My son is 13 and is still bed wetting. We have used the alarm in the past with some success but more recently he either had a dry night and so the alarm didn’t go off or the alarm went off and he woke too late and was wet. He’s had great periods of dryness up to 5-6 weeks when we thought he was better only to start wetting again for no reason. I’m frustrated as can’t understand why he was dry for so long and is now wet 3-4 nights a week. Medication doesn’t help, we encourage lots of drinks during the day and a huge wee before bed. We’ve tried positive thinking.
Thankfully we’ve found some amazing Pjama shirts from Sweden which he uses on sleep overs.
Snap! My daughter is 8 and we have a similar pattern which is frustrating.
I feel the medicine isn’t working and keep being told to carry on “she’ll grow out of it” or “she can be on the tablets for a long as necessary”
Bu what they won’t answer is how long the tablets take to work - if they ever will!
I have recently requested a blood test to rule out any underlining health problems. If results show a problem then we can move on, if not then at least I know we need to persevere with it .
Have you asked about friendship issues, homework and stress levels?
Thanks for your reply, it is so frustrating. My son was checked out by a urologist, no physical probs so that is good.
Yes gone through the school and friends check but no worries. Times when you’d think he would be stressed he’s dry and other times not!
You’re right it is about perseverance, I just feel so sad for our children that they can’t talk about their condition to others. I hope in the future people can be more open and not embarrassed.
I believe there needs to be more research into why it’s happening, it’s much more complex.
Totally agree. We have residential trips to consider this year, and what the best thing to do.
We want her to attend as this is important for social skills and development but at the same time don’t want her to be embarrassed or worse bullied for wetting the bed.
Has he never been dry?
Reading through some of the blogs it seems we are not the only ones looking for answers or “cures”
No he’s never been dry. I used
No he’s never been dry.
I agree residential trips are important, although at primary they’re not essential and not all children will go. So I would see how she feels, if she really wants to go, my son went in Y6 and wore pull-ups. The school made sure there was a bin in the bathroom where he could put them discreetly and he shared a room with ‘kind sensitive pupils’ . No one knew and the teachers were great.
Although we don’t talk about teaches will have experience of taking children with these probs.
My philosophy is if they want to go, although we worry, it’s important not to hold them back and give them the equipment they need.
Good luck.