Wetting help!

[Marzipanx]

Hi,

My son (5) has been treated for constipation since age of 3 (2 disemactions) and we feel we have got the bowel part under control. he still is wetting in the night. We change his pull up at 10pm which is wet the majority of the time but not loads and then in the morning he is soaked through. Now that would be fine but I am pretty certain he is waking up and consciously doing it (he has admitted as much) and will not get out of bed himself to wee.

any advice welcome!

[Yaleamanda]

Does he say why? Too dark? Scared to go to the toilet? At 5 independent toilet going is going to be hard for them. However wetting at night at that age is extremely common. They are still only young, essentially you are waiting for the hormone vasopressin being produced and that's something you can't control. There are things that you can do to help though, ensure that they drink plenty of water during the day, this will help to train the bladder to hold more liquid, do not lift to take to the toilet at night as it only manages the issue and not deal with it, but do take them to the toilet before bed twice and make sure they completely empty their bladder, count to 30, you will be surprised how much wee comes out again. Don't restrict liquids after a certain time, it doesn't actually work. Have a read of this article, its extremely helpful eric.org.uk/advice-for-chil.... Bedwetting is extremely common, in a class of 30 children (primary age) 1 in 3 will still be wetting at night.

[ERIC-Charity Partner]

Dear Marzipanx , please do reach out to our Helpline, we are open until 2pm today and then back on 2nd January, or you can complete a web enquiry form for an email response from one of the team. eric.org.uk/helpline/

We would recommend watching our ~Bedwetting Webinar recording, which you will find on this page: eric.org.uk/family-events/ In this webinar we explain the reasons for bedwetting and the associated treatments as well as lots of tips to help along the way.