Absolutely worn out, two bed wetters - please help!!

HippyChick bed protectors were the best : pricey but both soft and effective.

We used that trick of layering the bedding to make nighttime accidents less arduous: protector, sheet, protector, sheet. So in the night you just strip off the wet sheet and protector to a dry sheet beneath. Doesn't help with the washing but makes for slightly more sleep in the night.

It's hard. Best of luck to you.

Dry nites = 💤

I also kept my kids in night time nappies until they were consistently dry. I can't deal with changing bed sheets so often

I would focus on just making sure they are dry during the day, if they are. Brilliant. Just pop a nappy / night time pant pull up on them and wait for their body to take over. They are still very little

Honestly? As a dr (admittedly not urology) id just like to say that it’s a Hormone issue so there is absolutely nothing wrong with your lovely children, they just don’t have the hormones yet to be dry at night, it’s completely normal. Just pop them in dry nites / get in touch with your dr if you are worried that it might be a long term issue but look at the Eric website and don’t stress

We used this with both our children https://amzn.eu/d/5etpb3F worked straight away with the eldest 9, the 7 year still has the occasional accident, both suspected ND.

Constipation can affect things, so maybe check that’s not compounding things.

It’s very normal to not be dry at night at those ages. I’d recommend using pull ups so that everyone gets a good night sleep and you reduce the amount of washing.

Time definitely helps. Some children just take many more years than others to be dry at night and there’s often not much you can do that’ll be successful until their bodies are ready.

My youngest was 9, also has adhd. I asked the GP for a referral to the paediatric incontinence service and the referral guidelines insist on trialling an alarm for a month first.

I was utterly convinced an alarm would do nothing, but tried one of the pants-alarms and it worked!! Took a couple of weeks, and we.all hated being wrenched from sleep multiple times a night, but he's been dry since!

I got the alarm kit second hand on ebay, then sold it on after.

Bed pants… They go up to age 14 i think

None of my children were ND and they all were dry at night late. One of them was 9. Youngest was maybe 5. Night nappies. We did use an alarm for the 9 year old because he wanted to go on school camp.

The alarm worked really well. It meant he would wake up to go to the toilet. Iirc he stopped getting up in the night at about 11, which is when I guess the magic hormone kicks in. So I guess you have 2 choices, use an alarm so they learn the trigger to wake up, or wait fir the night time hormone.

I’m sorry, it was a long time ago, I forget the name of the alarm. But the trick was to LEAP out of bed as soon as you heard it, and be able to wake your child mid-wee. Took about 2 weeks I think.

We have a six year old who wears pull ups at night. Alarm abandoned. Just a case of waiting for the hormone.
Sending a hand hold.

Solidarity here, my 9 year old ND is the same and her sister appears to be going the same way.

We've been through Eric and the Drs, tried literally everything but there is nothing to be done until the hormone kicks in which can be anytime up to 15. Both mine wear nighttime pull-ups for thier age (available in Tesco on the shelf to highlight that this is standard and way more normal than you think)

We've done everything with alarms and refusing intake and wees and lifting and none of it makes any difference.

We use a mattress protector sheet, bed pad then a normal fitted sheet but still end up doing the beds when it floods at least twice a week.

It varies by area but my gp has now done a referral for an ultrasound for the eldest once she turned 9 to check everything looks ok and it isn't a medical issue but the fact she's dry in the day says it's probably fine and we just have to wait it out.

It's exhausting.

This is a wonderful charity and there is a lot of good information here eric.org.uk/childrens-bladders/bedwetting/