Hi!
My 14 year old stepson still wets the bed. We've tried all sorts over the years, waking him up to go to the toilet, bed wetting alarms, medication etc. He took medication for a while a few years ago with no success. Now he's getting older and it's getting worse we went back to the doctor and he was reffered to a urinary nurse. We've been having phone calls with her and she wanted us to try everything again. We did that for a while with no improvement. After another phonecall she ok'ed him to try the tablets again, along with no caffeine, only drinking water. While there seems to be a slight improvement (his pull ups aren't as heavy in the morning) we can't see how this if effective long term. After another phonecall she has said she'll refer him to a consultant but it will take months.
Part of me wonders if it's more to do with the fact that he's such a deep sleeper and is there more to it. I had the same trouble when I was young, but when I was wetting I always dreamt I was going to the toilet and would wake up. He just sleeps through it all. He sleeps through the alarms as well. The other night it woke up my baby, then myself and my husband. We had to go and wake him up to tell him it was going off.
I really feel for him. He's never been able to go to sleepover school trips or birthday sleepovers. Now he's in secondary school they've sent out the details of the trips next year - America, Austria, Europe.. and he can't do any of it.
Thankfully he's OK in himself and deals with it really well, but obviously can't wait for it to stop.
Has anyone experienced this with their kids? Any help would be appreciated 🙂