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Needing help please

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Last Post Aug 16, 2009 4:08 PM by: Misagreatletter
Misagreatletter
 
Misagreatletter
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Registered: 8/16/09

Re: Needing help please

Aug 16, 2009 4:08 PM
My 4 year old daughter and my 6 year old daughter wet the bed at night just like most of my nieces and nephews. Most of the nights, my 2 girls' pull- ups are wet, but only a few nights they were dry. I haven't heard much about my nieces and my nephews.
Jacobo's Mommy
 
Jacobo's Mommy
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Registered: 9/11/08

Re: Needing help please

Sep 16, 2008 9:56 AM
I myself have a 13 year old step daughter who still wets the bed, almost everynight. Have you ruled out type 2 diabetes? my step daughter has type 2 diabetes and the doctor says its contributing to the bed wetting, we started her on medication to control the sugars and it seemed to help, but she still doesn't control her sugars well so we believe thats the reason she still wets the bed, she has also started having a period, but no change, she is very tall, so maybe that has something to do with it also, maybe her bladder isn't keeping up with her. You just have to be patient, make sure you protect her mattress with rubber sheets and buy adult diapers if needed and if she wets the bed make sure SHE does the laundry not you. We have made it a point to have her wash the dirty sheets if she messes, and she doesn't like to do that, so maybe it will encourage her to try and stay dry and make sure she goes too the bathroom before bed. I have done a lot of reading on this due to the fact that my 7 year old step son is also a bed wetter, that there is a condition for this, I have read that the child sleeps so soundly that they don't realize that their bladder is full and they end up wetting themselves, their brain tries to wake them up, but they are in such a deep sleep that they cannot, other symptoms are tired during the day, no dreams at night, not feeling rested. maybe some of these answers will help you I know how frusterating it can be, just stay cool and calm, even though you want to scream!
all girls
 
all girls
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Registered: 9/15/08

Re: Needing help please

Sep 15, 2008 7:34 AM
I felt that I needed to respond because our family has experienced bed wetting. Our oldest daughter was like yours. We used medication too...used the night times. She was and still is a hard sleeper. We limited her fluid intake, took her to the bathroom before we went to sleep. The only thing that worked was time. I had spoken with our pediatrician over the years...she would grow out of it. We were told that the bed wetting would stop once she started maturing, and for sure once she started her periods. Within the past 2 years, bedwetting slowed down and now for over a year no bed wetting at all. Something to do with hormones. I hope that will help you out, knowing that there is an end in sight. Check with your doctor to see if he/she agrees. Hang in there.
2beautiful kids
 
2beautiful kids
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Registered: 9/7/08

Re: Needing help please

Sep 7, 2008 8:03 AM
I had trouble with wetting the bed when I was growing up. My main problem was I to was a hard sleeper. My best advice is like the other person suggested to wake your daughter up in the middle of the night and have her go to the bathroom. My biggest thing was I would forget to use the potty before bed. So, make sure she uses the bathroom right before she falls asleep. Even if she went to bed just an hour ago if she is up watching TV tell her to get up and go right before she goes to sleep. Also, don't make a huge deal out of it. I know its hard but when you wet the bed you already feel horrible so to have your parents get angry about it makes it worst. The waking her up is a great suggestion. When I was younger I would have very vivid dreams that I had to go potty and I would dream that I was getting up and going to the bathroom and using the toliet then all the sudden I woke up and had wet the bed. Its very disturbing I had to learn tricks to make sure I knew I was really awake and going to the restroom. Also, I learned that if I got one of those tricky dreams of how to stop peeing so that I had only trinkled in my panties instead of peeing in the bed. It takes time and as she gets older she will learn the tricks. I did have more accidents when I was worried or stressed out about things. Make sure she knows she is not the only one who has problems with wetting the bed that way she is not so ashamed for doing it. The other question is, is it every night or once in a while. If its once in a while have her keep a journal of what she did within the last few hours before she goes to bed like at 5 had dinner with 3 glasses of milk. then at 8 had water. Just keep track for about a week and have her mark the next day if she had an accident on the days she didn't see if there is something she is doing different. It may be she just has a small bladder and is drinking to close to bed.
janlouisa
 
janlouisa
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Registered: 11/8/07

Re: Needing help please

Nov 8, 2007 6:45 AM
Have you tried waking her up in the night and making her go to the bathroom? Thats what one of my friends had to do. She also had to buy the good night underpants for older kids. Some children just cant control wetting the bed in the night weather its an over active bladder or just the fact that they are sleeping too soundly. try waking her up in the night maybe before you go to bed. It is probably something she will grow out of. I agree with the not wanting to up the meds. Maybe talk to the doctor and see if there is something else you can do. Could it be a result of stress? A lot of children will wet the bed when they become stressed out.
oneneedinhelp
 
oneneedinhelp
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Registered: 10/24/07

Needing help please

Oct 25, 2007 12:37 AM
My daughter is 12 and still wets the bed. Does anyone have any suggestions about what we can do? We have tried the medication and it worked for a while, we had to start titrating the dosage up to keep it working, I did not like that, so we stopped it.

I am out of ideas.......Anyone else going through this? SUGGESTIONS PLEASE!!!

Thanks