My son wets the bed how do I get him to stop?

Question

He is 8 years old we've tried all the waking him up not drinking stuff. Alarms are out of the question.

Answer 1

Well when i was about 9 years old i wet the bed every single night without a fuss at all. and it started to make my parents angry aswell. the best way is in the morning wake him up and get him to help you do the washing of the sheets etc, i know it sounds a bit harsh but here is the technical stuff, in his sleep he is mostly dreaming of going to the toilet anywhere anytime, thats how wetting the bed occurs, if you get him to help you do the washing of the sheets and the matress etc, then in his sub-consciousness once he has helped you enough times will tell him to back off peeing the bed since helping you is really starting to get annoying. I was nine and a half when my parents started doing it. about 1 month later i stopped weeing the bed and have never since lol. I hope i have answered your question detailedingly.

Answer 2

Stick gum on top of his p***s

Answer 3

Some kids will just have problems no matter what.  Boys have more trouble than girls.

Avoid drinking after your evening meal.  Especially juice.  That makes him more likely to wet the bed.

My son, I would have to get up about twice during the night.  He slept hard enough that he would try to walk into the closet to go to the bathroom and not have a clue!  

Put on a waterproof mattress pad and get an extra set of sheets.   Then in the middle of the night, he can change his own sheets.

Don't do the diaper thing or chew him out.  This is a huge confidence building time.  He's probably feeling horrible already.  Remember, he can't control it and it will end.  

My niece actually went to the doctor and has pills to take before going to bed that help her.  

My son didn't quit completely until about 10 1/2.

Answer 4

If he is 8 and still wetting the bed, it's time to get him evaluated.  At our pediatrician's office, once kids reach age 8, they recommend having the kids go to our local hospital, which has a program specifically for older children that wet the bed.  The number is 1-800-TRY4DRY.  They have a team of people that first evaluate your child physically, and then go through various options to help solve the problem. If there is a physical issue, they address that first.  If not, they go through various behavioral and environmental changes that you can try.  It's worth a shot.

Answer 5

Try cutting out nighttime drinks, Ask him to go to the toilet before bed, There really isn't a age when people stop wetting the bed. My advise is to buy Pull ups. It would save you both alot of aggravation.

Answer 6

Take steps before bedtime. Have your child use the toilet and avoid drinking large amounts of fluid just before bedtime.

Use a bed-wetting alarm device. If your child reaches the age of 7 or 8 and is still not able to stay dry during the night, an alarm device might help. When the device senses urine, it sets off an alarm so that the child can wake up to use the toilet. Use this device exactly as directed so that it will detect the wetness right away and sound the alarm. Be sure your child resets the alarm before going back to sleep.

These alarms are available at most pharmacies and cost about $50. Although they provide a 60% to 70% cure rate, children often relapse once they stop using them. Alarms tend to be most helpful when children are starting to have some bladder control on their own.

Protect and change the bed. Until your child can stay dry during the night, put a rubber or plastic cover between the sheet and mattress. This protects the bed from getting wet and smelling like urine.

Let your child help. Encourage your child to change the wet sheets and covers. This teaches responsibility. At the same time it can relieve your child of any embarrassment from having family members know every time he/she wets the bed. If others in the family do have similar chores, though, your child may see this as punishment. In that case, it is not recommended.

Other treatments. Some doctors recommend bladder-stretching exercises. With these, your child gradually increases the time between daytime urinations so that the bladder can slowly stretch to hold more urine

Answer 7

Tell him to pee-pee before to sleep.

Tell him not always play........

Answer 8

Put a nappy, or as you call it in the states, a dyper (I dont even know how to spell it) on him, when he goes to bed. If he can manage to keep it on, or rather if you can get a big enough one, lol, make sure it stays on all night. When he pees in it unknowingly during the night, he will wake up and realise in the morning how yukky it feels.

This is the trick - tell him if he continues with this, you will keep putting on the dyper untill he stops doing it. Usually they stop after 2 days, so Ive been told...If that fails call the super nanny and she will show you where the naughty corner is..