Bed wetting in 7 and 5 yr old

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Both my kids were potty trained around 2.5-3 yes old, my daughter (now 7) was dry at night around 3.5. she then started school and started wetting again. No biggie, she went back into pull ups and tried again every 6 months or so. My son was the same until about 4.5. About 8 months ago they were both dry and we would take them for a wee when we went to bed, with very rare accidents. Then a few weeks ago my son started having accidents again every other night or so, followed by my daughter, and now they are wet every night! My son isn't too bothered but it is upsetting my daughter.

What should we do? Plod through it? Back in pull ups for a bit?

This is super unlikely, but do you know the 4 Ts that often appear before Type 1 diabetes is diagnosed: "Toilet, Tired, Thirsty, Thinner"
So going to the loo more- this can include regression to bed-wetting, drinking more, not having much energy and losing weight. Very unlikely, particularly with them both having the same thing at the same time, but just felt I couldn't not mention it as the symptoms aren't always well known. If any of that sounds like it fits, do go to your GP asap and ask them to do a finger prick blood sugar test, or as a minimum a urine test for sugar. Other than that, I don't have any useful advice at all, except to say that could they be exhausted as almost at the end of the school term and so they might be fine once they've had a chance to recover in the hols? Hope it resolves!

My 6 year old DD is the same. Was dry, but now isn't. Hasn't been dry for a year. Was thinking it might be stress, but I don't know. She's thin, can be thirsty... wakes up with blue lips sometimes but has recently been diagnosed asthmatic so I put it down to that. Got me wondering now, though :-(

Mynd a year's worth of wetting is v unlikely to be type 1 diabetes, I would have expected her to be poorly enough to go to a Dr after a couple of months or so, but you could get a urine test to put your mind at rest by ruling it out.

Neither of mine go to school so don't have the anxiety and exhaustion so I don't think it is that. We have chatted with them and decided to use pull ups for the next few weeks as we are away camping and struggling to keep up with the washing demands. Then when we get back we'll have a rethink. They wet both their beds and ours last night, the camper was flooded!

I wet the bed till I was about 8. I kept having dreams that I got out of bed and went to the toilet so when I was weeing I thought I was in the toilet lol

Although bed-wetting regression isn't uncommon it seems strange they would both regress within the same week.
Have there been any changes to what they're drinking lately? Fizzy drinks, juice, caffeine and sweeteners can all aggravate the bladder and make bed wetting more likely. Certain types of squash play havoc with my bladder for example.

Normally I would say if you have concerns about befwetting speak to your child's school nurse but you say they don't attend school? In that case I would speak to your GP, first to rule out anything like a UTI or diabeties and then to see if they can refer you to your local enuresis clinic or give any more advice.

Worms?