. I took one pill right before bed when I was staying over and it allowed me to not have the embarrassment of wearing a alarm and letting my friends know my problem. With that said you should read a bit about bedwetting and its causes. For me hereditary was partially to blame but so was the sexual abuse. Hopefully this is not your case but things that cause stress which can just about be anything can trigger your grandson to have a "bad night". Good luck with it and make sure to show him some extra love on the rough nights as it is very embarrassing.
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His bladder might not be mature enough for his age or underdeveloped bladder. I would talk to my doctors and my son doctor for more advice. However use goodnites by huggies they are for children with bladder problems. and try and refrain from letting him drink 3 hours before bed. And be sure he empties his bladder before bed.
Boys have a hormonal problem or lack there of that can last till puberty or their body is growing faster than the kidney. The medication is a good thing and safe, but it does cause dry mouth. It also causes a constant thirst that has to be curved at bedtime. So you are right to try to avoid it, but yaw need to ask him what he wants in this. There are not many ways out there to help bedwetting other than the night pants, my friends little boy who is now eleven, is glad they were invented and does not seem to be embarrased by them. The kids know he wets and they do not even mention it. Another way would be have his mother wake him up two times a night and nothing to drink after six. That is old fashioned but one of the most effective ways to handle it, and eventually the child starts getting up on his on in the night. Most children will stop wetting the bed between the age of eleven and fourteen. I was fifteen when I stopped my husband was fourteen.
Another thing my best friends son does is on nights that he goes to friends houses, he will use the pill, and only those nights. Sorry I could not help anymore than that.
And what "natural" way would you suggest? Maybe a closepin on his penis at night? Your grandson obviously has a medical problem that he needs help with. I would listen to the doctors.
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