My daughter is 6 and still wets the bed infrequently.

Kids cannot control it. So giving stickers, rewards etc won't likely help.

I get my daughter up most nights before I go to bed, but often she's already wet the bed by the time I get there. Or she will later in the night despite my efforts.

My daughter is a heavy sleeper. By the time she lets herself fall asleep she's so tired nothing will wake her up. She sometimes gets up and wanders to the living room becuase she needs the bathroom but is completly unaware of what is going on. In the morning I will ask her about getting up and she will have no memory of getting up.

The alarm might work to teach her to get up on her own and use the toilet. I may try that as I too am sometimes experated by having to change the sheets frequently.

Other advice is see your doctor. They will check the child for infection. but I wouldn't give my child any of the medications as they are only for symptoms and don't teach the child how to stay dry at night/get up and use the bathroom and that is the long term answer.

my son has just become dry.

Do not use dry nights as they make it worse. this is from my specialist. If your child is over 6 then see your gp and get refered to a peadi and see a urologist. get the mat, or get the alarm from the chemist or ebay. my pref is the mat as it will not come undo. My son is Autistic and he was dry in 3 weeks. we have just had his 14th night of dry nights,

Also read my advice on it  http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/9446/Bed-wetting-and-ways-to-cope-Things-NOT-to-do/

it basicly goes into what we have had to do.

i had the same problem with my 8 year old daughter. i spoke to the district school nurse recommended by the teacher and we were lent a bed pad alarm. the slightest bit of wee would send it off. she would have to get up turn it off then go to the toilet to finish then turn alarm on go back to bed. Problem was solved after a couple of weeks  with no relapses

hi there,

 try not giving her a drink an hour or an hour and a half before she goes to bed and make sure she goes to the toilet before bed, try leaving a small light on in the toilet incase she wakes threw the night she can just get up and go, i did this and it works.

all the best

I would pretty much say what everyone else has.  I've done all star charts taking a specisl toy or game of the child, no drinks after tea and woken them up b4 i go to bed, I also made one of my daughters sleep in her wet bed for a few nights as she wet everynight, she soon realised that it was smelly and sometimes still a bit wet and we left the toilet light on for her every second night and it didnt take long b4 she didnt have a wet bed, these are all great ideas and I do hope one of them work for you.

I had a sister that still wet the bed at times when she was 15, some children do have week bladders, if you are realy concerned I would suggest a chat with your local Dr.

Lee x

I don't have any real personal experience, but my brother had terrible trouble with his son up till the age of 8. He seemed to not care about it either, out of shear frustration my brother lost it and told his son that he would not be allowed to play the xbox for a week! My nephew was devestated, that night he made it through dry, my brother was so impressed he gave back the xbox privillages my nephew then made it through 5 nights in a row dry. An accident here and there my brother didn't worry about but if it seemed that my nephew didn't seem to care again then he would take something away. This has been a year now and there has been no problem since.

Please know that this is just one situation your daughter may be completely different just thought I'd write in what worked for my brother! Good Luck!!!

She probably cannot help it, or control it...One of my elder son's mates (who is 11) still wets the bed a few times a week, and he is mighty embarrassed by it, but he cannot control it for some reason..

Have you tried setting an alarm clock for every 3 hours or so, so that way she gets used to waking up to go to the toilet? I know it may be a real hassle for you to get up every few hours, but hopefully after a week or two of it, your daughter will wake on her own and go to the toilet on her own at night....

Try a chart where if she gets up dry she receives a sticker and if she gets say 5 or 7 in a row of dry night she could get a small gift/toy.  Once she has reached 7 in a row up it to 14 days and she could get a gift of greater value or a special outting.  A friend of mine bought her son a Wii if he could go for 14 days but if he wets again he looses the Wii until he getsa dry night again.  I know we t like to reward simple things but sometimes we have to.

Also I find either cutting out all drinks after dinner or get your child up to go to the toilet just as your going to bed.

Hope these can help good luck