My pre-teen wets the bed?

[Bubbles]

she only wets the bed at night,never thru the day and the she has been to the drs twice and been tested. they said she just has an over active bladder..besides stopping her from drinking before she goes to bed does anyone else have any tips?
thanks

[sharon j]

dont listen to those three people up top.

This is actually very serious.
having an overactive bladder can lead to serious infections and can have her being afraid for her friends to spend the night,or to go to their house.

My sister had this problem and it was a big issue.
It took the longest time for my mother and her to get it under controll.

She had to know that there were ways to prevent it, like no water after dinner, make sure you go to the bath room before bed, and that mom wasn't going to be mad at her, and for a few months she had an alarm clock that woke her up every few hours so she went to the bath room.

And eventually she was able to get up on her own with out the clock.
Besides the over active bladder being the main issue, stress can have a large impact on it. If she's stressed out about it, it can lead to her actually doing it.

Talk to her about it. Let her know that she isn't the only one with this problem. And find a solution to help her cope with it.

It took my sister till she was 16 to finally get it under controll. But she still can't go to bed if she's stressed about anything because she will end up wetting it.

Hope I helped

[jamie m]

Make her go to the bathroom before bed.
And make her get up every 3 hours to go to the bathroom during the night.

[mortimer h]

this happens with kids today because parents dont smack their behinds when they need to learn right from wrong. your child is controlling you and has no intentions of stopping.

[lili]

Please don't listen to the rude people telling you to punish your child for having a medical problem. She can't help what her body does while she's sleeping. She will eventually grow out of it. Aside from stopping her from drinking a couple of hours before bed make sure she uses the bathroom before bed and maybe set an alarm to go off in the middle of the night to remind her to go to the bathroom again. Also if it's really bad you may want to get her some adult diapers... the kind that are like pull ups might be a little less embarrassing for her.

[Welfare'ah Jones]

Diapers. At least you know she won't be having sex with boys. She might pee during sex.