How did you get your little ones to not wet the bed?

I think bedwetting is one thing you cannot stop. Most times bedwetting comes during the sleep at night and it is not before the sleep or after the sleep. The children most times does it involuntary. Well try to explain the children and award them with some gifts of rewards if they does not bedwet a day. I would suggest you to put some room freshners and perfume sticks in the room so as to avoid the odor of urine in the bed. I think even if you cut down sugar, caffeine, pop, water etc to some extend they might continue to bed wet. I would suggest you to take to a child specialist as you have taken to your doctor. The child specialist most probably might have dealed with the cases like this and might have some suggestions. Otherwise you might have to wait for couple of days or months until they automatically stop doing it. Try to ask them go to bathroom just 30 minutes before bed and just 2 minutes before bed. Hope this might stop the bed wetting to some extend.

have you taken your child to a urologist? sometimes their bladder just does not grow as fast as the rest of their bodies, and therefore cannot hold a lot of urine. sometimes they prescribe a nasal spray that actually works great. i think too if its psycological, then the spray will give them the confidence.

I'm no expert since I don't even have kids but my aunt had this particular way of doing it for her child. She'd have the child go or practically forces the child to pee (lol) right before bedtime. And then at times she would wake up her child at wee hours of the morning to take her to the bathroom. That worked for her, so you might consider trying it to. Kids have little bladder control so I don't think rewards can help since rewarding them for something they cannot yet control can be frustrating for kids specially when they don't get the reward.

I had no problem with my daughter, but the same problem as you with my son. I just got sick of washing sheets and pads everyday so I went back to diapers at night. Pull ups leak and he doesn't mind so right now I am just dealing with it that way. The doctors checked him out and didn't find anything wrong or signs of diabetes. Try not to get frustrated, so many people have the same problem. I tried all the tricks and he just doesn't wake up to go or in the morning waits too long.

well peedielyn i was very young when i use to wet my bed i even dun clearly remember what measures my mom use to take to stop me from making da bed wet,anyways i think this is a period thru which most childrens go and then in near future they do stop.

How old are your children? My sister wet the bed until she reached puberty. My daughter really only toilet trained shortly before she was 4, but when she did, she never, ever wet the bed. I understand from my doctor that the ability to not wet the bed is a physical developmental issue. So every child has a particular time when the part of their body that regulates whether they are able to hold it in all night is developed or not. You just can't change the timing of when that happens. Before it happens, they are not physically able to make it through the night. Afterwards, they can. I think I believe your doctor, who is saying you have to wait it out. Just because your brother had to go until he was 12 doesn't mean you are going to have to wait it out too! My niece also had trouble with bedwetting and my sister bought a mattress protector to try and minimize the damage to the mattress. I sympathize with your frustration with the odors - it is difficult! However, your kids will outgrow this! Good luck! My good wishes are with you!

Wetting the bed is perfectly normal in kids. If you have tried all of the things you said then there really is nothing else you can do and it is probably a developmental thing. They just aren't ready to be dry at night yet. My 6yo son and 5yo daughter both wet the bed and I have just had to come to terms with that. They both wear pull-ups at night and if they don't they will completely soak their sheets and clothes and it is a pain to keep washing all that stuff (especially when I didn't have a washer of my own). I'd rather just buy the pull-ups and wait it out. Our doctor said there is nothing wrong with them and it is normal, especially for boys, to wet the bed until they are 7 or 8 and sometimes beyond. My kids happen to be really heavy sleepers so they don't wake up in the middle of the night when they have to go. My oldest (who is 7 now) never had the problem. She was staying dry at night long before she learned to use the potty (she was dry at night before she even turned 2 but didn't potty train until she was 3). I would stop pressuring them and treat them like normal because you are going to make them feel like it is their fault when they have no control over wetting the bed while they are asleep. The only time my kids get scolded is if they knowingly go to bed without their pull-ups on and wet because they know better that they have to wear them.

You're doctor is right. There isn't a whole lot that you can do besides what you have already tried. You can't scold them into not wetting the bed. I'm not sure weather it's because of a smaller bladder or they just sleep so hard that they don't wake up when the urge strikes. What I do know, is that it is different for each kid. You should put waterproof matress covers on their beds. That will help prevent them from ruining matresses. I'd say stick with the pull ups if you can't stand the smell or the cleanup. I know that I HATED dealing with wet sheets in the middle of the night, but bed wetting wasn't something I could cure. It is just something that they outgrow eventually. I've heard of some cases where the person had the issue until well into their teens. If you met the boy, you'd never guess. I only know because his dad was pretty open about the situation. Not to humiliate him, but as a testiment to his son's ability to deal with the situation when it came to sleepovers with his friends.

you must try to urinate him before going to bed...& not to give him to much water especially @ night. :-)