Hi,
DS (8) has, over the last year, started wetting the bed after a few years of being dry. I think it started around July or August last year. He's been referred to a paediatrician, who can't find anything obviously medically wrong, and we're waiting for our next appointment next month.
He was dry at night reliably from about 5. And then at 7.5 it went wrong. We've tried limiting fluids later in the day and taking him to the toilet when we go to bed. These two things helped for a while, but it's getting worse now, it's nearly every night. We've moved him from the top bunk to the bottom bunk to make it easier for him in the night. We always have a light on so that the kids can find the bathroom in the night. We make sure he's filling up with fluids earlier in the day rather than later, on the advice of the doctor. We've asked over and over if there's something making him unhappy, but he says not. His teacher says there's nothing going on at school as far as she can tell.
I know it's awful for him, but it's also really beginning to affect us. I'm exhausted. Every night at 2.30am we're woken up by him. I can't keep up with the constant washing. Me and DH are taking the middle of the night wake-ups in turn, but we're still both being woken up, and I'm terrible at getting back to sleep once disturbed, so I'm only getting a few hours sleep most nights of the week. My next step is setting an alarm for 2am to take him to the loo each night. But we can't do that forever. We're very conscious of not getting upset in front of him, not showing any frustration when he's around, but the lack of sleep is like having a baby again, only I was on maternity leave when he was a non-sleeping baby, now I have to do a day's work after it.
Anybody had this situation of being dry and then constantly wet? What did you do? Any advice or tips, or things we can bring up to the doctor next month? How did it resolve?
Thank you.