bedwetting - Children's Health Message Board

DEANNA · 03-07-2001, 09:35 PM

I have a 9 year old that still wets the bed. He is a deep sleeper , stage 4. I heard there is exercises you can do to change their sleep patterns. Open for any advice...

nducknc · 03-08-2001, 11:04 AM

My advice would be to let him out grow it I wet my bed until I 12 yers old. The doctor told my mother that I would outgrow and she still put me through going to specialist. I had a thing on my bed that would alarm when I started to pee.Didn't work just scared me so now I was scared and wet! Then she wouldn't let me drink after dinner didn't work I was just thirsty and wet.She even tried setting her alarm clock and waking up to wake me up didn't help we were both just tired and I was still WET! It was like I just woke up one day and have been DRY ever since!

DEANNA · 03-08-2001, 11:55 AM

Thanks for the advice. I do not put any pressure on him but he would like to have friends over to spend the night and cant because he is afraid he will wet the bed. I just hate to see him going through this and I am up for any advice. I heard there is a way you can change there sleep habits though.

ruddfan · 03-08-2001, 12:12 PM

My son is 6 and he wets the bed almost everynight also. He had surgey last year because he had an ingury to his penis when he was 3 by letting the toilet lid fall on it. I guess there was some scar tissue they had to remove. After that we took him to a specialist who couldn't do anything til he was 7. But what he suggested was setting an alarm on the other side of his room and i guess just hope he would wake up and then use the potty. He is a very deep sleeper also so I am thinking it probably wouldn't work. I know when we have him go potty right before bed and hold back on the fluids at night he usually wakes up dry. I would talk to your pediatrician to see if there is something that maybe they could do.

DEANNA · 03-08-2001, 12:49 PM

We are trying the alarm thing that attaches to his underware and it does wake him up most of the time but he doesnt remember getting up and if it comes unhooked during the night he will wet the bed. He really wants to stop and is asking me what he should do. He has no medical problem, we checked . The thing is he does not want to wait to outgrow it he wants me to make it stop. This is hard for a mother so I will try anything once for him. thanks for the advice.