7 yr old still not night trained

[sand19]

My 7 yr old daughter is also not night trained. We have tried everything as well, limiting fluid intake in the evenings, waking her at regular intervals, making sure she goes to the bathroom at night. She is a very heavy sleeper and sometimes doesn't even fully wake up when we take her to the bathroom at night. Inevitably she has a wet pull up in the mornings. We have left her in pull-ups because she gets so upset when her bed is wet in the morning and she was so determined to wake up dry. I feel very badly for her as her 3 yr old brother and older sister don't have this problem. I had this issue when I was a child and had to use a night timer to wake me. I don't know how useful it was. I was about 10 or 11 when I finally stopped wetting the bed at night. As an adult I still wake up frequently to use the bathroom at night. Is this a hereditary issue? Is there something that can be done to help that won't affect her health negatively?


This discussion is related to bed wetting .

[sand19]

I don't think so but it won't hurt to ask her! Thanks for the advise.

[margypops]

Its a tough one perhaps you will have to continue as you are and wait for it to run its course and stop ,I had a child who did this till he was 8, on and off, but only if he was anxious, not all the time,is there any thing your daughter could be anxious about.

[sand19]

She is very social, loves schol and is well liked by peers and teachers. I have tried the plastic mattress pad option and not made a big deal when the sheets get wet. I thought that eventually she would start to wake up on her own when the sheets got wet at the same time each night but it didn't work and after a month we all just got really tired of it, literally!! She would wet the bed 2 or 3 times a  nigth and wake up cold and wet and unhappy. It interupted her sleep so much that it got to be easier to leave her in th pullup so she would be able to function the next day!!

[margypops]

Does she do well at school I mean get on well with other schoolchildren and the Teachers, sometimes an anxiety can keep this going,do you play it down, its a pity she has to wear the pullups as it is enabling her to  wet into them even when she is asleep. How about you get a rubber sheet, and place it under the sheet,then you only have a sheet to wash,dont make an issue of it, even taking her out when she is asleep is placing an anxiety in her head, let her drink any amount during the day but keep on restricting the drinks and eating before Bed.