Any suggestions on bedwetting? my 5 and 7 yr old both wet the bed every night!?

Make them wear big kids diapers to bed. Don't let them have anything to drink after 6 pm. Practice peeing during the day...During a pee break, make them hold their pee for a few seconds a few times during one pee. This sounds gross but it works. It strengthens the muscles. I had this problem when I was a kid, but I grew out of it when I was about 10. Good luck.

i think your best bet is after 6 PM dont allow them to drink anything. right before they go to bed make them go potty then set your alarm for 3 AM or around then and wake them up and make them try to go do this for a week or so and then they will get in the habit of wakeing up them selves to go

If they are still wetting the bed, I bet it has nothing to do with their bladder control. My guess is they are scared to death about every decision in their life and are going to continue functioning as toddlers as long as they're shown they are "stupid, clumsy, and good for nothing."


I could be wrong, I don't know you or them.

What my friend does with her daughter who is 5 years old, is make sure she goes to the bathroom before she goes to bed. My brother his daughter is 4 years old and he wakes her up in the middle of the night to go just to make sure they don't wet the bed

don't let them drink anything 3 hrs before bedtime, wake them up in the middle of the night to go, and encourage them when they do go a night without wetting the bed.

Hi there,
First lets assume that there has not been any circumstance of trauma or stress to your children. I would ask them if they are scared to go to the toilet at night ( Is there enough light for them to see?). Next is there any noises that may scare them during the night ie... does the house settle? Creaking noises. Perhaps a branch touching a window etc... In my experience most bed wetting is caused by a child's fear of going to the toilet at night. You could try to help by letting them call you when they need to go. If you have an en-suite, let them use it. or tell them that they can go together at night. This will probably help until they grow out of it. I hope this helps.
Best Regards, ANG

I had a bedwetting problem as a child up until I was in 6th grade. Then one day my parents asked me to start doing an excercise like what Anna suggested above. Everytime you go to the bathroom, pause and hold your urine a few times during the process. After I started practicing that, I never wet the bed again. It really worked for me even though all my friends made fun of me for doing it. It's easier to be made fun of for something like that though than to live with the fear that your school friends will find out you are still wetting the bed.

I had this problem up until I was about 10 years old. I simply didn't wake up. I would dream I had to go really bad, that I was actually somewhere using the toilet, then I would wake up when I got wet--too late. My mother finally started waking me up in the middle of the night, and had me go to the bathroom. She also didn't let me drink water before bed, and made sure I emptied my bladder before bed. It seemd to work. Others in my extended family have been the same way. Could it be genetic?

A lot of children aged 5 to 7 wet the bed. Many children just haven't developed the "brain-bladder" connection and need help conditioning the body to control the muscles in the bladder at night. A bedwetting alarm is the most effective cure for bedwetting.

A bedwetting alarm is a small moisture sensing alarm that, after a period of weeks, can teach children to control the muscles in the bladder and sleep dry at night. Children with bedwetting are very sound sleepers so the alarm helps to alert them when they are wetting.

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1) make sure they have seen a doctor recently and have no underlying problems (most children are fine)
2) get a bedwetting alarm (I recommend the Malem brand)
3) be patient and persistent using the alarm (they work by gradually conditioning your child to learn to wake to a full bladder)
4) ignore everyone who tells you to "let them grow out of it", "restrict fluids at night" and "just let them wear diapers)
5) when in doubt, re-read this list