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Bedwetting, anything I can do?

sabrina69barnessabrina69barnes member
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SS is 8 and still has problems with bed wetting. His pedi says it isn't a medical concern until he is 12. It can happen any night but most frequently happens on Friday nights that we have a custody exchange.

We have SK's EOWE. DH works on Friday so he can't pick SK's up.  Our meeting location is 2hrs round trip from our house. It is all country roads. There are a handful of houses along they way but it's mostly corn fields. We have never had a cell phone that works out there. I was never that comfortable doing exchanges without another adult with me but I did. I told DH if there was ever an issue with the car and I was unable to get help that I would never do a custody exchange without another adult again. There was an issue a few months ago. The whole thing was a mess and very scary so I don't do custody exchanges anymore. (I know that was long but I wanted to explain why DH and I need someone else to handle the Friday exchanges.)

MIL now does the exchanges. MIL is very very sweet. She loves the extra time with the kids and is fine with the drive. It's on her way home from work. The meeting place is a gas station and when MIL picks the kids up they are always hungry/ thirsty. She always gets SS and drink. DH asked her firmly not to but she still does. SS knows if he drinks he will probably wet the bed but he drinks it anyway. We can't exactly "yell" at MIL since she is doing us a huge favor. I also don't like the idea of punishing SS for wetting the bed since he can't control it, though I guess he could help prevent it by not drinking.

Any suggestions on how to handle this?

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  • cautionwillburneyescautionwillburneyes member
    I have two that were bedwetters until they were 9-10.  I did get a medication from the Dr., though I can't remember now what it was exactly.  It worked well, and on the medication they hardly ever wet the bed.  They both outgrew the conditi
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  • Littlejen22Littlejen22 member
    Does it happen once in the night or all night? Can you wake him up before you go to bed and make him per? I know it is different but if DD falls alsleep in the car without peeing I will put her on the toilet while still pretty much asleep and make her p
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  • guilletskichukguilletskichuk member

    As much as you think the drink is causing your SS to pee in the night, I can almost assure you that it has nothing to do with it.

    My SS is 11 and has wet the bed all his life. He has been to doctors about it and they said that all he can do is gr

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  • karleegirlkarleegirl member
    What time is your ss having the drink. We restrict drinks an hour before bedtime. It doesn't prevent the bed wetting but there is less to clean up. My ds is 6 and we have him wear underjams which are like pullups for older kids. I wet the bed until I was
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  • OoglybearOoglybear member

    Put him in Underjams (or similar) on Friday nights and just not worry about it for now. Until he outgrows it (or becomes mature enough to refuse the treat from grandma?), it doesnt sound like there's much else to do.

    We have an 8 yo bedwetter as

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  • sabrina69barnessabrina69barnes member

    Exchanges happen around 8pm. Everyone is usually home around 9:30 so it's bed time right away. 9 is usually bedtime on most other nights and we restrict drinks after 8 when everyone is here. A small drink of water is fine but we don't allow 16oz of any

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