Bed wetting tips?

My little girl is 4 yrs old and wets the bed every night. Ive tried telling her to be a big girl and get up when she has to pee, ive put diapers on her at night thinking maybe she wouldnt like them, ive tried to bribe, what else is there? If i try to wake her up in the middle of the night to go pee she cries because she dont want to get up. Right now i put diapers on her at night but shes almost five and i would like to get her out of that.

Answer:
You have to be tuff and make her go pee in the midle of the night. I am dealing with this myself and the past 3 nights my daughter has not peed the bed YEAH!! I bought her the pull ups and I get her up twice at night and make her go pee even though she cries. She is not allowed to get back in bed till she pees. If she goes all night without peeing then she gets a sucker. She really looks forward to the sucker when she does not pee. and when she does pee, she says, "mommy, I don't get a sucker' I peed" I tell her it is ok and I am not mad but to try again tonight.. Good Luck
For now let her wear the diapers, but you need to take her to the doctor. Most bedwetting is a medical condition, there is more than one, and medication works. Bedwetters are not just lazy, they have a condition that can be treated with medication. Spanking will not help, sheets with alarms will not help, doctors can help.
this is a answer from a man.Let her get over it in her own time ,Don't make a big deel of it.This is an age where she needs her confidence boosting,any negative word or actions will only make her worse and feel bad we don't want that,I know its frustrating but its a part of growing up for both of you.
Please take her to doctor, might be having some issues.. please dont get mad at her ..
let the diapers.or pullups.or do laundry a lot..
i do laundry a lot...maybe she CANT wake up...dont be so hard on her..
get rubber sheets & let her pee away she'll grow out of it
I have had the same struggle with my two boys. The oldest is six the younger is four. I have tried waking them up before I go to bed but they hate that and sometimes are already wet. I have tried not letting them have pullups or diapers to see if they might begin to wake up after they wet the bed but after two weeks of doing the laundry I gave up. I have talked to my doctor and there is medication you can give a child, like if they are going on a sleepover but there are also side affects.
I guess my real answer here is to have patience and wait until all the proper hormones kick in and eventually she will stop wetting the bed. Some kids just take longer to produce that hormone.
First rule out an infection - have the Dr run a urine test to see if she has a bladder or kidney infection as this is the biggest culprit in children under 10 for bed wetting. If that's all clear try a reward system - give her a star for every dry nite and use wet sensitive sleep pants not regular diapers - then when she has earned 10 stars take her to a special park or some other fun event. After the next 10 another special event and then after 15 a movie or some other big reward - she should stop wetting the bed in about 2 months with this method. Good Luck!
My son is 5 and he just now quit wetting the bed. You just need to be patient. I know it is frustrating, but it will come when she finally quits. I asked my son and he says that he doesn't feel when he is wet he is just a sound sleeper. The more you push her the more she will regress so just keep putting the diapers or I used goodnights on her until she is ready. I told my son that if he went 7 days without wetting the bed we would go to the store and he could pick out any toy he wanted, but if he was wet even if he was on day 6 he had to start all over. I make sure that he goes to the bathroom right before bed and doesn't get a drink right before either. It has been 4 weeks since he has wet the bed! I never yell at him or punish him if he has an accident. I hope this helps I know it can be a little aggravating, she will do it!
Some children do that and it is not their fault. My stepdaughter is that way, she just turned 11 and finally stopped wetting the bed. She is a perfectly normal child, in 5th grade and a straight A studient. She said that she can't wake up at night to go to the bathroom and by the time she realizes that she is wet, it is too late. Her dad had that problem as a child and he was 12 before he stopped doing it.
My stepdauther finally reached that stage that she can wake up at night to go to the bathroom.
Don't get mad at your child for doing that, l am sure she is not doing this on purpose but talk to her doctor and see what their advice would be.
Good luck to you.
some kids just wet the bed, this is quite common with boys, but it does sometimes happen with girls.

i think you just have to accept the fact she isnt ready, remember parenting is not a race, give it another 6 months and see what happens.

but dont give in to her crying, keep waking her up.
I wet the bed until I was 13, In my case it was more extreme but the last thing you want to do is punish the child! She will out grow it, if she does not mind the diapers then let her use them at night, Also go see a doctor about it. I use DDAVP spray and it worked for me but everyone is different.

When I was a kid I woke up in a wet bed every night, I got in trouble every day about it. Doctors said I was lazy etc.

Truth was It was a medical condition that medication eventually fixed.
This is why they make diapers, don't wake her up, don't limit her fluids, that is an unhealthy thing to do to a young child. Just give her a chance and she will outgrow it.

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