Welcome to the group!

[CafeMom Team]

Welcome to the Helping Your Child Through Bedwetting group.

Please feel free to join in the conversation and share your thoughts with the other members here.

To get started, introduce yourself and tell us how child bedwetting has affected your family. What age is your child? What bedwetting questions do you have?

** The CafeMom Team

[Momof3cuties]

My daughter will be 5 in October.  She has never been trained at night.  She hates wearing a pull-up.  We have now switched to a larger type of pull up...not sure what they are called exactly.  She still hates them.  DH is frustrated with the fact that she still wets the bed...she's been potty trained since a little over 2 years of age.  I feel bad for her but I have been told that there is nothing we can do...wait for her to outgrow it.   

[heathermichelle]

Hey! I am Heather and I am really glad this group was created.

My son is 6 now and he wets the bed. He has been wearing good nights for 2 years now. He was potty trained at 2 years old and did really good at it. He always wore underwear at bedtime after being potty trained and never wet the bed.

He didn't have this problem until 2 years ago. he went to visit his dad and just came back wetting the bed.

I have asked Dr's about it and they all tell me it is normal till they are 6. Well he is 6 now and is still doing it.

We cut out drinks before bed, that doesn't help. We can wake him up to go but he still manages to wet on himself later. If it were not for goodnites, we would be changing clothes and bedding every day.

I just wish I knew what was causing this and how to get it to stop. It gets expensive buying GoodNites all the time. I hope to get some tips from here and meet other moms that have children around the same age and can provide support.

I really like the boxers because when he wears them, you can't even tell a difference.

[Mommyx308]

I have 2 bed wetters in the family. My son is 9 and my dd is 7. My son is now too big for goodnights and has to wear the adult pull-ups and they jsut don't protect like the goodnights do. It is such a pain changing all the bedding every morning. It's nice to see I'm not alone in this battle!

[mom_to_rugrats]

My daughter is 8 years old and unfortumeatly could care less that she wets the bed.  I have tried the pull ups as well as the goodnites with her and she leaks right through them.  The other problem I had getting them for her is the fact that I would catch her with a soaking wet pull up while she was still awake in bed and somtimes before she even got into bed at night!!!  I didnt even know how to respond to that.

I also still sometimes have an issue with her not making it to the bathroom on time when she is playing or wathing tv because she doesnt want to take the time to go when she has to go.  She will wait till the last possible second and by then its too late.  So.....I am glad I am not the only one going through this and looking to make some new friends and some advise.  Have a wonderful day!

Patti

[MrsArnett]

My daughter is 6 yrs old . She wets the bed about once or twice a week.. but at times goes a few weeks without wetting. She is VERY sad and embarrassed about it. She wears the pamper brand of "good night" and they seem to work really good for her. Although when she does realize that she wet she changes them right away. My big problem is her self esteem and then she thinks she is a baby because of this.

Melissa

[MommyTo2Boyz]

My older son has problems wetting the bed.  He is 5 and a half.  He was completely potty trained a couple weeks after his 3rd birthday.  He was dry through the night for 6 months and then starting wetting the bed every night.  We tried sticker charts and that did help for awhile.  He was dry for 3 more months, but then he went right back to wetting every night.  I'm keeping my fingers crossed, but for the past 3 weeks he's only wet the bed about 5 times.  I think he just finally got sick of wearing a soggy goodnite.  I know that it probably wasn't intentional every night but I also know that some of the night were intentional.  Like one of the previous poster's said, there was also a few times when he was still awake in bed and he had a soaked goodnite. 

For those of you out there that are interested.  I asked his pediatrician about him wetting the bed and she told me that some kids wet the bed up to the age of 12.  She also told me that there is a medication that they can take before a sleepover that will keep them from wetting the bed at night.  This was never an issue for us so I never looked any more into it, but if it's an issue for any of you, you might want to ask your pediatrician's.

[ilovebopbear]

Hi my name is Angie and I am new.  My son is 7 (in oct) and he still wets....goodnights are a god send.  Dh and I don't make a big deal about it, we just check him early in the morning to make sure he is not leaking and we go about our business.  He is the one that is upset about it.  We have recently moved and he has made some amazing friends that he will, of course, want to have sleep overs with. :(  It makes me sad that he is self conscience about it.

I have not approached his ped as of yet.  I am not sure I want to put him on some meds for this or if I should just let it run its course.  I wet the bed till I was about 12, lucky for me I had friends that understood...you don't find that everyday.  Thanks for listening :) 

[4babiesmommy]

Hello My name is Misty. I am a mother of 3 and preggo with one more. My dd just turned 6 and still wets the bed and she thinks its ok to do it. It kills me now I dont know what else to do to help her. We have taken her to the doctor several times about it and they say its normal but I just dont think it is. I have a 8 yr old and he doesnt do it and a 4 yr old that wont do it either. If anyone can help I would love it...thanks

 

[abernathyvanna]

Hi, my name is Vanna. I have 1 bed wetter. My oldest daughter. She is 3 right now, she has been potty trained since she was about 19 months (I got pregnant with my baby and I vowed not to have 2 kids in diapers). When I had my youngest Maya, Karina started going through a regression and started wetting the bed. This wouldn't be so bad if I could keep her in her bed of a night. I make her go to sleep in her bed but through out the night she always gets up and lays down on the couch, loveseat or chairs in the living room. It got to where I was having to wash the cushions on a daily basis. I have now started putting the plastic covers for cloth diapers over her panties of a night. I am so glad that I came across this group maybe I could get some suggestions.

[Settie]

HI MY NAME IS LESETTE AND MY DAUGHTER ELIANNA IS 5 YRS. OLD AMD STILL WETS THE BED. SHE HAS BEEN POTTY TRAINED SENCE SHE WAS ONE YRS. OLD. PUT DIAPERS ON HER @ NIGHT. I WAS TOLD THAT SOME KIDS DO THIS TO THEIR 5 CAUSE THEIR BLADDER IS NOT FULLY DEVELOPED, BUT SHE HAS BEEN 5 SENCE JULY SO I KNOW IY'S NOT THAT AND IT IS A PROBLEM.