8 yr old son still wetting the bed

[emmamc28]

my 8 yr old son is still wetting the bed. he can go through the night and be dry but on the whole he is pretty much wet 6 out of 7 days of the week. we wake him up before we go to bed and he will go and is mostly but not always dry at this time but every morning we have to go through the same routine of stripping and washing the bed clothes. we have tried restricting drinks before bedtime - doesn't work, we have tried NOT restricting drinks (suggested by a friend whos son went through this) -didn't work, we wake him up for the toilet - doesn't work. please can anybody give me any more suggestions because I think the next step may be the doctors. any advive would be great x

 

[purplerat]

Some children do not develop the hormone that helps control the bladder while asleep until they are nearly 10. There's a website called ERIC, who specialise in child incononence both day and night. They sell lots of different aids to help keep beds dry and save you stripping sheets. Have a look at the website https://www.eric.org.uk. My friend was about to take his son to the doctors for this problem and apparently they can prescribe a medication to help the hormone develop quicker to prevent wetting, but he stopped night wetting before they went. Good luck x

 

[jd83]

iwould take him to the dr at his age. Our pediatrician told us if our son doesn't outgrow bedwetting by 7-8 years old, that's the age where they will do tests to see if there's an underlying reason, such as hormonal imbalance causing it. As your son is 8, that's right at the age where he could be checked for those things.

 

[seoj]

Personally, I would seek the doc (just for reassurance)- I wet the bed till I was 7... and it was many many tests later and after thinking I was allergic to milk or slept too soundly etc... when they discovered my reflux valve was not working correclty. Meaning, if I waited too long to go (i.e. during sleep), I wasn't able to physically hold it... my body couldn't help but go. It was not fun. My mom never made a big deal of it- and was always supportive. But I remember it well. I had a procedure to correct the issue and fine since!

Obviously that's not to say your son has a similar issue- it could be a stage or something he'll grow out of... but it's possible it's something out of his control. Just my personal experience though. I'm not exactly the rule

Best of luck you figure it all out soon!

 

[Beanbabe]

I would take him to your gp. They can refer him to a specialist nurse who will go through a plan to help you.

Does your son have any trouble with his tonsils or adenoids?? It mite seem like a strange thing to ask but my dd had sleep apnoea due to tonsil/adenoids problems. Once she got them removed she stopped bed wetting literally straight away.

Another thing to check is if he's constipated. This can be a cause as well.

There is medication available to help. My dd had it prescribed but the pharmacist refused to despense it to her. He suggested an alarm which beeps when they start to urinate at night in the hope that it wakes them up.

 

[Eve]

I know someone who has 8 yr old twins and they still wet the bed most nights. She puts the goodnights on them, and puts pads under their sheets to help with it getting on their mattresses. Restricting drinks etc... didn't work for them either and they have spoke to their doctor about it... many in their family wet the bed until 10 or so. I would talk to the doctor about it and see what they say. x

 

[emmamc28]

thanks everyone for your replys. he does seem to be getting better the last 4 nights he has been dry so that is definitely progress. hopefully this is the start of dry nights for him if not I think I will take a look at the erics website then a visit to the gps x

 

[catty]

Where are you?
When I had a placement with the school nurse I sat in on her appointments and the school nurse deals with this. It is completely confidential so his classmates would never know. To start with they can give him an alarm thing he attaches to his ok bottoms every time he pees it will go off until eventually if he trickles the alarm goes and he wake up and it's meant to help.
That didn't work for alot of kids so they also did charts where if they were dry every night at the end of the week they got a treat. For other children it was a hormonal imbalance and they were given little tablets to take which helped. Every single one on her programme became dry even ones that were in foster care and had different reasons for it. I'd say definately try the school nurse!

 

[monkee12]

My 6 year old wets the bed and has been referred for tests. She is being seem on the 6th dec