hi, my son is turning 8 next month and has probably had about 10 dry nights in those years. he has been prescribed movocal as they believed he had a blocked bowel. he took that for about 2 years with no success as it made him wee more day and night. now he was weeing through the day at school and really couldn't care. now they have prescribed Tofranil.It worked for a couple of months until he got a cold then the wetting has increased again so they have increased his dose to 50 mg, 2 at night. My son doesn't care if he is wet and has no reaction when he does do it. I did try the pull ups for bedwetting but that was a failure because that meant he didn't have to get out of bed at all. Now we have a wee sheet and reward as we go. People have said as they grow up time will stop it but i don't want him missing out on school excursions and such as kids can be cruel. Please help? Jye is number 3 of 6 kids and he is the only one at this stage who has got it.Apparently his dad did it and also my mother did. No wonder he doesn't have the best of chances to stop.
it is perfectly normal for parents to feel frustrated and overwhelmed when faced with chronic bedwetting. Bedwetting is rarely a result of laziness; children typically have very little control over what is happening. If he seems disinterested or not bothered (although understandably frustrating for you) – it may be wise to leave it a while before trying another form of treatment. Talk to your son to see if he has any underlying fears or anxieties that may be delaying the process. Begin by gently asking him what he thinks some of the benefits about being dry may be – you could talk about the freedom to attend sleepovers without having to worry about your friends finding out etc. It is true that children do often outgrow bedwetting – after the age of 7 years about 10-15% of children per year will stop wetting the bed on their own, however other children will require some form of treatment. Genetics plays a key role in determining whether a child will experience bedwetting as well as the age at which they will stop. It is worth finding out how old your husband was when he stopped wetting the bed, as this is one of the best predictors of when your son too will stop. It is important that you continue dealing with your GP over his incontinence during the day as he will need to achieve daytime continence first – then nighttime continence may be just around the corner.
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