Bedwetting Support Group

Bedwetting (or nocturnal enuresis or sleepwetting) is involuntary urination while asleep. It is the normal state of affairs in infancy, but can be a source of embarrassment when it persists into school age or the teen or adult years. Find others who are coping with a bedwetting problem and share your experiences and questions.

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nicolemom
nicolemom

I am sorry to see other parents go through this too but it does also help knowing your not alone in having you  kids still with bedwetting issues

LisaLisa
LisaLisa
My mum had two of us, and now that my sister has her own children she's one of those mums too - but to be fair her oldest is only four and a half.
I hope that you end up with dry beds in your house soon though.
nicolemom
nicolemom
mine are 9 and 6. i know it will stop someday. Would be nice if someday was sooner than later :)
LisaLisa
LisaLisa
Sooner would definitely be better. My sister stopped at 15 except for a few odd times after that. I was 17 when it got less but it's never disappeared completely. What was really helpful was the reassurance that we weren't the only ones out there, and mum had half expected it anyway given that it can be genetic.
momplus
momplus
When we were dealing with this the best thing we did was to make the kids a comfortable as possible with wearing diapers and they soon realized that wearing them helped them feel better. No it's not easy.
Ritchie
Ritchie
I imagine it’s quite hard for a parent who has children with bedwetting issues, and having been that child that constantly wet the bed I know first hand how upsetting it can be for the child as well. I was lucky that my mum was very understanding and always kept telling me it wasn’t my fault, and as momplus mentioned above, tried to make it as comfortable as possible for me having to wear a nappy - sometimes I remember being quite a difficult task for her.
But there are reasons for my wetting problems and why I still have them, but for most children it’s just a phase, and I think being as understanding, non judgmental and reassuring as you can can only help a child hopefully move on from these stressful issues.
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