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it isnt classed as bedwetting until they are 7 |
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by apwed  (October 2006) (rank 500+) |
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my daughter is five 1/2 (six in January) and every nite the dry nite pants are still wet... I asked my Doctor about it and she said they don't actually class them as bed wetters until they are 7 then they will investigate and help. From a lot of
information i read that the stopping the drinks and getting them up and taking to the toilet doesn't really help the matter as it's the bladder that needs to be trained to learn how to hold large volumes of fluid. The information recommended that if needed to go someone even if long trip don't make them go toilet before you go so they have to hold on until you can make it to toilet get them to drink a bit during the day and try and hold on as strengthening the bladder and training the bladder is a better option. but can't say if this method helps as my daughter at school all day most days so hard to get her to hang on. For us I kind of figure take it as it goes as for her all of hubbys family are bed wetters so she got no chance and it was one of them things that finally grew out of. Some it can be just a lazy thing or scared of the dark thing but others it is an heridetry thing. Me my option is im going to go back to just knickers in summer and see if feeling the wet bed helps I won't stop drinks as don't make any difference other than my daughter waking in middle of night crying she is thirsty and having a drink then instead. I'm just finger crossing hoping for best and then if that don't work getting medical advice when she is 7yrs old. So basically i wouldn't stress too much about it as your stressing and if trying to push for it can actually make it worse for them.. The other thing we attempted was the sticker system which five nights dry at any stage resulted in a present this worked a couple of times but found it could really upset her when she wasn't dry and got no stickers each child is different try the things you feel comfortable with and don't stress even if they are 7yrs old and still wetting!
my daughter is just 5 and wets the bed 2 out of 5 nights. I have found that stopping drinks from about one hour before bed really works because its the nights that I give in and give her a drink that she wets the bed. It wont hurt her to not have a drink all night, i just give her one when she wakes up with breaky. I also uses the sticker reward system but that didnt last very long because her and her 2 yr old sister kept finding the sticker and using them alll up. :)
