Wet at night 6years old

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Ds 6 still wet at night and in pull ups. DR has said lift him at night ( out of cabin bed- fun!) And do star charts for 6 months then go back to him if no improvement.

Anyone had experience of this?

Have a look at the ERIC website.
www.eric.org.uk/how-to-stop-or-manage-bedwetting

My son wet until age 13. Nothing made a difference. He just became dry suddenly.

In the same situation. We decided to try without pull ups about two months ago as I was worried he was just getting used to staying in bed rather than being motivated to get up 😂. It’s worked better than I thought and he’s probably now only having an accident every three nights compared to completely full nappies every morning.

Have a look at the Eric website as they have lots of great tips. Night time dryness is down to hormonal changes so not something they can control. They discourage lifting them to pee in the night unless you wake them up fully.

Having said that, I know of another 6 year old who has had to go onto medication as his bladder wasn’t holding onto wee so you could also have a chat with the GP to rule anything else out.

We used a bed wetting alarm, every time my ds started to go, it would sound an alarm, he got up and went to the toilet, after a couple of weeks. His body seemed to reprogram and he stopped going at night. We stopped using pull-ups because he was safe knowing that if he did wee, it wouldn't go on the bed, used a waterproof mattress and sheets instead.

I would switch to waterproof mattress, it’s not a great time of year though washing wise!

If pull ups are working why change them. 6 is still in the normal range of being wet at night. At some point a hormone clicks in and they are just dry at night.

my DD is went at night (almost 8) we've seen specialists but the advice there was basically not to worry unless she gets to a teenager, then there's alarms / hormone treatments etc. She did specifically say not to lift her though, she needs to be fully awake to go for a wee if she gets up in the night, obviously advice varies from person to person though!

My Dd wasn’t dry until the beginning of year 3 (so aged nearly 8). We didn’t push it or try to train her at all before the . Took 8 nights of wet beds (sometimes twice a night) and then she got it, no wetting at all since. I’d leave it until he’s a bit older.

My 6 year old is the same. Waking him up to take him to the toilet makes no difference because he will just wet himself later on during the night!

The eric website and helpline is really helpful. I have just invested in an alarm for him, if that doesn't work then I think we'll consider medication.

I'm sure he'll grow out of it eventually but it's not nice for them in the meantime!

My eldest wasn't dry until he was nearly 10. He had medication called desmopressin which worked for him. Every few months you stop it, see if he's dry or not. If not, back on it for another few months.

My youngest is 7 and isn't dry yet. Lifting them is NOT advised by the enuresis specialists. It means they learn to void their bladder when half asleep and don't learn to wake to the cue of a full bladder.
Star charts are pointless. There is nothing the child can do about it and not getting a star = failing and is totally unfair.
Your GP sounds out of touch about this. At 6 your child is still well within the 'normal' range of night time wetting. You are unlikely to get a referreral to enuresis clinic until they are at least 7.

We've been through this twice, please do feel free to ask me any specifics. I know how worrying it can be, but it will pass.

One thing that is a good idea is a pair of pants inside a pull up. That way they feel wet but it also protects the bed!

My daughter was in pull ups at night till aged 9. We saw a urologist and she said night time is completely different to day time. Day time can be trained but night time you're waiting for a hormone to kick in basically. It was a huge relief to hear this. I wish everyone knew!

My 5 year old is still wetting the bed so I’m glad I’ve seen this post as was starting to feel alone with it, just using pull ups for now but she’s my latest to still be wetting the bed all my others were out of nappies long before starting school!

My 5 year old is still in a pull up overnight. Occasionally she's dry the next morning but not reliably so. I have no plans to try to get her out of pull-ups. As others have said, it's hormonal so I'll just wait it out.

Thanks all so I thought ut was hormonal but Dr said I need to do star charts (not doing as ds will be really upset) & lifting until he's 7 then they will refer..... he sleeps so deeply & no day wetting so I might just leave him.

A star chart, but he's asleep!!

My son was wet until he was 7, same for my daughter so I kept them in pull ups til then. They are both dry now at 7 and 9. I used the Eric site too for advice.

Lifting isn’t recommended as it basically trains them to wee in their sleep.

star charts as well as it’s not something in their control and you’re setting her up to fail.

if you want to you need to wake them fully and make them go to the toilet themselves. Which is not easy.

honestly 1 in 5 children aren’t dry at night before 7. It’s normal.

I’d leave her as is if it’s working. One day the hormone will kick in and she’ll be dry. Trying to force it will only leave you washing bedding and drying mattresses constantly- as the pp above.

i told mine that if she had 3 dry nappies she could try without, but if she wet it went back on until 3 dry nappies…. The first time she had a dry nappy she never wet again, and this is a kid who was wet by 9pm and woke every morning with a nappy heavier than her….

Are you avoiding drinks like Ribena ,cola and hot chocolate ? The darker colour drinks for some children seem to make them worse .

I know with my DD if she ate ice-cream during the day she peed about 3 times in 30minutes though ice-lollies had no effect .

For lifting , yes they need to be awake not dream pee

20p in a jar worked well for each dry night . (Bit of bribery can work wonders )