How do you stop a 4 yr old peeing the bed at night?

My brother wet the bed until he was approx 15 yrs old. My mum used to put a sheet of thick clear plastic on his bed the type that you use for table covers. Nowadays you can hire an alarm that is fitted to the bed and goes off when they wet the bed here in Australia. I think that wetting the bed is because the child dosn't get the message to wake up, and or it is a psycological thing. Talk to your Dr and see what he has to say, sorry i couldnt be of more help and i hope that you get the info that your after.

I know how stressful this stage is, both for you and for your step-daughter. My daughter is 5, and we are also going through the same problem. We can only do so much to help them. At this age some children can't hold their bladders. And some sleep too soundly they don't even care to wake up when they want to urinate. Anyway, what we do is set our alarm clock. It goes off at midnight, and if we're lucky our daughter hasn't wet the bed yet, then we take her to the toilet and let her pee. It also helps to limit liquid intakes when it is almost bedtime. And make sure she urinates before she goes to sleep. good luck to us. Hopefully, they will eventually learn to get up by themselves soon. For the meantime, let's just do everything we can to help them. :P

I hate to say this but she IS only 4....cut her some slack...buy a mattress protector and do things like cut back on her drinks at night and wake her up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom...other than that I would make such a huge deal of it really because you could very well give her a complex about it...some kids wet into their preteens and teen yrs..considering she is just a little one I would give her some time ya know.

try this one out... avoid giving her anything to drink just hours before she goes to bed. also, let her pee before she goes to bed. the normal cycle of "peeing time" is between 4 to 6 hours, you might want to wake her up after those hours when she's already asleep. it will be annoying for her in a few nights but when shes used to it she'll get the hang of it.

i know its a pain,just show her love a affection.we all went through it.just dont rememberit.try not letting her have any thing to drink a few hours before bed time.if she has been asleep a few hours before you go to bed ,wake her up an make her go.remember dont make her feel belittled about it its natural.good luck

i think she's too young but its a good thing that you are noticing this problem as early as now.its a good thing to seek your doctor's help on this problem. perhaps you've done this already but it would be better if you remind your child to pee first before she goes to bed.also not to let her drink water an hour before she sleeps. this actually worked for my nephew who stopped pee-ing in the night when he was six.

I would try a pull up of some sort. I would also try having no liquids after dinner. Have your child go to the bathroom before bedtime. You might even try waking the child up in the middle of the night once or twice. Some children just sleep so hard in the night that they don't wake up. Another thing...Does your child get naps in. They say you're child isn't ready to give up a nap if they sleep too hard to wake up in the night. Good Luck! =0)