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liamsmum
liamsmum | August 10th

Bed wetting at 4 years old

Hi everyone....my 4 year old boy still wets the bed everynight. He has been toilet trained during the day since he was 2 but no matter what I do we can't seem to get thru the night without wetting. He has nothing to drink after 6pm, goes to the toilet right before bed which is generally 8-8.30 but sleeps very deeply. Just wondering if anyone has any advice ???

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smsjs
August 11th | smsjs
Re: Bed wetting at 4 years old

I'm not sure that this will help everyone, but it helped me.

I had the same trouble with my youngster (while in a previous relationship - the youngster was not my son, but I raised him from 3 months to almost 5 years) for some months.

After talking with the doctor, friends and my family, I tried reducing the fluid intake in the the last hour before setting my boy down for the night. I made sure that my boy didn't drink much for about 40 minutes before he went to bed and made sure he did a wee before he was placed in bed.

Kids need to learn to identify ones own bodies tell-tale signs that we need to use the toilet. It can take a while for them to learn, but they will eventually learn. So to help them not have an accident do as I mentioned earlier and reduce the volume of fluids that they take in before going to bed, and make sure they have a decent pee just prior to hopping in bed.

The human body processes fluids quite rapidly, often around an hour after drinking, a person (child or adult) will feel the urge to pee. So lowering the fluid intake for an hour prior to going to bed will certainly lower the chances of your child wetting the bed. You should find this will certainly reduce the frequency of bed wetting, if not putting a halt to it quite quickly.

If your child requires a warm drink to get sleepy, give it to them an hour early, encourage them to have some quiet time and have a story read, or a quiet play with their favorite toys (if quiet play is possible). again, make sure they use the toilet and actually pee, just before going to bed and hopefully they will sleep through without wetting the bed again....

 



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Rukia
August 11th | Rukia
Re: Bed wetting at 4 years old

if you go to my profile there is advice on there for it..

But that is for a 6 year old.

depending on where you live depends on when you are able to get into to get help for him.

my 5 year old still wets the bed.

go online like ebay and look up bed wetting alarms. they are worth the cost. we have 1 for our daugther adn just need to get a new battery.

Pull ups are good as much as I hate them. (save on washing)

if you are handy and can sew go to your local fabric store (not spotlight if you are in australia) and ask for a product called PUL it is water proof and then get some groovy fleese or material and make a small cot size blanket ( a few would be best and place that of a night under his waist.

sadly as I found out when our kids go to sleep the little buzza that wakes them up doesnt function and needs to be re activated. this is where alarms come in well. it worked for my son who has autism.



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soozntone
August 10th | soozntone
Re: Bed wetting at 4 years old

 I wish I had the answers to this one..  My 5 1/2 yr old is the same..  I have seen a doctor and they will not refer him on to the next step until he is 7..

Good Luck



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