It is still considered normal for children 6 years old to wet the bed, so unless there are other symptoms, it will most likely just be a matter of time for your child to grow out of the bedwetting. You could try to manage bedwetting by getting your little one to reduce how much they drink before bedtime and you could even try out some bladder training, but remember to consult your medical professional first. However, at such a young age, bedwetting is not considered something that you should worry too much about. Reassurance and your encouragement is what your child really needs. Many parents ask our expert all sorts of 6 year old bedwetting questions, including queries regarding children who have been dry for some time and just recently started wetting the bed again, and how to strengthen the connection between their child’s brain and bladder. Read on for a list of the different questions all related to 6 year old bedwetting.
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6yr old son still in night time nappies.
Hi C. W. – children develop the neurological and emotional capacity to control their bladders at different ages. At age 6, about 10-15…
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Hi Dr Cathrine. My son is 6.5, toilet trained during the day since age 3. He still wears night nappies every night. Some mornings he wakes up dry then other nights (like last night), he wet through the nappy into the bed twice! We were taking him to th
Hi L.C., there is much debate about how best to treat and manage bedwetting. There is a school of thought that suggests the best way to …
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hi there, please help me as my son is 6.5 years old and still bedwet his bed almost every night, there are night where i have to change the bedding a few times during the night, my lucky night is where i change the bed only once.i keep on waking him up al
Hi M. B, The fact that your son still wets at night is not a particular concern given the fact he is a boy and he is only 6 years of age …
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Has anyone had any success with the alarm sysytem or tried the medication?
Hi Jane – Unfortunately many children fail to stop wetting in response to medication. Medication only really works for children who wet …
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Hi, my almost 61/2 yr old daughter has started wetting herself day and night. She is in prep and has some social difficulties. I’m not sure what to do.
Any return to daytime wetting after the age of 6 year should definitely be investigated by a GP. Daytime and nighttime wetting can be th…
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My 6 year old daughter still has full pull ups by morning. She has never been out of nappies / pull ups
a 6-year-old with at least 1 in 7 children still wetting the bed at school-age. In saying this, it is always worthwhile having children …
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My son is 6 and half and wets every night. We have an alarm that worked for a bit but now he just takes it out of his pants to stop it going off then just continues to lay in his own wee. He would rather do that than get up and go to the toilet. Is this p
It is only normal that you would feel frustrated with this situation. While your son’s bedwetting is not deliberate or behavioural, hi…
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My son is 6 and has never had a dry night, he has always been a heavy wetter. However he is now too big for Huggies Junior size but all nappy pants leak (including DryNites) so I have resorted to still using the Huggies Junior or a DryNite pullup with a
This is incredibly frustrating and expensive! Bedwetting has many causes with some children wetting due to low ADH levels. ADH is an ant…
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toilet-training my 6yr old daughter
Hi Pauline, I completely understand your frustration with this very challenging situation. In order to manage the situation more effectiv…
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My son is 6 and still wears nappies to bed as he is wet every night however his 3 younger siblings are all dry.
Hi K.B., it can be particularly tricky for children struggling with bedwetting when they have younger siblings who have already achieved …
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My son is nearly 7 and I’ve tried the nasal spray, tablets and patches with him and waking him 2 or 3 times a night to no avail. It’s getting more difficult to wake him and we are both over it. Is trying hypnosis a good idea?
Hi Tina, unfortunately many children fail to stop wetting in response to medication. Medication only really works for children who wet i…
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My son will be 7 in november and he wets his drynite every night with out fail.
i donot know what to do. he went to camp 1 mouth ago and the bigger kids picked on him so he did not use his drynite so he sleeped in a very wet sleepingbag. where can i get
Hi Sandra – there is quite a strong genetic link to bedwetting so it is not unusual to find a number of individuals in the same family …
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7 Year old boy bed wetting
Hi R.B., it is not unusual for children to waiver between periods where they remain dry at night then return to wetting as the move towar…
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My daughter is 6 1/2 & has never been dry overnight. Her bed doesn’t get wet as she wears a Drynite every night so talking about ‘bed wetting’ doesn’t make much sense. What other strategy can you suggest as she is starting to become very self conscious ab
Hi Sian, given her age and the fact that her bedwetting is starting to impact negatively on her sense of self I would certainly recommend…
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Hi, my daughter is 6 1/2 and has always worn a pull up to bed. We have tried everything even the alarm to wake her up which only worked twice. She is a deep sleeper, what do i do next?
She also has a tendency to wet her pants during the day and not know
Hi Christine, there are a number of reasons children wet the bed at night. Given that she is also experiencing issues with daytime toile…
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Is breathing through the mouth a cause of bedwetting in children?
Hi M.P., while deep sleeping is not a cause of bedwetting it certainly makes it much more difficult for children to wake in response to a…
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HI, my second child (a boy) was toilet trained day and night by 2 years, not a problem. Then when he started town kindy @ 4 years, he started having ‘accidents’ day and night (No. 1’s & 2’s, he also stopped talking for a year). It took a year, but finally
Hi D.K., it sounds very much like your son and daughter are experiencing secondary enuresis which occurs when a child has had proper cont…
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My son is 6 and has been wetting the bed since the age of 3. This is very much a genetic thing as my mother and I suffered from the same bed wetting condition. As a matter of convieniance we wake him up before we go to be ourselves and it results in a dr
Hi DB, we know that lifting to children in the toilet is really a form of management and does little in the way of helping children to st…
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My son is 6 1/2 years old. He has never been dry at night. He has worn dry nites ever since he outgrew nappies. He never wakes to go to the toilet. Often he is waking because the dry nites are so full they leak and he and the bed are wet. He seems to prod
Hi Louise – it really sounds like you are doing everything right. Rather than limiting dirnks you could try getting him to drink water …
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My 6.5 year old son has never been dry at night.
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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Hi. I have a 6 and half year old daughter. After a couple of years having dry nights 95% of the time, she has started to wet the bed most nights, sometimes having two accidents in one night. She may have one dry night in a fortnight. I started a full
Hi Michelle,stress certainly is a major contributor of secondary bedwetting and the fact that her return to nighttime wetting coincided w…
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my daughter has just turned 6, the longest she has gone dry at night time has been 10 days, then back to wetting everynight! she doesnt get drinks at night after at least 6pm, yet she wets everynight. it is most frustrating having to wash bedding etc eeev
Hi Tracy, one of the most frustrating things about bedwetting is there seems to be no clear explanation as to why it is happening, and of…
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Hi, my daughter is just about 7 and has wet pullups everynight. We have tried taking her to the toilet before we go to bed with no sucess. When she was about 4 she had a period of haing urine infections, she saw a specialist and this is now sorted. Wha
Hi Lee, given your daughter’s age and the potential impact her bedwetting is having on her self-esteem – now is the time to look into…
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Should I wake my child in the night to use the toilet?
Hi Carey, it is very common for parents to comment on their child wavering between periods of being dry then returning to bedwetting agai…
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My 6 year old son was been fully toilet trained since 2-3 years of age and hasn’t wet the bed for at least a year until Feb this year he gradually starting wetting at night and has now wet every night for a week?
It is not unusual for children to return to nighttime wetting at times of stress. The tricky thing about managing stress with young chil…
