Day and night wetting - aged 9

[Jan3101]

My son Aged 9 has never been dry at night and still wears pull ups.

Recently he has started wetting during day and night and no idea why

He doesn't realise he's done it and quite content to sit in wet pants

I get so frustrated with him and then feel like the worst mum!

Any tips on how to reduce day time wetting please I'm at my wits end

[Dancer_Boyd]

Have you seen the GP/enuresis nurse?We had to measure fluid intake and urine output including accidents to see how big the bladder is

[Jan3101 in reply to Dancer_Boyd]

HiHe's had a scan a few months ago on bladder and kidneys. Results were one kidney larger than what it should be at his age and bladder half full but no explanation as to what next steps or what this means.

Not been asked to measure fluid intake etc

To be honest the specialist don't seem to be that bothered.

[Yaleamanda]

There are many reasons why wetting can occur, have a read of this article it is very useful bbuk.org.uk/wp-content/uplo...

[StellaA]

How often is he having daytime wetting?Multiple accidents a day at home or school or both.

Has he had any constipation recently?

[Jan3101 in reply to StellaA]

Hi it's mainly at school once a day at moment. Has occasional accident at homeI don't think he's constipated he goes once a day

[StellaA in reply to Jan3101]

Could he just be avoiding using the school toilets?It seems to be a boy thing, I remember my son had issues with that when he started high school, and my husband would go to great lengths to avoid using the toilets at his work.

I never really understood why.

[Jan3101 in reply to StellaA]

Yes I think that could be part of problem. He's said he doesn't like going on his own, I've asked his teacher to encourage him to go. He often leaves it until he's desperate to goI've asked if anything wrong at school but he loves school and has some good friends.

Hoping it's a phase he's going through.

Just need to tackle night time wetting! Challenging

[StellaA]

I don't know what would help there, if he had a tena man or similar at school, and a reward for every day he was dry?Night time is a different story, my gd is 11 and is still having several large settings every single night, drynites can't even hold half of what she puts out.

Luckily she is getting pads on the nhs now.

[Tom012]

I never really liked using school toilets, but the last thing I wanted was to wet my self.