6 year old started wetting her bed nearly every night , very emotional and has dermatitis!

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My dd has been dry since she was 3 although we used to lift her before we went to bed until she was 4.

She is now 6 and although has had the occasional mishap, she usually woke up and made it to the loo before soaking the bed.

Over the past 6 months or so, we've had bouts of her wetting the bed 2 to 3 times a week and not waking.

Over the last 2 to 3 months it's been terrible. She soaks herself and the duvet, mattress etc and rarely wakes up. I've got into the habit of waking in the early hours, going in and checking her, only to then spend 15 minutes sorting out fresh bedding.

She is constantly tired as well from being disturbed most nights. I spoke to her teacher to see if any problems emotionally at school and she hasn't observed anything and says dd is happy but we did get a note home today saying she had been very lethargic and tired.

We've noticed that her moods have been very odd. She's either really weepy or very snappy which we put down to her being tired.

She's also suffering from bad dermatitis and keeps coming out in rashes. our GP told us not to worry and it was a phase.

dd is really upset and I am at my wits end and exhausted as I never manage to get back to sleep afterI get up to her at 4am and then have to be up at 6 to head into London for work..

Any ideas/suggestions?

I would be demanding blood tests - your GP sounds crap - is she anaemic? Has she always been lethargic or is this is a recent development?

Your poor DD

What does she say about it all?

The least the GP should have done was take a wee sample there and then and rule out a urine infection (really common in girls and can promote bed wetting). Go back and ask to see another doctor if its a practice.

is she thirsty or losing weight ask for urine test for sugar to screen for diabetes which causes excessive weeing.

She's not usually lethargic but she has been refusing to settle straight down to sleep and we keep catchinh her reading after lights out but the bed-wetting isn't always when she's shown signs of tired.

She's in bed for 7, lights off at 7:30 and doesn't have to get up until 7:30 so shouldn't be over-tired.

Had parents evening last night and mentioned it to the teacher who was really surprised as she says things are OK at school (until note today).

She has been getting really fussy over what she eats (having had a varied appetite) but eats healthily, never has fizzy drinks and tends to just drink water and milk.

she isn't weeing loads in the day though and doesn't have a particularly thirst that I've noticed. She does take a bottle of water at school but it usually comes home pretty full so I don't think she has much fluids during the school day and now I think about it, she had no accidents over the half term ...hmm

morningpaper, she seems to take it in her stride and accepts that it's not her fault as she's fast asleep when it happens. Sometimes she'll wake up, go to the bathroom and clean herself up, put clean PJ's on before telling me. Other times, as I say, I discover it.

Gosh I don't know what to suggest

I would pursue the GP a bit more

Does she wee just before she goes to bed? Does she drink much after school?

Hi

Yes she always has a wee before bed and sometimes gets up again for another wee before she finally goes to sleep.

I had to be up at 5 today so lifted her at 10 to go to the loo which I didn't want to start doing again but she didn't wet the bed.

I wrote a note to her teacher to ask her to ensure she drunk lots of water during the day as I wondered if maybe her bladder is not being stretched enough during the day and maybe, her drinking water at night, is too much. I dunno if that's logical or not!

How was her routine different during half term? It'll be interesting to see how she is over Easter...

The only difference I guess was that she was drinking regularly during the day. Her bedtime routine was the same. Unless she is just getting exhausted at school.. I dunno!

she is currently laying on my lap having had diarrohea this evening. Poor little mite

This sounds more like stress than anything else.

That was my 1st thought but she is not unhappy at school (or doesn't seem to be), has no reason to be stressed at home (I hope)!

Bless her- please do follow up the diabetes urine test just to ruleit out- these symptoms were exactly how my son presented when he was 7. x

I used to do this when i was a kid. Till i was about 13. Mine was due to sleeping that heavy and my body not telling me that i needed to get up for a wee. I also did not realise that i was doing it so would not wake till morning. There was nothing wrong with me at school or emotionally, it was just something that my body did. There was a few members of my family who also did it and now when i have spoke about it as an adult others said it also happened to them. I think it is more common then what we realise but its one of those things people dont talk about. I remember being put on some medication, a tablet that i took before bed to stop me weeing in the night. eventually i grew out of it but still now i do note wake till i am busting even though i have not wet since being a kid.

Louise, that's what I think is happening to her - glad to hear you grew out of it.

I appreciate all your comments. I'm going to try and get her to go to sleep when she's put to bed, keep an eye on her for the next few days and if it keeps happening will take her to the docs again.