[DS 7.5 still wetting the bed]

Just now, Mbelle said:

For us it was sugar and juice.  We don't let him have any sugar or juice after the afternoon snack.   When we first figured that out we also woke him up to go pee before we fell asleep.  A sip of water at bed time doesn't seem to be a problem.

We use a puppy pad under the sheet just in case, instead of pull ups.

Thanks for the tip.  I have a case of puppy pads that was donated to me.  I also have a mattress vinyl cover to protect his mattress as he is on his 3rd one and I will tell you, they are NOT cheap.  I limit any soda drinks and he typically only drinks milk, water and juice.  I do attempt to wake him at night but is usually results in WWIII and  he fights me tooth and nail when I try to get him out of bed to try to go.  I have even tried one of those bedwetting alarms which he just slept right through.

 

[DS 7.5 still wetting the bed]

Good morning.  This is my first post here as I just came across this website.

I would love to hear ANY tips, advise and suggestions on what I can do to help me with my son.  He is 7.5 and I can count on 1 hand how many times he has woke up dry.  I have tried limiting drinks after a certain time, trying to get him to go potty before bed (which he always says he doesn't have to go and more times than not refuses to even try), waking him when I go to bed and again in the middle of the night, consulting his pedi many times, alarms and nothing helps.  

I am currently using pull ups which he doesn't mind but...what do you do when the pull ups just don't cut it?  He leaks out of them almost every night.  I even tried the ones made for older kids but those are not much better.  Even the smallest size they make are still too big for him.  He is 7.5 and has been stuck at 38 lbs for the longest time (he has a high metabolism and his pedi assures me that he is perfectly healthy).  What does everyone do with slightly older kids when pull ups just don't work??  I know its not his fault and I never get upset with him over it but...I wont lie, I am very frustrated over the extra laundry its causing.  And, he HATES waking up in a soaking wet bed in the morning.  HELP!!  I just don't know what else to do anymore.  He is a very heavy sleeper and I am patiently waiting for him to out grow it.  His pedi has said many times that's its still quite normal for kids to still wet the but till 8 or 9 years old.