8 year old who wets the bed (almost EVERY NIGHT!!!!!)

This problem is faced by many.Some children do this due to some problem.Have u shown him to doctor.My sister's daughter also has same problem.Doctor said that she will be fine after some age. Find out whether your child has some fear.U can also wake him up in the night then he can go to bathroom.At first consult a doctor.

Calm down mom. It's not uncommon for children of any age to wet the bed. Sometimes it may not be a health problem. In a general psychology course I was taking I learned that wetting the bed may be a sign of nervousness. He could be afraid or nervous about something at school. If he's not nervous about anything,and his health is o.k. then it's probably nothing. Please mom don't think your child is the only one. There are many.I know you are tired, but it will get better.

my little cousin who's 5 does this all the time non stop, my auntie just punishes him and refuses to give him any drinks after 6pm at night, a while before he goes to bed and now he soon stopped doing it!

I know someone who is already 17 years old but still wets his bed. He is a friend of mine during secondary years of school. He is energetic but that's his deepest secret that noone should know. It really fed up his self esteem and he also stinks. I want to help him but I also don't know the right thing to do. I want to help my friend but I just can't do anything. He said he can't control it. That's why as of now he is suffering from insomnia and he is really afraid to sleep. When he is being asked to sleep on a friend's house he will respond yes but he wont sleep or else he's into a big trouble. He might wet the bed of his friend's house. This sound freakin but it might happen to your child. I hope not.

hey just don't give him too much water or any liquid before he goes to bed... its because whatever you drink comes out almost two hours after taken.so left him drink what he wants 2 hours before bed.

My brother wet the bed till he was 22 and it drove my mom crazy. it was every night till he was 19 then it startedto slow down. my mom tried everything from alarms that wake him up but that didnt work it just woke everyone else in the house up. the doctor said he had a problem with falling into a deepsleep. and there is nothing we could do about it. i always felt sorry for him cause it was so embarresing. he could never go for sleepovers or camping with his friends. There are covers you can buy for that kind of problem. and every night make sure he cleans his bed. try a carpet shampooer for his bed and airfresheners. anther thing that might work is try to pase him on drinking and watch his bathroom habbits. If he drinks 6 glasses of water and only goes to washroom 2 times then try eqauling his habbits out. make sure every night he goes to the washroom before he goes to bed and make him fell comfortable about this problem because it is not his fault and just thing about what the poor little fellow is going through. if you haveany questions just ask. thanks mike

Make him sleep in the bathtub until he learns to quit messing around with you. This kid isn't even trying. True, children can be like 10 before their bladder matures enough to make it thru the night. However, this child is old enough to know that the plastic on his bed and the diapers are there to help him. The fact that he sleeps under the plastic and won't wear the diapers shows that he's just being defiant, and you have to get that under control before you can solve the wetting problem. I know you want to be a good mother, but sometimes in parenting you have to make some really hard decisions in order to be effective. This is one of those times. Find something pretty drastic that you can live with. Try getting him up every ten minutes all night to go to the bathroom. If he refuses, either force the issue or turn on the lights and do whatever so that he can't go back to sleep unless he uses the toilet. The way it is now, he's in control. You have to show him once and for all that you are the boss and that you are sick and tired of his behavior. Don't blame him for wetting, just for making no effort to help you with the problem.

Its an unfortunate situation, Unfortunately, I didn't stop wetting the bed at night til I was 12. My kids stopped at around 9. My youngest who is 4 is still in pull ups at night time. The only thing I could suggest is that you take him to the doctor and see what the doctor has to say. They also have night time pull-ups in stores. Its expensive and you might not be able to afford them, Its better and cheaper then having to throw out the matress.

My son is 6 years old and still wets the bed and the doctor told me that his bladder is still immature! So what I do is but him them oversize night pants and he has to wear them, She also checked him for lead posion because that can lead to that and also ahe told me to not give him nothing to drink an hour before he goes to bed. I hope this help but trust me I am going crazy over it because I also go through bed after bed thats why I make him were the goodnights! There is really nothing you can do they grow out of it!

Some kids just take a little longer to outgrow wetting the bed. It may take him another year or two? In the meantime I would take him to the doctor and make sure it's not anything physically wrong. In the meantime, why not try a zippered plastic cover that completely covers the mattress? You could also try the pullups or whatever they're called for older kids that have a wetting problem and just don't wake up to go to the bathroom. I'm sure your son is not being lazy or anything like that. Try to be as supportive and encouraging as you can. I'm sure this is playing havoc with his self esteem.

when you say you've used "plastic" are you talking about a plastic bed sheet OR are you talking about a wet mat(that absorbed liquid, its plastic on the bottom but cotton on top)..if you ARENT talking about a wet mat, try that and put your foot down with him in regards to NOT sleeping under it....here are some other suggestions (I've gone through this myself with one of my kids) - never scold him EVER...it is very possible that he truly cant help it and giving him hell for something out of his control isnt fair - monitor his drink intake throughout the day and especially from dinner on - make sure you remind him to go pee before getting into bed and in the middle of the night wake him up and take him to the bathroom - DONT put diapers on him!! he's 8 yrs old and that must be EXTREMELY embarrassing and demeaning for him..if he were younger that would be one thing but he is 8 - take him to the doctor and ask about a medicine called DESMOPRESSIN ACETATE..which works on the kidneys by controling or lessening the flow of urine - finally...be patient..I KNOW its frustrating all the laundry that has to be done, the smell that I'm sure has gotten stronger in his room etc but like i said it could very well be something out of his control rather than something he does on purpose....and though its none of my biz, is there anything that has happened in his life that has really upset him or any major changes etc that could be part of the problem?

What did the doctor suggest you do? My brother had a bed wetting problem until he was older than most kids. He had the alarm, it would go off in the middle of the night and wake everyone else in the house up but him. My mom finally took him to the doctor and they gave him some sort of steriod and from then on he never wet the bed again... Talk to your doctor see what he says.

First off take your kid to the doctors. . .there could be much more going on. Your child could have a small bladder and need woke up during the night. You could buy nighttime pull-ups for your child and then you wouldn't have to worry about buying a new mattress. The way you worded this, I feel so sorry for your child -- you sound like one of the meanest parents. . .I could not imagine making my child clean up their own mess. . . .Oh and don't think I don't know what your going through, I have a 5 year old who is incontinent -- can't control bowels or bladder-- but I was a parent and had her checked out. It's this type of parenting that makes me Sick

its bad.. but try this.. bfr he goes to bed u bettr tk him 2 pee.. also mk him 2 drink some water bfr half an hour to the time he goes 2 bed

well it happens when i was small i also used to wet bed but as the age goes this also habit goes away

I think its is mental problem. So case is in his sub-consious mind which makes him frightened. So that he has the problem to hold on. Psycheatrists can help u out in that case. Pls contact them as early as possible :)

one of my friend had similar problem with his urinal part.....he used to wet bed mostly every next night.i ll tell you one excercise that will surely help...but that will take time. first of all sit on your knuckles. then try to push the portion of butt to touch to the ground b/w legs.this will stretch alot.do it slow. do it quite a few times or repeat that few times. then stop..this small excercise will help and will show results very soon.

Oh,No! I guess by this discussion I am going to be in it for a while. My son just turned 5 years old and wets the bed. I have as well tried cutting back his fluids,waking him during the night to go,night pants,(he tears off anyway)and the plastic thing(which he makes a hole in and sleeps UNDER to.I thought something may just be wrong with him because my 2 daughters did not do this. They were both fully pottytrained by age 2. I guess I am glad to see it is not only him, but it does indeed get frusterating to keep buying mattress afer mattress. What I did for his 5th birthday (as it REALLY got to stinking in there) I removed his bed and replaced it with one of those airmattress that just go on the floor and raise up. Although he pees the bed almost every night I can at least wipe it down so it doesn't stink.

Actually in younger age this problem is not fixable (as I think it) u just patiently do ur duty, after some years he will stop it, beleive me there is no 100% cure for it, instead if u try hard madically it can put negative effects that are there in various medicines !

I use to have this worry my son was about 5 or 6 and still wetting his pants. I was told by someone to stop making a scene about it, how many people do you know who are adults and still wet the bed. So I stopped talking about it and worrying about it he stopped not long after that.