How to Stop Bed Wetting in Boys
On average, children stop wetting the bed when they reach 3 years of age. However, about 10 percent of children still wet the bed when they're 5 years old. Of this percentage, twice as many boys wet the bed than girls, according to how-to-stop-bed-wetting.com. Boys wet the bed for several reasons, including genetics (it runs in the family), drinking too much before bedtime, sleeping too soundly and small bladders.
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Instructions
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Limit the amount of liquid your boy drinks in the evening hours. Consuming too many drinks will make him need to urinate during the night, and the chances that he'll wet the bed will increase.
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Instruct your boy to go to the bathroom when he starts to get ready for bed. Have him go again right before he crawls into bed. This will help empty the bladder so his bed will stay dry during the night.
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Set your boy's alarm clock so he'll wake up during the night and go to the bathroom. (You may need to set your own alarm clock as well.) Some boys have a bed-wetting problem simply because they are deep sleepers. They don't feel the pressure on their bladders that tells them they need to go to the bathroom.
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Move your boy's bedroom closer to the bathroom, if possible, to stop bed wetting. If his bathroom is on the main floor, and his bedroom is on the second floor, for example, your boy may not be able to make it to the bathroom on time at night.
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Place a nightlight in the bathroom, and place one in the hallway on the way to the bathroom as well. This will help illuminate the way so your boy can find the bathroom more easily at night.
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Purchase and use a Nite Train-r for Boys. This device basically has an alarm and a moisture detector. If the Train-r detects just a few drops of urine, the alarm will go off and wake up your boy so he doesn't wet the bed.
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Talk to your boy's pediatrician about the bed wetting, especially if your boy is over the age of 5. The bed wetting may be due to a physical problem, such as an infection in the urinary tract or the bladder.
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Tips & Warnings
Talk honestly and calmly to your boy about the bed-wetting problem. Ask him if he has any suggestions on how you can help him stop.
Have your boy change his own bed--or at least help--anytime he has wet the bed. This is not as a punishment, but as a way for him to take responsibility and realize what a mess is created.
Never punish your boy for wetting the bed at night. That won't help resolve the problem. He's likely already embarrassed and feeling bad about himself.
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ncpierce
Dec 02, 2010
i am 13 and i still wet the bed in large amounts, and i admit i am a deep sleeper, so deep i was a sleep when some one threw a cherry bomb in the apartments behind my house.i try waking up with an alarm clock but i cant! even my parents wake me up to go and i do! the only time i dont wet the bed is when i spend the night at my friend's house. It's awkward for me to tell this to someone besides my parents, my old brother know and he makes fun of me. Both my parents wet their beds when the were kids and so did my brother, they all stopped by atleast age 9. my dad has been the nicest to me because he stopped when he was 11. does have to do with my position while i sleep or what the temp is in the house? truly the only thing that can wake me up is my cat, i know the sounds awkward but its true. i sleep so heavy that i am afraid if the house caught one fire i wouldn't wake up in time :(...
