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My son is 9. He has a small bladder, thus he still has accidents at night. He got pansed at a sleepover..?

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All the other boys saw he was wearing a pullup. Now he is getting teased at school. It was last weekend and he's been upset since. How do we get rid of this issue?

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  1. Three of my four children were bedwetters.  My older sons were given a medication - Tofranil, I believe - that stopped this condition.  I'm sorry your son is being taunted about this.  I hope you've explained that the teasers have issues of their own which they hope to conceal by airing your son's.  Please do check with your health provider to see if he is a candidate for Tofranil.  It was a blessing for us.  My sons are now 30 and 28, healthy and well adjusted.


  2. My daughter is 8 and still has a problem at night and during the day.  I've been asking the doctors the same question for years but keep getting told that she will grow out of it.  I'm scared kids will do the same to her when she spends the night with friends but she doesn't seem to care what other people say to her about the pull-ups.  I've tried to wake her up every hour to try and get her to train herself to know the feeling to get up....didn't work.  The doctors said something about putting her on meds but I'm scared long term meds could do something to her organs inside her.

    Try to talk to his doctor about it.  I know in my daughters case it runs in her fathers side of the family and her grandmother still does it to this day.

    Good luck and I hate to hear that kids are so mean at such a young age.

  3. I know this feeling. My son is 9 and still has night time problems. At home we just deal with it ..we dont make a big deal out of it..however for nights he goes to sleepovers he has pills he takes that enlarge his bladder.  He takes them a bit before bedtime and they work...i just let the mom know and she gives them to him when no one else is around and he doesnt have to worry anymore.. I dont put pull ups on him tho..i did when he was a bit younger and it humiliated him.

  4. my son is 12 and still has to wear a pull-up at night. he was tested by a urologist who found that his bladder was too small by 1/3. We tried limiting his fluids, and setting an alarm to wake him up in the middle of the night, and nothing worked. it disturbed the whole rest of the family instead, and he slept like a log. we honestly don't know if and when he will outgrow this problem.

    If it is just one or two kids I would call the parents of the kids, and talk to them. Explain to them that he has a medical condition, you have tried everything to "make him" stop wetting the bed, and it isn't working. Also tell them that thier kids are teasing him and hurting his feelings. You may have to point out glasses or braces on the other kids and ask the parents how they would feel if it was thier child who was being made fun of over those things. hopefully the parents can control thier kids.

  5. There isn't much you can do now about school, what happened is done and soon school will be over for the Summer. Your son knows that he has a small bladder so he should try not to have anything to drink after a certain time.

  6. Time heals all wounds....unfortunately kids are cruel now a days....just pray and console your son is all u can really do....my son is 7 and he still does the same thing....suggestion...buy those night time pull ups that looks like boxers....know this doesnt solve the situation but it may help some....

  7. My son had the same problem when he went camp.

    I went to the doctor who perscribed medication its not 100% effective but does help.

    I still do the night lift and stop fizzy drinks but he only now has a accident about once a month

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