Almost 8 yr old DS still wetting the bed

[Anonymous]

My son periodically wet his bed until he was 12 whereas my daughter never did. He is now 13.5 and never wets the bed anymore. They grow out of it. He plays hard and sleeps hard and I think he just couldn't wake himself up to use the bathroom when he needed to. Don't worry, your son will not be wetting the bed as a teenager.

[Anonymous]

Haven't read all three pages so forgive me if this has been mentioned. Have you talked to a pediatric urologist? I had a very severe case of kidney reflux, almost resulting in surgery, which meant I wet the bed until I was well into elementary school as well. I did eventually outgrow it but it was a very long and frustrating and embarrassing time in coming. Check with his doctor.

[Anonymous]

Yeah, it may be 'normal' to wet the bed until a late age but that doesn't mean it should be. Getting sick is 'normal'. So is biting but that doesn't mean that it should be ignored. Bedwetting is an easily fixed problem! The research was done on this back in the 80s and again in 2012 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22173180 . In the vast majority of cases, bedwetting is caused by constipation! You can be constipated and still poop on a regular basis. I've got a kid that was a bedwetter but it wasn't until he also started soiling his underwear that we took him to the doctor. We told the doctor DS wasn't constipated because he pooped frequently and easily. The doctor could feel no mass on physical evaluation but still ordered an ultrasound. DS had a huge fecal load that was causing pressure on his bladder. He was constipated! It took a week to clear it and he hasn't wet the bed since.

Our pediatrician said he attended lecture on bedwetting and the link with constipation isn't recognized by most medical professionals. He recommended the book It's No Accident by Dr Steve Hodges http://www.bedwettingandaccidents.com/#!27-Untruths-About-Bedwetting/ckq8/5511a8c60cf21d84af501d89 . It's been a game changer for us.