Sudden recurrence of bed wetting
Sudden recurrence of bed wetting
My son is 4 years old and started bed wetting since the start of the cold season. He used to wake up and go to the toilet by himself for a year and now he is in such deep sleep and only wakes up 6am to do a wee and 5 out of 7 nights he is already wet. I have started rewarding him and talking to him but sometimes he is dry in the mornings sometimes not. I have seen his GP yesterday and he didn’t seem worried and said that it’s normal at this age and will pass. But I’m still not at ease.
Since this has only started occurring since the cold season, perhaps check to see if your son and/or the room is warm enough before you go to bed of an evening. You could consider returning to using pull ups at night time. Not only will this obviously prevent your son and the entire set of bedding getting wet, but it may also be an incentive for him.
Wait until there are a few weeks of complete dryness before trying again without pull ups. You could try to limit how much fluid he is drinking before bed. Also, if he is asking for a drink before actually dropping off to sleep, strike up an agreement that he will go to the toilet straight afterwards.
Try and work out if there is a difference between what happens of an evening on the nights he does wet the bed - is he overtired etc. Another option is, if he settles back into sleep easily, you could gently wake him before you go to bed to take him to the toilet too.
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