bed wetting

[Guest]

Lots of wet beds in our house doctors found nothing wrong is it wrong for older children to wear nappies

[Guest]

Isn't a "nappie" a diaper with the tabs and such that lay flat to change a babe's bottom, or do you call any sort of absorbant pant a nappie?

I had a friend years ago with a 12 year old boy that still wet the bed. His 9 year old brother and 5 year old sister NEVER teased him about it. His parents simply bought some of those pants that pull on and off easily and stored them in his bottom drawer. My friend was a bit worried about it because of his age, but only confided in me and neither she nor her husband ever acted alarmed when he did wet the bed. After he turned 12 though, they tried a different tactic, one that usually takes a hit for it's appropriateness -- but, it worked. They told him one day that every day he woke up dry, they would give him $1. Yes folks...bribery. Within a little over a month, he had stopped wetting. They gave him a bonus. He got the video game he was saving for. He was finally able to have a sleepover. Things worked out!

(I have to admit, I did the same thing when my daughter was still sucking her thumb at age 5 when sleeping. We promised her the Barbie dreamhouse if she could wake up without a soppy thumb for 2 weeks, and it was over!)

Now granted, it could have just been "about time".

(Roger, hilarious!! )

[Guests]

Have 2 bedwetters and nappies are used nightly. Neither of them is upset about nappies being put on at bedtime. Bedwetting runs in both families and cousins are also in nappies at nightimes. In our families it is not wrong for older children to have nappies on in bed.

[Guest]

Have 2 bedwetters and nappies are used nightly. Neither of them is upset about nappies being put on at bedtime. Bedwetting runs in both families and cousins are also in nappies at nightimes. In our families it is not wrong for older children to have nappies on in bed.

Do your children go to sleepovers with their friends?

[Guests]

Yes they do go on sleepovers and Dry Nites are worn on those occasions. They know how to deal with the matter privately.

[gorman]

Have 2 bedwetters and nappies are used nightly. Neither of them is upset about nappies being put on at bedtime. Bedwetting runs in both families and cousins are also in nappies at nightimes. In our families it is not wrong for older children to have nappies on in bed.

This is dysfunctional.

[Guest]

Have 2 bedwetters and nappies are used nightly. Neither of them is upset about nappies being put on at bedtime. Bedwetting runs in both families and cousins are also in nappies at nightimes. In our families it is not wrong for older children to have nappies on in bed.

This is dysfunctional.

Are you speaking as a parent gorman? A psychologist? A school counselor? A child?

Are you coming from any kind of educated perspective?

Or maybe just a judgemental a**?

[katiekool]

Have 2 bedwetters and nappies are used nightly. Neither of them is upset about nappies being put on at bedtime. Bedwetting runs in both families and cousins are also in nappies at nightimes. In our families it is not wrong for older children to have nappies on in bed.

This is dysfunctional.

Why do you say this? About 1 in 7 five-year-olds and 1 in 20 ten-year-olds still wet the bed. Also, as the poster pointed out, it is hereditary. Parents will deal with this in different ways. Some are prepared to change bed linen on a daily basis. Others decide it more practical to get their children to wear protection to save on washing and prevent them having to sleep in a wet bed. Many parents have found that a bedwetting alarm helps. Although generally termed nappies usually Drynite pyjama pants or re-usable absorbent briefs are usually worn by older children in order to give them a degree of independence. I don't believe these children were being put into babies nappies if that is what you thought.

[guest7666]

I know this seems out of know wheres and I don't know your kid, but I wonder from my own theory if kids with wetting the bed are lucid dreamers or dyslectic. I guess it's normal for dyslectic kids to wet the bed (from only a side effect). There is more dyslectic people out there then people think. Albert Einstein is dyslectic and many other famous people (can't think of wich right now).

If it's none of the above posts then I wonder if there is testing for dyslexia for kids.

[Guest]

Have 2 bedwetters and nappies are used nightly. Neither of them is upset about nappies being put on at bedtime. Bedwetting runs in both families and cousins are also in nappies at nightimes. In our families it is not wrong for older children to have nappies on in bed.

This is dysfunctional.

so in other words, you were a bedwetter then, eh gorman?

[Cassey]

Have 2 bedwetters and nappies are used nightly. Neither of them is upset about nappies being put on at bedtime. Bedwetting runs in both families and cousins are also in nappies at nightimes. In our families it is not wrong for older children to have nappies on in bed.

This is dysfunctional.

Why do you say this? About 1 in 7 five-year-olds and 1 in 20 ten-year-olds still wet the bed. Also, as the poster pointed out, it is hereditary. Parents will deal with this in different ways. Some are prepared to change bed linen on a daily basis. Others decide it more practical to get their children to wear protection to save on washing and prevent them having to sleep in a wet bed. Many parents have found that a bedwetting alarm helps. Although generally termed nappies usually Drynite pyjama pants or re-usable absorbent briefs are usually worn by older children in order to give them a degree of independence. I don't believe these children were being put into babies nappies if that is what you thought.

Having run across this forum while looking for something else i decided to comment.
I grew up wetting the bed and mum had me wearing terries and plastic pants to bed each night to keep things dry. I hated being nappied each night at bedtime but mum insisted saying that it was nothing I could help and would outgrow it eventually. She made every effort to keep my wetting a secret and generally kept the nappies and plastic pants out of sight. One day however my aunt and my cousins stopped by for a quick moment and one of my cousins went to use the bathroom and saw my plastic pants that were hanging there to dry. She called me "babypants" and taunted me with "Casey wets the bed, Casey wets the bed, Casey wears babypants, Casey wets the bed." My aunt told her to stop right away and she would be dealt with when they got home. But that was the only time anyone ever knew I was a bedwetter.
So while know bedwetters may wear disposable pants or reusable pants, before this we had to wear nappies and plastic pants and I was not the only one! I know this for a fact.

[wombles]

Alarms under the age of 7 very rarely work, over this age you can usually get them from the school nurse.

Pull ups or similar are fine - adults with enuresis wear them, what shouldn't happen is that the child is put into nappies as a way of humiliating them into better bladder control - it wont work.

There are 3 main reasons why children wet the bed
1. Small bladders (usually because of poor daytime drinking habits)
2. Too much urine - most hereditory bed wetting is down to not producing enough of a hormone called ADH - medicines can be given to replace this missing hormone - it doesnt cure the bedwetting - but makes it go away so long as the medicine is taken.
3. Brain not listening to the signals from the bladder - this is a maturity thing and why alarms (which basically act like pavlovs bell with the dogs) work to enhance the child's awareness of their bladder.

Other reasons are diabetes and waterworks infections (though not in that order)

[chineze]

You can the read the full article at: http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/yin-and-yang/Bed+Wetting-317.html

try dry nites they wont stop it but it looks like pants so you can still do sleepovers and camping ect goodluck