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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We make the bed in layers. 2 full sets of waterproof sheet, then fitted. Depending on how fast your kid moves, ideally they could just peel off a layer and go back to sleep and then throw stuff in the wash in the AM.

My kid was going through phases of months fine, then accidents, then months. Turns out he’s diabetic and he hasn’t had an accident since diagnosis. Obviously there are a lot of possibilities that aren’t diabetes!  Just mentioning it because probably .5% of older bedwetters are diabetic (maybe less?), but close to 100% of diabetic kids were bedwetting right before diagnosis.

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My diabetic kid never wet the bed after about 20 months old, so would be surprised if the almost 100% is accurate. Is there an actual medical study that proved this or just speculation on online forums? [/quote]

This is a well known link - kids with diabetes have polyuria (produce large amounts of urine) because the excess glucose spills into the urine, which increases the osmolality of the urine, pulling more water in from the bloodstream. Not sure how your kid initially presented, but having to pee a lot is the most common way juvenile diabetes presents, which translates into nighttime accidents for some. And it’s often new bedwetting for a previously dry child, which is different than a kid who has never been dry.

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Camelia-Vaina/publication/315872389_Children_and_young_people_with_diabetes_Recognition_and_management/links/5db9a0cd92851c818018c186/Children-and-young-people-with-diabetes-Recognition-and-management.pdf

Also, there are a few studies out there of diabetic kids that found that the ones with poorer glycemic control had more bed wetting incidents than the ones with lower levels and better control.

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