8 y.o bed-wetter

[Northerngirl345]

Does anyone have any experience with this?

DD is super bright, no accidents during the day since toddler age but still can’t get through the night.

Wondering if I’ve tried everything…and what a GP would do?

https://eric.org.uk/childrens-bladders/bedwetting/

NICE guidelines recommend that all children still bedwetting over age 5 should be given a bladder and bowel assessment by a healthcare professional.

Contact your GP surgery to find out who looks after children’s night time wetting in your area. There may be someone at the surgery who specialises in children's bladders and bowels. Alternatively, there may be a children’s continence service or a bedwetting (enuresis) clinic that your child can be referred to.

You need to go to the GP.

Same issue with my DD. Recently had an appointment with a specialist following a GP referral. They asked us to do a 3 day bladder/drink diary. Turns out she wasn't drinking enough during the day.

The advice they gave us is below - and we are now on day 11 of no wet beds so it seems to be working

Ensure she drinks at least 1500mls daily - drinking more helps the bladder muscles to strengthen so they can hold a higher volume. We got one of those 1l bottles with prompts on the side which seems to be helping.

Avoid fruit juices and fizzy drinks (and anything with caffeine in)

No fluids 1 hour before bedtime

A bedtime wee before brushing teeth - then sit on the toilet again immediately before bed. This is called double voiding (my DD doesn't always do a second wee but she has occasionally).

We also double up on the bed linen - mattress protector, sheet, mattress protector and another sheet - so if we have to change the bed in the middle of the night we just take off the wet layers and the beds already made which makes life a little easier.

Good luck - your DD will get there eventually

I was like this as a child and I remember having some kind of alarm at night- it trains the brain to associate starting to wee with waking up. I’ve seen threads on them recently so believe they are still used, probably a rather better version!

Agree it would be wise to rule out any medical reasons first though. But it’s not uncommon.