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7 Year old boy bed wetting
Hi R.B., it is not unusual for children to waiver between periods where they remain dry at night then return to wetting as the move toward achievin...
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My daughter is 6 1/2 & has never been dry overnight. Her bed doesn't get wet as she wears a Drynite every night so talking about 'bed wetting' doesn't make much sense. What other strategy can you suggest as she is starting to become very self conscious ab
Hi Sian, given her age and the fact that her bedwetting is starting to impact negatively on her sense of self I would certainly recommend you look ...
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My daughter is 10 years old and wets. Her father also wet until about 13. I have been hearing a few things in the media recently about the connection between snoring and bedwetting. I think it was something to do with adenoids? Is there anything is th
Dear S.S., there are a number of factors at play here. Firstly, bedwetting has an underlying genetic component – with children typically outgrowin...
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My almost 11 year old daughter mainly wets for the first wee if I don't put her on the toilet before I got to bed
Hi Alison, bedwetting can be incredibly frustrating particularly when you feel like you have tried it all and still your child continues to wet at ...
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My son's bedwetting seems to stem from laziness. He often wee's in his pull ups after his gone to bed but still awake. He has no problem getting out of bed for various other reasons. He is 5 in Nov and is not fazed that he still wets the bed. He is dry a
Hi C.L., while it is very unusual for a child to deliberately wet the bed, however it does appear from your description to me more of a behavioural...
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Hi, my daughter is 6 1/2 and has always worn a pull up to bed. We have tried everything even the alarm to wake her up which only worked twice. She is a deep sleeper, what do i do next? She also has a tendency to wet her pants during the day and not know
Hi Christine, there are a number of reasons children wet the bed at night. Given that she is also experiencing issues with daytime toileting I wou...
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Hi,I just turned 12 a month ago,and i still wet the bed!My parents really don't care.I wish I could stop,it's really embarassing.I wet the bed each night!
Bedwetting is always tricky to deal with especially as you get older. While your feelings of embarrassment are completely understandable it is imp...
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Is breathing through the mouth a cause of bedwetting in children?
Hi M.P., while deep sleeping is not a cause of bedwetting it certainly makes it much more difficult for children to wake in response to a full blad...
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My 12 year old daughter still wets the bed sometimes. We've been to doctors, but I wanted to know if it may be stress?
Dear J.M., stress is certainly one of the main causes of secondary bedwetting. Stress manifests itself in different ways, some of us cry, others m...
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I'm 19 years old and have wet the bed since I was 2. I've tried everything and have had no luck. What can I try?
Hi S.M. this is an incredibly challenging and frustrating situation. It is important that you understand that your bedwetting is no different from...
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Hi, my daughter is 9 years old and wets almost every night. We have been to a paediatrician and have tried the Malem alarm system and the drinking during the day and measuring volume of urine etc. Nothing is working. Please help Vicky
Hi Vicky, In must be incredibly frustrating and disheartening when you feel like you have tried it all and still your daughter continues to wet at ...
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5 year old who wets the bed heavily every night and doesn't wake at all ??? He is a super heavy sleeper and takes about 2 hours to fall asleep. Help??
Firstly, let me reassure you that this is quite normal behaviour with around 1 in 10 5-year-olds still wetting the bed at night. It is not unusual...
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Hi my daughter is 7 and still needs Drynites at night because she still wets the bed, she goes to the toilet before bed and doesn't drink that much but still doesn't wake up and wets herself what else can we do?
Hi Michelle - There are a number of reasons why children continue to wet at night. Some do so because their body produces larger than normal amoun...
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HI, my second child (a boy) was toilet trained day and night by 2 years, not a problem. Then when he started town kindy @ 4 years, he started having 'accidents' day and night (No. 1's & 2's, he also stopped talking for a year). It took a year, but finally
Hi D.K., it sounds very much like your son and daughter are experiencing secondary enuresis which occurs when a child has had proper control over t...
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My son is 6 and has been wetting the bed since the age of 3. This is very much a genetic thing as my mother and I suffered from the same bed wetting condition. As a matter of convieniance we wake him up before we go to be ourselves and it results in a dr
Hi DB, we know that lifting to children in the toilet is really a form of management and does little in the way of helping children to stop and can...
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my 5 year old is still not trained at night. He often soaks through his nappy. is there anything else I can use to stop him waking up wet?
Hi C.S., please be reassured it is perfectly normal for your son to still be wetting the bed at night with many children (especially boys) continui...
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My 8 year old was night trained around age 3. When he started school, he started to night wet. He never fully wets, just like a small leak. We've tried the alarm but it seems there is not enough moisture to set it off. We have also trid minirin with no ef
Hi Shannon – normally I would recommend trying the alarm again – as it is not uncommon for this not to result in nighttime continence following the...
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Our son has just turned 7 and we have been happy to wait until he was ready not to wear DryNites. We have been taking him to the toilet at 10pm and have had dry nappy in the morning for the last four days in a row. Prior to taking the night nap off, sho
Hi K.H., the decision of whether and when to remove your son’s DryNites is ultimately up to you and him. If you think he will not be bothered by p...
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my son (4) hasn't wet the bed in 12 months and we have just moved house and he has started to wet the bed every night. What can I do to get him back to drynites?
Hi Kristy, it is not unusual for children to return to wetting at night at times of high stress – and moving house certainly rates as cuases of str...
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My 7yrs old daughter has been dry since she was potty trained at the age of 2, she has wet her bed two nights in a row, what could be possible reasons for this.
Your daughter is experiencing secondary enuresis which occurs when a child has had proper control over their bladder during the night for a period ...