Bedwetting | ADHD Information

Our ds is doing great on his meds now and things are getting to a much more even swing...
However, he will be seven in July and is still wetting the bed. We let it go for a long time because of the 'he can't help it' issue.  Now our ped is worried because we're at an age where it's going to be more noticeable to his friends. He loves to have and is invited to many sleepovers.  We've worked out a really great system for him so that his friends don't know ... but it's not going to last forever. 

I tried not putting a pull up on him and making him go to the restroom before bed. Then at around 10:00 pm, I would wake him up to go. He still wet the bed that whole week. I do not want to give him a pill for this...I don't want him to think that 'popping pills' is a cure-all.  I know that there is an alarm system and was curious as to the ratings on those (if YOU all had used them or not)...and if not, then what (if you also had to deal with this issue) did you do??

This is a tough one for us and our ds is starting to become sensitive to it as well...

When my nephew wet the bed at that age the Ped had us stop all liquids at 4PM. He had to go to the bathroom before bed 2 times, and we woke him at midnite to go again. He eventually learned to wake on his own, and it didn't take that long at all....maybe a month.

 

I agree with Jessica.  Do it in the summer because the first few days you will be very tired.  But the alarm worked marvelously for us.  NOTHING else had worked before that.

We also tried all the other stuff to no avail... only the bedwetting alarm worked.

We are having the same problem.  In kindergarten and first grade it was accidents at school, some older girls told her that spiders were coming out of the drains so she was terrified to go to the bathroom at school.

Now at 9 we are still having a problem with her bedwetting.  She does not get anything to drink after dinner, except maybe a little water.  It's not a nightly occurance but at least 3x a week.  I will have to try the alarm thing.

Get a bedwetting alarm that vibrates, flashes and has alternating alarm sounds. And a mattress pad that holds a pint of fluid. If you buy from the bedwettingstore.com they give you support materials like charts and words of wisdom. It is a pain for a month or so b/c the whole house wakes up, but summer it coming up. Jessica N39598.7961689815

I purchased a mattress pad that was small and flat so that there wouldn't be as much laundry.  It might have been for a crib.  I put it on top of her bottom sheet and it had flat extensions that could be tucked under the sides of the mattress.  The first couple of nights I would go in when the alarm went off and help dd deal with the mess.  After a couple nights dd would turn off the alarm herself, pull off the pad, put on new underwear and get back to sleep.  If I had known that she would train so fast, I might have purchased the disposable pads that you buy for hospital or nursing home patients.  You might want to price out the difference.  We only had a flood the first few nights and then the accidents were smaller and more controlled. 

Also, I purchased the alarm that had sound and light to wake up a very sound sleeper.  I'm thinking there was some vibration also.  I pinned the alarm to dd's bedding somehow.  She didn't like it attached to her nightgown.  After she had the first accident of the night, she tended to make it all the way until morning without wetting again.  This was 5 years ago so I might be forgetting some details.  The instructions that came with the alarm were very detailed and helpful. 

My dd was very motivated to train and very appreciative when it was successful.  It did mean that she could do sleep-overs.  She didn't have to worry about hiding her pullups from her friends and her confidence improved.   

mamark39604.4636111111Mamark, thank you so much.  I'm actually very excited for our boy. You know, they have enough they have to deal with...this is something I CAN help with so I'm ready to get it going for him...thank you very much!

Good luck!  I used Google and found the Bedwetting Store.  We had a Malem alarm.  There might be others just as good now but that was the best one at the time.     

Well, our two year old potty trained in three days and at nights too!! He hardly EVER wets the bed. That's when the lightbulb came on for me!!  Our next purchase will be the alarm...Any advice  you can give on this will be appreciated too, or is it pretty self-explanatory?oh, this potty stuff is definately ADHD-related. For some reason that I cannot figure out, the docs won't admit this. No scientific evidence I guess. But some ADHD kids are ridiculously hard to potty-train. The stories that you see on this board, you DO NOT see on "potty training" boards. I know, b/c the first big ADHD issue that I tried to deal with online was failure to potty train. And no one on those boards were at the same level as me in terms of age and degree of problem. Unfortunately, I didn't realize it was related to ADHD.The underwear alarm is fantastic.  My dd trained in about 2 weeks.  I know 2 other kids that trained with the alarm as well.  All were just very deep sleepers.  One had ADD, one has autism and the other is just a neurotypical kid.  It's the sort of thing that gets passed around friends and families.  It is definitely is worth the cost.  My son wets the bed constantly as well, and for a while, we tried things to prevent it, and things to make the midnight / 2am cleanups faster and easier.. then it occured to me that I should be trying to find out WHY he was still wetting the bed ( and having 2x week accidents during the day) instead of just dealing with it... We're still looking at causes, and since the chance that he might be bipolar came up recently, it might explain it. I guess bedwetting and accidents during the day is common for bipolar children. I'm not saying you're child is bipolar, but I would be more worried about why he's still wetting the bed than alarms. Find the source and maybe you'll never have to worry about it again.Mandia, I appreciate your comments and it's very true. However, our son has been evaluated and is adhd/impulsive only.  Our doctor stated that there is a link between a spot in the brain and their ear...this connection sends a message to their bladder 'requesting' not to produce as much urine in the night.  (That's as close as I can get it to the truth )  He felt, at first, like that link was missing and just taking more time to develop-very common.  Now, he thinks it's just a matter of our ds being a heavy sleeper.  So, we're just kind of left with trying to find something to help that out...I guess we need to just go for the alarm...this morning he LIED about wetting his bed by hiding it - covering it up.  I was so upset wit him and I stayed calm except when he acted to so incredibly bored with my "Please don't lie to me speech" he yawned and looked around ...so then I just lost my temper. I yelled THEN he felt bad.   I hate that. I feel so horrible. But you combine the lies with the whole bedwetting frustrations and then his 'who cares' (and he's usually so loving) attitude...I just feel horrible.  I guess that's getting into another post, huh! But doesn't it ALL just start blurring together for you guys, too, or am I just horribly weak in this department???