6 year old son still frequently bed wetting

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At 4 our son was diagnosed with sleep apnea which gp associated with his almost nightly bed wetting saying his brain would rather concentrate on restarting his breathing than waking him to pee.
In nov 2012 he had tonsils & adenoids removed, apnea cured!
For a week he was dry, but now as bad as ever.
We have tried everything ( limiting fluids, loo before bed, taking him at night at both a set time then at random times) and wondering if he is past the age where he can learn to wake to pee without help.
Would a dr help him?
Even be nice to know we are not alone!

The puppy training pads are cheaper and the same size as the disposable bed pads. We use "big boy pants" aka pull ups with our ds who is nearly 7. He's quite happy with them though and is not bothered that he's wet so we've not asked for a referal as we don't want to make a deal out of it with him when he doesn't have an issue with it. Plus he was late becoming dry in the day so I figured he'll probably be late becoming dry at night as well.

Thanks for the heads up on the puppy pads!

I think it's something like 1 or 3 in 30 kids are later than 6 for night time dryness. So one in every class. My daughter is wet every single night too. I've read the thing about it being down to a hormone production, as Jenny70 says, and some kids are just later in starting it.

Remember when they wee, it's body temperature, so they don't feel it as cold at the time.

Honestly, we're not stressed about it at all, just a bit embarrassing for her when she went to Rainbows and her 1 year older sister told everyone else... could have slaughtered her! We had discussed how she could put pullup on without everyone knowing, and how to dispose of in morning. She'll get there eventually. And so will your ds.

That's our worry!
It's of no real consequence to us here at home, but the thought of sleepovers here or elsewhere are just so stressful!

Dd1 is 6.5 and just getting there from daily wetting to c.once a week. She was happy to use sleepy pants until more reliable.

We use te hippychick mats which are really soft and wash and tumble really well. If you need a few for layering, buy a large flat one and cut it up.

Dd takes her sleepy pants to sleepovers and is happy with that but more tricky if your DS is against them

5yo dd1 here still in pull ups (we never call them nappies, they're what dd2 wears). Sometimes I worry about it but mostly we don't.

We did have a hairy moment when we had a friend for a sleepover and dd1 asked where her pull up was. The friend looked at her like and I had everything crossed that the friend wouldn't say anything more but luckily she didn't. DD1 isn't bothered yet and I don't want her to be.

My son is 3 1/2 and just mastered the potty. We give him something to drink an hour before he goes to bed but we also make sure he uses the potty before he goes to sleep. Make sure they are in pull ups or a diaper when they go to bed. Good luck and hang in there. Boys are harder than girls to potty train. I have one of each.