teens with bed and day wetting of clothes

hargis · Newbie Joined: 14 Apr 2005 Posts: 16

Hello!
My son has a problem. He is already a teenager (12 years old), but he is still wetting his bed and clothes at night. How long will this last? What should we do?

cincotta · Silver Member Joined: 12 Sep 2001 Posts: 288

3 % of 12-year-olds still wet their beds, so your son is not the only one. Eventually this will stop, but I suppose it will take some time.
Mostly the cause is small bladder, so your son must learn to control urination and most teenagers can learn to use the toilet during the night.
It is important that he gets used to using toilet. Do not let him drink any drinks at least 2 hours before bed time, especially drinks based on caffeine. He must go to the toilet before he goes to bed. These are few practical advices. Most important for him is to learn to control bladder. If nothing else let him make alarm clock 4 hours after he goes to bed and if he feels the urge, he will go, when alarm clock will wake him in the middle of the night. If nothing else, you can always talk to your physician and ask him or her for practical advice.
Best wishes!

mom12 · Newbie Joined: 29 Dec 2006 Posts: 1

my son is 14 years old and day and night wets the doctor said that he is fine and will out grow it but still day wetting it dosent nake sense...

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12yo is not a teenager.

teens with bed and day wetting of clothes

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