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Dr Cathrine Neilsen-Hewett is an experienced Child Development expert. As a mother of three young children, understanding children’s development and promoting positive approaches to parenting has become both a passion and a full-time career. You have the opportunity to ask your questions now.
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I have a 5yr old that wets the bed each and everynight. Sometimes even a few times a night. I take her to the toilet 2 or 3 times after she has gone to bed but doesn't seem to help. We have stopped fluid intake after a certain time. We found that putting
Hi Tania, if you haven’t done so already I would recommend that you make an appointment to see your GP. While it is not unusual for children you...
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HI, My son is 14.5 and is wetting the bed with the dry nites on. He is upset by this as now we have to get him into adult pants and this is extremly upsetting for him. We have tried the bladder control, alarm, drinking lots of water during the day, medica
Hi Karolyn, this must be incredibly distressing for you all. Certainly when it comes to the more traditional measures, conditioning alarms continue...
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My son 4 next mouth has just started wetting in his DryNights again, what can I do? should I look at a star chart or something to help him become dry again?
Hi Michelle, you do not mention in your question how long your son had been dry at night for. If it has been for a period of 6 months or more then...
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my 6 year old wets the bed.everynight sometimes 2 times a night. she did stop for 6 months 2 years ago .now its been 1 and a half years of bed wetting everynight. we have tried alarms, chore charts, even waking her. but to no avail.she has no infections .
Hi S.B – your daughter is suffering from secondary nocturnal enuresis (SNE) a term used to describe the condition where a child has maintained prop...
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Im trying to teach my 2 1/2 year old to get up and go to the toilet by himself in the night.. I need some helpful hints on how to encourage him to get up and do it by himself instead of waking me up?
Hi M.J., it doesn’t sound like your son has a problem with bedwetting given he is able to wake-up in response to a full-bladder and has a dry nappy...
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I have an almost 9yr old boy who has been bedwetting since forever and every night. We have tried the bed wetting alarms, minrin nasal spray and Endep tablets and he is still soaking every morning. He has had a ultrasound and nothing is wrong, he is get
This must be incredibly distressing for you all. Certainly when it comes to the more traditional measures, conditioning alarms continue to experien...
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My 5 (nearly 6) year old son wets the bed every night. He doesn't wake up and seems to see nothing wrong with lying in bed wet.
Hi Kathleen - It is quite common for parents of children who wet the bed to comment on how heavy a sleeper their child is. Children who are particu...
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Hi I have a 5 year old daughter who stopped wetting the bed for a couple of months but then became ill and had a couple of accidents so I put a dry-nite back on her. Now it is 3 months later and she has completely regressed. Each night she wets herself, t
Hi Anna, while it is perfectly normal for 5-year-old children to be still wetting the bed at night, given she had been dry for an extended period i...
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Ask a question now...my 8 yr old son wets every night.he wets through his dry nights pants and saturates all the linen as well. He has tried bladder training and can hold 350ml. he has tried chiropractic care, and an alarm system which sounded like a smok
This is certainly a challenging situation. Alarms are generally the most effective means of treating bedwetting, although it is true that they do ...
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Ask a question now...Hi My daughter has just turned 6 and wets the bed every night( she wears Drynites). She has never really not wet the bed!
Hi Kath – one of the common misconceptions surrounding bedwetting is that children somehow have control over the situation and if presented with ad...
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Hi. I have a 7 yr old boy who has worn dri nites to bed since he got out of nappies and usually wets through those. I have tried everything I have been advised to do. He has been on Minirin Melt Wafers for 3 1/2 months with little to no change. The most i
Hi Jodie – one of the most frustrating things for parents of children who wet the bed is that we don’t always understand why it is happening. W...
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my sons are 3 and 4 years old and they are both toilet trained. The still however everynight wet the bed. They know to go to the toilet and i leave a light on for them but they still keep doing it? How do i get them to use the toilet?
While children have conscious control over their bladder during the day this is not necessarily the case at nighttime which is why many children co...
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is it normal that my 13 year old daughter still wets the bed? if so is there anything I can do to help her?
Hi Faith – when bedwetting continues into the teenage years it can begin to impact on a child’s self-esteem and social relationships. One of the m...
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hi my name is kerrry i have 3 kids 2 boys and 1 girl my first boy fred is 3 and has started to wet the bed and my second boy bob has started to get up in the night and poo on the floor in the bed room he is 2 and is clean and has been for a few months. me
Hi Kerry – divorce can be incredibly stressful for all involved, especially young children. It is not uncommon for children to experience toiletin...
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hi, my son his 4 years old and his been trained during the day since he was 2 but nothing seems to work at nights. we tried training him for 2 weeks during the night and that was waking him up at 11pm and the 5:30 am and still he would manage to wet the b
Hi Christine, as frustrating as this behaviour may be please be reassured that it is perfectly normal and has very little to do with anything you o...
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Ask a question now...transition from nappy at bedtime to no nappy at all??
Hi Hilary, the time between achieving daytime continence and nighttime control is different for every child. While some achieve this in a matter o...
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Hi, my daughter is 3 yrs and 3 months and we have been night training for 2 months now. In this two months she has had 10 dry nights. Is this common or should we try going back to nappies? We are both getting frustrated. Renay.
Hi Renay, it can be incredibly frustrating when your child continues to wet at night despite your best efforts to help them stop; please be reassur...
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my 5 year old keeps wetting the bed , we have tried to take the nappy off him but i found my self changing the sheets to many times in the middle of the night . he wakes up in the morning wet right threw , and he is so embrassed he hides his cloths and na
Hi Kelly, when bedwetting starts to impact on a child’s self-esteem then it is time to think about treatment regardless of how old they are! Fir...
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hi Catherine, our girl (fosterchild) wich is 7 has been wetting the bed from day one since we got her. she is been with us for 18 months now and first thing we did was take her off the ditropan as that is what they gave her but did not do a thing for her
Hi Jack – first let me say what a wonderful thing you are doing. I have a number of colleagues who foster children and I understand how challe...
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My son is 6 yrs old he is being wearing dry nights and most of the time he is dry I just recently took of the Dry nigths and let him sleepy in his pjs and he is weting the bad every night what sholud I do?
It is very common for children as they move toward achieving permanent nighttime continence to oscillate between periods of dryness and times when ...
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my son is 7 and wets the bed most nights. he wears pull ups but he wees so much he wets the bed anyway. im so worried, is it time to take him to the doctors?
It is not uncommon for children your son’s age to still be wetting the bed on a regular basis; bedwetting is far more common among boys than gi...
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Ask a question now... I have son 5yrs 7 months...i took his nappy nearly 2 months and since then he wet the bed 2 times. At night, i wake him to wee when i was awake to toilet
Waking or lifting children to the toilet during the night is typically seen as a practical approach to managing children’s bedwetting in the short-...
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I need some advise for my 5 yr old daughter
Hi Toni – the time it takes between achieving daytime continence and being dry at night is quite variable, some children are lucky to do this in ...
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My 7 year old daughter wets the bed every night. I put her in a Huggies Nappy and have solved the problem that way. But she is to old for this please help
About six percent of children continue to wet the bed at night by age 7 years – so you are not alone! While many children do outgrow the problem,...
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My 6 year old daughter has ADHD and wakes up wet each morning. I understand it may be harder for her to have dry nights but will the antidiuretic hormone still be produced by the time she gets to 8? Should I be getting help for her now?
Hi Simone - The incidence of bedwetting in children with ADHD is about two to three times higher than for other children. Children with ADHD are al...
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Hi there, my 7 year old son wets the bed twice a night, we did see hes doctor about it and see gave him nasel spray, which worked for a while but has stopped working for him and the other thing is he is a deep sleeper too.. Thanks Danielle
Hi Danielle, it can be very frustrating when treatments do not result in the desired outcome! Nasal sprays are generally seen as a form of manageme...
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Hi, my 9 year old girl was night time trained at 3 years of age, but since then, she's been having random bouts of wetting at night, worse when it gets colder, when she's gone to bed earlier than normal and when she's unwell. She doesn't have any stresso
It’s great that you’ve been able to identify a pattern to your daughter’s nighttime wetting. From what you have written it appears that you daught...
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my son is 5 since he got out of nappies at the age of 2 he was dry for the hole year till he was about 3 then every since then he has been wetting the bed every night i have made him stop drinking at least 2 hours before he goes to bed and have been wakin
Hi Jacqueline, it is not particularly unusual for boys your son’s age to be still wetting the bed at night on a regular basis. However, given th...
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..My son is turning 11 this year and really has never been out of dry nights. He has been on movicol, he has had an ultrasound on his bladder,(normal size) he's been told by doctors he is lazy and we have been told to eat healthy and do a journal and sti
Hi Vanessa (and Jye) – I am so sorry to hear that your son was made to feel responsible for his bedwetting. As I am sure you are fully aware, chil...
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hi cathrine im a 14 year old boy. i sometimes wet the bed. i would be embarrsed if i told mum or dad. what should i do. please help me
Hi Steven – as embarrassing as this may seem you are not alone. There are thousands of people, including teenagers and adults, who wet the bed at ...
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Advice for 9 year old boy who wets the bed around 4 times a week.
Hi Christine – managing children’s bedwetting can be incredibly challenging and this is partly due to the fact that we do not always know what is c...
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My child of almost 12yrs still wets his bed , how can i help him stop this habit ?
Hi Edmund, while parents used to be encouraged to wake their child throughout the night to help avoid a wet bed, this is no longer recommended as...
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Could you please recommend practitioners in Sydney who may be of assistance with bed wetting? We have seen a paediatrician however they have suggested medication which we want to do as a final straw.
Your best move is to contact the Continence Association of Australia (1800 330 066) who will be able to recommend a medical professional in your ar...
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my daughter is 6 and wets every night we put her on the toilet before we go to bed but even then she still wakes wet in the morning, we used to use night knickers but earlier in the year she said she didn't want to wear them anymore & I've been washing sh
Hi M. B. – given your daughter’s desire to move toward greater independence it would certainly be worthwhile making an appointment for her to see y...
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My son is turning 6 in December and wets the bed everynight. He wears a pullup/night nappy but he wets so much it leaks through. What should I be doing to get him to have a dry night?
Hi Helen – children generally become dry at night when their body has matured to the point where it can store the amount of urine their kidneys p...
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what exactly needs to be done to help bedwetters except using doctors medication
Hi Antoinette, firstly, my apologies for the delay in responding … The most successful form of bedwetting treatment is the conditioning or bedwet...
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Both my girls 9 and 6 wet every night. Both side of the family have a bed wetting history most stopped by 10. My partners younger brother was 16 how ever when he stopped. We have tried waking them to go to the toilet but they are such heavy sleepers that
Hi M.O – due to the underlying genetic cause, it is not unusual to find a number of children in the one family who wet the bed at night. Knowing t...
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My 5year old son was dry at night up till Jan this year (after having a 3 week holiday with his father) has been now wetting the bed all most every night since he got back, I have found that it is because he is to lazy to get out of bed and go to the loo
Hi Michelle, your son’s wetting would be considered secondary nocturnal enuresis, which describes the condition where a child returns to nightt...
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Four and 1/2 year old girl has been night trained for over a year. The last four nights she has wet the bed.
It can be incredibly upsetting for children when they start wetting the bed again after being dry for an extended period. Firstly, you need to r...
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Our 8 year boy is still incontinent even with using Minirin Melts. Can you suggest anything else or do you think that he will grow out of it? Thanking you, Dominic S
Hi Dominic, while it is certainly possible that your son will outgrow bedwetting on his own, the chances of children doing this reduce, as they get...
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Hi there, our son is 4 (nearly 5), and stays dry overnight when he wears DryNights, but as soon as we take them off, he wets the bed.
Hi Jane – as frustrating as this is, it really is a very encouraging sign that your son is moving toward achieving nighttime continence. While som...
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How to train a 5 year old to be dry at night?
It is perfectly normal for a 5-year-old boy to be still wetting at night, with about 1 in 5 children continuing to do so at age 6. While the maj...
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I have two boys aged 8 & 6 that wake up every morning with wet Drynites and most of the time my 8 year old has a wet bed aswell.
Bedwetting does run in families so it is not unusual to find a number of children in the one family experiencing nighttime wetting. When genetics ...
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My nearly 6yo still wets the bed every night. what can I do? She's so embarrassed about it.
When children experience daytime incontinence after 4 years of age you need to consult with a GP to check if there is an underlying medical conditi...
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My son is 7.5yo. He sleeps very well, which means he doesn't wake up to do his wees. How can I help him to stop wetting the bed? Please help
dealing with constant wet sheets can be incredibly frustrating – I find just keeping up with the standard daily load is difficult enough let alone ...
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My 6.5 yo has never had more tham 3 dry nights in a row. I have tried the alarm and I consulted my doctor. I feel very alone and not sure what to do next.
Even though it is the child who wets the bed, I often find it’s the parents who need the most support. Coping with bedwetting can be overwhelming f...
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My 6yo is disheartened when his younger siblings have dry nappies which is quite often. Please do not say that he will grow out of it as it is affecting his self esteem.
If your child’s bedwetting starts to impact on their self-confidence or self-esteem then it is time to think about treatment – regardless of how ol...
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I have heard about the use of hypnosis or some way of stimulating neural pathways. I am wondering if there are any other things that you would recommend?
Increasingly parents are turning to alternative treatments in an attempt to help their child stay dry at night – the success of these is really dep...
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Can having ear infections or sickness make a child re-wet his pants and bed at nite?
It is not unusual for children to experience a regression in their development if they have experienced an ongoing illness – particularly if this o...
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My son was toilet trained at the start of school this year. Recently he has started having a few wee accidents and wetting his bed. Is this normal to take two steps forward one back? How long does this take?
It is very common to fluctuate between wet and dry nights as children move toward nighttime continence – thankfully as time goes on the periods whe...
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what kind of food or drinks should my 6yo son avoid
if you think food sensitivities are contributing to his night wetting he may benefit from eliminating foods such as citrus and dairy from his diet....
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My 6yo son is still wetting- should I be going to see a doctor now?
Many doctors recommend holding off until children are at least 6-years of age before seeking treatment due to the high spontaneous cure rate up unt...
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6yo still bed wetting- should we try an alarm? My doctor said they didn't recommend trying anything till after 7 years but not sure why
doctors typically recommend holding off on treatment until children turn 7 years of age due to the high spontaneous cure rate up until then. Also t...
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I was a bedwetter, and my 6yo son is too. Do you have any suggestions on how I can assist the process in any way?
Given the strong genetic link it is not unusual for parents who wet the bed to have children who also wet the bed. Often one of the best predictors...
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My daughter is 10 and is still wetting the bed almost every night. Should we be taking her to the doctor?
Unfortunately when it comes to bedwetting many parents and children suffer in silence, too embarrassed to discuss their situation with anyone while...
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I am 14 and still wet the bed. I have tried the alarm mats but the lack of sleep affected my grades. I'm now having problems with burning with peeing.
this must be very frustrating for you. Firstly, I would recommend that you make an appointment with your GP to discuss your daytime urination as it...
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My 12 yr old daughter has just started wetting the bed again. Wondering if it could be related to puberty?
this must be very distressing for both you and your daughter. It is not unusual for a child who has experienced some difficulty achieving nighttime...
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My daughter is 15 and still wets the bed is something wrong she's been on all the tablets and nothing worked. What should I do?
when bedwetting continues over many years it becomes increasingly frustrating for both the parents and the child. It must feel at times that this w...
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My daughter is 8 yrs old , its embarrassing for her, so she doesn't get to sleep at her friends place.
unfortunately not all children outgrow bedwetting – with some requiring more than just the basic measures we can implement at home. If you are conc...
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Have been told I can get tablets for my daughter, Why hasn't my doctor prescribed them for my daughter?
Children wet the bed for a number of reasons, some do so because they produce double the amount of urine overnight, others do so as they are unable...
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My niece is 11years old and has had bladder problems since she started school aged 5. She has been using a catheter for about a year, which has helped a little but she still gets infections and has been on all different antibiotics.
it sounds like your niece’s urinary incontinence is due to underlying medical causes, something I am unable to comment on. I would recommend your s...
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I have a 15 year old daughter who has an 'over-active sensitive bladder'. Have tried everything, including operations. She wets the bed on average 3-4 times a night. Would you have any other ideas?
This must be very distressing for your daughter and your family. As I am not a surgeon I am unable to comment on the efficacy of surgical intervent...
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My teenage sister is wetting the bed.
there are a number of treatments available for teenagers who wet the bed – the long-term success of these depends to a large extent on the frequenc...
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Still concerned about my son, he has a very weak bladder
I generally recommend that if children experience frequent accidents during the day after age 5 or they start wetting the bed again after a period ...
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5 year old son still wetting the bed after using alarms and everything!
feelings of frustration and desperation are common among parents of children who wet the bed – particularly if they are like you and have to deal w...
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5 year old son shows no sign of stopping bed wetting
The first thing to keep in mind is that bedwetting is quite common among 5-year-old children with about 17% continuing to wet the bed at night – at...
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Four year old boy, too early for alarms?
typically we recommend that parents wait until their child has turned 6 years of age before they consider bedwetting treatments. The reason for doi...
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My four year old son wets the bed several times a night
While it is perfectly normal for your son to be still wetting the bed at age 4 - the decision of whether or not to see a doctor is ultimately up to...
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7 year old boy still wetting bed. Is it time for a continence specialist?
while it may not be medically necessary to treat bedwetting after the age of 6 years – some children due to social and emotional reasons benefit fr...
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Why has my 5 year old only recently started wetting the bed?
your son’s type of bedwetting would be considered secondary enuresis (SE) – this is less common and has different underlying causes. When children ...
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5 out of 7 nights my boys have accidents. Help!
if you are concerned that the bedwetting has been going on too long or there seems to be significant amounts of urine produced overnight then you n...
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Seven year old son wets the bed, we've visited the hospital and tried the alarms. What next?
it can be extremely frustrating when a bedwetting treatment does not seem to work for your child. While the conditioning alarms currently have the ...
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Should my five year old visit the doctor?
It is not unusual for children to experience accidents during the day for a number of years after they have been toilet trained – this typically oc...
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8 year old getting worse, time for alarms?
I completely understand your frustration. The tricky thing about bedwetting is that there are so many possible causes that it can be difficult to t...
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Any suggestions to convince teenage boys to use Drynites?
Due to the strong family history it is not unusual for a number of siblings to experience bedwetting. Current statistics suggest about 8 in 10 chil...
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I am sixteen and have type 1 diabetes. I know it shouldn't be causing the bedwetting but I'm frustrated.
This must be really frustrating for you. If your diabetes is being effectively managed it should not be the cause of your bedwetting. There are a n...
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My 9 year old son wets the bed most nights, can you recommend an alarm we could use with the pants and sensor?
There are a number of bell and pad alarms currently on the market - some of these allow you to use a recording (which can be your voice) instead of...
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My son is 10 years old and still wetting the bed. I have used the alarm for quite a few months, but this has not worked.
I would recommend that you get a referral to meet with a continence advisor who can help tailor at treatment that best suits your son’s individual ...
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My son age 12 is wetting since birth, please advice how to control as he will be going to high school next year.
as frustrating as this may be let me reassure you that you are not alone – it’s highly likely that there’s at least one other mother of a child in ...
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Son 9, saturates his Drynites pants everynight.
a lots of patience and understanding are needed in the management of bedwetting and thatâs not just for your son but for you too! A small bladder...
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I have a 14 year old son who has continually wet the bed over the years. Minirin not helping much.
probably the most suitable treatment would be a conditioning alarm – these currently experience the best outcomes with about a 75% cure rate. A sen...
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Why do children wet the bed? How old are the when they stop? Concerned about my son as he is going on camps.
Children wet the bed for a number of reasons, some do so because they produce double the amount of urine overnight, others do so as they are unable...
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How should my son manage his bed wetting at school camp?
Bedwetting has a genetic link so it is not usual to find a number of children in the same family wetting the bed – siblings typically outgrow bedwe...
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9 year old son has seen doctors and paediatricians but he's normal. So how can we help him stop wetting the bed?
Most children who wet the bed have no underlying medical condition and many of these are able to outgrow it on their own. However if your child’s b...
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My 11 year old son used minirin in the past, but no effect now. Could his severe anxiety be overriding the effects?
We would still consider your son to be experiencing primary enuresis, even though he did experience a short period of dryness. While there are alwa...
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My son is 8 and his bedwetting is getting worse. Is there any medical intervention?
a delay in achieving nighttime continence is typically due to a delay in maturation of your child’s nervous system. There are two main reasons he c...
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6yo still bed wetting at night - is it time to see a doctor about this?
Firstly, let me reassure you that what is happening is perfectly normal - almost 1 in 5 children your daughter’s age wake-up wet on a regular basis...
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I have a 4yo girl, and her urine has quite a potent smell. Could this be a UTI?
The first course of action when children start wetting the bed at night or experience incontinence during the day after a period of dryness is to t...
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6yo girl dry until 4, and then wet the bed every night since. Is this something we should be seeking medical treatment for?
this type of bedwetting is called secondary enuresis (SE) – this occurs when children have developed control over their bladder during the night fo...
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My 11 year old daughter has just started having a few dry nights in a row. Should I encourage her not to use dry nights to keep her going or do I still use them until she is completely dry?
One of the signs that your daughter is moving toward achieving nighttime continence is a reduction in the number of nights she wakes up wet. The fa...
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My 5 year old son has been out of day time nappies since he was 2 1/2. He no longer wants to wear night time nappies or pull ups (as he is a "big boy" now). So we've tried no nappies at night, however he is still bed wetting, every night. What should I
Hi Julie – one of the best indicators that a child is moving toward achieving nighttime continence is a reduction in the number of times he wakes-u...
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Question from a first time mum- what do I do to stop my daughter from going at night?
There is so much to get your head around as a first time mum! Firstly, let me reassure you that it is perfectly normal for your daughter to still b...
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My son wears DryNites every night. He never wakes up dry. What should I be doing to help him?
When it comes to coping with your child’s bedwetting it often helps to know how normal it actually is. Approximately 17% of 5-year-old children con...
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4yo daughter - should I put her in nappies or drynites for bed time?
It is quite common for children to experience the occasional accident during the day for a couple of years after being toilet trained. Young childr...
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Wetting
Hi Britney – nice to hear from you again! Leakage often results from improper fit, which can occur if your DryNites are too small. Check that the...
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Hi my son will be 14 in October and is still wetting his bed every night. He has done so since he was a toddler. He gets very embarrassed when he has friends over. We have tried bed alarms and nasal sprays but it hasn't helped. I was a bed wetter unti
Hi D.T. - there are a number of causes to bedwetting and genetics certainly has a role to play. We typically say that if one parent wet the bed as...
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I'm 15 and i've been wetting the bed for some time now, it gets frustrating at times but i've been thinking of buying DryNites to help with this problem, i've never used them before so i need to know if they are discrete and how much they absorb? Thanks f
DryNites fit like an underpant and can be worn comfortably under pyjamas or boxer shorts at night – some individuals choose to wear underpants over...
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Hi there, ive recently turned 14 and bought a pack of DryNites out of curiousty to try them on. I do still sometimes wet the bed but hardly ever. Ive found that i like to wear them all day and night and have started wetting more at night. Is this normal?
It is not unusual for teenagers to experience a return to bedwetting at times of stress or emotional upheaval. Although this may seem incredibly e...
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about i like to wear drynites
Unfortunately I do not reside in Auckland. I would recommend that you contact the New Zealand Psychological Society (http://www.psychology.org.nz)...
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im 15 and 175 lds. what is a good night time diaper for me to use. because all the other diapers for kids and teen are to small for me. should i just use adult diapers?
Hi D.S – given your age and weight you need to look into purchasing a product designed for adults – it is important that these fit properly around ...
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I start wetting the bed when i was 11i am now 15. the drynites dont fit me can you recomend a place where i can go get a product that will fit me.
If you have outgrown the largest DryNites I would recommend that you look into some of the incontinence products designed for adults – you can pu...
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My daughter has always wet the bed and has a small bladder capacity. How can we thoroughly investigate the cause, it doesn't seem that she will just grow out of it. Please help!!!!!
It is not unusual for chldren who have been diagnosed with a small bladder capacity to experience nocturnal enuresis. This form of incontinence of...
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Ask a question now...Hi my son is 3 .5 years old. My friends children are sleeping throughout the night wearing undies. I cannot imagine my son doing this. He is only just fully toilet trained with a few accidents here and there. The issue for us is that
Hi Chantell, it is perfectly normal for your son to be still wetting the bed at night so there is absolutely no cause for concern. Many children, ...
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my near 5 yr old son sees a pediatrician i have him in drynights each night and he completely wets through them when they fit comfortably.he goes to the tiolet alot and had thyrorid checked. what can cause his constant urination during the day every 20 m
Regular urination throughout the day can be a result of a number of different factors. The fact that he also wets through his DryNites at night m...
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My daughter is 11 and has wet the bed every night of her life. I have taken her to the Dr who sent her for scans but couldnt find a medical reason for the bed wetting. She showers every morning but i hate the thought of kids being able to smell urine on
Hi – there are a number of treatments available to help your daughter to become dry at night. While conditioning alarms experience the best outcom...
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My daughter is 11 years and wets the bed most nights - took her to a doctor and they told me not to worry when will she grow out of this i feel it is effecting her self esteem.
Hi Lisa, while it is certainly true that many children outgrow bedwetting on their own, this is not the case for everyone. The important thing to ...
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Ask a question now... nappies and pull-ups arn't working my son is still wetting through these.
Hi Rachael, firstly I would recommend trying DryNites rather than Pull-Ups, these are specifically designed for nighttime use and are much more abs...
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Hi My little man is 4.5 years old and i am wondering when he will be able to stop wearing a nappy at night
Hi Sarah – unfortunately unlike daytime continence the road to achieving nighttime continence is less direct, with many a speed bump! Unlike toile...
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Hi my 11 year old girl wore drynites till she was about 7 then I administered a nasal spray that solved the problem within 1 month, in that she did not need to continue to wear the drynites. Now, she wakes, gets up and wets herself on the way to the toile
Hi Natasha, parents of children who wet the bed often comment on how ‘heavy a sleeper’ their child is. Researchers have shown that while deep sleep...
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My 9 yr old boy is on Ditropan for day time enuresis. He has never been dry at night but doesn't wake up at all even when extremely wet. Our doctor says to do nothing until he is 11. Does this sound right?
Hi T.L – symptoms of Neuronal Intestinal Dysplasia (NID) can include constipation, abnormal sleeping patterns as well as incontinence of the bladde...
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hi im 26 and i wet the bed still i have been told i only have half the size of a blader for my age the doctors have trird nose spray and my mum and dad have tried waking me but i still wet the bed when something is worring me i have been with my partner n
This must very challenging for you. In a very small percentage of cases bedwetting can extend right through to our adult years. The fact that y...
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hi cathrine i am 14 and i still wet the bed are their any ways i can stop wetting the bed
Hi Nikole – it can be incredibly frustrating when you continue to wet the bed at night despite a strong motivation to stop. It is unlikely that yo...
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Hi Doctor: Our (almost) 4 year old son has started wetting his bed on most night of the week for the last few weeks. He is totally dry during the day and until this started a few weeks ago, he had only wet his bed a handful of times in the previous year
Hi David – while I’m not aware of any research directly linking testosterone with bedwetting in boys, there may be an indirect link in that increas...
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My son is 3 and a half years old, he is toilet trained during the day but he is still wetting the bed. Is there any tips you can give to help get him night trained?
The time between being daytime trained and achieving nighttime continence is quite variable. Unlike toilet training, which is conscious and delibe...
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Hi my son is 10, hes been wetting around 3 times a week for two months. Which was a real shock for me because it's never happened to him before. So i put him in drynites, But the other night he told me that he woke up just as he was wetting but couldn't h
Hi Kerry, many children prefer to wear DryNites as it gives them confidence they need in order to go to sleep at night and reduces the anxiety asso...
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Hi, I am in the process of night training my 4 yr old boy. We are going pretty well, although he is not yet waking himself up. I've come online to see if there were any tips i could use and notice some advice states not to deprive of drinks of an evening
Hi Brooke - while we no longer recommend restricting fluids completely before bedtime it is perfectly fine to reduce the amount he drinks in the ev...
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Hi, I have a 6 1/2 year old daughter who has been wearing pullups for the past year before that she was wearing nappies at night. When she was in nappies she had not had a dry night. A year ago, I started getting her up at 10pm and putting her on the toi
Hi Vicki, in order for your daughter to become dry at night she either needs to learn to wake in response to a full-bladder or her bladder needs to...
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my son is only going to be turning 3 in April, but i am concerned cause he has been in undies for about 6 months at night and i have had no problems until recently he is wetting the bed about every 2nd night, he does like to drink water before he goes to
Dear H.M., It is not unusual for children to waiver between periods of dryness and return to wetting as they move toward achieving permanent nightt...
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Hi. My son just turned 5, he stopped wearing nappies during the day when he was 3 but he has always used nappies at night until now. And the nappy would be really heavy in the morning. He's not just wetting the bed, he just basically releases everything.
Hi Charlene, the time it takes between achieving daytime control and nighttime continence is quite variable. Some children achieve this in a matte...
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Hi there, My 6 & a 1/2 yr old was dry for about 2 years and then about 8 months ago started wetting the bed every night. It was near the end of her first year of school and I thought it was just tiredness but it is still going.We have tried the alarm with
Hi Louise, given your daughter was dry for over two years it would be a good idea to first have her checked by your GP just to make sure there is n...
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Ask my 12 year old son wets the bed most nights
In must be incredibly frustrating and disheartening when you feel like you have tried it all and still your son continues to wet at night. While m...
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Hi, My son has just turned 5 and is wetting the bed. I have tried rewards etc but he is just lazy, I know that might sound harsh but its the attitude of his 5 year old mind at the moment. He doesnt seem to wet in the night, its as soon as he starts to wak
Hi Emily, in the vast majority of cases children are completely unaware that they are wetting or have wet the bed. Unfortunately there are a lot ...
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Ask my name is natasha, my daughter is 4 yrs old soon to be 5 in august, she has been daytime toilet trained shortly after 2yrs of age & seemed to be ready for no nappies. for about 18mths shes had no nite nappies but she still seems to wet the bed she c
Hi Natasha, you are not alone here with many parents experiencing similar patterns of nighttime wetting with their young children. It is quite c...
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Hi there, my daughter is 4.5 yrs old, she is toilet trained throughout the day and I have found that the 15kg nappies at night are leaking, just about every night. I'm getting some samples for Drynites, in the meantime when is a good time to start doing
Firstly, let me reassure you that it is perfectly normal for children to continue to wet the bed at night up until around age 6 years. I generally ...
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We have taken over care of a 10 yr old girl who bedwets. Unsure if it's medical or something else. Using Drynites. Should we be waiting for the hormone to kick in or see her GP now? Tricky family situation. Giving love, praise and support but unsure if th
As I am sure you are aware, bedwetting has a number of different causes, with low hormone levels being just one possible factor. Without knowing...
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My 4 year old has never once woken up dry
Hi Cathy, it is not unusual for children your daughters age to still be wetting the bed at night with around 1 in 7 children continuing to do so by...
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Hi, my son is turning 5 soon. When he was 3 - 3.5 he was dry about 60% of nights, now he is never dry. Is there a reason for this and will he return to dry nights easily? Thanks,
Hi B.H., unfortunately there are no simple answers when it comes to understanding children’s bedwetting. The most common causes of bedwetting incl...
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My son is 4 and a half, I have him in nappies at night as he wets the bed every night (and its cheaper than pull ups). I am absolutely fine with this and think he'll get it in his own time but he is putting pressure on himself. He desperately wants to be
Hi A. H., given the frequency of his wetting it is unlikely that he is ready to go to bed without the use of an absorbent pant of some other absorb...
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My son is 4 and a half years old, he has been dry all summer now with winter he wets the bed twice everynight. Firstly at 9pm then again at 11.30pm after that he is dry all night until 7am. I have made sure he is kept warm also I take him to the toilet b
It is not unusual for parents to comment on an increase in bedwetting during the winter months and then find their children stop wetting again ...
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My son has been out of pullups for 1 1/2 years he use to be fine at first and stay dry but has been a year of wetting nearly every night sometimes 2-3 times a night,i limit his intake 2 hours before bed and he'll soak it by midnight if i dont take him,he
Hi S. B. – while you are correct in saying it is perfectly normal for a child your sons age to be still wetting at night if you are at all concerne...
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Thank you very much Dr Catherine.
Dear R.M., that is wonderful to hear - thank you so much for sharing that with us! Regards, Dr Cathrine
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Ask a question now...Hello Cathrine, my son is 6 years old and earlier in the year we had a great run of weeks of dry nights with only the odd wet one. Then he developed a slight cough and we were back to wet every night.
Hi S.C. – as children move toward achieving permanent nighttime continence it is not unusual for them to waiver between periods of dryness than r...
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My son is nearly 7 and has probably only had about 10 dry nights in his life and those only with us waking him before we go to bed. He wets himself 2 or 3 times in the night. We tried the alarm about 4 months ago but after 2 weeks I was chronically sleep
Given his daytime wetting it is a very wise decision to have him checked by your GP. Your doctor will want to know things like how often he wets t...
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Ask a question now... My 11 year old son wears a nappy everynight and many times he is wet, perhaps 1 night a week the nappy is dry. He says that he does not wake up at all, we have tried the no liquids 2hrs before bed, as well as going to toilet before b
One of the most common concerns for children who wet the bed is attending social events like school-camps. Their biggest fear typically revolves ar...
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My son is 12 years old and has been wetting his bed since the age of 8 He has been using drynites 7 days a week and wets the bed 3-4 times per week. He is worried he will wet his bed into adult years. Any suggestions would be great
Hi R. P., when bedwetting continues for many years it is completely understandable that children start to believe that it will never stop! Have yo...
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My 9 year old daughter wets the bed every night. She's a very deep sleeper and just don't wake up at night. Do you have ANY suggestions?
Hi Liezle – the frustrating and challenging part of bedwetting is that we often do not know what is causing it to occur – this also presents a numb...
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My 7 year old still wets bed every night. We have tried everything including taking him to toilet every 2 hours,but its too lake, the bed it wet.
Bedwetting can be incredibly challenging to manage, particularly when it occurs on a regular basis. There are a number of reasons as to why childre...
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can i use bedwetting alarm for my daughter whose age 3yrs only?is it ok or there might be side effect?
Hi Razan – bedwetting treatments are generally not recommend for children under 6 years of age, this is largely due to the fact that it is consider...
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Hey, my daughter is almost 5 and we are in the process of toilet training her, we get her up in the night to go toilet and then in the morning she is dry. She hates getting up but if we don't get her up she wets the bed. There must be an easier way? Am I
It is not unusual for children your daughters age to still be wetting the bed at night with around 1 in 7 children continuing to do so by school-ag...
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Hi, our girl is almost 8 & still wets every night. She doesnt drink much, & wees before bed, but wets within 30 mins. She is a VERY deep sleeper.
While research certainly shows links between deep sleeping patterns and bedwetting, it is not the primary cause of why it happens in the first plac...
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Bedwetting - 6 year old daughter. 2-3 times per night.
Hi Michelle - Happy New Year to you too! It can be incredibly frustrating for parents when you feel you have done all the right things and your chi...
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my son is 5 & wets the bed 3 - 4 times a night. we restrict what he drinks before bed & he goes to the toilet before bed & still soaks the sheets 3 - 4 times a night. we try 2 get him up 3 - 4 times a night but this is very hit & miss as he doesnt wet at
Hi Aleisha – firstly, please be reassured that it is perfectly normal for a 5-year-old boy to still wet at night. If you are however concerned abo...
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i have a 5 and a half yr old daughter who is still wetting the bed. i tried taking her to toilet before i go to bed and again during the night i also cut her fluids down before bed but its not helping. what else can i do
Hi Madelyne - it is not common for 5-year-old girls to wet the bed and if managed correctly will have no lasting impact on their self-esteem or wel...
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My 10 year old daughter occasionally wets the bed. There seems to be no pattern to when she has an accident and can go several weeks without an accident then have one two nights in a row. I have bought incontinence pants for sleepovers but she finds the
Hi C.W. – it is always advisable to have your child checked by a doctor if they continue to experience nighttime incontinence after age 6. You can...
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My 10 year old daughter still ocassionally wets the bed. There seems to be no pattern as to when the bed wetting occurs; sometimes it is once a month, othertimes it could be two nights in a row. I have bought incontinence pants for sleepovers but she is
Hi C.W. – it is always advisable to have your child checked by a doctor if they continue to experience nighttime incontinence after age 6. You can...
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when will it stop??
Bedwetting does run in families so it is not unusual that both you and your brother (as well as your uncle) all wet the bed at night. When genetic...
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hi my son is 12 yrs old. i have tried every treatment to help my son to stop but he keeps continuing to wet. they say that it is not his fault. i think he is just being lazy. it is causing to many fights. I am losing so much patience. i feel like that I
Hi Margaret, bedwetting does not only impact on the child, it affects the whole family. It is not unusual for parents to feel that somehow the b...
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what sort of foods and drinks should you avoid to help stop bedwetting
Hi Jacinta – it is true that some children who wet the bed benefit from restricting certain foods from their diet. It is important to keep in mind...
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I'm 15 an still wetting the bed! Whats wrong with me?
Hi Hollyanne – there are a number of reasons why people wet the bed at night, some do so because their brain has not learnt to recognise the sign...
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hi, im a 15 year old girl and i wet the bed every night. Do you think i should wear tampons with my drynights or not.
Hi Britney, it is certainly fine to use a tampon during menstruation and still wear your DryNites. However in deciding how to best manage your per...
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Hi I'm 12 years old and I still wet the bed! I wet the bed at very akward times. 2 to 4 times a month. My dad always yells at me when I wet the bed and it scares me and doesn't elp at all. It's very embarassing because I can't have sleep overs and I can't
Hi Alex, wetting the bed can be very frustrating but it’s important that you know that this is not your fault, it is completely normal and you are ...
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Hi, I'm Anabel and my condition is getting worse! I'm always wetting the bed and i'm 15! I've wet my pants during school somtimes and when I'm in the movies and when I sleep. I'm a heavy sleeper and i've tried so many ringtones to wake my as an alarm for
Hi Anabel – the most important thing for you to understand is that your bedwetting is not your fault, and that you’re not alone. There are lots of...
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hi my almost 4 year old seems to have alot of wee at night, He wears 2 nappys and still leaks though, Kirsty
Hi Kirsty, it is perfectly normal for your son to continue to experience nocturnal incontinence. The age at which nighttime continence occurs is qu...
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My son is 5 next month and has been wetting the bed again for the last 10 months after he started having an ear infection and relapses of tonsillitis.
Hi – it can be incredibly worrying and a little frustrating when your child starts wetting the bed again after a significant period of dryness. ...
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what if drynites dont work
Hi Melissa – there are a number of possible reasons why your son is wetting through. The first thing to check is that they are fitting correctly – ...
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is it ok to want to wear drynights ?, i only wet like 1 a month, but i want to wear them, is this normal ?
It is not unusual for children to continue wearing DryNites even after they experience a decline in the number of nights they wet the bed. DryNi...
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What to do to stop night time bed wetting
Hi Deirdre – firstly, let me reassure you that it is perfectly normal for children your son’s age to still be wetting the bed at night. If you h...
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I wet my bed every night and my drynites overflow, Sould i wear 2 pairs at once?
Hi Britney – Leakage often results from improper fit, which can occur if your DryNites are too small. Check that they are fitting you properly aro...
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Dry for months now wet again
As children move toward achieving permanent nighttime continence it is not unusual for them to oscillate between periods of dryness then return to ...
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My son has been toilet trained for 1 1/2 years now but still continues to wet the bed every night. I've tried less drinks and going to the toilet a couple of times before bed but nothing seems to work.
Hi Sarah – it is perfectly normal for children to continue to wet the bed at night even after they have achieved daytime continence. The speed at w...
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my son is 4 1/2 years old. During the night, i have to get up every 1 1/2 to 2 hours so I can put him on the toilet. If i don't do that, he wets his bed. He doesn't feel that he needs to go to the toilet at night. If don't get him up and take him he wets
While bedwetting can be incredibly frustrating and worrying for parents – please be reassured that it is perfectly normal for 4-year-old boys to st...
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Hi, I am a fifteen-years-old boy who started wetting the bed last year. Nowadays I wet 2-3 times per week at night so wear diapers to go to sleep, but the worst thing is that my parents don't know yet and I'm afraid of telling them. Do you think I should
While I fully understand your embarrassment and fear, this is not something you should hide from your parents. I find most parents are incredibly ...
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Ask your question directly to Dr Cathrine
Hi Dylan - there are many reasons why teenagers wet the bed so it is very important that you first meet with your GP so that he or she can run some...
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My 7 year old son can go for weeks at a time with a dry bed and then all of a sudden we will have a run of wet nights, He tells me he doesn't know it is happening until it is too late. He gets upset at the mention of "drynights" can you give me some advic
While perfectly normal, this must be incredibly frustrating for both you and him! Reassure him that it is very common for children as they move tow...
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My 10 yo son told me that he can not feel it when he wet the bad. Should I take him to a doctor? Can stress make my son we his bed?
You son is in very good company, many children who wet at night do so without being aware. Amongst other factors, a deep sleeping pattern has been...
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I have a just 5 year old boy and nearly 4 year old girl who have wet the bed every night since birth. Never a dry night, and they frequently over fill their nappies, and now drynites. When would be the right time to seek medical attention with my childr
How exhausting this must be for you! There are a number of possible reasons why your children are wetting through. The first thing to check is tha...
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At what age should my wife and I start to encourage our 4 and a half year old boy out of pull-ups at night. It seems when he wears a pull up at night he will wet them. When I have him in undies I get mixed results. Some night dry, some nights wet. I g
When it comes to parenting, consistency is certainly the key, whether we are talking about managing challenging behaviours or bedwetting. The good...
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12 and still has bed wetting episodes
Bedwetting can be incredibly frustrating, particularly when it continues despite your every effort to make it stop! Understandably, our efforts be...
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Why do I have to change my sister when she wets. Cant she stop. She is to old to be wetting her diaper like a baby. What can I tell her so she will stop.
Bedwetting can be incredibly stressful for the whole family, not just the person who wets at night. Bedwetting if not handled correctly can make c...
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hi my son is 14 and still wets the bed regularly. Recently i have found the local shops to be continuosly short on boys drynites. Theres allways girls drynites though, would it be ok for him to wear these? Once he hits16 should he continue using drynit
Boys DryNites are typically in higher demand due to the higher incidence of bedwetting among boys than girls. It might be helpful to share this in...
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hi my son is 14 and regularly wets the bed. Our local shops are always short on boys drynites but allways have girls drynites, would it be ok for my son to wear the girls version? Also if he still wets at 16 should he still use drynites? And if not wha
Boys DryNites are typically in higher demand due to the higher incidence of bedwetting among boys than girls. It might be helpful to share this in...
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my 7 year old aspergers son is wearing drynights and I am doing all the toileting and drink restrictions prevention strategies but his drynight is over full every morning and even leaks to his sheets at night. Any other ways of preventing this?
Leakage often results from improper fit, which can occur if your sons DryNites are too small. Check that they are fitting him properly around the ...
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Hi, My son is 5 1/2 and still wears DryNights to bed each night. Sometimes he's wet in the morning, sometimes not. When I was visiting my local Maternal Health nurse with my younger child, she suggested it was time to consult an incontinance expert rega
Hi Kirsty, As with many developmental milestones, children develop nighttime bladder control at different ages. Persistent bedwetting, which refe...
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Hi Dr Cathrine, My 10 yr old daughter still wets the bed and now she even wees in public. Is there anything i can do?
Coping with children’s incontinence problems is incredibly challenging for most parents, so it is completely normal to feel frustrated and a litt...
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hi my 6yr old daughter wets the bed every night and sometimes wets her underwear just a little and doesnt feel it came is that normal
Hi – it is not unusual for children your daughter’s age to continue to wet the bed at night, although any form of daytime incontinence after the ag...
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What can i do about my 7 year old daughter she wets the bed& her pants at school?
Hi Carmel – while some children do wet the bed because they are too scared to get up by themselves, this is rarely the cause of chronic bedwettin...
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hi, my nearly 6 year old step son wets the bed every now and then and then tries to hide it, his dad just says it's coz he's too lazy to get up, could this really be the reason? And what do i do? coz it's very frustrating
While it can be incredibly frustrating, it is often helpful to know that children who wet the bed rarely do it on purpose. Some children wet the b...
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Can wearing dry nites help or hinder a 8 year old boy with bed wetting.
Hi Vanessa, It is perfectly fine for your son to use DryNites, these will neither shorten nor prolong the bedwetting process and will certainly red...
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Would it be ok to waer my nappy to the movies with my friends this weekend. I dont want them to see me wet my pants. I dont want to be embarrased again.
Hi Penny, it is perfectly fine to wear DryNites to help manage your daytime wetting. You can try and minimize your daytime wetting by making sure y...
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what age do boys stop wetting bed..
Hi Kim - the age at which children stop wetting the bed is quite variable. Given the strong genetic link it is not unusual for a number of children...
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my son is eight years old . he still wets the bed. i had a troubled marriage and now i am separated from my husband. i loose my temper very often and shout at my son for the slighest thing though i love him so much from the time he is 2 years old.please t
Hi D. K. – parenting can be both incredibly challenging and equally rewarding. As parents, we can become frustrated or angry with our children esp...
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Ask a question now... When my daughter was 3 she began having dry nights and was dry for over 6 months and then started wetting the bed again. She is 4 now, and is still wetting the bed, and I have found that it occurs within 2 hours of going to sleep.
Hi Karen, When children return to bedwetting after an extended period of continence the first thing to consider is what has caused this change. Th...
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hello, i have 2 sons, 9 and 8 years old. both of them wear dry nites as they wet every night. what can i do or should i be worried? thankyou
Bedwetting can be incredibly worrying especially when children continue to wet at night beyond the age most people think it should stop. The reass...
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My 6 year old son has always wee'd alot at night, so much in fact, that ever since he was 4, he's had to wear "2" pairs of Dry Nites due to leakage.
Hi Michelle – chronic bedwetting is generally believed to be the result of an immature bladder or a deep sleeping pattern. Just like your son, many...
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Hi my 6 year old boy wears pull-ups at night as he is always soaked in the morning. Hes a healthy happy boy. Only thing is too that during the day (mainly at school) he comes home and his underpants and school shorts are damp with urine and the smell is v
Any form of daytime wetting after the age of 5 years needs to be addressed by your doctor. Constipation and bladder infections are causes of dayti...
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im a boy of 11 and i wet the bed every single night,im getting very frustrated and i think im upsetting my parents deeplyplease help me?!
Hi Kevin, Bedwetting can be incredibly upsetting for children and parents. While your parents may appear upset, I’m sure this is more to do with...
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Is my 4 yr old daughter starting to train herself during the night?
Unfortunately nighttime continence does not work in the same way as daytime training – nighttime wetting typically happens when children are asleep...
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Still wearin a nappy!
Hi Bridget, there are a number of reasons why teenagers wet the bed so it is very important that you first meet with your GP so that he or she can ...
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Daughter almost 5yrs has begun wetting her bed every night after being dry for almost the last 2yrs. She would occasionally wet the bed but now it is every night. There have been no major changes or upsets, we leave the light on in the bathroom at night
It can be incredibly frustrating for both parents and children when your child returns to wetting following a significant period of nighttime conti...
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My son is 4.5 and wets the bed every night. To avoid having to wash sheets every day, I've asked him to wear 'night undies' (pull ups) which he is happy to do. The problem we have is instead of getting up to go to the toilet in the morning, he thinks it's
Hi Kristy, while reward systems are generally discouraged in the management of children’s bedwetting you could certainly adopt this approach to try...
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my nearly 10 year old boy still wets has never really been dry and we have tried alarms and nasal sprays neither worked what can i do Rochelle
Hi Rochelle - Unfortunately when it comes to treating children’s bedwetting, what works for one does not necessarily work for others. How old was ...
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We are trying to get our 3.5year old son dry every night of the week. He has few dry nights and a few wet nights during the week so we would just like some ways to help our son out as he feels really bad in the mornning if he does wet himsels. Any advice?
Hi Velika, the time it takes between achieving daytime control and nighttime continence is quite variable. Some children achieve this in a matter ...
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Ask a question now...my little girl is 4.5 she wets bed every nite i toilet her before bed at 7.30 and again before i go to bed around 9.30 pm but she is usually very wet when i go in and she is sound asleep change her and bedding and take her to toilet b
Hi Ellen, while bedwetting can be incredibly distressing for parents please be reassured that it is perfectly normal for your daughter to still be ...
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I have a 6year old who has been toilet trained for about 2 years and wets the bed every night.Actullay soaks it. He stopped wetting the bed for about 2wks when he was 5 but still does it.He also has night terrors and is a very deep sleeper.I also has a 4y
Hi Rebecca, the age at which children achieve nighttime continence is quite variable. There are a number of reasons why your sons continue to wet ...
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Hi i have a 4 year old girl and she wears pull ups to bed. she is wetting every night even when i get up and take her to the toilet and we have stoped having any late drinks of water, Dueing the day time nap she is dry i have told her she gets a prezy if
Hi Lisa – the tricky thing about bedwetting is that there is no single cause. It is true that for many children genetics plays a role. Given that...
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My 5 yo daughter has started wetting the bed at night about 2/wk since my husband & I separated 6 mths ago. Should I put her in drynites (she is not keen on the idea of wearing them)? Adrienne
Hi Adrienne - your daughter is experiencing what we commonly refer to as Secondary Nocturnal Enuresis – this describes a situation where children w...
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My 13 and 11 year old step-daughters both wet the bed almost every night. The 11 year old is improving - she maybe has 4 dry sleeps a week - but the 13 year old wets every night and usually her DryNites aren't enough to contain the urine and the bed gets
Hi Kate – there is quite a strong genetic link to bedwetting so it is not unusual to find a number of children in the same family experiencing nigh...
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I am attempting to get our 4 yo daughter night dry and have experienced no success. We currently have her in Drynites and I am getting her up twice a night to the toilet. Sometimes she is wet both times, and she's always wet when she gets up in the morn
Hi F. D., It is quite common for parents of children who wet the bed to comment on how heavy a sleeper their child is. Researchers have shown that ...
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i have tried the alarm and mirinin nasal srpay and still wet the bed every night what do i do now
It can be very frustrating and disheartening when treatments do not result in the desired outcome! Nasal sprays are generally seen as a form of man...
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My 4 year old son has been toilet trained and out of nappies at night for well over a year but recently has started wetting the bed about once a week. Is this part of his physical development or should I be concerned?
Hi Dianne - Secondary Nocturnal Enuresis (SNE) is the term used to describe a situation where children have been previously dry for six or more mon...
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is there any long term cure for adult bed wetting, such as surgery?
This must very challenging for you. It is not unusual for people who wet the bed for extended periods to experience a return to bedwetting at time...
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I have a recent turned 6yr old girl who has never had a dry night. My father wet the bed, as did my older sister and myself. I know the pain and frustration of bedwetting. My sister and I stopped wetting the bed with the aid of the alarm. Knowing the fami
Hi Fiona, treatment is typically recommended once your child is older than 6 years of age (this is due to the high rate of spontaneous resolution u...
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Hi, my 6 yr old son has never been dry at night; we use DryNites and he's started to ask when he won't need them any more.
Hi S.C. – bedwetting tends to become more of an issue as children get older and want to start attending sleepovers. One way you could reduce his an...
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Ask a question now...
Hi Melissa - There are a number of reasons why children experience daytime accidents. The most common reason is that they have overactive bladders...
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Hi Dr Catherine, I am the mother of a 5 year old girl who has been dry through the day since 2 yrs and 9 months with maybe 1-2 accidents since, but wet nearly every night. The longest she has gone dry is maybe 5-6 days. She can be an anxious child and the
Hi Tina, while anxiety certainly comes into play with secondary bedwetting this is unlikely to be the cause of her nighttime wetting. Bedwetting h...
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Hi Dr Catherine, I have a six year old son who wets the bed and has worn night nappies continuously. He used to have great control during the day but that changed when he went to school. Since starting last year he now wets during the day. My husband
Starting school can be an incredibly stressful time for young children; there are new routines that they need to become familiar with, new rules, n...
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Hi my boy is soon to turn 7. He suffers from diabetes insipidus, what is the likelihood that he will ever be able to manage his bladder/bowels?
As diabetes insipidus (DI) has a number of causes, the outcome really depends on the underlying disorder. I would strongly recommend that you disc...
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hi i am 14 and still wet the bed. I am finding it really embarssing when i go to my friends house for sleepovers. is there anything i can try that wont cost too much money?
Hi Sarah, bedwetting can be very challenging and at times quite embarrassing especially if it continues into your teenage years. The most importan...
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My Son Is 10 Years old. And he is still wetting the bed. What should i do ?
If you have not done so already the first thing you need to do is schedule an appointment with your GP for a full medical assessment. Bedwetting m...
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Our 4 yo girl has been wearing undies to bed for 3 months and in the last 3 weeks has started wetting the bed, we have had some stress in the home during this time, could this be a contributing factor? She woke last night at 12 and went to the toilet, how
Dear Sim, It is not unusual for children to waiver between periods of dryness and return to wetting as they move toward achieving permanent nightti...
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Hello, our daughter is 16 and wets the bed every night, sometimes twice a night. We have tried minirin and alarms but neither with success as she is a very deep sleeper, we are all at our wits end, can you offer any help?
In can be incredibly frustrating and disheartening when you feel like you have tried it all and still your child continues to wet at night. While ...
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Hello. My Son is going on 14, yet still wet's the bed. We have tried many, many thins - the smell is strong, and its his 6th matress. What can i do?
It can be incredibly frustrating when it seems like you’ve tried it all yet met with little success! The best forms of treatment are conditionin...
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My son is 7 1/2. We stoppped using nappies 5 months ago even though his nappies were still very wet and have used the brolly sheets since then. We also get him up at 11pm eery night to go to the toilet. However, he still wets the bed significantly, 3-5 ti
Hi M.L – there are a number of possible reasons why children wet the bed. Some do so because their nervous system is slow to process the feeling...
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my daughter is 5 going on 6 in august, she still wets the dry nites through and wets the bed she is soaked, she is a deep sleeper and doesnt know she is weeing at all. until she wakes up cold from being wet, what can we do to help this problem
Hi Michelle, while most children who wet the bed have nothing medically wrong with them it is a good idea to have your child checked by a GP if the...
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Is it time to seek a medical opinion?
Hi Kimberley, while some children do outgrow bedwetting on their own others children benefit from a little bit of assistance. Given her age and th...
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hi my daughter is turning 4 this week and still has a bed wetting problem we had her in pull ups until 4 months ago when she now feels she she is to big for pull ups but the problem is she is wetting 2 to 3 times a night i have tried to cut out drinks aft
Hi Jessica, many children your daughter's age continue to wet at night. The majority of them do so as their bodies have not matured to a point whe...
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Ask a question now...My youngest son aged 6 has mild ADHD he started wetting the bed again at age 3. Now he might even wet twice a night and then is grumpy in the morning. We used night nappies until six months ago as he would wet through these and now we
Hi Pamela – it is not unusual for children diagnosed with ADHD to take a little longer to achieve nighttime wetting than other children however t...
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5 year old girl regressing
Secondary bedwetting can result from a number of factors and overtiredness can certainly be a contributing factor. I remember my second eldest c...
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Is this bed wetting or a behaviour thing.
Hi Rochell, it is highly unusual for children to be able to control their nighttime wetting in response to requests or external rewards, this is mo...
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My 7 yr old daughter became dry night and day as a toddler then approx 2 yrs ago she started to bed wet occassionally which quickly became every night. I blame myself for this due to me working on farms. Is it me or what? What can I do to help her? Have t
Hi Diana – bedwetting can be incredibly challenging for the whole family, not just the child who wets the bed. The first thing to understand abou...
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I am 18 and have benn wetting my bed quite often this week which I won't normally do, is there any reason why? Should I be worried?
Hi S.M. – you are experiencing what is commonly referred to as secondary nocturnal enuresis. This term is used to describe the condition where t...
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my son is 14 is it normal he is still bedwetting
Hi Alex – approximately 2% of children will continue to wet the bed right through their teenage years. Bedwetting among teenagers can really impa...
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My seven year old boy ( who has been dry since age 3) just started wetting his bed. I am really worried because I think he is stressed( we did find out that we are moving to another country soon) but doesnt know how to show it. What should I do to help hi
Hi Mace – your son’s wetting would be considered secondary nocturnal enuresis, which describes the condition where a child returns to nighttime wet...
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5 year old boy wetting bed even with dry nites
Dear Brooke, while it is not unusual for 5-year-olds to experience the occasional daytime accident it is probably worth having your son asses...
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We are trying to get our son, who is 7 & an Aspie (HFA) out of relying on night time pants. He is dry during the day and can hold on until he almost pops, but he cant do it at night. He is able to wake himself from a deep sleep on the lounge or his bed du
Hi T.D. - A number of studies have shown an increased risk of enuresis among children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD – which includes HFA and A...
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Since the start of the year my 5-year-old (he started school this year) has been wet most mornings. However, his bed is not wet, just his undies and PJ pants. It seems he wakes and just doesn't quite get to the toilet, but has enough control to not wet th
Hi L.T., given that your son was dry at night for almost a year it would be worth taking him to the doctor first just to rule out any underlying me...
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hi i am 13 nd started witting the bed 4 week ago when my bro got sick wat can i do to stop
Hi Arron, you are experiencing what is typically referred to as secondary bedwetting. It is not unusual for teenagers to wet the bed at times of s...
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Hi My daughter is 6 years old and has been dry at night for over three years. In the past few months she has started to wet her bed at least once or twice (sometimes more) a week, and once twice in the night. Nothing seems to have changed for her in terms
Hi – your daughter is experiencing a condition known as secondary nocturnal enuresis (SNE) – this is the term used to describe a situation where ch...
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Hi Chrisna, It is not unusual for children to start wetting the bed again after starting school. There are a number of simple explanations for t...
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Hi i have a 7 year old who has gone back to wetting the bed. Her father went to Afghanistan earlier this year and then she started. Her father has since returned and she is still doing it please help me! Thank you Tracy
Hi Tracy – your daughter is suffering from secondary nocturnal enuresis (SNE) a term used to describe the condition where a child has maintained pr...
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My 5 yr old who has been previously dry for nearly a year has suddenly started wetting the bed every night. He has high functioning Autism
While there is certainly a higher incidence of bedwetting among children with Autism – this is usually with respect to primary bedwetting and not s...
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I have recently had a baby (8weeks ago) and my 4 year old son has just started wetting the bed again after a year of being dry. How can I help him to be dry again?
Hi Anna, your son is experiencing what is commonly referred to as secondary nocturnal enuresis – a term which is used to describe the condition w...
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is it normal for my friend who is 13 to start wetting the bed when she never has wet before ??
Hi Jade - your friend is experiencing Secondary Nocturnal Enuresis a term used to describe a situation where children or teenagers have been previo...
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My son 14 years old. He never had a problem of bed wetting earlier. 3 months ago he started to wet the bed during night. Almost every day up to now. We consulted family doctor, got some medical reports, but all were normal. Could you pls. let me know what
Hi Sum – as no doubt your GP has already explained, your son is suffering from secondary nocturnal enuresis (SNE) a term used to describe the condi...
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We just had our second child and our 5 year daughter is wetting the bed again. what do we do?
Congratulations on the arrival of your son! Secondary bedwetting can certainly be a result of emotional distress or stress – and a common cause o...
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Is there anything that could be medically wrong that i should be looking for?
Secondary bedwetting (this is when you start wetting the bed after being dry for months or years) can be the result of a number of different factor...
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Hi our 3.5 year old boy has just started to wet his bed. What is it we should do?
Hi Susna, while it is not particularly unusual for a 3-year-old to be wetting the bed at night, what you do need to think about is what has resulte...
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4 year old - dry during day, undies at night and dry, but now wetting again.....!
Hi Rebecca - Stress can certainly be a contributory factor when it comes to secondary bedwetting. Young children can suffer a certain level of stre...
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Hi I'm 16 and still wet the bed it started when my period first started.
Hi Becci – you are experiencing what is commonly referred to as secondary nocturnal enuresis. This term is used to describe the condition where ...
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11 and bed wetting?
Hi Danielle, what you describe sounds more like secondary bedwetting – this simply refers to a situation where children have been dry for 6 months ...
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Ask a question now...My Daughter has been dry ( day and night) since she was two years old, But for the past 3 months she has wet the bed every night. What can I do to to get her back on track?
Hi R.W. – your daughter is experiencing secondary nocturnal enuresis, this is where children have been dry for an extended period (usually 6 months...
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4 year old boy wets bed every night after being dry for almost a year
Hi Sheila, what you are describing is secondary bedwetting. This is where children have been dry at night for at least 6 months or more and then...
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Hi, do you know why I wet my bed every night? Both my little sister and brother aged 6 and 8 don't wet themselves at night. I am the biggest one aged 13 1/2 and I wet my self. I tryed everything like nasal spray, not drink anything from 5 hours before I s
Hi Jessica, it is difficult to say why one sibling wets the bed while another doesn’t. Sometimes it is helpful to think about bedwetting just like...
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hi my name is Ryan and i am 12 yrs old and i still wet the bed and i am going on a school camp what can i do ?
Hi Ryan – your first school camp is a very exciting experience, so it is important that you are able to attend this without having to worry about y...
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Hi Catherine Why the frequency of wetting throughout the night?
Hi Michelle, it’s lovely to hear from you. Bedwetting has a number of underlying causes. The most common cause of bedwetting is a neurological-de...
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My son is 3.5yrs old and wants to wear undies to bed at night, we have tried a couple of times but he just wets the bed and does not wake up when he does, i don't understand why ??
Hi Rebecca, it is perfectly normal for your son to still be wetting the bed at night. The time between achieving daytime continence and nighttime ...
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No matter what I do my five year old son stills wets through his pull up, pjs and sheets. What else can I try?
Hi Pauline, given the strong genetic link it is not unusual to find a number of children in the one family who wet the bed – however, if neither yo...
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hi im 12 and i am concerned can i start weting the bed because i hold my wee in the day because i can do you think dr that if i continued doing this i could start weting the bed and my cousin wets the bed and shes 11 so could i have the gene from her and
Hi Jade - while deep sleeping certainly plays a role in bedwetting it is not the primary cause of why it happens in the first place, so it is unlik...
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Hi Sue – Parents of children who wet the bed often comment on the fact that their child sleeps through unaware of the fact that they have wet. Thi...
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My 5 yr old son has wet the bed since he was toilet trained. We put him on the toilet before we go to bed, he wears a pull-up and yet he and his bed are soaked through every morning. He also leaks during the day, is there likely to be a more serious under
Hi Madeleine, while it perfectly normal for your son to be still wetting the bed at night, any type of daytime wetting after the age of 5 years sho...
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Ask a question now...Recently we tried going cold turkey on night nappies having been told she was probably just lazy and would wake if had no nappy. however in 3weeks we have had 3 dry nights. Where do we go from here?
Hi Amanda – unfortunately there are a lot of myths out there about bedwetting, the most common being that children wet the bed because they are laz...
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Hi there, my daughter is nearly 8 years old and she has been wetting the bed from since I can remember, we have been to doctors, etc and no one has really explained or helped us with it. She doesn't just wet herself once but a few times a night, she says
Hi K.W. – the majority of children who wet the bed have nothing medically wrong with them. While doctors and researchers have been able to ident...
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My daughter is 6, 7 in Sept and we really want to get her off her Drynites - she never has a dry one during the night?
Hi Paula - Your first step is to meet with your GP just so he or she can run a few tests just to make sure your daughter’s nighttime wetting is not...
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my 4 year old son is toilet trained during the day but at night wears a drynite but still the bed is wet most mornings he drinks a moderate amount during the day why is he still this wet?
Hi Alice, it is perfectly normal for your 4-year-old son to still be wetting the bed at night with many children continuing to do so right up to sc...
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Hi, we have found that amines seem to cause our son to wet at night, have you ever heard of this before? if he has amines, he can wet up to 3 times in one night and he's nearly 10 yrs old. Thank you
Hi Erin – it is not unusual for children’s bedwetting patterns to alter in response to dietry changes. A colleague of mine who is a Naturopath has...
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Ask a question now...Hi my son is 7 years old and wets the bed often. We have not gone down the GP path yet but I will after reading your advise, my question is do you believe that holding on is a problem, my son holds on regularly and I am not sure if h
Hi Rebecca – it was once common practice to encourage children who wet the bed at night to try and hold on to their ‘wees’ during the day, as thi...
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My son is 4 years old. He has been toilet trained for about a year and a half, however at night he still wears DryNites and does not wake up to go to the toilet. Is there anything that you recommend me to do?
Hi N. C. as challenging as this may be please be reassured this is perfectly normal behaviour for a 4-year-old boy. If you are at all concerned abo...
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Hi, my 6 year old daughter is a bed wetter. We have her in pullups to save laundry, as she has managed only a couple of dry nights in a row. We have tried a few times without nappies, but inevitably there will be wet nights again. She says she wakes on
Hi Belinda – bedwetting can result from a number of factors with the three most common causes being (1) an overproduction of urine overnight â€...
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6 year old daughter is still wetting the bed i have tried everything
Hi Cassie, given the frequency of your daughter’s bedwetting I would certainly recommend that you make an appointment to discuss this with your GP....
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My son is 10 years old and he is still wetting the bed occasionally. What can we do to prevent this?
Hi Sophie - Conditioning alarms are currently the safest and most effective means of treating bedwetting. The alarms success also increases among ...
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Hi my 3 yr old hasn't been wetting the bed for 4months and has for the past week wet the bed every night,
Hi H.L. – It is not unusual for young children to experience periods where they start to wet the bed again as they move toward achieving nighttime ...
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Hi There, My son who is 7 yrs old next month has wet dry nite pull ups 7 days a week only at night. He is asking me 'mum why dod I wet the bed? how come I dont have a dry bed? then he says 'im learning' but when mum? I feels embrassed and hides his pull-u
Hi Y. J., bedwetting can be incredibly frustrating especially when there seems to be no obvious cause. As a parent, the most important thing is to...
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My daughter has just turned 4. She has the daytime t/t all sorted and i'm happy with that. However, night time is a totally different story...
Hi S – I completely understand your frustration and sympathise! Sometimes parents feel a little better about the situation when they understand th...
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My son is 11years when is a good time to try him without the pull ups.
Hi Shona - While it is true that some children are able to outgrow bedwetting on their own, other children benefit from more formal interventions....
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I Mind a 4yr who still has to wear a nappy every night and every morning the nappy is very full and wet?Please Help?
Firstly, let me reassure you, this is perfectly normal for a child this age. There really is very little relationship between being continent durin...
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how do i tell my parents that im wetting the bed at the age of 12 is that normal
Hi Toby – as embarrassing as this may seem you are not alone. There are thousands of people, including teenagers and adults, who wet the bed at ...
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My son is 5 1/2 and usually has a dry nappy most of the night then just before he wakes up/gets out of bed he does a wee.
Hi Jacquelene, it is very unusual (but not unheard of) for children to wet the bed out of laziness. Developing nighttime continence is not dissimil...
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After 2 months of mostly dry nights, my 5 year old son has regressed and is wetting his bed once, or even twice a night.
Hi Liz – as frustrating as this may be please be reassured that this is perfectly normal. As children move toward achieving permanent nighttime co...
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My daughter is 5 yrs old & had always worn a nappy to bed. She is toilet trained during the day but her night nappy is always wet. I am not sure how to go about stopping the night wetting & whether I should wait since she has global developmental delay.
Hi C.T., It is not uncommon for children with global developmental delays to take a little longer to achieve nighttime continence. Developing night...
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My 4 year old wets through his Drynites twice a night? We change him, he goes to the toliet and by the morning he is soaked again?
Hi Carina, this must be incredibly frustrating. Children’s nighttime urine output is quite variable. A small number of children who wet the bed do...
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My nine-year-old daughter has never been consistently dry in her bed at my home.
If her encopresis was a result of chronic constipation, then her bedwetting may also be a result of poor bowel habits. If this is the case then yo...
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Hi Doctor, my 8 year old son is still wetting his drynite every night. We have just purchased a Dri Sleeper bed alarm. Can you best advise me on a couple of things. Firstly, can i put the sensor inside a drynite for ease of middle of the night toilet runs
Hi Lisa-Anne, it is a good idea to fit the DRI Sleeper alarm inside your son’s DryNites as it may take up to 2 to 3 weeks before he starts respondi...
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my 6 year old daughter wets the bed every night, we have tried limiting drinks after 6 and certain foods however this has not helped. She has moved house a few times in the last 2 years however she seems to have no problems with that. She also doesnt real
Hi Fiona, the most frustrating thing about bedwetting is that there are so many potential underlying causes that it can be difficult to treat. T...
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Hi my daughter is 13 years old and wears drynights to bed everynight. sometimes the drynight is light or nothing in it and other nights it is quite heavy. She complains that she cannot get up in the night to go to the toilet. We went to our GP and he said
Whilst some children do outgrow bedwetting on their own others benefit from a little bit of assistance. The most consistent form of treatment curre...
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Our 6 year old son has been on and off successfully training at night time for the last 6 months. The washing of pjs and mattresses is quite constant now- do we put him back in dry nights- or will this allow him to become lazy?
It really is a personal decision as to whether or not to use DryNites. Many parents (and children) choose to use DryNites to reduce the stress asso...
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Our 10 year old girl has done the bell and pad program 3 times in the past 3 years and is now wetting the bed again every night. She is humiliated, we are tired of changing sheets and we are wondering what else to try. Any alternative suggestions?
Hi Rachel, it is incredibly difficult as a parent to watch your child in distress and feel powerless to make it stop. The most important thing for...
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My son is 14 yrs and his bed wetting stops and starts. he can be dry for a few weeks, or even a month and then relapse back. He is a healthy active teenager. We have tried many methods over the years: alarms, chiro, diet etc but we cant seem to find a pat
Hi V.S. – It is not unusual for children to waiver between periods of dryness and wetting as they move toward achieving permanent nighttime conti...
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Do you have any advice about enuresis alarms? Which brand? Wear with Dry Nites or undies?
There are two main types of alarms. One is a body alarm with a small sensor that can be worn inside your child’s pyjamas – many parents prefer ...
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Ask a question now... My son is 10 and continues to wet bed......
Hi Angela - It is not unusual for parents of children who wet the bed to comment on the fact that their children are able to stay dry when attendin...
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My 7 year old son has always wet the bed occasionally but recently started wetting on most nights. We're using Dry Nites but he developed a nasty urinary tract infection that saw him end up in hospital. Are there any clinics where I can hire a bed wetting
Hi A. L., your best course of action is to speak with a continence advisor who will be able to recommend a suitable alarm for your son. For a refe...
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I have a 7 year old daughter who still wets every night. She was dry during the day at 2 and rarely had accidents. There is a family history spanning 3 generations of bedwetting, mailnly girls and some till their teenage years. One had underdevelope d
Hi Rachel, due to the strong genetic link it is quite common to find a number of individuals within the one family experiencing bedwetting. Obviou...
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Nearly 9 year old bed wetting, gets angry when woken.. where do I get an alarm from?
Hi – conditioning alarms are the preferred approach to treating children’s bedwetting, with approximately 75% of children achieving nighttime con...
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My son is 7yrs, wears two drynites and still wets that bed most nights.
Hi Helen, while it is true that some children are able to outgrow bedwetting on their own, others do benefit from some form of treatment. When the...
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Why am I still wetting my nappy
Dealing with constant wet beds can be incredibly challenging – it’s no wonder you feel frustrated! If you have not already done so it is impor...
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Wouls it be ok to wear my Drynite while playing soccer.
Hi Julien, DryNites are very discrete so you can certainly wear these while playing soccer. If you are at all concerned about your teammates seein...
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I'm 15 and I still wet the bed.
Hi Sarah, it’s lovely to hear from you. When it comes to treating bedwetting what works for one person does not always work for another. This is ...
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i wet the bed at night only and i would like to be dry for one night. Even if that means wearing a nappy or a dry night i will but i don't know how to tell my parents.
While I fully understand your embarrassment, this is not something you should try and manage on your own. I find most parents are incredibly suppo...
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hi im 13 years now i stopped bed wetting when i was 5 and started bed wetting again ever since 7. can you please give me ways i could stop bed wetting?
There are a number of treatments currently available on the market you could certainly try. The best success rates are typically achieved with bed...
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I was playing soccer at school and a bully came at the back of me and pull down my pants and I forgot to wear my undies because they were in the washing machine and now it past pretty quickly that I wear nappies and that I wet my bed plus I have no friend
Hi Jimmy, your parents are correct in their view of the situation. Bullying is a very serious issue and not something to be ignored. It is import...
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im 16 and wet the bed
Hi Sarah, while it is unlikely the wearing of absorbent pants at night has contributed to your incontinence, if you are at all concerned about the ...
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Hi can these help with your periods
Hi Claudia, DryNites are designed to assist children and adolescents who wet the bed. There are a number of products on the market that would be m...
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I'm 17 years old and wear my litttle sisters goodnites with her every night because I still wet the bed about once a week. I'm scared to tell my mom that I wear them.
Hi Austin, while I fully understand your embarrassment, this is not something you should try and manage on your own. I find most parents are incre...
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Hi, my little sister is almost 13 and still wets the bed, recently she has got her period.
Hi Morgan - bedwetting can be very stressful for the whole family, not just the person who wets at night. If not handled correctly bedwetting can ...
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did bedwetting but stopped right before period, and hasn't bed wetted since. nothing has changed? is this normal?
Hi Hannah, one of the reasons children wet the bed at night is because their bodies are yet to mature to a point where their bladder is capable of ...
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Hi. I have 2 girls ages 12 and 9 who have both been bed wetters since birth. They are both being seen to by the bladder clinic at Westmead Childrens Hospital suites. It has been established that the 12 year old has bowel problems and was placed on movicol
Even though it is our children who wet the bed, it’s often the parents who need the most support (and often don’t receive any!). Coping with bedwe...
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12 year old daughter wets her bed daily, she says that she dreams about going to toilet. She even wets herself at school,here she says she couldnt not hold it,but her teacher says she does not ask about the need to go to toilet and she pees her skirt sit
This must be very distressing for both you and your daughter. I would imagine that your daughter is also having to deal with negative comments dir...
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hey im 15 and still wet the bed. Its very embarressing. why do you think im doin this still?
Bedwetting can be very challenging and at times quite annoying especially if it continues into your teenage years. Unfortunately we do not always ...
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im 16- and wet my bed, what to i do??? my name is Connor
Hi Connor – bedwetting can be really annoying as well as a little frustrating especially when nothing you seem to do makes it stop. You do not ind...
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Hi my daughter is nearly 17 years old and still has wetting the bed mostly every night. We've tryed alarm - didn't work - she sleeps heavily. Could you recomend a good specialist in the area in Melbourne?
Hi Elena, given your daughter’s age she could still be seen by a pediatrician. Unfortunately I am unable to recommend anyone specific however I wo...
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I need these.
Hi Tiana, DryNites are really designed for the management of bedwetting. While teenage girls who wet the bed can continue to wear DryNites when th...
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intercourse
Hi Tiana, this must be a very challenging and sensitive time for you. You could request a DryNites sample from the website to see if they fit, if n...
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m y son is nearly 16 he has always wet the bed and still does he had in the past slowed down but lately has wet the bed six nights in a row i worry grately for this as the smell is strong where it hard to coverup from visiting family members and others h
Bedwetting among teenagers can really impact on their self-esteem and can lead to isolation and alienation. Having a teenager who wets the bed can ...
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my daughter is 14 and started wetting the bed and having day time acidents a few months ago.this was just at the point where we began toilet training our 3 year old. i think she is attention seeking and so does our doctor who has ruled out phisical proble
Hi Alison, this must be a very challenging time for you. It is quite unusual for a teenager to deliberately wet herself. The most common cause of d...
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MY daughter has been wetting her pants day and night and she is nopw 14 this started 4 years ago. The doctors have told us that she has a bladder infectiuon and it could be around for s while we have tried many products but none of them seem to work. Do y
Hi Holly - this must be incredibly distressing for you all. Recurring bladder infections may be the result of urinary tract abnormalities so it is...
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I need some tips on how my daughter can have sleepovers without being wet.
Hi Holly - Understandably one of the most common concerns for teenagers who wet the bed is attending social events like sleepovers or school-camps....
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ok. i am 12 years old and started wetting the bed every night last week and daytime wetting 2-3 times a week. my parents are gonna diaper me 24/7 . why is this happening?
Hi C. C. – this must be very upsetting for you. A return to nighttime and daytime wetting at your age really needs to be investigated further by y...
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Hi, my name is james, i'm 15. I sometimes wet at night but my parents don't know about it, but the boys drynite leaks sometimes, and i'm worried my parents will find wet spots on my sheets. Should i try the girls drynite?
Hi James - it is preferrable that you use the DryNites designed for boys as the aborbancy patterns differ and a change to girls DryNites may in fac...
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I am 14 and have tried a sample of drynites but it is not absorbent enough and my sheets got wet. I have notice that lately i have been letting out more urine. I only wet the bed twice a week.
The larger DryNites size is designed for children and teenagers weighing between 27-57kg+. It is important that these fit properly around the leg ...
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hi i am 13yr old i still wet the bed i use pull up and drynites but the sheets are still getting wet can it be fix or not from Emma
Hi Emma - Leakage often results from improper fit, which can occur if your DryNites are too small. Check that they are fitting you properly arou...
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Hello I am a teen bedwetter 16 and my parents say i have to take care of my wet mornings I am uncomfortable with the thought of wearing diapers/drynites and i don't want my frinds to feel the plastic sheet under my bed what can i do
Hi A.F., it can be very tricky trying to manage your bedwetting on your own. Sometimes parents can get a little frustrated with dealing with bed...
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HI im 15 boy, and still wet the bed, what do i do ?
There are thousands of people, including teenagers and adults, who wet the bed at night while they are asleep. This is not conscious wetting and th...
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I woke up with poo in my drynites what should I do, I am too scared to tell my mum
Hi Bridget – this can occasionally occur when you are suffering from chronic constipation so it is essential that you speak with your Mum and have ...
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hey Dr Catherine you answerded my question 20 days ago but the thing is I am not constipated though I go regular and it wasn't the kind of poo you described as constipated kind it was normal and soft
Hi Bridget, lovely to hear from you again. You do not indicate whether this has happened again or if it was a one-off incident. Sometimes when you ...
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Hi, I'm nearly 16 now and i'm still wetting the bed almost every night.
Approximately 1-2% of individuals do continue to wet their bed well into adulthood. Given the frequency of your wetting it is unlikely that you w...
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Almost 8 year old who has started wetting his bed.
While urinary tract infections are certainly one underlying cause, a return to bedwetting may also result from increased anxiety due to a change in...
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i stil wetting the bed and was wondering if i should wear drynites and plastic pants 2 bed
Hi Brendon, it is perfectly fine for you to use DryNites to help manage your nighttime wetting. Many children choose to wear DryNites on a regular...
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Why can't my little boy stay dry at night?
As with many daytime continence, children develop nighttime bladder control at different ages. The most common cause of bedwetting is a neurologica...
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I have a bright 5 1/2 year old who i love dearly. I am however frustrated each day at another wet bed, saturated usually. My son used to be dry during the night around 4, however it was around the same time i left my husband (his dad), he then became an o
Trying to manage our children’s bedwetting can be quite the juggling act. We try and hide our frustration and exhaustion at coping with the consta...
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My daughter is 3.5 yrs old - she has been toilet trained for 6 months(day & night). She has now started to wet the bed at night and also pants are damp during the day.
It is always wise to follow-up with your doctor when children return to wetting after a significant period of continence. There are both physical ...
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Hi Dr Catherine, My daughter is nearly 9 & had stage 3 kidney reflux at 7mths. She still wet's the bed now & then. Can you please help?
Hi K. C. – your daughter has very little control over her bladder while asleep, so while rewards can be very motivating during the day, they will d...
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Ask a question now...hi my daughter is 3.5 years and fully toilet trained during the day, she vary rarely wakes up with a wet nappy do you think i should approach nickers at night, she probably wets her nappy maybe 1 night a week, what would u reccomend?
Hi Melissa, you could certainly give knickers a try. I generally recommend parents hold off until children have experienced at least 10-14 consecu...
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Ask a question now...my girl is seven years old, she soaks her pullups. we have never made a big deal out of it. She has had several uti's. our doctor has said don't worry she will grow out of it. my concern is that she has started early development(breas
Hi Dianne, one of the trickiest things for parents when it comes to managing our children’s bedwetting is ensuring that it does not impact advers...
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Hi, miss 10 stopped wetting the bed by 3yrs of age then at 4 she started again. there were no major changes or upsets in her life at the time.
Hi Tina, bedwetting runs in families, which means that children who have parents who wet the bed, are much more likely to wet the bed themselves. ...
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Hi Theresa, while bedwetting can be incredibly concerning for parents and grandparents alike, it is often reassuring to know that this is perfectly...
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my daughter is 13 years of age and is still wetting the bed.
It can be incredibly frustrating when it seems like you’ve tried it all yet met with little success! While conditioning alarms continue to experien...
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Hi there, my daughter is 4 next month & has been toilet trained during the day since she was 2 years 4 months old. Our next big step is night time training, she is a heavy deep sleeper & wears a pull up to bed at night, which is quite wet in the morning,
Hi S.B. – helping children to achieve nighttime continence works a little differently to daytime training. Nighttime wetting typically happens whe...
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Hi, I don't know what to try to help my daughters bed wetting?
Dealing with bedwetting can be incredibly challenging and failure to respond to treatment only adds to our stress. If you have not done so already ...
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Hi my 7 year old daughter wears drynites. The problem we have is that they overflow! She urinates so much that she wakes, bed wet, despite the drynites. My now 11 year old wore them till she was 7 and this never happened to her. My 7 year old NEVER wak
Hi Natasha, this must be incredibly frustrating for you all. Nasal sprays are generally seen as a form of management, not a cure. If you’re looki...
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My daughter is almost 4 and has not yet been successful in night-time toilet training. She wets through pull-ups and I have had to go back to nappies, which she has almost grown out of. How can I help her?
Hi Rachael, it is perfectly normal for your daughter to still be wetting the bed at night with many children continuing to do so right up to school...
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Why do I wee the bed every night?
Hi Foebe, There are a number of possible reasons why you continue to wet at night. Some children who wet the bed do so because their nervous system...
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Hi.My 51/2yr old daughter still wets the bed everynight, we have had a few rare occassions where she has had a dry night, which we praise her,ring Daddy at work to tell him etc.She has water regularly during the day, some with dinner and a mouthfull after
Hi Ruth – it really sounds like you are doing all the right things. As I’m sure you are fully aware, the tricky and often frustrating thing about ...
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i have a 4 year old daughter we have tried no drinks after 6:30 and toilet before bed but she still wets the bed but when she is sleeping over someones house she doesn't wet the bed she well wet the bed about 5-6 days a week we try to leave lights on for
Bedwetting can certainly be a complex and challenging issue and having to deal with constant wet sheets only adds to the stress of the situation. H...
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My 6 year old daughter has never had a dry night in her life.
Continence issues are often an indicator of stress in young children, which explains why your daughter returned to wetting during the day after you...
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2 and a half year old refusing to wear nappies to bed.
This is a tricky situation, as while you want to support your daughter in her quest for independence, you also need to minimize the amount of work ...
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i have a 6 year old daughter that wets the bed every night and it doesnt faze her 1 bit, i wake her up twice a night to go to the toilet and she still wets please help me
Hi Jenayah – while it’s great that your daughter is not upset by the fact that she wets at night, I see how frustrating this must be for you given ...
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My 5yo has recently recovered from a UTI, however, since completing the medication she has been wetting the bed two times a night (over the last 2-3 weeks) as well as having accidents during the day. She'd have accidents before but not as frequently.
Hi Rose - while there is not a strong research-based to support this, I am familiar with literature that suggests a link between food allergies or ...
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my 2 and a half daughter is fully toilet train she wears undies all day and night and doing well but she has been wetting the bed of a night
Hi Linda, the time it takes between achieving daytime control and nighttime continence is quite variable. Some children achieve this in a matter o...
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Hi My daughter is only 4 and half, but the sensitive type of child. It is time for getting rid of the night time nappies and have put her in drynites. How is this any different than wearing nappies, cause she still doesn't wake to go to the toilet? Howe
Hi Natalie – the way parents manage children’s bedwetting can often make or break a delicate situation. It really is a personal decision as to ...
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Our daughter has just turned five. She still wears a nappy at night. We have tried a lot of incentives. She is a good and heavy sleeper so perhaps that is the problem? Should we be concerned or will it right itself eventually?
Hi Heather - often when it comes to bedwetting no matter how hard we try children will continue to wet at night. In general we find children will s...
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my daughter is 6 wets her bed on average once a week but this week 3 days in a row. We usually take her to the toilet about 2 hours after she goes to bed but sometimes she is already wet. On the plus side, once she has wet she stays dry the rest of the ni
Once upon a time parents used to be encouraged to carry their child to the toilet during the night to help avoid a wet bed. While waking or lifting...
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Ask a question now...My Daughter is 5 and never been dry unless I get her up in the night and thats not effective either. Isthere anything ican do to help?
Hi Emily – you are spot in describing waking or lifting as being an ineffective means of managing children’s bedwetting. Children who have achi...
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hi my daughter still wets the bed at the age of 10 and we have tried every medication She finds it extreamly frustraing that she constantly has to say no to sleepovers.is it normal for a ten year old girl to still wet the bed?
Unfortunately while medications are helpful in the short-term they generally do not help children to achieve permanent nighttime continence. Abou...
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1. Can I get my daughter tested to see if she has excess hormone? 2. If she doesnt have excess hormone, will it help to let her have a wet bed, ie no nappy to stimulate the brain / bladder communication? it seems waking her doesnt achieve anything from th
Hi Claudia – given your concerns I would certainly recommend that you speak with your GP and organise a full physical examination which may inclu...
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My daughter is turning 10 and still 5-6 nights a week is wet. We have had tests and an ultrasound and nothing physically wrong. How do we go about getting dry at night?
Hi – bullying can be an insidious and emotionally damaging experience and is often the cause of bedwetting in children – so it is great to hear tha...
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My nearly 9 year old daughter is still wetting the bed
While it is true that some children are able to outgrow bedwetting on their own, others do benefit from some form of treatment. When the bedwettin...
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Hello my daughter will be 5 in a couple of weeks. She stills wears a pullup at night and has only been dry a handful of times. But when she has sleepovers at friends she is dry everytime. I asked her why she is dry when she has sleepovers but not at ho
Hi S.A - it is not unusual for parents to comment on their children not wetting the bed while attending sleepovers or when away on holidays – whi...
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My daughter is 7 in Oct and still wets the bed she had Kidney surgery to repair a blockage in the tube when she was 3 she doesn't need to see her specialist anymore. Could this be why she still wets the bed
Hi Nicky – it is not unusual for children to continue to experience nighttime incontinence once they have started school – with as many as 1 in 10 ...
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My daughter is 8 yrs old and started wetting the bed about 9 months ago what can i do to help her stop
It is not unusual for children to experience a return to bedwetting at times of stress, which can result from something as simple as the birth of...
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I have been told that if i continue to put a nappy on my son (nearly 8 years old) he will continue to wet it?? I have been waiting for more of a consistent pattern before i stop. At the moment its just one dry nappy every now and again? Thank you, Lisa-An
Hi Lisa, while there has certainly been some debate about the use of absorbent pants in the management of children’s bedwetting there is no resea...
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Hi my son is nearlly 6 years old and he still wets the bed. I have tried a few times putting him to bed without a pull up. but he will sleep all night in a wet bed and he will not wake up.
Hi Tiffany, while bedwetting can be incredibly distressing for parents please be reassured that it is perfectly normal for your son to still wet th...
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I am a mother of two who is at wits end, my 7 yr old son has bowel problems and is having trouble toileting through the night and during the day help! also my 5 yr old daughter has become lazy due to her brothers problems and wakes with her pullup complet
Hi Leisa, the first thing you need to do is seek medical advice – any form of daytime incontinence after the age of 5 years needs to be investiga...
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I have a 7 yr old daughter who toilet trained herself before the age of two! but sadly is still soaking a night nappy. Her Aunt wet bed until her teens. Not a big issue at all for me, but should we be trying harder? GP said go without nappy for a month!
Hi Delia, due to the underlying genetic link it is not unusual to find a number of children in the one family experiencing nighttime wetting. Whil...
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I don't really know if I wet the bed or not, beacause when I wake the bed is damp on most nights but not exactly wet. Should I wear drynites just in case??
Hi – if you are in fact wetting the bed you should be able to smell the urine on your bed sheets – urine usually has quite a strong odour so it sho...
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Can Drynites be worn when swimming.
Hi Julie, unfortunately DryNites are not suitable for swimming. You could try contacting the Continence Association of Australia (1800 330 066) who...
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Hi, my 4 year old son hasn't started to wet the bed at night he just hasn't toilet trained for the night time as yet. I have been using pull ups at night as he has grown out of the range of Huggies nappies but the pull ups simply arnt doing the job either
Hi Nikki, the time between achieving being toilet trained during the day and achieving nighttime continence is quite variable. Some children do th...
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do you think it is better for my 4and a half year old boys self esteme to wear drynights or to allow him to wet the bed. Is there any difference to how long it will take to become dry at night?
There is little evidence to suggest that wearing absorbent pants either extends or shortens the bedwetting process. The main purpose of DryNites i...
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what should i do if my 17 year old son AND daughter still wet the bed will drynites still fit them?
DryNites come in two sizes; the largest size is designed for children and teenagers who weigh between 27-57kg+. It is important that these fit pro...
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im 13 and drynites are leaking
Hi i.b. - DryNites come in two sizes; the largest size is designed for children and teenagers who weigh between 27-57kg+. It is important that the...
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Hi Kate, DryNites were designed to cater for older children who experience difficulties with bedwetting. Bedwetting is not typically considered to...
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Can I reuse or wash drynights, because my daughter doesn't alway wet the bed?
Hi James, DryNites are not suitable for washing and for hygiene purposes it is not recommended that they be re-used. If costs are a concern you ma...
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do the drynights hold runny number 2 and a hevy flow of number 1
DryNites work in much the same way as a nappy, and can hold both fecal matter and urine. Parents of older children with significant developmental d...
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My 5 and a half year old son wets his bed a few times a week. We found out a few months ago that he had chronic constipation and were hoping that the night wetting would clear up as the constipation did. However that doesn't seem to be the case. He is ver
Parental responses to bedwetting can either help diffuse a potentially stressful situation, or make a bad situation even worse. Keep reassuring him...
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My almost 5yrs old son told me 2 weeks ago that he didn't want to wear drynites. Thinking he was ready I haven't used them but he has wet the bed every night.
Hi Maria - It is not uncommon for parents of children who wet the bed to comment on how heavy a sleeper their child is. Children who are particular...
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Nothing is absorbent enough??
Children’s overnight urine output can be quite variable – parents of children who seem to pass a lot of urine overnight sometimes find it easier to...
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Hi. My 5 1/2 year old is still in Dry Nites and is nowhere near dry at night - the nappy is still full every morning. I am not particularly concerned about this - he is the youngest of 3 and I realise it just takes some kids longer than others to become
Hi K.T. – firstly, let me congratulate you on making the distinction between accidental and deliberate wetting, this is not always easily done espe...
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My 4 year old son wears dry nites every night, but most mornings they have leaked through the bed, even though they dont seem completely saturated. What could be causing this?
Leakage often results from improper fit, which can occur if your sons DryNites are either too small or too large. Check that they are fitting hi...
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Hi I am thinking of trying drynights-my son has very bad exmar -skin condition - I use wet dressing nightly - over all his body
DryNites (when they fit properly) should provide a snug fit, much like an underpant. The do not have the side openings like Pull-Ups so they are l...
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My son wets the bed every night. He always has a full nappy in the mornings. When I changed him this morning he has developed nappy rash on his bottom. What do I do?
Hi S. P. - Nappy rash typically results from skin contact with a wet or dirty nappy. Moisture plus friction resulting from his DryNites moving agai...
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My nine year old Son needs a product for faecal incontinence. Will dry nites contain faecal matter. He really needs them for night and day at school. Please can you help me.
Hi Jennifer – this must be very challenging for both you and your son. It’s great that he has a teacher who is supportive as this will certainly m...
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hi im 12 i asked you a question a couple of days ago if i could start weting the bed from holding my wee in well i do wet the bed every night i was asking that for a friend of mine because they wanted to know my 10 yr old brither jack wets the bed and so
Hi Jade - nice to hear from you again! DryNites can be worn during the day to help manage daytime incontinence. You should change them regularly t...
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my son is only 2 yrs old and he is wetting the bed i want too get the drynites but they are too big for him cos he is only 15kgs any advice would be good thanks
Hi Bianca, it is very common for 2-year-old children to continue to wet at night even after they have achieved daytime continence. Given his age a...
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My four year old boy still wets his bed at night. We use dri-nites and change them in the middle of the night but they are not absorbent enough and still overflow. Can I try the larger 8kg+ drinites or will they be too big?
Absorbency levels are the same for both sizes so the only reason to change would be if the small size were too small. It is important that the DryN...
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hi dr its me jade again u sent me an email a couple of days ago and u said that i should get my free samples by mid november when is mid and do u think i will get it within the next few days and it was 2 weeks last sunday when they were due and i went ont
Hi Jade, mid-November is around now so if you still have not receive your free sample you could call 1800 028 334 or email www.kca.com.au/contact. ...
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Ask a question now...just wondering when to try my daughter without nappies at night , she dosn't have nappies during the day & dosn't have accidents throughout the day & is dry most mornings when she wakes up , she is 34mths old .
Hi Simone – A good sign that your daughter has achieved nighttime continence is when she experiences about 14 consecutive mornings where she wake...
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Hi, i've been dry for several years now yet i still wear drynites almost every night.
Given you are not aware that you are wetting at night, I would not necessarily describe this behaviour as deliberate. If your wetting were uncontr...
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How much is a box of Drynites?
Hi Bridget,DryNites are sold in packs and cost between $12-$16 depending on where you purchase them. Regards, Dr Cathrine
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Ask a question now... My 12 y/o has daytime "accidents"
Hi John, there are a number of possible explanations for why your son continues to wet himself throughout the day. Given his age and the frequency...
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I have just started toilet training my 2 yr old son and he is nearly fully toilet trained, except for night time, but it seems since starting it he wets through his nappy/dry nite, why do u think this it? its every night and im not sure what to do...
Hi Olivia, it is perfectly normal for your 2-year-old son to still be wetting the bed at night with many children continuing to do so right up to s...
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Hi, When do I know if it is the right time for us to try to get my son (4yrs) to stop wearing a nappy to bed (at night only - no issues during the day). He is a heavy sleeper and can't get up, however doesn't want to wear a nappy or pull up. Thanks Diana
Hi Diana, the best indicator that your son is moving toward achieving nighttime continence is an increase in the number of mornings he wakes-up dry...
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Are DryNites 4-7 years more absorbent than Huggies Junior (16kg+) nappies?
Hi Tracey, DryNites offer similar absorbency to the Junior nappies – the decision to switch is typically motivated by children’s desire to wear...
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Hi. My son is 4 years old. He has been day trained for just over a year. It was a long process as he doesn't seem to care if he is wet or not. He still has accidents some days and always blames being to busy to remember, though he has only once had an
Hi Cherie, firstly, let me reassure you that your son’s behaviour is perfectly normal. It is quite common for children to experience daytime acc...
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Can I Get a Free Sample Of Drynites, My Daughter Is 13 And Still Wets The Bed ,We've Tried EVERYTHING Can You Help Me Out By Sending Me A Free Sample .
Hi D.H., when you visit the DryNites website you will notice on the left-hand side a purple box titled "Free Sample", if you click on 'ge...
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My 4 year old is wearing drynights but it leaks most nights. We stopped giving him too much to drink after 5pm (his bedtime is 7pm) and we get him to go to the toilet just before bedtime. Should we move to a bigger Drynights to stop the leaking?
Hi Sarah, in terms of management it sounds like you are doing everything right! The amount of urine children produce overnight is quite variable. ...
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My daughter is 4 years old and has been daytime trained since she was 2. She has never once had a dry nightime nappy though. A lot of people have suggested that she won't stop wetting the bed until I take away the nightime nappy. Is there any truth to th
Hi Jennifer - despite arguments to the contrary there is no solid research evidence to suggest wearing DryNites either prolongs the bedwetting proc...
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My 4yr old son, was difficult to toilet train. He has been fine through the day for over a yr now but nights are another story, I think he is just a really heavy sleeper and doesnt wake to pee. He is too big for nappies (and doesnt want them) so we tried
Hi Nelly, nappy rash typically results from skin contact with a wet or dirty nappy. Mositure plus friction resulting from his DryNites moving again...
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How do you know when to stop the night time pyjama pants? My son is 4 and has a full nappy most days!!
One of the best indicators that your son is moving toward achieving nighttime continence is an increase in the number of mornings he wakes up dry. ...
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My son is nearly 2 1/2 yo and has hypotonic Cerebral Palsy and global development delay. Our problem is that he wets through his nappy every night. Wet PJs, sheets, etc.
Hi Jo, while it is common for children with global developmental delays to take longer to achieve continence the age at which they do this really d...
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We have experienced leakage problems with the Dry Nites used by my four year old son.
Hi Nitsa, Please contact the CAS team who will be able to process your complaint. They can be contacted by calling AUS 1800 028 334 or NZ 0800 733...
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Ask a question now...is it ok to go to using dry nights after trying for a couple of months of knickers??
Hi Amanda, it is perfectly fine to put your daughter back into DryNites at night. Many children prefer to wear DryNites as it gives them the confi...
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My son is 4 1/2 and wears drynights to bed but sometimes (about 1-4 times a week)even wets through them. He doesn't have a lot to drink after dinner what else can I do to reduce and stop him wetting at night. I have never had a dry night with him - he a
Hi Jo, children’s nighttime urine output is quite variable. Leakage can result from improper fit, which can occur if your sons DryNites are too sm...
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Ask a question now... we have just started using drynites for our 5 and 7 year old boys, but they have both come out in a rash on their backsides since using them
We are really sorry to hear your child has developed a rash and hope it clears up quickly. Rashes are unpleasant for your child and obviously upset...
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are the girls 8-15 yr drynites more absorbent than the male equivalent for a boy that has gone thorugh puberty?
Hi Owen, the boys and girls DryNites offer similar levels of absorbency however they do differ in terms of the pattern of absorbency with the boys ...
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My 5 and a half year old son really wants to wear "jocks" to bed, but he has only ever had 3 or so dry nights.
Hi M. B., the way parents manage children’s bedwetting can often make or break a delicate situation. It really is a personal decision as to whether...
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Ask a question now... Hi my son is 7yrs old and wets the bed every night. He wears pull-ups each night, and usually requires two as his urine is so strong. His pull-ups are soaked through in the morning when he wakes and he usually needs his sheets cha
Hi Gina – firstly in the short-term I would recommend trying DryNites rather than Pull-Ups, these are specifically designed for nighttime use and a...
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My 4 year old son has been trained at night for the past 6 months with the odd accident. However he has wet the bed 7 out of the last 9 nights. I don't know if I should be putting him back in pull ups as he really doesn't want this but its not worrying hi
Hi J. E. – it’s a tricky question … how we as parents handle our children’s bedwetting is of ultimate importance as this is what they will remember...
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Will Drynites work for discreet daytime wear?
Hi Robert, while DryNites can certainly be used for the management of daytime continence I would recommend that you have a few trial runs at home f...
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I'm in New Zealand trying to get my free sample, How do I do it?
Hi Helen - apologies for the delay in responding - you are able to request a DryNites sample via the NZ DryNites site: http://www.drynites.co.nz/b...
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My son is nearly 6 and still wears a nappy to bed. He actually wets so much that he regularly wets right through his nappy and wets the bed. He has a drink with his tea, and nothing after that. He also goes to the toilet before going to bed. We have
Hi A.R., firstly, let me reassure you that it is not uncommon for 6-year-old boys to be still wetting at night, with some doctors suggesting it i...
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Hi, my 6 year old son wears 2 pull ups to bed every night and sometimes still wets the bed as it soaks right through. He sometimes has small leaks during the day from "holding on" to long. What can you suggest we do to get keep him dry through out the n
It is not uncommon for children your son’s age to still be wetting the bed on a regular basis; bedwetting is far more common among boys than girls,...
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Does the free sample come in a discreet envelope so that nobody will know that there is a nappy inside for the purpose of my wetting. Also is it obvious that there is a nappy inside when you hold the package. Please help as I need a free sample but dont w
Hi Ben – I have directed your question to marketing regarding the packaging, as I am not familiar with this. However I would encourage you to ta...
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Pull ups giving my son eczema, will drynites do the same?
The difference between Pull-Ups and DryNites is that Pull-Ups are specifically designed for toilet training and daytime use. They have a built-in...
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Our 4 year old son is toilet trained totally during the day and I really want to get him out of nappies at night. Everytime I mention to him about not wearing a nappy to bed he gets very upset. I have reasured him that if he wets the bed that its no big d
Hi Alison – the way parents manage children’s bedwetting can often make or break a delicate situation. The first thing you need to do is reassure ...
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Can drynights be used for poo as well as urine
Hi Mihi – while DryNites can certainly be used to help manage both enuresis and encopresis (which refers to fetal incontinence), this should only b...
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my son is 14 and big will the 11 to 15 fit him he is 87cm wasit
Hi Debbie - The larger DryNites size is designed for children and teenagers weighing between 27-57kg+. If you are unsure whether these would fit an...
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My 6 year old daughter has bed wetting problems but also wets her nappy before she goes to bed.
While there may be an underlying medical issue, your daughter’s behaviour may also be a reaction to something else going on in her life. It is no...
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Where can I buy DryNites in Perth (for a 7 year old)?
You should be able to purchase DryNites through most of the major retailers including Coles and Woolworths, a number of chemists also stock them....
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Please help me find a nappie that fits thnxxxx
Hi Beckie, this must be a very challenging time for you. While it is perfectly fine for you to use DryNites if they provide a proper fit, there a...
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Dry Nites Free Samples
I have referred your question to the marketing and will get back to you with a response as soon as possible. Regards, Dr Cathrine
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My 4yr old wets his bed at his dads but not his mums
Hi Faith, when children are under a shared care arrangement it is important to try and adopt as consistent a pattern of parenting as possible. In ...
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Size Range is very limited.
Hi S.S. - thank you for your feedback and I will certainly pass this onto the marketing team. In the meantime have you tried the nappy pants as th...
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I lift my son to the toilet each night, probably 2hrs after putting him to bed and he does a pee, should I be doing this?
Hi Mel, while waking or lifting a child to go to the toilet might seem like a good way to reduce the number of wet beds, it does not help train the...
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Lifting children while asleep to go to the toilet.
Hi Nicole, while waking or lifting a child to go to the toilet might seem like a good way to reduce the number of wet beds, it does not help train ...
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I don't understand the comment in the recent email about not lifting children when asleep to take them to the toilet helps to develop a healthy bladder. What is it about lifting them?
Once upon a time parents used to be encouraged to carry their child to the toilet during the night to help avoid a wet bed. While waking or lifting...
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my son has been wetting the bed all his life & nothing seems to stop it.he is 24.Need HELP
In a very small percentage of cases people do continue to wet right through adulthood. It can be incredibly frustrating when it seems like you’ve t...
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hi i am a 24 year old sent i was a kid i have wet the bed and i still do is that still common from wayde
Hi Wade - in a very small percentage of cases people do continue to wet right through adulthood. What forms of treatment have your tried to help yo...
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hi im 18 and still wear diapers for bedwetting is this normal????
Hi D. M., while it is not common there is a small percentage of people who continue to wet the bed well into their adult years. If you have not ...
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My son is 4.5 - he is completely toilet trained during the day but is nowhere near dry at night. While I am not overly concerned about this fact, knowing that a lot of children are not dry at night at this age, what is frustrating me is that although he
Children’s overnight urine output can be quite variable – parents of children who seem to pass a lot of urine overnight sometimes find it easier to...
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hi, i have 13 year old twins who wet the bed for a big part of ten years (their father is an adult bed wetter). Their eight year old brother still sometimes wets the bed. I also have a 4 1/2 year old daughter and 3 month old from a new relationship. The 4
Given the strong genetic link it is not unusual for a number of children in the same family to experience bedwetting. If both parents were bedwett...
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My son was staying dry at night with the odd accident here or there up to 4 weeks ago. We then came home from a holiday and he has started wetting the bed almost every night? i make sure he goes to the toliet before bed as usual so what could the proble
Sometimes a change in environment can contribute to children’s bedwetting. It is also quite common for children to experience an increase in bedwe...
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Hi, my son is nearly 4 years of age and wets the bed every night , when we have spoken to him about it, he says that being wet in bed doesn't bother him, he will sleep with wet pants, how can I get him to over come him to wake up to go to the toilet at ni
Firstly, let me reassure you that what your son is experiencing is perfectly normal for someone his age. There are a number of possible reasons why...
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I have a 7yr old boy. He wears drynights and often overflows. For now he would prefer not to take any action, just see if he grows out of it. Fine with me but I was told we should seek help once he reached 7 is it ok if we don't seek help?
In order for your son to become dry at night he either needs to learn to wake in response to a full-bladder or his bladder needs to develop to a po...
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My son is 3 and a half he still wears nappies to bed as he wet 3 times in one nite when he wore undies and never woke up. He has also only just stopped wetting at his afternoon sleep. Is it to early to think there is a problem.
Hi R. M., please be reassured it is perfectly normal for your son to still be wetting the bed at night with many children (especially boys) conti...
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My daughter is 3.5 and dry in the day for the past year. For six months we have done a 10pm toilet stop Which has worked well, but in the last month she is now wetting at random times in the night. Should we stop the 10pm toilet stop or am I just expe
Hi Nicky – given your daughters age it is not particularly surprising that she is still wetting at night, this is completely normal and age-appropr...
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what's a good age to start t.t at night? My daughter is 3.5 years old.
Hi J.F., unlike daytime urinary control, which is conscious and deliberate, nighttime bladder control is more dependent on maturation of children’s...