Stapes Posted September 27, 2015 Share Posted September 27, 2015 Anyone dealt/dealing with this? We've tried getting kid up in the middle of the night, stopping drinks before bed, been to enuresis clinic and had the bell thingy prescribed. The only thing that does work are tablets, but the effects wear off after a couple of weeks. Kid is 13 btw, which means now pissing like a racehorse. We need to plan washing cycles to cope. At the end of my tether. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davierobbsagod Posted September 27, 2015 Share Posted September 27, 2015 more common than you think,from personal experience he will grow out of it for want of a better word.In my days there were no tablets and no incontinence pants it was a sheet lined with foil strips at the first sign of a leak a huge buzzer went off and made you get up.I remember not being able to go to BB camps and school outings that were overnighters.I must have been about 13/14 when it just stopped,that year I was able to go on a week long trip to Belgium with the school,knokke was the place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottincarlisle Posted September 27, 2015 Share Posted September 27, 2015 I think getting kids up during the night doesn't help the bladder expand so it can store more wee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stapes Posted September 27, 2015 Author Share Posted September 27, 2015 Think it probably is quite common, but nobody speaks about it so you think you're the only parent and child in the world going through it. In terms of waking him up, yes, we're aware if that, but at one point it was twice, sometimes three, times a night. So it was necessary. Another thing that we tried was making him drink more during the day and then getting him to hold it in, thus expanding the bladder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phart Posted September 27, 2015 Share Posted September 27, 2015 (edited) Things like citrus and sweeteners affect bladder control so stop that. Also constipation causes a lot of bedwetting i;ve read. Sleep Apnoea as well. Get a moisture alarm as well got this from here http://www.nafc.org/adult-bedwetting/ also anything you want to confess Stapes One study has shown that someone with two bedwetting parents has a 77% chance of becoming a bedwetter. When one parent wet the bed as a child, his son or daughter was found to have a 40% chance of becoming a bedwetter. Edited September 27, 2015 by phart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 agree with the posters , more common than you think , is the child drinking tea or coffee ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scunnered Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 Have they always wet the bed or is it a new development? I started wetting the bed at 25 with no previous instances and it was found to be linked to a sleep disorder, one that I've always had but which worsened after a car accident. Medication sorted it right out much to the wife's relief. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islayscot Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 Could be multiple reasons. Get professional advice via GP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristolhibby Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 Our eldest lad was suffering with bed wetting. He's 6 and for months he was wetting the bed. Our youngest was no problem, stopped wearing nappies at night at about 4 and never wet the bed after that. I felt really sorry for my eldest as there was nothing he could do. We were speaking to my sister in law who is a urology ward sister and she explained that it's some chemical that the body produces that tells them to stop wetting the bed. Youngest got it at 4, eldest has just now got it aged 6. Sorry I can't offer any advice, we tried waking him up, and not. It just gets better. Keep them off milk was something else I was told. J Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stapes Posted September 28, 2015 Author Share Posted September 28, 2015 Thanks folks. Various things. Been to GP at enuresis clinic at Sick Kids. They had lots of stuff in place, from keeping a diary to techniques to prescriptions. But it was almost as if they couldn't deal with the small percentage who they failed to cure, and thereafter just kept returning to the same things time and again. He's always wet the bed, although it comes and goes. So he can have two weeks without an accident, but follows this with two weeks of doing it every night. The tablets are good for putting a halt to a long wet streak, but as I said, they only work for a short period. It's almost like his body gets used to them. He doesn't drink fizzy drinks, tea, coffee or milk. Mainly soft drinks. Tried a moisture alarm, but it was going off every five minutes due to sweat (I've heard this is a common problem with that technique). Strangely neither myself or my wife had this issue. I had stopped wetting the bed before I went to school. His older brother had the same issue, but IIRC he sorted it around the age of 11. Whilst I mentioned in the first post that it driving me up the wall, it's really for his own peace of mind. He gets incredibly down about it (understandably). One technique we've not tried and is mentioned online is sending them to a camp with friends for a week. A lot of people said this ended the issue right there and then. I'd be worried about doing this, but willing to try anything now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoobydoo Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 Have they said if anxiety plays a part? are kids allowed to see hypnotists? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbcmfc Posted October 3, 2015 Share Posted October 3, 2015 One technique we've not tried and is mentioned online is sending them to a camp with friends for a week. A lot of people said this ended the issue right there and then. I'd be worried about doing this, but willing to try anything now. That could back fire spectacularly! A boy pished the bed at our BB camp and the bullying he took as a result must've been pretty horrible, he left shortly afterwards. Kids can be very cruel! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robroysboy Posted October 3, 2015 Share Posted October 3, 2015 (edited) That could back fire spectacularly! A boy pished the bed at our BB camp and the bullying he took as a result must've been pretty horrible, he left shortly afterwards. Kids can be very cruel! Unfortuantely true. Edited October 3, 2015 by Robroysboy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stapes Posted October 3, 2015 Author Share Posted October 3, 2015 That could back fire spectacularly! A boy pished the bed at our BB camp and the bullying he took as a result must've been pretty horrible, he left shortly afterwards. Kids can be very cruel! True. We did try it for a two night trip, but worked with the school to manage the risk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HUNTINGMcGREGOR Posted October 4, 2015 Share Posted October 4, 2015 I had this problem as a kid, and totally empathise. They gave me pink medicine. Whatever it was,it worked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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