DS not dry at night at 6 - bit of advice....

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At what age is it worth visiting GP for advice or can any give any here? I suspect its a wait and see..... DS is now 6 and were still not dry, after he pt back in his toddler days i remember a period we were dry for almost a year though maybe it could have been 6 months and i am disallouiioned, anyway he has had no infections or anything and is perfect through the day , we got fed up of the all round stress of most mornings (not all) him being wet so for about the last 6 months he has been in pyjama pants nappy things. He isnt bothered by this at all and its been less stressful for all and sometimes they have been dry for a few days running. Tonight we have ran out and despite last nights being wetted in tongiht were going nappy free, would it be wise to rouse him at about 11 when i go to bed to get him to squeeze out a wee? Any advice on anything else we can do to hepl the situ. He only drinks water thought the day or milk with his breakfast - no fruit juices late on though perhaps with his school meal. Thanks for reading my ramble.

Space for bladder to expand can be restricted by constipation.
Just an idea.

Sometimes it can be hard to spot. Look on the ERIC website for more information.
Good luck

I could have written this post word for word. My DD is nearly 6 and is in the same situation. She wear pyjama pants and it seems to make no difference if we raise her before we go to bed...limit drinks...encourage drinks etc. Will be interested to see if anyone else has any suggestions and whether it's worth a trip to the GP yet. She is completely non-plussed by it to!

We tried bed wetting alarms & lifting, but Desmomelts have finally solved the problem for DS1 :)

im pretty sure he not constipated he churns out a good quick big poo most days. I will check out the website though. I have just read in a previous thread about giving 200ml of water 6 times a day to increas bladder size - not sure how much he notrmally voluntarily drinks as generally he helps himself so will monitor that thoroughly in next few days.

Fourarms how old is your DS and what are desmomelts?

If you are out of night nappies I would probably rouse him for a wee if he can do it calmly (mine would have gone hysterical).

Child has to be 7 around here to get much help from a GP. And then it's usually a bed alarm as first thing to try.

Could still ask them for advice in meantime, but I don't think it's their area of expertise.
The reasons against lifting always seemed pretty strong to me, so we never tried it.

Bit of a pain, I know, but I don't think you can do much to help them get dry at night, they do it on their own.

with dc1 what helped is giving him lots to drink during the day. had a phase of only drinking with breakfast and dinner and would be wet every night.
that and the obvious one of going to the loo before pj's and another time just before bed.

thanks all will defo do that tomorow, dh just got in from tesco and have woke ds up and he is now donning his pyjama pants, at least we will all get a sleep in tomorow, off to google.

So not drinking much and bed wetting is linked? My DS doesnt dink much at all during the day. We struggles with the dry nights - he has just gone dry at night. He is 5 in march. I lift him once or twice in the night though. Why is lifting bad?

Watching with interest. DS 6.5, still wet. He's not bothered and I'm very much of the opinion that 'it will happen when he's good and ready' but am quite prepared to accept I'm burying my head in the sand. Be interested to see if we should be taking action.

My DD is 5.5 and both her and my 6y9m DS were wetting the bed pretty much every night in the run up to Christmas. Turned out DD had a fairly rampant UTI and after a course of abx has become much better - I think we've had 2 wet beds from her since Christmas?

Advice re: DS was that boys just take longer sometimes. Don't restrict his fluids as this can exacerbate the problem. I've heard people recommend melatonin for sleep regulation but not sure if that's commonly prescribed here. If I were you I'd definitely be mentioning it to the GP, if nothing else but to have it noted.

Why is lifting bad?

it doesn't teach them control or to listen to own body.
Put it this way, How long do you plan to keep lifting him for? At some point his brain-body have to coordinate to wake up on by themselves when he needs the toilet at night.

I've been thru this with my DD (now 14) most nights she wet the bed up until 12ish, my 9yr old DS is the exact same :(, I'm getting to the stage of thinking about going to the docs but don't want to get the alarm thing as he shares a room with the baby.

I can understand the lifting thing long term but when just starting to get dry they need a little help along the way surely? He wouldn't wake himself to go to the toilet. He is always awake and knows what is happening. I'm
Not bothered he could have stayed in bedpants for the next couple of years as he is only 4 but he doesn't want to wear them anymore as wants to be a big boy. It makes him feel better and that's what's important. I wet the bed until I was about 9 I learnt eventually but remember it was very stressful as I didn't have bedpants back then. I used to strip myself and bed off and wash and redress myself and the bed in the middle of the night. I'm sure everyone works out the best way. I was just curious about the various opinions.