My 8yr. old is still wetting the bed, help!?

Question

My 8 yr. old is still wetting the bed, she just don't wake up, in fact after she pees she still don't wake up, she'll sleep through the night. I've tried cutting her drinks off 2 hrs. b4 she goes to bed, i make her go to the bathroom before bed, and it don't seem to make a difference, and her urine is very strong, which i don't understand cuz usually all she drinks at home is water and kool-aid or juice, i don't allow my children pop, and all she drinks at school is water and milk. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated, i don't really want to put her on medication if it's not neccesary.

Answer 1

I am telling you this out of experience.. so I hope it helps ... my 8  year  old is  a diabectic.. when we found out in may he ws a diabectic.. he was constantly wetting the bed.. it was very strong and lots of urine.. soaked linens... he was in care of his  diabetes doctor and also was referred to a urologist.. the urologists did this test where he tested him for a blockage in his kidneys. since there was no blockage he said he would put him on medication.. there is a nasal spray that works great.. mine is on a small tablet.. now there is no more bed wetting.. I hope this information may help you some.. I know how difficult this is to deal with.. good luck...

Answer 2

Buy some pampers diapers

Answer 3

Have you tried a bedwetting alarm?   It'll go off with just a tiny amount of wetness in her underwear.    If the child is sweating, it could go off from that too so she can't be in a room that's too warm if you decide to try it.     You can buy it online at http://www.wetstop.com     They are also available in medical supply or medical equipment stores.   Just look it up in the Yellow Pages and call to ask if they sell it.  It costs about $70.

Answer 4

If she is doing it while she is asleep it is probably due to weak muscles and you should take her to the doctor's to get examined. I don't know whether it's serious enough to have medicine but she might need therapy.

Best wishes!

Answer 5

Nicole the only thing is she may need meds, she is wetting no matter what you do for her!! She needs to go see her ped it may be due to a infection (strong pee) or bladder disorder could be a number of things that need to be check out!! Good luck to her, and you I hope it gets resolved..

Answer 6

you need to take her to see the dr she possibly have a underlying kidney problem her urine shouldnt be strong smell at 8 may have a infection

Answer 7

I am dealing with this problem too with my 8 year old son. We have seen a doctor which has ruled out any medical problems. All you can do is keep persevering with what you're doing. I know my son gets so humiliated when it happens and often tries to disguise it by getting changed and pulling the covers up on his bed before we notice. It must be so hard for them at this age. Best of luck.

Answer 8

i have an 8 month old boy so i dont know but if it happend to my son i would just put some plastic underneath the bed sheet so the mattress doesnt get wet and less work to clean up. and i will just try tracking the times that she pees. check on her every 3 hours see if she pee and try and figure out what time and then maybe you can wake her up before it happends and when she wakes up maybe she will feel the urge to pee and go....   i would stay away from medication you dont want her to depend on medication

but try tracking the time.... when you know what hours she might pee, wake her up ask her if she needs to pee or make her pee and maybe her body will get used to getting up at night.

other then that....... not sure what else you could do

Answer 9

thats normal for some children my brother dident stop weting the bed until he was 8 so eventually i think they will grow out of it

Answer 10

i think you just need to let her take her course, did you wet the bed as a child? they say if the parent wet there bed as a child then your kids do, i dont know how much truth there is to it. But you should really get to the route of it, there is oviously something bothering her.

Answer 11

Sheesh...that's a problem...So sorry can't help, but send you all the best...is there any chance she's worried about anything? I'd get one of those sheets which buzzes when you wet, wakes you up...maybe it'd help? Chemists sell them... Good luck!

Answer 12

I had a similar problem...from when I was potty trained till age 8 I had little accidents a couple times a year or so...nothing big...but when i hit 8 it really started to happen...so my mom put me in pull-ups until it stopped...and around the time I turned 9 it stopped...weird i know...but then when I turned 12 I started having the occasional accidents again...earlier this year( I am 14 now) I had some big accidents...my mom said if it happens one more time she would put me in goodnites(pull-up style diapers for older bedwetting kids)...but luckily nothing happened and I didn't do it again.

Answer 13

With my son I put a protective sheet on the bed and all accidents STOPPED when he went to bed naked. Sometimes he'll sleep with underwear on but 99% of the time he's completely naked. Makes us chuckle when it's pajama day at school :)

Answer 14

You say she is STILL wetting the bed...so has it been a continuous thing since birth or did she stop after potty training and then start up again recently?  If it is the latter then what Is more than likely happening is what happens to alot of children around this age...their bladder growth has not kept up with the rest of their growth therefore they begin wetting the bed again...this usually takes about a year to resolve..until then do what I did with mine ..Buy her some Pull-Ups (discreetly so she is not embarrassed by it). She'll out grow this phase...now with this answer I am assuming everything else with her is sound...ie;  her physical health and her emotional health...if you have any reason at all to believe she may need a Pediatricians help...then by all means take her...but more than likely it is exactly what I just told you....

Answer 15

i think you just have to put pampers on her..

i think that would most likely solve the problem..

Answer 16

I realised that you said this : 'all she drinks at school is water and milk'

How did you know she only drink water and milk? She might have drank other sweet drinks in school , who knows?

Answer 17

my son is still wetting the bed also and he is six years old.  We spoke to his doctor and they recommended that we stop all fluids 1 1/2 to 2 hours before he goes to bed.  We tried this and it didn't seem to work for him either he is a very sound sleeper.  What we have ended up doing is if hubby or I wakes up during the night we go in and get him(he sometimes isn't even fully awake) and take him in and have him go to the bathroom and then take him back into in bed.  

This is the only thing that has seemed to help with my son so far.  But if you don't wake up in the night then you may want to speak to your doctor and she if they have any suggestions.  we have also gotten a waterproof mattress pad and put a towel on top of his sheet just in case.

He goes through stretches where he can go a month or so and not wet the bed and then for some reason; and it seems like it is when something is bothering him he wets the bed again.

Answer 18

You could try waking your baby up in the middle of the night or use Good-nights. I love Goodnights. They are absolutley the best thing since the digital clock. And according to mine, they are pretty comfy!

I have 2 bedwetters, both 8. And my eleven year old stopped after he'd turned 10. There isn't anything short of meds that will stop her from wetting the bed except for patience. I remember reading somewhere that it has something to do with the under-development of the kidneys or bladder.

Either way.I would let my boys drink stuff like kool-aid and juice, only early in the day. Water only after that. Then, just to be sure, I would wake them up in the middle of the night, and half an hour earlier than their scheduled time. I'm not sure wich worked cus I did it all. But it's worth a try!

Answer 19

my brothers has the same problem but they are 11 and 13 years old. my mum took them to the doctor and he said they will stop when they are ready but he told them to go to the hospitial and they give them a machine. you put this little mat on the bed and when you pee this really loud alarm comes on and wakes you up  to go toilet. it sorta trains your mind to wake up when you need to pee