Give him a small box of raisins before bed
Constipation could be the cause!
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I agree not get mad or make fun off your child.
Idk, see a paediatrician I guess
Oh and you can get vinyl bed protectors to put under the sheets
Bed wetting is also a genetic thing, if someone in fam does than he could possibly hve the same issue. My son was on meds but after about a year it stopped completely. So he stopped taking the meds n surprisingly he almost never has accidents. Talk to the dr
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Doctor. It could possibly be a problem with this kidneys.
Maybe medical issue OR he could be going through emotional stuff too
I need more details, but if he’s wearing a pull-up to bed due to the issues, it could actually be hindering him from making progress. I wet the bed until I was about that age. It got to the point where I knew I was wearing a diaper so I got lazy; I thought why get up to pee when I can just stay in bed and pee in this? 
gross I know but I wanted to point that out as I have been a child in this predicament!
I peed the bed til I was like 12. How embarrassing.
This happened to my nephew and turns out he’s a diabetic at 8
My son was a wetter until he was almost 10 He just grew out of it. I used depends because they held more and made his bed in layers like 4 layers of sheets and pee pads if his bed got wet just pull off one layer and go back to sleep
See a pediatric urologist
Definitely a doctor visit. I had that problem and found out it was an anatomy problem. Please don’t punish till you rule this out.
Take him to doc… plastic covers work wonders…
Yep I was a bed wetter till 7 or so. I dont remember how I stopped, but do remember my parents trying all sorts, including leaving the lights in the hallway and toilet on, waking me up middle of the night, but out of no where I’d just stop. And every night that I didn’t wet the bed, I’d brag and be so proud. I do remember the one during those years, when lights were left on for me, or I was given a torch, apparently those nights I never wet the bed.
It’s common for some kids to wet the bed until age 12 or 13, especially boys. Have you ruled out any medical issues? Uti, sleep apnea? I woke mine up at 3 in the morning to go to the bathroom every night for years. Use a plastic sheet, descretly give night time pull ups and what ever you do DO NOT SHAME THEM for wetting the bed. Just clean it up and move on.
Get him to an airway dentist. Could be a sleep issue. Chiropractor can help as well.
Does he have a lot of Stress? How ong is his day?
Definitely be quiet about he issue to his surroundings, tell him hat it’s ok. No punishment! I will go away. Of corset there are other reaeons too. One may be that he is not producing a certain hormone that builds right in the Curvy Spot between forehead and nose. Your body only develops that hormone at night, that’s how the body controls your sense of walking up when your bladder is full. And some kids devolop this hormone later, some earlier. Nobody can control their bladder when they are asleep.
Maybe it is actually a physical problem? Ask the pediatrician.
But maybe leave it alone, have sympathy and it will be ok.
Sometimes your own anxiety is a bigger problem. Put diapers on him at night until he can handle the problem. Be patient. It might be worse for HIM to develop anxiety over it.
There’s a prescription pill I used with my kids. Worked well ask the dr
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Some kids bladders just aren’t developed enough. It is very common, she will grow out of it. (Barring any medical conditions)
Anxiety causes bed wetting, I stopped right before I turned twelve, it was 100% anxiety related.
Maybe ask him about emotions and feelings and feeling uneasy or scared? Make bedtime a fun thing, get some GoodNites/Pull-Ups for him. And do a reward system. One night no bedwetting= a treat, one week= a new toy, one month= a special day just for him. Or something attainable. Keep a star chart. He will get there
Mine did it until he was 12
Talk to the dr sounds like it could be a medical thing
Could be constipation
10% of all 7 year olds wet the bed, and it’s higher if Mom and/or Dad were bedwetters. “If both parents wet the bed as kids, there’s a 70 percent chance a child will do the same. If only one parent was a bedwetter, the probability a child will follow suit is around 40 percent.”
https://www.verywellfamily.com/bedwetting-bedwetting-statistics-2633257
We used Pacific International to help with bed wetting!! We used a alarm on the mattress and when child would wet the alarm would ring. It took some time but it worked!!
I wet the bed till I was 13. I had a doctor prescribe me a nasal spray that you use before bedtime. After using it for a while I ended up quitting wetting the bed. Almost like my body trained itself to stay dry at night. I’m assuming this is what’s it’s called (I’m 31 now so it was long ago)
My daughter is 5 and wets the bed frequently. I’ve started setting a 2 minute timer for her to sit on the toilet as she’s heading to bed, it works as long as she doesn’t get up during the night to ask dad for a drink and go right back to sleep
Chiropractor! I was a child who went through a lot in hopes of not wetting the bed anymore. My mom and I felt we had exhausted all options.
One day my dad brought a printout from the chiropractor and it said that in some cases bed wetting is caused by a misalignment. I don’t recall exactly why, I think it was a nerve that was affected that sends that signal to the brain to wake up. And due to my back being out, my brain wasn’t receiving the signal to wake up to go to the washroom.
Two treatments and I was cured of that forever.
I hope you find something that works!
I’ll be strait up. I didn’t stop wetting the bed until I turned 16. Don’t make him feel ashamed and don’t you feel ashamed either it’s normal
My bonus child is 6 and he wets the bed and I notice that it’s only when me and his dad argues and he’s stressed about it.
Unfortunately nothing u really can do. It will stop in time.my boy peed the bed til 11.i know it has to deal with singles not reaching the brain in time. He should outgrow it.i would recommend ruling out medical issues first. My son had adhd
Wake him or her during the night and make them go to bathroom
Wake him up every hour on the hour…
Wake him up to go potty every 2 hrs
No Dairy products after 12noon .
Following. My 5 year old is the sameee
May be a medical condition
She has a bladder problem
May have a bladder infection
It helped. But didnt completely stop it. He finally outgrew at 10
If there is no medical reason behind it I think it’s just totally fine to just give him a pull up or a pee pad underneath the bedding and quit worrying about it. My grandpa always said you don’t see an adult not being able to self feed or fee on the street so stop worrying about them because they will eventually learn. Everyone wants to learn on their own pace.
My son is 8 and still wets the bed. Not as often as he used to, with him we found if he takes a nap during the day after school he doesn’t wet the bed. He’s getting to where he doesn’t need to take a nap anymore but if he has a super exhausting day he will wet the bed. He just gets into such a deep sleep from being so tired it happens. We just have a mattress cover and if it’s been a long day with no nap he wears overnights.
My 7 year old still pees the bed and after a year of trying everything and is all being stressed out and frustrated we just put him back in pull ups. He says “he just doesn’t wake up” it’s a maturity thing according to his doctor. Best of luck!
Boys are more likely to pee the bed at night time longer then girls my 7year daughter stopped by 3 and my son was about 9 when he stopped have accidents of wetting the bed. And i tried all that stuff and more. Stop worrying make sure mattress have protective cover and be patient with him
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I peed the bed at night til I was “too old” to still do it. It was either from dreaming I was on a toilet, or nightmares would scare the piss outta me. Even at 40, I know it’s time to wake up & go if a toilet randomly appears in a dream.
Put on a pull up and quit worrying. If he could control it, he would! He’ll outgrow it. In the meantime have him wear a diaper, pull up depends whatever, to save you from having to change sheets on a daily basis. Ask dad. Ill bet he did it too.
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My son started peeing the bed around 8 and it concerned me . It turned out to be a kidney disease . Not meant to alarm since you didn’t say this has been ongoing or sporadic . I’d get a checkup to be safe
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I put my son on a sleep study. He had an alarm pad under the sheet and when he wet…even a little…a very loud alarm sounded. He would have to get up…go to the bathroom to finish…
Wash his hands and refresh his face. Then change the sheets and go back to sleep. Until he refreshed his face he really wasn’t awake. He stopped in a week and thanked me for helping him
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My step son wet the bed and we took him to the pediatrician and they put him on a pill he took every night with dinner and he didn’t wet the bed anymore. I’m not big on giving kids pills for stuff but this really helped my step son a lot and made his life a little easier.
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My nephew was 10 before they figured out that constipation and kidney stones was the reason for his bedwetting. Now he gets his kidneys checked yearly. He drinks lemon juice to break down the stones and cranberry juice to prevent infection. For the constipation he gets miralax. Just a small amount each day. No more bedwetting since.
I wet the bed as a child! My mother changed my diet, woke me up numerous times a night, limited drinks and everything imaginable. I just had to out grow it! That and she of course put wet proof sheet on the bed and taught me how to get up and change the sheets myself and not wake her up! Probably was the best way
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This is a medical condition you should explain this to your pediatrician I had a cousin who did this until he was 16 and his parents FINALLY took him to a doctor to find out the reason why no control measures or punishment is going to fix a medical condition if your pediatrician can’t find and answer see an urology specialist
Goodnites pull ups for bed, his bladder most likely isn’t mature enough to be full for any amount of time during sleep. It happens, he WILL out grow it, just most likely not any time soon.
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He will out grow it! No one knows when that will be. He certainly can’t help it and he hates it as much as you do! If like my two brothers…they were heavy sleepers. One of them didn’t outgrow it until he went into the millitary. That however, is not the norm! The other, I believe was 8 or 9! Good Luck!!
I would ask a whole-istic doctor. It could be dietary or personality (he decides to hold it) or honestly can’t tell. Boys of mine took longer to potty train and wean, but I too wet the bed on and off till about 10. I was in an environment at the time with a lot of stress induced causes due to my Mother divorcing and an abusive father. I would start with seeing the doc first. If a conventional doc, see a dietician. Hope that helps.
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Some kids just take longer to develop control in that area of their lives…
Even past the age of 7. Make sure your child knows this so he or she does not feel abnormal. I would get my child to wear pull-ups for older kids. It’s more comfortable than waking up in wet bed sheets. As well, there is medication to help with this or at least there was when my kids were little … I’d that’s something you want to explore. Good luck.
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I had a bed wetter and I tried anything and everything including all of the above. She never had a dry night in her life. All of a sudden when she was ten it just stopped and never happened again. The doctor told me that her urinary tract system just hadn’t fully developed and matured yet and it would one day. It did. Hang in there!
May need a little medical intervention. Some boys can be as old as 17 before they stop, honest. Pull-ups, wet sheets, teach him how to change his own bed. You can hirer a sheet that an alarm goes off when it gets wet. This can help you work out if it’s at a certain time of night, like just before it’s time to get up or when they enter REM sleep. Sometimes they’re not drinking enough during the day and end up with too much when they get home. Sometimes teachers stop them going during lessons too which they learn to hold it all day but then can’t help it when they sleep. If your worried get professional help. Worked for ma y of my friends x
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At bedtime instead of staying something about him not wetting bed. Word so your saying sleep dry and have him say I’m gonna sleep dry tonight. Worked on couple of kids I know. They go to bed thinking about being dry not about peeing bed. Funny how the mind works. Good luck and don’t panic he will eventually outgrow it and won’t be a teenager with a rainbow following him 
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I used a potty alarm with my oldest. It clips in the underwear and senses as soon as it’s wet to wake them. She was dry 100% in less than 2 weeks.
My others i let them do it on their own, they just used pullups until dry at night. I tried the alarm with #2 and after several weeks we weren’t making progress, so we quit.
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Check with Dr to make sure nothing medically wrong, if not, don’t make him feel ashamed. My son wet the bed occasionally untill his early teens, eventually out grew it. He even would set alarm for 2 am. We put water proof liner under him in bed.
The wetting nearly destroyed our family - it was so stressful. Did all the appointments, pop softeners etc. My husband ordered the Bedwetting institute video and we put out son into the drinking program. Within a few days it worked. It was such a relief. No-one spoke about this to anyone and the school shamed us. We thought we were bad parents. Best thing ever watching the information instruction video which was a bit old fashioned but got the message across! Highly recommended.
I had one that just wouldn’t wake up for anything. She got over it about that age. Actually you’re lucky they now have diapers, briefs and bed pads which saves a lot of work.I don’t think we thought of it way back then
I promise he will grow out of it 
. Let him sleep in pull ups and don’t shame him about it (not saying you do, but I have personally heard people do it). Before you realize it he will have grown out of it. 
I went through the same thing with my son.
Patience my dear. All children r not the same. It may just be, he’s so sound asleep it just happens. Cover the mattress, get an extra sheet, and or pull up. He’ll come around
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I explained to my kids about there is tank inside your body ( bladder ) they have to totally empty that tank out before bed , because as they are sleeping , it slowly fills up & can easily overflow & tells them to have a dream of going to the toilet for a wee & they do in bed , So is best empty that tank all out just before bed time 
happy sleeps kids & hopefully no more bed wetting ( It happens to drunks Too) 
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I wet the bed until I was nearly 16. Turns out it was an allergy to milk. I cut milk out of my diet and no more problem.
We had this issue and turns out he had an overactive bladder. He’s been prescribed to Ditropan for about a year and he has wet the bet maybe 5 times since compared to nearly every night.
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Most people don’t realise that kidneys are supposed to be in an inactive stage when you are asleep and with children esp it takes time and sorts itself out . If you think its not a medical problem and he is healthy in general just get pull ups and he should grow out of it .
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He will on his own pace, it’s not a matter of training - he’s not aware when he’s sleeping. Supply yourself with bed mats and patience.
If you worry though there are some things that can cause bed wetting so perhaps worth talking to GP
He will outgrow it eventually. Don’t make a big deal about it. Buy him a child’s size sleeping bag to sleep in on top of a plastic mattress cover. Then teach him how to use the washing machine to wash all of his wet clothes and sleeping bag. I did this with my son and he washed his own bedding and clothes for a few years before he out grew it. We had no stress and no guilt! It all worked out just fine. 
When they are ready, they do not do it kn purpose . It is normal for a lot of children they relax so much in their sleep and just P. I sucked my thumb oh lord they tried everyrhing tabasco, humiliation did not make me stop
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Hate to say it, but it’s something he just has to grow out of! No matter what you try (not drinking after supper, etc) he will stop when his body is ready.
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My daughter who is now 8 we went to the urologist at the age of 7 for bedwetting. Found out she had tissue building up inside her bladder which was causing her bladder to act like it was full when it wasn’t. With the tissue it was blocking the muscles for her to feel she had to pee if it wasn’t full enough and she would pee during the day and at night. They put her on medication to relax all her muscles while she slept and we put her on a strict time limit. She had to go in and try to pee every 20 minutes no matter what (made driving anywhere hard but thank goodness it was during the beginning of covid) a year of that and it now wakes her up in the middle of the night and she doesn’t have to go as often. We just stopped the medication afrer not having an accident and she has had one accident and that was last night at a friend’s house. Mention it to the pediatrician and see what they say
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You are not alone, I tried everything. My son also was a sleepwalker. . . heavy sleeper, I could have a full on conversation w him, he wouldn’t remember. The only thing that helped was getting him up in the middle of the night, I would just walk him to the bathroom and he would go without even waking up. Good luck. He stopped around 7 or 8. Still has to pee all the time as an adult.
My eldest is nearly 10 an still has accidents occasionally no big deal he will grow out of it. He didn’t come out of pull ups for bed until he was 7 but as I said still has accidents. He used to be under the incontinence clinic and there’s absolutely nothing wrong with him. Have patience dont panic and think something is wrong because of what people are saying on here. You know ur child better than anyone if u think its just bed wetting then so be it mattress protector/ water proof sheet and dont make a big deal of it my son tries to hide it as he’s embarrassed by it I’ve told him time and time again everyone has accidents its nothing to be embarrassed about and he certainly doesn’t have to hide it from me. He is out growing it its a rare occasion now
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According to my son’s pediatrician you may have to do a full “potty training” again. I didn’t take that advise but my son was 14 and he FINALLY stopped wetting the bed. We did EVERYTHING in our power to keep it from happening like A) nothing to drink past 6-7 at night 
bathroom twice before bed. It didn’t matter what we did, it didn’t work. We were also told that sometimes a kids’ bladder doesn’t fully develop until a little later. I am happy to report that FINALLY, my 14 isn’t peeing the bed anymore. It isn’t his fault nor was it ours. Nature had to take its course. My son also has ADHD, so I fully believe that because his mind and body are going full force all day long, that by the time he goes to sleep, that is when his body can finally relax and that is why he wet the bed. But that is coming from a mom and not an educated physician 
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I’d take him to see a doctor. My nephew was 8 wetting the bed and turned out he had an auto immune disease that caused his body to attack his pancreas and now He’s a type 1 diabetic. I’d say it’s worth looking into
Unless the kid is also killing small animals and starting fires, leave him/her alone!
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I was a bed wetter. The problem was I would dream I was peeing. I slept so soundly I couldn’t wake up until it was too late. Kids do outgrow it. Three of my kids were the same way.
Ours is 9.5 yrs old. Still wets the bed. When he uses the alarms he does well. Then does good for a bit then falls back into nightly wet. Then back on the alarms. Got the alarm from Amazon.
I had problems holding my bladder until I was about 8 or so. Eventually I grew out of it. A great trigger for me with wetting the bed was when I dreamed about going to the bathroom. I would randomly stop whatever I was doing in the dream and find a toilet and then forced myself to wake up before I wet the bed. Worth a try mentioning it? Sorry I don’t have more to help!
We put my youngest in the cool feel pull ups. He hated it because he got cold. It worked. I think he just got on a wake up schedule but it worked.
Is it the only thing their doing because my daughter never wet the bed and started to we thought maybe she was just stressed turns out it was sign she had type 1 diabetes it’s definitely something to look into .
Constipation is a huge thing in kids. It could be the problem. It was with mine but she was 4 at the time.
Try taking him to a chiropractor… it may take a few adjustments but it will definitely help
My oldest son did this until he was 11…was told some boys take a while longer to create the hormones to enable it to stop…
You can’t. Invest in a waterproof mattress cover and wait it out
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Sometimes they grow faster than their bladder. In time it will catch up with his growth and he will be ok
My husband had a extra small bladder our kids followed in his footsteps we got a screen and a journal to keep track of the times and the size of the spot he had to drink 16oz of pop every night at bed time I felt awful because he had to have water washcloth or something to make sure he was awake before he was allowed to go but it worked for him and he was very happy to be dry at night he could do overnight with friends and camping with others the pop was to help him fill up faster and to stretch his bladder
My youngest daughter’s who are 5 and 6 nearly 6 and 7 still wear pull ups every night. I have 8 kids and never had this issue with my previous 6 kids, they were all night trained by the time they were 3 the latest 4yrs of age so this is a first for me. They were night trained at a younger age but regressed for what ever reason and now here we are .
Definitely speak to a doctor before just letting it go to see if MAYBE he grows out of it.
The kid I babysit was 12 before he stopped. Doctor said its just a phrase
What I did was buy bed pads for my daughter when she was 7 and made her wear underwear to bed, she didn’t like waking up wet so she was potty trained a week later.
Lay down on his back 4 like 30 minutes be still .then go pee when he get up. Some times that helps
When lay down water moves in the body.should help dry him up
Just get a mattress cover, ( I’m sure you already have one) a couple extra sets of sheets. Tell him he has to change them. Don’t make a big deal out of it or reprimand him. It will make it worse. I wonder if Practicing holding it during the day might help. Like when your on a drive . He’ll get over it.