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Q: Bed Wetting Problems

asked by: angelinhiseyes2007 on January 5th, 2008

Experienced User

ok i am at my whits end... i live with 5 kids that are not mine as you know and well the all have their own beds but you know its getting hard lately becuase the 3 youngest pee their beds alot and dont tell anyone until its time for bed or until a few days later... they are already on a cut off time for drinks before bed and they all are mad to go to the bathroom before bed so how do i stop the bed wetting??? i really need help becuase well my mother in law doesnt do anything but yell and scream and she doesnt have back up sheets for their beds which is absolutly rediculace if you ask me.. i am sick of it i am 34 weeks pregnant and cant dedala with the pee smell and i can bend over to make their beds all the time they have bunk beds and its hard for me to lift the mattress and make it alone... i need advice... Sad

Replies(12)

ladylee70

replied on January 5th, 2008

Extremely eHealthy

I don't think yelling and screaming is the answer for the whole bed wetting.

How old are the kids?

angelinhiseyes2007

replied on January 5th, 2008

Experienced User

i know what you mean i cant seem to get that through her head.. they are9 8 6 5 4.. i dunno what to do about it... i mean i cant really limit them to no drinking before bed because they eat so early... i dunno what to do.. i think that if their mother were here it would help they have no stability with her coming and going the way she does...

ladylee70

replied on January 5th, 2008

Extremely eHealthy

Who is having the accidents?? I am just wondering if they children are extremely heavy sleepers. That is one possible cause (from what I just read).

I wish I had advice but my child is four years old and still wears a diaper at bedtime. He is such a heavy sleeper and literally wouldn't even wake up with a really loud alarm by his ear. I know other children his age who have been potty trained at night for quite a while. I hope someone on here has some advice for you.

I just looked up on DrGreene - Primary nocturnal enuresis. There is some good information but no advice. I would check that out and perhaps you can have a discussion with your mother in law. What she is doing to the kids is very determintal as you probably know. They can't help it.

angelinhiseyes2007

replied on January 6th, 2008

Experienced User

they are 6 5 and 4 and the only one that is a heavy sleeper is the 6 year old.. they younger 2 wake up with someone just walking down the hallway..

sillyakchick

replied on January 6th, 2008

Extremely eHealthy

Geneva is 6 and occasionally wets the bed at night if she has something to drink after 7 pm. She goes to bed at 8:30 and pees before bed. Sometimes she balks at my request to go to the BR, but I just ask her if she likes peeing in her bed and she says no and goes to the bathroom. I keep a special pad on her bed in case she does wet the bed, so it wont make her matress reek (I can't stand the smell of urine). Also, if she does make a mess, she has to be the one to clean it up, wash the sheets, and help make her bed. I don't know if this helps you, but there's my advice (also, if they aren't your children, maybe the one in charge of them should care for them)

Becky

replied on January 6th, 2008

Especially eHealthy

prehaps a waterproof mattress protector or those sleep pants

http://www.drynites.com/uk/

i don't know if you have them where you are though

angelinhiseyes2007

replied on January 6th, 2008

Experienced User

we have sleep pads on the beds but thats not the problem the problem is them peeing the bed not telling us and us not having back up sheets for them... the other problem is the fact that i live here and i have to be the one that deals with it because like i said in previouse posts, i live with them and my mother in law and she works 12 hours a day 7 days a week and my husband works 12-15 hours per night 6-7 days a week... i just dont have the energy to deal with it all right now.. we are working on getting our own place but Avy will be here before we get it...

sillyakchick

replied on January 6th, 2008

Extremely eHealthy

That sounds really frustrating. I'm sorry you have to deal with it.

angelinhiseyes2007

replied on January 6th, 2008

Experienced User

it is frustrating i just wish we could get it solved...

lipsimadmum

replied on February 24th, 2009

New User

poor you

I know how awful it is, my son it 8 and still pees the bed...we have tried everything, he just doesn't seem to wake up. I have returned to him wearing sleep pants as it's just not possible for me to change sheets and quilts every day, I have 3 quilts for him and I still run out before they dry! I think you should put them in sleep pants, as well as giving them a rest from the yelling of your mother in law, it will increase their self confidance if they don't have to hide a wet bed every morning, just the fact that they are going to lenghts to hide it shows that they are ashamed. And of course you wont have to change the beds every day!

joeys

replied on October 1st, 2009

New User

Since bedwetters are generally deep sleepers I recommend using a bed alarm. That worked for me growing up.

joeys

replied on October 1st, 2009

New User

Since bedwetters are generally deep sleepers I recommend using a bed alarm. That worked for me growing up. I found this link with some posted here: http://www.vitalitymedical.com/vitalitymed ical.storefront/4ac527cd0044e9e7271dd8b190 2c06eb/Search/Display

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