Parenting Big Kids (5-8) Support Group
This community is focused on the joys, challenges and concerns faced by parents of big kids (5 to 8 year olds). The major areas of child development include: physical development, perception and sensory development, communication and language development, cognitive development, emotional development and social development. Join to share your stories and get advice.
What is he drinking before bed? I now do not let my daughter drink a lot 1.5 hours before bed and I make sure she pees before bed.
I had him in pull ups until this year, he didn't want them anymore. I will try limiting his drinking.. it is so strange that his two brothers, ages 5 and 3, have no issues, the 5 yo even asks for water right before bed! I guess every kid is different.
For my 8 1/2 year old, he wears Good Nights. I have no advice, just letting you know you're not the only one.
I stayed in thick cloth diapers with plastic pants at night and would be soaked every morning. When I was 14 or so m doctor said diapers were prolonging the problem so I was now allowed to flood my sheets, blankets, and pillows nightly. After a few months of this I went back to diapers.
Anyway not until I was 30 or so did I have a through urodynamic study done which showed I had a neurogenic bladder, probably since birth and the doctor told me I never stood a chance of overcoming my bedwetting issue or daytime leaking as well. I was offered a surgical procedure which the doctor said “may” help. I am not going under the knife for a maybe solution. Fortunately my skin is never affected by being wet. I live 24/7 diapered now and really find it only a minor inconvenience. I dont broadcast my issue but also don’t hide from it. Many have known or know I’m in diapers but find if it’s not a big deal to me it isn’t anyone else. I had some great college friends that found out when I passed out in a friends dorm room one night and soaked my pants, and this guys bed. I woke up feeling mortified but they playfully said well puddles is up! They nicknamed me puddles and if anyone asked why they called me that they would say “because he wets the bed” they were very supportive and allowed me to just play off it. My dorm room partner was fine about it which allowed me to stop trying to hide my
diapers and put a protective plastic sheet over my mattress.