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How long does it take for someone to drink at night and not wet the bed?
My son is 6 years old and im trying to teach him not to wet the bed. How long does it take for him to drink a cup of water and not pee the bed and how long should he wait before going to sleep, thanks.
August 6th, 2011 - 22:33
Perfectly normal. Staying dry at night is a learned response between brain and body. As the body grows the response can get delayed due to whats called an immature bladder. Many kids from 3 to teenage years who have been dry begin to wet the bed and have the need to wear diapers at night. Our doctor explained to us that as the child grows, the bladder does not always grow as fast to keep up with the body growth which is called an immature bladder. It’s a stage where many kids go through to where the sensory to wake the child is not there due to the immature bladder. The child stay sleeping hence the child wets the bed because the bladder will empty. This stage typically happens after a child has been potty trained. Plus as children grow the heavier sleepers they become which doesn’t help. It is not something you can train a child for at night. Every child is different, my son is 5 and still gets a diaper taped on at every night because of bed wetting yet some kids can get the response down at age 3 and never have a problem so the age when kids grow out of the bed wetting stage can vary.
I would limit the drinks at night and use diapers at night until she gets out of the bed wetting stage. After I put my son back in diapers at night (which diapering was suggested by our doctor), we all get a restful nights sleep and I don’t have to wash sheets, pajamas and bedding every day. Good luck!!
August 6th, 2011 - 22:33
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August 6th, 2011 - 22:33
they say not after dinner.
also, the more he drinks during the day, the thinner his urine will be, the thicker it is the harder it is to hold.
make sure he goes to the bathroom *right* before he goes to bed or starts getting tired. waterproof plastic covering under his bed sheets so you dont have to clean the matress. they should learn to wakeup on their own, but if you (or maybe husband/boyfriend) wakes up during the night to go, wake him up too.
sorry if the extra information wasn’t needed ;p
good luck :)