My seven year old still wets the bed?

Question

what can i do and is this normal at her age

Answer 1

just the usual no drinks after 6pm but plenty b4 6

Answer 2

I stopped wetting the bed when i was 4 and that was a special time (scary dream)

See the doctor maybe she has bladder weakness.

Answer 3

Yes, this can be normal for her age. First take her to a doctor for a check up to make sure there is no medical reason.If the doc cofirms no medical reason then you have to decide from there how you want to handle it.You can limit fluid intake later in the day, wake her up before you go to bed and make her urinate, talk with her to find out if there is a fear of the dark so she does not go to the bathroom when she has the urge.There are lots of reasons.Just remember never, never put her down for bedwetting, she feels shame already and she will eventually outgrow it no matter what you do or don't do.

Answer 4

Check with the GP, my eldest had a small problem that was easily resolved, just in time for cub camp too!!

Often a child is just a very deep sleeper, we had a buzzer mat on the bed to wake him and no drinks after tea time.

Also check that nothing bad going on at school, my nephew started wetting recently and it has come to light that he and his new teacher not really getting on at all well - often it can be emotional reasons.

Good luck

Answer 5

It does happen. It could be a bladder problem . Stop her from drinking anything 2hrs before bed except a sip of water. Then make sure she uses the restroom before bed. If it persists have her checked by a doctor just to be sure

Answer 6

At 7? That is weird.

Answer 7

I wet the bed until I was 7. My mum tried everything. I eventually just grew out of it.

Answer 8

yes it is normal but they do say that if she is 7 or 8 and still wet then you have to see a doctor, just so they can rule out some probs, but i know loads of kids that still wet at night at that age, my daughter is 6 1/2 and still does x*x

Answer 9

i wet the bed til i was 12, i had bladder problems which they found when they investigated go to the doctors see what they suggest

Answer 10

my sister has the same problem with her son who is 6.  She has tried not giving him drinks after 6 (didnt work), waking him up as she went to bed to get him to go to the toilet (didnt work either).  She has once again had to put him pull ups.  She has also taken him to the Doctors, who wont do anything until he is 7.  There is apparently a medicene they prescribe that alerts them when they need to go to the toilet.  However, it is common for children to wet themselves at a young age, but most grow out of it.

Answer 11

Yes, it's normal.  She's seven.  Get her some good nights and forget about it.  Act like it's no big deal and don't be nasty about it, because she's probably embarassed about it.

Answer 12

How Frequently?

It's not abnormal, but it shouldn't really happen everynight.

Answer 13

My son wet the bed almost nightly and we finally tried a bed wetting alarm when he was 8 yrs old and it WORKED!!!!   After trying many other things and worrying about his self esteem etc etc.....

Answer 14

Depends....

Are you getting her up every night to use the bathroom? You should be to train her to get up herself. Try around 11.30pm. If she is already wet then, try earlier the next time...but if its every night, yeah she is getting a little too old to be doing that....speak to your doctor.  If its once in a while, no big deal, she was probably just in a heavy sleep and didnt wake up. Does she wear pull ups to bed?

You can try the buzzers too, Ive heard they work to teach the child to wake up. It just makes a beeping sound when the bed starts to get wet so the child learns by herself to get up.  You should really work on getting this fixed because it could cause major confidence issues and shy her away from sleepovers etc. Good Luck.

Answer 15

You can try different things but most won't work.  I have found that waking the kis up and taking them to the bathroom just disrupts their sleep.  Letting the kid just pee in their bed is a lot of work.  It is easier just to put a diaper on them at night.  Overnights and pullups leak a lot.  The best thing is to get some plastic pants and cloth diapers.  They won't leak.  You don't need to use pins since the kid is lying down.  If the kid wakes up and need to pee they can pull down the rubber pants and diapers and then pull them back on.  If you use pins the kid won't be able to get them off and will just have to pee in the diapers.  They should not do this when they are awake.  Dealing with wet diapers in the morning is a lot easier than dealing with wet pajammas abd bedding.  A lot less work.  Just let you kid outgrow the problem.

Answer 16

Go see your doctor. They can rule out any physiological problems and advise you of what you can do to help.

Answer 17

I wonder if something has changed recently that has upset him a bit? New bed? New pet?New brother or sister? New class at school?

If you are worried then see the doctor!

Answer 18

It's actually more common than people think and most doctors don't worry about it as most children outgrow it as they get older. There are a number of reasons this happens. Sometimes the child is simply a heavy sleeper, somtimes they have small or overactive bladders, and sometimes their bodies don't produce enough ADH which is a hormone the body produces at night to slow down the production of urine.

There are medications you can discuss with your doctor such as Oxybutinin which helps slow down the production of urine for up to 6 hours and can be helpful until the child is older and can control the bladder better.

Don't make your child feel bad about it because it's not something they can help. I know a lot about this because I have an 8 yr old son who wakes up soaked every morning no matter what we do. We have tried limiting drinks after dinner to giving NO drinks after dinner and having him go several times before bed and then waking him to take him again around midnight and he STILL wakes up wet every morning. My son does take Oxybutinin and it does help, he still wakes up wet even with the medication but not as wet and he has some dry nights where as before he never had any.

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