wetting

[Guest guest]

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My son , almost 9 also has this problem of weetting the bed. We haven't

been able to give up the pull-up either because it is always wet by morning.

We try and limit his drinking late at night but he has rarely ever been dry

in the morning.

Also, we have such a hard time when going to playgrounds like at Mcs.

He almost always poops when he is on them. I always put a pull-up on him

at these playgrounds. I think it is a physical problem because he knows

that he is to go in the bathroom and also knows that we will leave the area

if he does this. We have given up playgrounds for now. Let me know how

the sleep study goes.

Dianna

[Guest guest]

Hi . My son is 12. He doesn't have any problems wetting anymore.

He was potty trained by 3 and slept through the night without wetting by 6.

I used to just use a pull-up at night. I never stopped giving him his cup of

juice before bed...even to this day! He always drinks about 8 ozs. before

bed. But we would put him on the toilet before we put him in....around

8-8:30 back then, and then we would wake him before we went to bed....around

11:00.

He has always and still does wake a couple of times during the night. I

think more to try to get into bed with my husband and I than anything else.

Whenever he comes down...which he still does, my husband will walk him over

to the toilet and he'll pee. If he wakes 1 time we'll do this, and if he

wakes 3 times a night, we'll do this. He has never had an accident

overnight. I didn't remove the overnight pull-up until he went weeks with it

staying dry.

Just from reading this list, I find many of our children are restless

sleepers and wake numerous times during the night. Sometimes it's due to

sleep apnea, but others, I just believe it's their nature! Having a sleep

study done is wise if you're concerned. I think maybe the key to having them

make it through the night dry is not necessarily getting them up during the

night, or cutting off a night time drink, but rather monitoring how often

they urinate during the day so that their bladders aren't so full. I still

have to remind to take time to go to the bathroom, or else I think he

could hold it all day!!!!! He must have a huge bladder : ) Wish I did!

Jackie, Mom to 12ds, 9, and Bradley 6.

[Guest guest]

There is hope!

Maybe it will help you to know that two of my typical kids have had and are

having bedwetting problems. My 8 year old wears " good nites " (nighttime

pull ups) to bed everynight. He is only dry one or two nights/month. You

may wonder why this does not alarm me in any way. History.

My son who was 16 on Monday had this same pattern through his 13 birthday.

Then something called " puberty " kicked in. My 16 year old went through

batteries of tests, bed wetting alarms, prescriptions, limiting liquids, and

I must admit, scouldings. One pediatrician told us to make him wear regular

underwear and change his sheets everyday. We did this for a time and then

went from good nites to adult size diapers. He also had daytime accidents

(as does my 8 year old). No medical problems have been found for either

boy. My brother had this problem also but never resolved it as he died in

an accident at age 12. Heredity may be a factor here--NOT DS.

Unfortunately very few people discuss this so everyone thinks they are

alone. The market for good nites is certainly there......it is just not

discussed.

Lou

Mom to Jane 5 w/ds and her 5 siblings

[Guest guest]

The only way we ever had dry sheets in the morning for 's brother

another story and if you want to know, email privately) was to get him up

and take him about 10pm and make him potty and then put him back to bed. It

was rough on him but he hated being wet in the morning. He just slept so

soundly and the urge didn't wake him.

Elaine Mom to 16 and 14 (DS)

Re: wetting

> ,

> My son , almost 9 also has this problem of weetting the bed. We

haven't

> been able to give up the pull-up either because it is always wet by

morning.

> We try and limit his drinking late at night but he has rarely ever been

dry

> in the morning.

> Also, we have such a hard time when going to playgrounds like at

Mcs.

> He almost always poops when he is on them. I always put a pull-up on

him

> at these playgrounds. I think it is a physical problem because he knows

> that he is to go in the bathroom and also knows that we will leave the

area

> if he does this. We have given up playgrounds for now. Let me know how

> the sleep study goes.

> Dianna

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

I've read some of the previous posts on wetting when a child is first

on the enzymes. I'm wondering how long this usually lasts. My child

has a tendency to wet himself but had been doing well for months

until enzymes. Now it's back. Do you think since he has a tendency to

wet that he may have a problem with the enzymes? Thanks, Nina

[Guest guest]

> I've read some of the previous posts on wetting when a child is

first on the enzymes. I'm wondering how long this usually lasts. My

child

> has a tendency to wet himself but had been doing well for months

> until enzymes. Now it's back. Do you think since he has a tendency

to

> wet that he may have a problem with the enzymes?

This is another loose end. Most of the kids showing a wetting problem

when starting enzymes do end it within a couple weeks. A couple

people saw it a little longer than that.

My older son still wet occassionally after starting enzymes, but I

finally traced it to giving supplements at bedtime. I moved the supps

to earlier in the day and it stopped. He wet the last couple of

nights this week and I realized I had started him on some time-

release vitamin C and zinc for the cold season. I quit it and he was

dry again. I don't know what these relatively tame supplements could

be triggering.

[Guest guest]

Okay guys here is the question. Micah has been potty trained for over a

year now. All of a sudden he has started wetting his pants about three weeks

ago. In the beginnning he would say " ooh...oooh.ooooh. " and then go so I

though maybe a bladder infection. took him to doctor and he was fine. He is

still doing this and we don't have an explanation for it. He started taking

singulair about 6 weeks ago and wondered if this could be doing it although I

can't find this as a side effect. Also he was diagnosed with kidney reflux as

a baby but was released about three years ago because he had not gotten any

worse. Does anyone have any ideas. I guess I should take him to doctor but

he has no other symptoms. Any thoughts????

Loree

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[Guest guest]

dear Loree

has there been any emotional upset in Micahs life, at school or whatever?

There are many things that can cause wetting, bad dreams at night, etc. There

are so many situations that can be extremely frustrating or can cause severe

anxiety and that can result in wetting.

Try figuring out what preceeds the wetting, if there are any patterns, any

correlation to certain acitivities or certain people.

all the best

Gundula