Bedwetting... any advice

Try to get him to go for a wee every night before bed - even if he doesn't think he needs it, it's worth a try. Also try to avoid giving him any drinks before bed.

Hi, my little bro is 8 and still wets his bed every night. My mum seems to think he will just grow out of it but I am really embarrassed for him and think more could be done to help him stay dry. He wore nappies to bed until he got too big for them last year and now wears those pull up nappy pants. I think they make him lazy and don't train him to wake up bur my parents won't let him try without them.

I use to get him ready for bed and last year when putting his nappy on I asked him if he wpuld try going to sleep without one and he said yes, but my parents said he wasn't ready to sleep without one.

Did anyone wet the bed until this age and do you havr any advice? Should he be wearing the nappy pants?

He can't go on any sleepovers and I think he is embarrassed that other children his age don't wet the bed/wear nappies.

A friend of mine did until about 7. Their parents took them to a doctor who recommended a specialist. The advice was to not have any fluids for about 3 hours before bed (friend can’t remember exact time) and keep a record of wet vs dry nights. Get one of those plastic mattress covers for the bed if he doesn’t have one already and that will make the clear up easier. He will grow out of it eventually.

I hope so! Glad he is clearly not alone. I just hope he grows out of it before it becomes really embarrassing for him

I think at this stage it’s not too bad, people outside of the immediate family never need to know about it, so any embarrassment he feels won’t be that bad.

What could be embarrassing, as was the case for my friend, is to have family members who like to chat about it and bring it up as a funny anecdote (hence how I know all about it). Don’t do this and all will be fine.

Thanks he usually wees before bed but often has a drink not long before so that might help

It's probably best to avoid drinks for at least an hours before bed. Also, have your parents thought about trying bed pads rather than nappies? They would still protect the bed but would allow him to recognise that he is wet and hopefully learn to wake up. I think they are also cheaper than nappies.

I wet the bed intermittently until I was about 12, and I wore nappies if I knew I was going through a rough patch. I was also bullied quite a lot at school, and that was a triggering factor. But I grew out of it eventually.