I would start with an pediatric urologist and if everything is ok there than a psychiatrist. Honestly you don’t know if there was something happening somewhere when you weren’t there. Daycare, relatives,school… you get my drift…
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Buy a bed wetting alarm.
Use the small piece in underwear (I bought cheap ones and cut a whole in the pouch where it’s double layered) then sit the alarm on a table right next to the child. It takes a few weeks of not much sleep, but it worked for us. We used it for a month and has never wet the bed again.
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I have a 15 yr old and still wets the bed. It’s due to deep sleep. He’s been to numerous appts. They just say he’ll grow out of itm they do have him on desmopressin it helps about 80 percent of the time for the bed wetting. Just no caffeine after 5pm that acts like a water pill
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Oh honey… My step daughter did until the day she turned 11. I finally got a referral to a urologist, who told her everything was physically fine, and it just stopped. Only had 3 accidents in almost a year. It’s just something they have to grow out. It’s hard. Wash sheets with vinegar to help with the smell, and mattress covers bleached once a week. I feel your pain. Sending love and patience.
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My son was under a specialist there’s a few things that really helped firstly was to encourage him to drink more in the day it helps train the bladder try and cut out fruit juices essentially blackcurrent orange is better for some reason another is just before bed do a double wee so empty the bladder wait a few mins then try again even if they don’t need it id also suggest speaking to your doctor about it they might refer them hope this helps
Get his tonsils checked. Sounds odd. I know.
My son snored like an elderly man because his tonsils would relax and block his airway. Somehow that triggered bed wetting.
My son was the same. He had to wear pull-ups to bed every night. They make pull-ups for older kids because this is common. 
Never made a big deal about it and certainly didn’t discipline him for it. He grew out of it and it never happened again. 
My younger son had this problem when he was a young boy. He is 48 now. Even back then there was help. His peditrician gave him some medication he took before bedtime. He took it only about a month and then didnt need it anymore. It has been so long that I dont recall what it was. His doctor said then that sometimes it takes longer in some kids for the muscles to develope enough to control the bladder. I wondered if part of it was that taking it and knowing what it was for worked on his brain.
My brother wet the bed for about 6 years , dad bought him a capt. Bed with a hard leather mattress until he grew out of it , It started when our house was so cold he did not want to get up to go to a very cold bathroom with no heat , but we moved to one with heat and he still wet the bet this lasted until he was about 12. Just work with him .
My grandma says boys cannot control bladder. Some do it longer than others. He will grow out of it. Until then puppy pads
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I do know it is genetic. A few in my family struggled one til he was 17
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My 10 yr old was just broke from that… Make sure he goes poop once a day because mine had bowl still in body and it pressed on the bladder causing her to wet bed…
Hope this helps some…
Have you talked to his pediatrician? Maybe his bladder isn’t mature yet to hold it! My son was 12 and had bladder issues there is also medication that helped but it was to long ago so im sorry I can’t remember the name of it lol but definitely have a visit with the pediatrician! Good luck oh and try not to fuss about it with him to much it’s very stressful and maybe he can’t help it! It will happen eventually!
One of our kids we would do a toilet run before we went to bed… carried him to
The toilet woke him and told him to wee. We did this for years … it helped with not wettinG the bed …he was the only one of our kids that needed this support and he grew out of it. Some kids are just wired that way it’s no big deal.
You used to be able to get little gadgets that set an alarm when wet to wake them up. Might help break the habit x
My son had the same issue. I set two alarms and had to take him myself because he would be incoherent even after getting him out of bed. He eventually grew out of bed wetting.
All my kids stopped at 2yrs. I let them as much as they want but they stop at 4pm den replace drinks wz eats.the wetting goes reducing till it stops completely.den they resume drinks normally
I wet the bed til I was 12. There was nothing wrong with me. The way the Dr’s explained it to my parents and I was that my brain and bladder hadn’t yet figured out how to communicate while I was sleeping. They eventually got it lol
The only thing I’ve had work for my now 9yo is to wake her up an hour or 2 after she goes to bed to go potty. She’s now starting to wake up on her own at this time to go. It’s not fun or easy to wake her but it’s better then washing sheets every day and she doesn’t have to feel bad or embarrassed for having an accident.
I would def see a dr about it. Other tricks you could try is no water after 5, and get up at 10pm, wake him up and take him to the toilet.
I wet the bed until I was 10. Can be an immature bladder, emotional issues, or they just wet the bed. I stopped, and so will your child. Please don’t shame them or make a huge deal out of it. We feel the shame the harshest from ourselves first.trust me.
Let it go and put plastic mattresses cover. You’re going to give him a complex. My daughter wet the bed until the night our house caught fire when she was 13 . Never wet the bed again because she never felt secure again. She’s 39 now, and thanks me for not belittling or embarrassing her back then . Some kids just pee the bed, very few have a medical problem so don’t torture them to bad with unnecessary procedures
My daughter had a friend with a tipped bladder and could not feel the urge at night.
Lots of things could be the cause, my daughter has sensory issues and simply cannot tell her bladder is full when she’s asleep. Talk to your doctor, ninjamas to the rescue! It’s more common than you think!
You may talk to your dentist. Yes, you read this right, I said dentist!!! Bed wetting can be caused by problems with your mouth. Also see a urologist, as he may have a medical condition that is causing these issues, but please, whatever you do, or how frustrated you get, don’t make a big deal of it, or let your son see your frustrations, as it can be detrimental to him.
My grandson had Same issues, even with same precautions. Ultimately it was discovered he had lots of bike that was impacted even though he was having regular bowel movements and so wasn’t able to totally empty bladder. He had to drink a gallon of special stuff to get him cleaned out. No more problems
I would definitely talk to your pediatrician and or neurologist. It could be something bladder related or neurological. 
Same thing here… it was so frustrating… would set an alarm for like 2 am… get him up to pee… and then he would still pee 2 more times in the bed before morning… nothing I did worked… some of them just have to grow out of it… he’s 14 now… and just stopped within the last year… but I did the same thing as a kid…
I have the same problem with my 8 year old. He started taking imipramine for bed wetting two days ago & there hasn’t been a change. Today I learnt that he’s actually quite badly constipated. All the signs are there. So I’m gonna tackle the constipation issue as I have read that this could be a cause for bed wetting & I’m also getting a bed wetting alarm… Just to train him to wake up when he’s bladder is full. Very frustrating, I must say.
Still goi through this with my 9 year old. We give her a pull-up and make her clean herself up in the morning. We e tried everything including adult doses of desmopressin and it did nothing for her. Good luck. I know how frustrating it is
So, my son had this same problem he wet his bed almost every night all the way through junior high… I just got a plastic cover for the mattress and got a waterproof mattress pad and put some pads on the bed. He grew out of it, it took a while. But the medicine did him so wrong
Put a potty in his room. He might even be scared of the dark, afraid to go down the hall at night. Next to or close by his bed will give him the freedom, minus the anxiety.
MANY years ago my friend had a device. About a 4 by 4 inch square connected to ear buds. The square was inserted into a small pouch sewn into underwear. Soon as it got wet it would make a loud sound to wake her up to go. Not sure if it was homemade or bought but it trained her body to wake when necessary.
Could it be nightmares or afraid of the dark? Some kids won’t get up to go because they are scared to…maybe leave a light on?
Some take more time then others. I had no problems as a child and stopped wetting the bed at 3, randomly started wetting the bed again at 6 for about 8 months. My daughter has major kidney issues and we thought she would be a nightmare to train, fortunately she was 3 when we got her out of nappys at night and she flew it, very few accidents, sometime she still has accidents now but mostly when she’s sick or run down.
My daughter has the same issue and she’s almost 11 but also a diabetic. She is also a very very deep sleeper, her doctor prescribed her a medicine that delays the response while your sleeping to have to go pee and since then shes wet to bed only a couple times (due to her diabetes) can also be genetic too, that’s what her doctor told me.
My son had to be put on desmopressin. It’s been a life saver as I have tried everything you have too. The doctor told me some.boys can have this problem until like 14🤦♀️
You probably can’t stop them. All you can do is rule out medical issues. Make common sense changes in their habits, no late drinking, restroom before bed, etc. Then give them the tools to manage it; mattress protector on the bed, absorptive underwear, instructions and assistance on handling leaks. And go about living, things happen, no big deal.
I wet the bed until 12. My parents tried everything. Nothing worked. I just stopped one night.
Sometimes you just have to wait it out🤷♀️ my son literally wore pull ups till he was 8 or 9. I thought it was never going to end honestly. But one day something just clicked. I would also take your child to the doctor to make sure there is no underlying issue as well.
My pediatrician told me about bedtime alarm that you put on your child and every time they have to go it wakes them up to go to the bathroom
Well one thing to do is get a mattress protector if you haven’t already. But cut down their soda/juice intake and after like 1/2pm let them only have water. That’s what had my son going all the time. Less caffeine and he stopped having accidents.
You really can’t they literally just grow out of it…
Mine is almost 7 and still wears a pull-up to bed every night he has a sensory disorder
Get a bedwetting alarm you clip to their underwear. Look on Amazon. Recomended by our pediatrician, cleared up the problem within a week.
My step daughter did it we tried everything. I took her to the doctors and they put her on nasal spray for a short period of time …they didn’t do it long term because of side affects for children. But it worked she stopped bed wetting im pretty sure they done away with the nasal spray and there’s others things they have now that’s doesn’t have harmful sideaffects. … she now grown and has kids if her own.
But I did have to seek out doctors care for her.
Because we tried everything.
And it worried us so we had to rule out kidney problems and psychological problems as well
Could have a kidney infection or UTI should not wait on taking him to the doctor.
After putting a new mattress on his bed–he never wet the bed again.
7pm seems a bit late - what time is bed time for your 7 year old?
We stop drinks after 5:30pm and a sip at dinner and bed at 7:30.
You need time for them to process the water and have a wee before bed.
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Does your child suffer from constipation? I ask because mine did and it turns out that can cause bladder leaks and more.
My oldest took Desmopressin Acetate for a few weeks after we tried everything else. It finally stopped.
We did the alarm, pull ups, cutting back intake, setting alarms and dragging him out of bed.
Try to award him with something he loves give him a little something for not wetting the bed and each day he doesn’t wet the bed the award gets bigger
My uncle wet the bed till he was 16. Sometimes it just happens.
See if there are any other unlined conditions. My son wet the bed until he was 16. When he was 10, he was diagnosed with tourettes. Turns out the piece of his brain that stopped some behaviors was involved, in addition to other things. Not saying your case is the same, and I hope it isn’t. Just check out every possible aspect
My brother wet the bet until he was a preteen. The doctor said that he was so active during the day that he slept like a log at night. He never even knew he wet until morning. My mother tried everything too. Even dressing like a ghost to scare him. Back then they did some strange things to cure stuff. I think he was ADHD and meds may have taken care of it. Sometimes boys urithra don’t develop completely and you just have to wait it out. Buy some pads to put on his bed or kids depends until you can get him to doctor
My son is exactly the same I have tried everything, he was bout of nappies at night and never peed the bed from a week before his 3rd birthday for bout 2 years and now he’s back to peeing the bed from he’s been 5 and he turned 7 in January and still doing it, only answers I’m getting is he’s falling too deep into his sleep… I could make as much noise in his room and he doesn’t waken up, he’s a nightmare to waken.
Bed wetting alarm. Only took 3 nights, my daughter was 8.
Weird question but has he ever seen an ear, nose and throat doctor? My daughter’s ENT told us that if a child snores and wets the bed having their tonsils taken out may stop the bed wetting. My daughter did both and after having her tonsils taken out and tubes put in her ears the bed wetting stopped along with the snoring.
His bladder is not growing as fast has Rest of Him, Puppy pads or Pull ups, can be traumatizing for small child if made to feel They are Doing something wrong (when it is a bodily function Beyond His control )or speak with His Dr, May be an Underlying issue
Talk to his pediatrician my nephew is doing this and it was something to do with his bladder not being big enough for like his age and he had to be on a special medicine to help him and he was only on this for about 6 months to a year and we’ve had no problems out of him since then and it’s been about 3 years
I didn’t know this but chiropractic issues can cause chronic bed wetting
What worked for us (just a recommendation, no guarantee) was giving ours $1 for every night he woke up dry. After about 3 months he completely stopped. So he got a brand new bed as a reward (out of our money, not his). He’s peed once since and dribbles when he doesn’t get up in time. Other than that, it worked out pretty well!!!
For one of our kids, taking dairy out of the diet did the trick. All of ours eventually grew out of it and some were much older than seven.
My grandson is 10 and just now stopped wetting the bed. We never did figure out why .
Have you asked him if anything is bugging him, or if anyone is abusing him? Sometimes bedwetting can be a sign of abuse. I’m not saying there is something going on but you should ask him. I had a family member who had the same issue and they found out he was being sexually abused. If you haven’t had that talk with him maybe you should just in case.
My nephew had this problem turned out it was a bladder issue maybe talk to the dr
Ur child is a bed wetter not much you can do about it. He will out grow it over time.
Hi I had this issue with my kids it’s some thing to do with the part of the brain that wakes up when the bladder is full. It finally stopped for us randomly at age 10. I had to just wake them up four hours after bed to go potty.
My 12 yo still wets the bed. We went to the pediatrician. He’s constipated plus the doctor said it’s not uncommon.
Sounds like it’s a medical issue. Get to the root cause of why he’s wetting the bed.
My daughter was 9 doing the same thing. Then found out she is type 1 diabetic .
My step-son is 11 and still wets the bed. He gets pull ups through medicaid and we have a hospital type bed protector he sleeps on too. We have tried everything possible but the drs aren’t concerned so hoping he will grow out of it. He’s a deep sleeper almost to the point of sleep walking bc when you wake him up to pee he’s clueless as to where he is and what’s going on and takes a few minutes for him to come to. We cut out caffeine to only 1 drink a day and that’s always before 5 and only sips of water before bed time. Nothing else we can do as of right now. And I know it’s embarrassing to him as he’s getting to the age of sleep-overs. But defiantly do not punish your son for it as he really may not can help it.
Honestly my husband is almost 40 and once in a great blue moon he does it, cause his body is to tired to wake up and tell him
Does your child snore? I know that sounds crazy, but snoring and bed wetting are related.
My daughter did it until 9 yo. She had anxiety that I never knew about. Once we ruled out all physical, counseling absolutely stopped it.
From what I’ve read It can chemical I their brain. Unfortunately boys usually have it longer and it’s just something he will grow out of.
My 8 year old has the same problem sometimes I am just trying to wait it out hoping she will grow out of it
Alll the above buy also that’s the age of “it just happens” is it every night?
Some kids need time to grow more before they can hold it all night.
My son did it till 11 ish. Hey a mat to put under sheet, just keep reminding him he’ll be okay and it’s normal.
When one of my boys was wetting the bed in 1st grade we were told to watch red food dyes…its a anatural bladder constrictor.
Try eliminating dairy and see if that helps. Including ice cream and cheese
Ask a doc. What worked for me is no drinks after 5 pm. Also a moisture alarm.
I would definitely speak to your pediatrician. It may be a deeper issue then you think
i wet my bed till 14 .my son till he was 7 i never made an issue it
Maybe light the way to the restroom. Could he be scared to use the restroom at night? Is it nightly?
Also a sign of molestation, if you’ve ruled out other things, especially if it began at an older age
Suggestions for training a girl from wetting her panties?
Does he snore? Does he have his tonsils? He might have sleep apnea.
Any possibility of sleep apnea?
Anything changed? Trauma that he’s not talked about? Personality change?
Carry him to a Pediatric nephrologist. They will do bladder ultrasound.
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Is he distressed about something? Is he happy?
Pediatrician can prescribe him a pill that he can take 3 at a time to help at bedtime and no drinking after 7. The pills do help tremendously.
Take him to the chiropractor.
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Oh my goodness how can you people over think this the child is 7 it happens
Talk to his doctor. He should see a pediatric urologist.
Track their bowels, CONSTIPATION CAN PLAY A HUGE ROLE
Not sure if this is a possibility but I know a kid I used to babysit would pee the bed until he was 10-11 years old because he was scared of the dark and was afraid to get up to go to the bathroom. As soon as he told his mom she left a light on for him and he stopped.
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had same problem as kid seeaschley mariewilfrid’s answer
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