Dd (7) still not dry at night

[janji]

My dd still wets the bed almost every night. She is still in night time pants. She's coming to the age of Brownie camp / sleepovers etc and I've tried everything (limiting drinks, waking her in night to toilet etc). She is otherwise a carefree and really happy little girl. Any wise ideas / tips?

Only time will help, sympathies. Do not make her feel bad about it is my only advice. DS took a few months to finally improve starting a few months after his 7th birthday.

She's old enough for you to chat to GP about alarms & such. Some people swear by them.

My dd was nearly 8 which surprised me as she was dry in the day quite early on. I just kept trying every few weeks and if we had a run of wet beds i would put her back in the night pants and try again later.

I would visit your gp for a referral to your local eneuresis clinic. My daughter is the same age & had never had a dry night. She is now under consultant care & has been put on medication to relax the bladder so it empties less frequently, & medication to replace the hormone that reduces production of urine when asleep. Its basically 2 tablets taken at bedtime. We have now had a dry week which is fantastic!

Hope you get some help, you have my sympathies.

My DS wasn't dry at night until he was over 8. Ended up being referred to the enuresis nurse. We'd already tried medication which hadn't worked.

She suggested...

Drink more (this means the kidneys can flush everything out during the day and so don't have to work at night).
Stop drinks an hour or 2 before bed.
No blackcurrant drinks.
Have a wee a soon as he gets up in the morning (gets the kidneys working first thing so they work all day and again don't have to work at night).
Don't wake him up to go to the toilet as you're basically telling his body that it's ok to wee in the night.

Within a week he was dry!

He went on a school trip whilst still in PJ pants and it was fine. They were very discrete about it all and said that a lot of children aren't dry yet (it just doesn't get talked about). From their pov it's better they know because then they can help the kids out (esp I there are any accidents) and they're very used to dealing with it.

We also had an enuresis referral and everything that HHH3 said plus:

No milk for the last drink of the day because the fat content means they are more likely to wee;

No nightlights as the room needs to be dark for a hormone to switch on to reduce urine production overnight;

2 wees, this means a wee as you get ready for bed, then he last thing before you settle down (after story or reading in bed) get up and do one more wee.

DS is 8, he has just had a 2 night residential and I just reminded him to follow the rules. He was fine.

He did have an accident a couple of weeks ago, but this was one after months of being dry.

Good luck.

Thank you for your replies. She was dry during the day at a fairly early age. We've never made a big deal about the night time issues with her but am beginning to feel more anxious since she's turned 7. Have been getting her up later at night just before I go to bed but it seems that's probably not the best strategy?!