bedwetting | ADHD Information

I would probably just let him wear the Goodnights. Every couple of months I'd give it a few weeks without them to see if he has outgrown it. He is only 6.

 

My ADD son wet the bed every night until he was 7 1/2.  What finally worked for us was this alarm system the pediatrician recommended.  It attached to his underwear and was very sensitive so as soon as there was even a little moisture a loud alarm went off.  We had maybe 3 or 4 sleepless nights and then it worked- still had some accidents maybe once a week and then it stopped.  We kept the alarm on every night for about 2 months.  It was really remarkable how well it worked.  I think your son is a little young for it, but if he doesn't naturally grow out of it in a few years, it might be something you want to consider.  I would do it in the summer during some down time when your family isn't too stressed out about other things.  I found the book "Getting to Dry" very helpful.  This book has information on where to get helpful things like mini waterproof mattress pads that you slip on over the other one just in that area- much easier to wash!

Wearing the pull-ups does delay the toilet training because they don't feel wet- but on the other hand before my son was trained I once went 6 weeks without pull-ups, and he still didn't get dry.. a lot of extra laundry, I was exhausted.  Being the parent of an adhd child is exhausting enough without that!  I think for some kids, their attention problems really contribute to the toilet training problems- if he has a hard time paying attention when awake how do I expect that brain to pay attention when he is sleeping!

My son was completely dry for about 2 years.  Now he is 11 and maybe once or twice a month he has an accident- not that the bed gets wet but his underwear is wet.  Usually when he is really overtired when he goes to bed and sleeps very deeply.  I think a refresher course with the alarm would probably cure it- but since it is not that bad we just let it go- we have so many other things we are working on, I just decided not to pick that battle!

Sorry to be so long winded- I was just so excited to have some answers to share- usually I feel I only have questions!

Good Luck to you!

I know that it's hereditary, but do your children with ADHD wet the bed? And I'm wondering what to do to get him to stay dry during the night. He is 6 and has just started not wearing goodnights. Some nights he's dry and others he's not. I haven't noticed a pattern - he doesn't get liquids after 6 or 7 but that doesn't seem to make a difference. What I'm wondering is since mostly kids just outgrow it, should I have him wear goodnights or not and just keep doing a lot of laundry? The goodnights keep you from feeling that your wet so is that kind of counter-productive? Don't I want him to feel the wet? But if he's only dry maybe 3 times a week is it worth it? Any suggestions or comments??

Also, he FINALLY had his "official evaluation" and we are just waiting for the results - should be getting them any day now!! I'll let you know what happens!!

My son started bedwetting again at 11 - very distressing.  When he is stressed and overtired it happens.  I went on school camp with him and it happened on the last night.,  He was totally exhausted both emotionally and physically.  When he started at 11 it was every night.  He was being bullied at school and really strung out.  Since it's off and on, I'd let him wear the goodnights. If he turns seven and it's continuing you could try a bedwetting alarm and one of those mattress pads that holds a pint of fluid.

I just wanted to let you know that our son is 6 in two weeks. He wears the Goodnites every night. It isn't his fault. We saw his doctor and he said that it's something neurological. There's a connection from somewhere  (sorry, lost that 'somewhere' location ha ha) that is supposed to meet the ear that isn't complete, yet. Only time will tell and only patience and understanding will help YOU and him!   

We're in this journey together!  It made me feel so good to see some other parents with the same concerns.

This is a possible option it's has it's Cons... and they are strong ones.  When I was in 3rd grade i changed my name to BJ... because no one could pronounce bjorn... in 5th to 6th grade this became an issue ... blow job... not fun... I could laugh it off for a while until this kid Matt just really started teasing and teasing.. it was as if I was going from guy most everyone liked to guy everyone like to tease... so I did a name change back to bjorn (might i add... if my dad was honest and told me what it meant instead of just saying "BJ is not a good idea" this would not have happened so I guess I am glad he didn't)  ok sooo at this point I have a birthday party I invite Matt it is a controlled environment half of the kids were from school and matt knew the other half he and did not know. we all got tons of quarters each for video game which he thought was cool.  party party party... then at school it was odd for a bit he didn't know how to act.  one day it was as if we feel back into the same routine with the teasing so I said "do you want to go to my house after school I got a new video game?" It sounds far out there but I was a strange kid I picked up on the social pecking over early and started reading people early too (Scorpio here).  Matt and I were never real friends and I would have never gone to his house or been by myself with him and his friends.  But I learned who he was and what I was up against.  Looking back on it these hangin' out sessions is almost what they tell you to do if you are abducted... make then feel you are a person and not a thing.   We didn't hang out much but what did eventually happen was one of his friends yelled out Blowf*ck! and he said to his friend... "nah, he's cool"  we'd nod to each other throughout high school... and yes he is in trouble with the law and so were his brothers...