Hi all, little miss 7 wets the bed every night (maybe once a month doesn't) we've tried nappy on, no nappy, nappy with nickers on so she feels it, alarm to wake during the night, no water before bed, letting her have a drink, reward chart, and the last week or so a bed wetting alarm. Has anyone got to this point and gone to the doctors for advice? And what will they actually do that will help? Also the bed wetting doesn't seem to bother her, she never makes any comment about wanting to wake up dry.
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Some children do benefit from medication. I'm not sure what age medication is appropriate for.
Night time dryness is dependent on a certain hormone being present. Not everyone develops that hormone. So testing and referral to a specialist might be appropriate.
I know kids who have tried literally everything, they then tried some medication and within weeks it had stopped. Im sorry i dont know much about it.
You could also try waking her up a few time during the night to go to the toilet.
I think its best to get it sorted as she will be starting to go to sleep overs in the next year or so and it could be upsetting for her.
Firstly, is she using the toilet during the day?
My brother didn't stop wetting the bed until he was around 10 years old. I know my mother tried everything that you have tried. In the end I think it was a combination of the alarm and doctors visits.
From what I remember I think that all kids will grow out of it on their own eventually but some just take longer than others. It can't hurt to visit a doctor just to see what they reccomend
My son (11y) has recently been issued with an alarm from the enuresis nurse at our local hospital.
His programme is to drink 1 litre of water by 3pm then one glass after school and one glass with dinner - no other fluids. Nothing other than water or milk so no juice or fizzy.
He goes to the toilet and puts his alarm on before he gets into bed.
It is his job to strip his wet bed (if need be) and put the sheets and pj's in the laundry. I then help him remake his bed - we do have brolly sheets so it isn't such a big deal through the night. In the mornings he has to open the windows to let the fresh air through which is all part of the plan from the nurse.
So far he has had it for just over 4 weeks and has had lots of dry periods of about 4-5 days with the max being 6 days in a row during this month. He has 1-2 wet in a row then is back on track. On the nights he is considered wet he does not often wee enough to wet the sheets but does leak enough urine to sound the alarm, he then gets up and finishes in the toilet. According to the nurse this is fantastic progress in such a short time.
The alarm like everything isn't a quick fix but you need to be consistent with wearing it. For my son, he has to wear it every night until he has 14 straight nights without the alarm sounding at all. Then after that he has to have a full one month dry before we hand the alarm back.
We have a tick chart that is dry/damp/wet not as a reward chart but as a record of progress as it is easy to forget what day you are up to.
My child was 10 i thought she was being lazy and i tried everything. .in the end the alarm worked but i actually believe it was just her time..good luck I know how frustrating it can be
My 8yo dauggter was the same.... saw a pediatrician at Lady Cilento. .. put us on a waiting list for the bed alarm. But in the meantime said to clear her bowels using MOVICOL. Sometimes we don't know they're constipated. My daughter was doing daily poos anyway.
After 1 week on light laxatives, she hasn't wet the bed since. If they are slightly constipated, they don't feel the extra pressure on their bladder. Therefore they do night time wees.
Goodluck