Having Accidents Through the Night

I have had a bed wetter and a daily wetter. The good thing to know is that they will get over this by college! I ended up using the big boy undies (pullup) until it just ended. One other thing I tried was putting the child to bed at the normal time 8ish. And then, before I go to bed, I would get my child up and take them to the bathroom again. Someone said to use a fan or radio. This way they are not so ASLEEP all night and can wake up if they need to get up. Because my kids are older now, it is just nice to know THEY GET OVER IT! I agree about the meds. We did use medication for my older son. Forgot. It does work wonders.

My one granddaughter still has this problem, but only when the meds are forgotten. Meds will help considerable.

I work at a urologist - i am not a dr or nurse but you may want to get her checked out.

My son, he is 7, too still wets in the night, and I have talk to his doctor and she told me that there are two different kinds of medications that he can take, one is a pill and the other is a nasal spray. We are currently working on the pill one. The pill is a mild anti-depressive one, that for whatever reason works on bed wetting. He is still having accidents, but we just started the pill, so it will take time before we chance things. The nasal spray was made for people who cant hold it in at all, but it works for the bed wetter too. Talk to her doctor and see what is best for your daughter. Also I dont know if you have seen them, but there are Disposible Underwear called Goodnites that I use with my son. Yes they are in the diaper section of the store, but I tell my son that they arent diapers but underwear. It helps him when he goes to a sleep over, as long as he wears his pjs no one knows he has them on. I hope this helps.

One of my friends had a son who did this. She took him to the doctor and found out some kids don't really develop the sensation they should when they need to go. The dr. prescribed some pills and the boy loved it! He took them or about 3 to 6 months and then that was it! I'm not a big fan of medicating children, but sometimes if you've tried everything else, it might be necessary.

My youngest sister had this problem. She is now 12 and that continued until she was 10. My mom had tried medication and everything. Finally someone suggested the chiropracter. I am not sure how it worked but she never had an accident again after going! So it might be something to try! Best of luck

nothing. I wet the bed until i was 11 years old. It was hereditary. It had to do with the chemical that triggers the brain to tell you to wake up and go to the bathroom. Sometimes it takes longer in others to develope. Just be patient. My daughters wet the bed until they were around 7 or 8.

My stepson wet the bed until he was almost 13yrs old. Ater trying all the same methods and being frustrated by him tryimg to hide it, we talked to a doctor and he said that it something he will evntually out grow. We put a plastic sheet under his regular sheets and told him that if he wet the the bed he was responsible for taking the wet sheets to the laundry and taking a shower. We stressed that he is not in trouble for wetting the bed, but is responsible for taking care of it/his body. This helped alot and removed some of the stigma. He has out grown it and my husband and I are so releived! Good luck!!!

I also had a four year old girl wetting through the night. I cut out all sugars in the evening and she has not wet the bed in four months.

I had a nephew that was having accidents through the night when he was about your daughter's age. My sister took him to the chiropractor and after a few visits he had stopped wetting the bed. It may be worth a try.
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Take her to the doctor. Some kids just grow and grow and their bladders don't catch up, or their bladder musclrs or even the nerves aren't developed enough to control the flow. They could put her on some medication to control it, things like Flomax are available.
And maybe you could teach her to do Kegel excercises, which the doctor would probably recommend. Reps of 15 throughout the day. If you don't know what those are, just tell her you want to help her be able to keep the potty in, so she has to pretend she has to potty and then pretend she's holding it, just for a second. She should feel her self tighten up as if she's had to poop and is waiting to go to the bathroom. Do that 15 times in a row, and do it throuought the day, when she's watching TV, and the best is trying to do it when she pees. Tighten up that muscle to see if she can stop midstream. It's hard but a strong PC muscle can do it. Tighten, release, tighten, release, 15 times in a row. Even a couple of times a day in reps of 15 will help, and may be better so she doesn't have an accident at school.
The Kegel excercises strengthen the PC muscle in your very lowest abdomen, which controls holding in stool or urine. (and ladies it also tightens the vaginal area to make for a tighter fit for the gentlemn in your life; it's great if you've just had a baby and feel a loss of sensation). Actual pills prescribed by a doctor may help even more because the nerves that sense when she has to go just may not be developed all the way yet. Don't worry, it will pass eventually, just work with her on it!

I went through this as a child, and my bladder problem eventually had to be corrected with surgery. Definitely take her in to the doctor and see what they say. Her bladder may just need to catch up to the rest of her body, or there may be a more serious issue, especially if she's having UTIs. In the meantime, here's the advice I gave to the last person with this issue:

Don't let her drink more than a couple sips at a time after dinnertime (for me it was around 5pm), and nothing caffeinated past lunch-time (around noon or 1pm). Caffeinated drinks shouldn't be allowed often anyway; caffeine stays in your system for up to 24 hours and can really contribute to the bed-wetting. Sugar also.

Take her to the bathroom at least twice an evening (once after dinner and once before bed), and make her sit there for 5 minutes trying to go, to make sure it's all out.

During the rest of the day, try to get her to go to the bathroom (even if she doesn't feel like he needs to) at least once every two or three hours. She may not be understanding or even getting the message from her brain saying that she has to pee until it's too late, and going this often lets her bladder get used to being empty... She should start recognizing when her bladder feels full, and that will help her at night.

Cranberry juice and water are always the best things to drink for kids with bladder issues, so try to stock up. ;)

If none of that improves her bed-wetting, then middle of the night trips to the bathroom, again making her try for a full 5 minutes, may be in order.

In the meantime, if you want to try any "big kid diapers" or plastic sheets or whatever will make your life easier on the clean-up end, feel free.

The main thing here is to be consistent. You have to come up with a plan and stick to it every day, and every night. I know it's a pain in the a** to get up in the middle of the night every night to take her to the bathroom, but if that's what you need to do, then do it. My mom did that with me for at least a year before my surgery. There may be kicking and screaming and tantrums, but it's all for the best. Good luck!

My best friend's little sister used to do that, too. It had something to do with her bladder not growing as fast as the rest of her body did (or something to that effect). If you have tried everything you can within reason, and nothing has worked, maybe you should ask her doctor. It may be a medical issue and not one that you can necessarily control on your own. In the meantime, use the rubber/plastic sheet things and the overnight underpants (that's what my friend's parents had to do)...If anything, they will at least help make middle-of-the-night or early-morning clean-up faster and less stressful. Good luck (no matter what you do). A.