T still wears pull ups to bed. He insists on it. I haven't pushed the issue because I didn't think it was a big deal. Lately, he has started peeing the bed. We do limit his fluids and he used to wake if he needed to go, but lately he justs seems to be sleeping much more soundly. Last week he peed the bed 5x.
We use a store brand overnight pull-up (wasn't a problem before because he would wake dry), but now I am thinking of buying a name brand. Is it normal for a 6 yo to still pee the bed? Is it time to mention this to the pedi.? And what brand of night time pull is best for an older child?
Re: Anyone's 6 yo still pee the bed?
Charlotte Ella 07.16.10
Emmeline Grace 03.27.13
My DD does. We're not sure if hers is trauma related because of everything she's been through. However, I received a pamphlet from my pediatrician that said bed wetting in older children can be genetic.
If one parent wet the bed as a child, the son/daughter has a 40% of doing it. If both parents did, then it goes up to a 60% chance. Her father and I both wet the bed as kids, so it seems like it could be genetic. My DS does not. My pedi said it can last until they're eight or nine.
My pedi told me that they really don't start getting concerned unless the child is close to 10. Now, obviously there are some social issues that can come along with bedwetting at that age, but physically, it's not "abnormal" for it to be happening. I actually peed the bed until I was at least 7 & my DH was around 11- he actually had to go on some medication to stop. Our oldest was dry at night by 3.5. Our youngest is 4 and still pees in a pull-up pretty much every night, so maybe she will be the one with that going on. I hope not, but still, given what our pedi told me I'm not going to worry about it for some time to come.
I do try to get in & take her pee around 1-2 hours after she falls asleep & sometimes when I do that, she'll stay dry. We keep a little potty in her room and I've been reminding her that if she wakes up in the night, to try to go pee. Sometimes lately is that she'll wake in the nght due to a wet pullup, go pee in the potty, put a dry pullup on & she's dry in the morning. I think it's a good thing that she's feeling the wetness & it's waking her up.
Don't know that I agree at all with making them clean up their mess! Kids don't do this on purpose (for the most part) especially not at that age. This sounds like a punishment.
DD1 was just about 7 before her bladder was mature enough to hold it overnight. She was PT'd at 2 1/2. She is also a VERY heavy sleeper, which makes a difference. Now, DD2 was staying dry overnight by 4 1/2 but she is a very light sleeper and would easily wake up to go potty.
Kids' bladders mature at different rates. It's very normal for a child to be daytime PT'd but not stay dry overnight...for some until around age 8 or later. It will happen though. I would personally not turn it into something to punish them over or make them feel ashamed of. I know our DD1 would have given ANYTHING to stay dry overnight sooner than she did. It was very, very embarrasing for her
GL! It WILL eventually be just a memory!
Our Angel Boy- m/c in 2007 @ 9wks due to Trisomy 17
Charlotte Ella 07.16.10
Emmeline Grace 03.27.13