“What should I do for my son's bedwetting?”
My son wets the bed often, and I feel like he's a little too old to still experience them. He's 11 years old, and I want to help him. What can we do to help him stop?
2 Answers
Some children do not stop bet wetting until puberty. The most common reason is lack of DDAVP a hormone the body makes naturally. Some children do not make enough until they are older so they wet as much at night as they do during the day. There is replacement therapy with a pill until the child makes it on his own., There has also been success with alarms. These can be ordered online
Stop fluid intake after dinner or 7.00 pm which ever is earlier. Wake him 2 hours after going to bed to urinate. I these simple measures fail then try & use a bedwetting alert. Best value is the "Wet-stop", available at Amazon or via the internet. Mechanism is identical to the more expensive alarms. There is a season which clips onto underpants just in front of penis which connects to a buzzer/vibrator which clips onto t-shirt or PJ top. Arlarm sounds as soon as sensor is activated. Sensor must be opened & button on buzzer/vibrator pressed to silence it. Parent needs to do this if child does not wake to do it himself. Principle is that brain eventually senses that there was a sensation of bladder fullness & thus need to urinate prior to alarm sounding off. Success rate of alarm is about 70%. Try it for 6 weeks. Also continue for 4 - 6 weeks after child is dry, this reduces possible relapse rate. Medication with Desmopressin (DDAVP) can be tried if above measures have not succeeded.
