Anonymous
Post 11/03/2021 15:15     Subject: 9 year old still bedwetting every night
School stress. It's a stressful time to be in school after 18 months of virtual learning. Are you sure he isn't stressed out about being in the building, certain mean classmates, a teacher he isn't clicking with very well, the material he is learning and maybe having some trouble with? I would start there.
Anonymous
Post 11/03/2021 15:12     Subject: 9 year old still bedwetting every night
I feel like you need buy in from your kid to fix it and he doesn't seem to care. I wouldn't sweat it too much. The only thing is that at 9 he should be doing his own laundry and changing his own sheets.
Anonymous
Post 11/03/2021 14:45     Subject: 9 year old still bedwetting every night
We’ve tried the alarms before and they weren’t helpful. I know a lot of people want a miracle cure it takes time to outgrow and until then utilize the pull-ups.
Anonymous
Post 11/01/2021 10:05     Subject: 9 year old still bedwetting every night
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I did until I was 13 or 14. All of a sudden just completely stopped one day, and never had an accident again. My son is now on the same path...he's 7 and regularly soaks through goodnights. It bothers him, so we bought the alarm and told him if he wants to try it he can, otherwise it's normal and one day he will stop on his own. He hasn't wanted to try the alarm yet so we aren't pushing it.


We had issues with wetting through them too. Are they too big on him? We’ve found the size 7 regular diapers have actually been much better for overnight and are less costly.


+1
Anonymous
Post 10/31/2021 22:30     Subject: Re:9 year old still bedwetting every night
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I haven’t read all 4 pages but when DD was 8 we had success with a bed wetting alarm. If you follow the instructions exactly as stated, it works! But I would only use it on a motivated child.


Like all solutions, it works for some children, but not all. Be careful about trying to make a one-size-fits-all or one-solution-fits-all statement.

It works for some children that are not deep sleepers. There are many deep sleepers who either stlll don't wake up, or wake up so slowly, that they wake up too late. In our case, with the alarm, my child was slow to wake and would wake up after his accident and still have a wet bed. Then, because he was woken up, often from REM sleep, he would be very tired and cranky the next day. It not only didn't help, it doubled the problems. The bed alarm was worse than the bed wetting.


That's because you are not supposed to just rely on the alarm and do nothing. Of course they would sleep through it. By son did. You have to jump out of bed when you hear the alarm, wake up your kid and walk them to the bathroom. After a few days of this it did the trick for us. I'm sure there are some kids for whom it will not work, but not even trying is ridiculous and a disservice to the child.
Anonymous
Post 10/31/2021 22:17     Subject: 9 year old still bedwetting every night
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:DOES Anyone else think they make them a lot more noticeable now ? the goodnites pullusp


How are they more noticeable?


I have noticed this, they are very easy to hear and they are a bit thicker than they used to be as well.


I discussed this with our kids' babysitter this past week. (it's fine, she's been babysitting for us almost since the boys were born). Only one of our DS's wears pull-ups at night still, we also use the Goodnites. But she seems to think the same thing - that they're more 'noticeable' now.

7 yo DS hasn't expressed any discomfort with wearing them however, and isn't at all concerned about whether or not they're discreet. He will (and has...) mention to family/friends or even complete strangers that he wears pull-ups at night. He thinks they're GREAT! and asks why everyone doesn't wear a pull-up for bedtime.

Lord help me.


That’s funny. Does he take care of them all on his own? He remember to go to the bathroom after he wakes up?


Oh he is completely independent with it. These days, all we really do is check every so often that he has enough in his drawer. But otherwise, we have no part in it. It's just a part of bedtime around here.

He's very good about going to the bathroom while he's awake. More often than not, without us even prompting him, he'll try a second time to go to the bathroom - even if his pull-up is already on for the night.


Do you wake him up on days when he doesn’t have school or do you let him sleep longer?
Anonymous
Post 10/30/2021 22:03     Subject: 9 year old still bedwetting every night
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Has anyone with kids wearing nighttime pull-ups ever had them wear them for a long car trip?


We typically prefer to drive in the daytime, so no. But we did go on an overnight trip with some family just before the pandemic that ended up being a night drive.

DS wore a pull-up, although he was STRONGLY opposed to it, as he had 2 older cousins in the car with him. I remember that trip, because DS... who, up until that point in time hadn't had a SINGLE night where he had woken up dry... was dry all the way through that trip, except for the last 15 minutes or so when we were almost to the condo we were staying at.

(also that trip, we partially got partly hit by a hurricane, and spent the last day and a half of our 'vacation' without power)


Was he upset he had the accident at the end when you were almost there? Hopefully his cousins didn’t even notice he was wearing the pull-ups.
Anonymous
Post 10/30/2021 21:15     Subject: 9 year old still bedwetting every night
Anonymous wrote:Has anyone with kids wearing nighttime pull-ups ever had them wear them for a long car trip?


We typically prefer to drive in the daytime, so no. But we did go on an overnight trip with some family just before the pandemic that ended up being a night drive.

DS wore a pull-up, although he was STRONGLY opposed to it, as he had 2 older cousins in the car with him. I remember that trip, because DS... who, up until that point in time hadn't had a SINGLE night where he had woken up dry... was dry all the way through that trip, except for the last 15 minutes or so when we were almost to the condo we were staying at.

(also that trip, we partially got partly hit by a hurricane, and spent the last day and a half of our 'vacation' without power)
Anonymous
Post 10/30/2021 21:08     Subject: 9 year old still bedwetting every night
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:DOES Anyone else think they make them a lot more noticeable now ? the goodnites pullusp


How are they more noticeable?


I have noticed this, they are very easy to hear and they are a bit thicker than they used to be as well.


I discussed this with our kids' babysitter this past week. (it's fine, she's been babysitting for us almost since the boys were born). Only one of our DS's wears pull-ups at night still, we also use the Goodnites. But she seems to think the same thing - that they're more 'noticeable' now.

7 yo DS hasn't expressed any discomfort with wearing them however, and isn't at all concerned about whether or not they're discreet. He will (and has...) mention to family/friends or even complete strangers that he wears pull-ups at night. He thinks they're GREAT! and asks why everyone doesn't wear a pull-up for bedtime.

Lord help me.


That’s funny. Does he take care of them all on his own? He remember to go to the bathroom after he wakes up?


Oh he is completely independent with it. These days, all we really do is check every so often that he has enough in his drawer. But otherwise, we have no part in it. It's just a part of bedtime around here.

He's very good about going to the bathroom while he's awake. More often than not, without us even prompting him, he'll try a second time to go to the bathroom - even if his pull-up is already on for the night.
Anonymous
Post 10/30/2021 20:52     Subject: 9 year old still bedwetting every night
Anonymous wrote:Has anyone with kids wearing nighttime pull-ups ever had them wear them for a long car trip?


Yes, they’ve actually saved us a few times when there was really nowhere to make a rest stop.
Anonymous
Post 10/30/2021 18:16     Subject: 9 year old still bedwetting every night
Is your kid a heavy sleeper OP? That was our issue, the "gotta go" signal wasn't strong enough to wake her. Until it was. As your ped said that's definitely at different times for different kids.

Is your kid on any meds for ADHD? Maybe see if you can switch up when he takes them and see if that makes a difference?
Anonymous
Post 10/30/2021 17:29     Subject: 9 year old still bedwetting every night
Anonymous wrote:Has anyone with kids wearing nighttime pull-ups ever had them wear them for a long car trip?



up to age 4..
Anonymous
Post 10/30/2021 17:24     Subject: 9 year old still bedwetting every night
Has anyone with kids wearing nighttime pull-ups ever had them wear them for a long car trip?
Anonymous
Post 10/30/2021 14:54     Subject: 9 year old still bedwetting every night
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:DOES Anyone else think they make them a lot more noticeable now ? the goodnites pullusp


How are they more noticeable?


I have noticed this, they are very easy to hear and they are a bit thicker than they used to be as well.


I discussed this with our kids' babysitter this past week. (it's fine, she's been babysitting for us almost since the boys were born). Only one of our DS's wears pull-ups at night still, we also use the Goodnites. But she seems to think the same thing - that they're more 'noticeable' now.

7 yo DS hasn't expressed any discomfort with wearing them however, and isn't at all concerned about whether or not they're discreet. He will (and has...) mention to family/friends or even complete strangers that he wears pull-ups at night. He thinks they're GREAT! and asks why everyone doesn't wear a pull-up for bedtime.

Lord help me.


That’s funny. Does he take care of them all on his own? He remember to go to the bathroom after he wakes up?
Anonymous
Post 10/30/2021 13:32     Subject: 9 year old still bedwetting every night
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:DOES Anyone else think they make them a lot more noticeable now ? the goodnites pullusp


How are they more noticeable?


I have noticed this, they are very easy to hear and they are a bit thicker than they used to be as well.


I discussed this with our kids' babysitter this past week. (it's fine, she's been babysitting for us almost since the boys were born). Only one of our DS's wears pull-ups at night still, we also use the Goodnites. But she seems to think the same thing - that they're more 'noticeable' now.

7 yo DS hasn't expressed any discomfort with wearing them however, and isn't at all concerned about whether or not they're discreet. He will (and has...) mention to family/friends or even complete strangers that he wears pull-ups at night. He thinks they're GREAT! and asks why everyone doesn't wear a pull-up for bedtime.

Lord help me.


More like a regular diaper? As long as they are doing the job I wouldn’t complain.