5 year old wets the bed every night and won't wear pull ups. What are practical tips that could help?

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Anyone find anything that helps?

Alternative therapy eg bowen therapist or chiropractor ; both have successes with bed wetting

We're having exactly the same issues here OP. DS has had a few attempts at not wearing pull ups but he's not ready yet. We've agreed he can try in the holidays and half terms (he's at school nursery), and that seems to appease him.

Can someone explain how the alarms work please?

I contacted the school nurse because my son was really upset at not being dry and they told me they wouldn't do anything until he was 7. I also went to the GP who said the same thing, they wouldn't do anything until he was 7 but limiting drinks after 6.30pm and waking him for the toilet has worked and my sons delighted.

Hello, we went to see a continence consultant about our DD (about some other issues) but here is what the doctor said about nighttime wetting - try to increase the bladder capacity by giving lots of water to drink during the day but stop liquid intake 1.5hours before bedtime. Invest in a Rodgers no wires alarm which teaches the child to wake up for their wee in the night - it’s very straightforward and they can pretty much do it independently although our DD needs a bit of help. I thought our DD is such a heavy sleeper it would never work but she we are 2 weeks in and have had several dry nights (some where she woke up for a wee before the alarm, some where she has slept through until morning without needing a wee). I thought we would wait until it happened naturally but actually this has been a really much less painful process than it might have been. She wears the special pants plus alarm with pull up over but the pull up doesn’t ever get wet so you can do it without and I guess we will lose the pull up soon. Best of luck.

Sigh 😔

Bed wetting in children is not classed as a issue until 7/8 years old the gp will do nothing and rightly so

Their is a hormone that needs to be released

I had this with one of my son's, we tried so many things and nothing worked. Eventually i bought an alarm from Amazon (I don't remember the name sorry) that clipped to the crotch of his pjs and went off atthe first sign of moisture, waking him up to go to the loo instead. It took about a week before he started waking in the night to use the bathroom and we never had a problem again. He had been wetting the bed for 7 years prior to that. I was gobsmacked but over the moon. This was about 5 years ago now and it cost around £40. Hope you find something that works for both your sales Xx

Metoodear, no that’s incorrect, interventions from the GP can start from age 5, and the medication can be prescribed from that age.

Brolly sheets are good for layering. 🙂

I don’t know if they are still recommended now, but my brother had a “buzzy blanket” when he was 6 that did the trick within a week. He just wasn’t waking up and the buzzing noise when wet fixed it.

I've been blessed with 3 bedwetters. They're older now so accidents are rare but a few years ago it was a nightmare. We tried everything. Some stuff worked (nose spray) some didn't (alarms). One thing that did help were waterproof mattresses. (The smell of ammonia was reduced significantly ) and in my son's case a waterproof duvet and pillow. You can keep a spray bottle of antibacterial near by to wipe down when you change the bedding.
I appreciate these might not be suitablefor your needs Op but might be useful for someone else. Mattress protectors didnt cut it for us and night pants only partially useful to a point.

www.amazon.co.uk/Starlight-Beds-Waterproof-Mattress-suitable/dp/B071NHB5FQ/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?ref=plSrch&keywords=waterproof+mattress&dpPl=1&dpID=618OsgE9vwL&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&tag=mumsnetforum-21&ie=UTF8&qid=1536743860&sr=8-3

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We struggled to get out of pull-ups without the wet bed, so did the layering thing mentioned earlier. Rather than put the absorbent pad under the mattress cover, we found these which went on top which made things quicker when it happened (so important when you are trying to get some sleep) www.brollysheets.co.uk/products/brolly-sheet