What should I do about my 6 year old that wets his pants at night every night?

Question

We are going on vacation and going to be staying in hotels and with other people in their home? Pull ups or sleep pants do not work because he wets them too much and they always leak. What should I do? And we have tried every other way but he stll wets a couple of times a night.

Answer 1

hmmmm...(i learned this from expierence) if he has really comfy day clothes (basket ball pants and baggy t-shirts ect.) Have him wear THOSE to bed (usually the mind controls what your doing even when your sleeping so when the mind knows your in your day clothes it wont want to wet the pants!) This ACTUALLY works!

Answer 2

cut his liquids down way before bed....

if that  doesnt work ask a doctor cuz there may be something wrong ...

Answer 3

I don't know. Have you properly potty-trained him? Try potty-training him well enough before going on vacation. That might help. Tell him that, " If you need to go potty at night, you need to wake us up and tell us. " Maybe then he will stop.

Answer 4

All good suggestions, but I would like to add something.  Did you know that in males bedwetting is normal behaviour up until age 12?  It may seem like a long ride, but it may take that long to stop.  My step-son wets very heavily himself, and we have tried all the things suggested by everyone else.  Sometimes, it may sound strange, but stress causes this.  It may seem silly, but children experience stress as much as adults do, but don't have the same coping mechanisms.  Wetting may be his body's reaction to stress or nerves.  Try considering if there have been any major changes in his life (or your family's for that matter).  For the time being, the best thing to do would be to purchase a matress protector (vinyl) and several pads made for this purpose.  That is what we did, and our son has grown accustomed to changing it himself when he wets.  I also noticed that the less we discussed it (meaning my step-son, wife, and myself), the more improvement was shown.  Possibly anxiety about the bedwetting itself is contributing to the bedwetting as well.  Hope you find these suggestions helpful!

Answer 5

I really sympathize with you.  Both of my boys were bedwetters.  One more than the other.  I would suggest 3 things.  Buy goodnight instead of pull ups - I think they work better.  Try to not let your child drink much a couple of hours before bedtime - I know that with summer coming it will be hard, but it will really help.  Last, take him to the bathroom before you go to bed.  Hopefully it will be a couple of hours after he has gone to bed.  I used to carry my boys to the bathroom to have them go potty and they wouldn't remember in the morning!

Most importantly, be patient.  He will eventually outgrow it!

Answer 6

yell at him to stop and if that doesnt work take him to a doctor!!

Answer 7

if you limit the amount he is drinking three hours before bedtime he will not have enough going through his system to leak through pull-ups. I would consider bringing your own waterproof matress cover and sheets and extras...just for his peace of mind and his. This is probably a medical condition, and l am sure that if you haven't seen a doctor, you should, just to get things checked out.

Answer 8

try setting an alarm and wake him up to go.  you could use small adult diaper they are thicker.

Answer 9

Postpone your vacation until your child is older. I know that would suck for you, but it is what a responsible parent would do. Their child always comes first, and he's not going to magically stop wetting his pants.

Answer 10

There is some sort of pill you can give your child to use for vacations, sleep-overs etc. Not meant for long=term. Had the same problem with my oldest son, and our ped suggested this and it worked. Ask your doctor

I would use the pull=ups as a back up though

Answer 11

Do not let him drink before bedtime (I know this is hard but you have to do this).  Also, even if he swears he doesn't feel like peeing, tell him to pee right before going to bed even if nothing comes out but 2 drops.  This is what worked for my son.

Answer 12

my 6 yr old still wets the bed at night and its because of a sleeping disorder that she has.  her body doesnt tell her that she needs to go to the bathroom.  she is on medicine that a dr can prescribe to help her.  i tried all the cutting liquids right before bedtime and setting the alarms.  i would take him to the dr asap.

Answer 13

ask a doctor

Answer 14

a couple of times a night is quite a bit. have you mentioned it to the dr? is he just a heavy sleeper? my daughter is 4 and she's still in the pull ups at night. (heavy sleeper) someone was telling me these suggestions : 1) nothing to drink for 1 1/2 - 2 hours before bed. 2) make sure he goes potty right before he goes to bed. 3) if he is going to bed at 8 and you're going to bed a midnight, on your way to bed go in and wake him and send him to the potty. emptying his bladder about halfway through the night should help him make it to morning. 4) make sure you have a night light in the bathroom, a bright one, or just leave the light on because sometimes my daughter has an accident while looking for the light switch.

Answer 15

use XXL diaper from DRYPERS this is the one i am using my 6 yrs old son , who also bedwets at night.

and another is let him  weeee before going to bed . this would lessen the amount of  weee so that you could avoid leaks at night