I am not usually at a loss of what to do for my kids. But Sage has been wetting the bed recently. She was day trained about two years ago (she was 5 in Oct) and was dry at night for more than a year. She had a few accidents about a month ago, and we thought it was a urinary tract infection. In fact, the doctor who saw her SAID it was a UTI, based on symptoms, and the primary test results. A few days later a nurse called me and said, "Sage didn't have 'enough' bacteria in her urine for us to consider it a full blown UTI. Stop the antibiotic." Now I am no fan of abuse of antibx, but this kid had all the sx of a UTI. I called and said I had to talk to the doctor on call (of course, a different one who diagnosed Sage at the offiice) and he is very conservative about antibx (which I usually like.) He said the amount of bacteria in her urine was "borderline" and he didn't want her on the antibx. My thought was, "this kid had been on the antibx for several days, won't stopping now cause a superinfection?" He didn't think so. I gave it to her for 3 more days, and then stopped. She has wet the bed at night at least 4 times since then. She was dry for more than a year, and I am frustrated that every time I have to call our ped, we get a different nurse, who then take all day to talk to the doctor, and nothing gets resolved. I am wondering what else I could do. I have never had a child wet the bed before. (After those first few months out of diapers.) Sage says her Yoni sometimes "feels funny" when she pees. But she says it isn't pain. Anyone has a similar situation?
I have no real idea, but maybe it's not something physical, if they say that the found amount of bacteria isnt' enough for an infection. Maybe you can treat that with either homeopathics or bach flowers. They really helped my sister when she had a problem like that when she was little.
Thank you, Kasten. I do have a homeopathy kit. I don't know why it didn't occur to me. Do you have any good links to remedy symptoms and uses? I have an old book called "Homeopathic Medicine for Infants and Children" but I wondered if you had a good website that would help me find a good remedy. THANK YOU!
I'm sorry I don't know anything off the top of my head but I will ask my friend who has many kids of an older age and is also into homepathics. I just wanted to commiserate about the different person every time you dealt wth the doctor thing...it really causes a lot of problems as far as I can see as they do all seem t have different approaches and beliefs and even the nurses and staff at the desk can interfere in this mix...I reckon that when you find a good doctor hang onto them for dear life!!!
I am sorry, Maggie, I don't know any links in English, only german ones. Although I think there must be a lot better resources in English then in german. although Hahnemann (the founder of homeopathy) was german. But it was suppressed here for a very long time, other then in Great Britain, where the Doctors of the Royals were all educated homeopaths. But most of the books I have seen, reflect not the whole complexity, homeopthy is capable of. A lot of them respect more the physical appearance of the "disease" then the mental aspect. Maybe check out some more books, if you can't find anything in yours, or compare to other sources to make sure. Very helpful are also Bach Flowers. The Usage is a lot less complex, but for children, the treatment is about as effect My cousin had a pretty bad case of not wanting/being able to poo in the toilett (everything else was working fine) she requested a diaper for that, still when she was four. That started when her her brother was born. My mother, who took many courses in classical homeopathy treated her with bach flowers, and about a day later, the girl could do her business as every other 4 year old.
Give her lots and lots and lots of cranberry juice and water. If there's one thing I know about, it's UTI and bladder infections since I've had them chronically all my life and occasionally still have "accidents" when I'm really sick (which is nothing to be ashamed of, I can't really help it). Keep her drinking to flush any bacteria out of her system. If she still has problems after a few days, check back with the doctor. Has she ever had a UTI or bladder infection before? Sometimes the original anti-biotic doesn't get it all and I know I apparently had one for months after I was supposedly "cured". Also, make sure she goes to the bathroom well in advance before bedtime and absolutely nothing to drink an hour or two before bed. I know what helped me is to go to the bathroom on a schedule, whether I really had to go or not. I developed a weak bladder due to all of my infections (which they found out by a lovely cathedar... ouch!) so they put me on a schedule going once every 2 hours, no matter how much it was, when I was 10. It actually really helps and I would assume it would help for any child because my mom did the same thing with my younger brother and he never had a problem. Good luck!
Hi there Maggie Sugar. I know with my baby brother once he was out of daytime diapers my mom would still put diapers (cloth and rubber pants) on him for the night, and he would be soaked in the morning. He would have been around 3 years of age at that time. After he was completely out of diapers (day and night), he remained dry for a time then suddenly, he started wetting again. My mom says that some kids bladders don't catch up with the growth of their bodies, resulting in pants and bedwetting episodes. A few of the mothers i used to babysit for either continued using diapers on their kids, or just put a pair of cotton thermal knit (waffle) training pants on their kids at night-time with a pair of rubber pants over top. It seemed to work well. But as far as there being something wrong with your daughter, i highly doubt it.
when i was a kid i don't really remember wetting the bed but i do remember this. rather curiously my mother said to me once when i was about 5/6 etc "if you want to go to toilet in the night, just wake up and go to the toilet and then go back to bed" looking back on it i guess it was a very simple programming of the child's mind. you know what? when i did want to go to the toilet i woke up! another thing is not to give kids sugar or caffeine as this will probably provoke the whole thing.
A LOT of kids are still wetting the bed at 5, I think almost half? It's perfectly normal, I think.She's probably just sleeping too deeply and relaxing her sphincter, or not waking up to use the bathroom. I found that most of the time it's in the early morning hours that most accidents happen, if you are so inclined, you can set your clock and go wake her up to use the bathroom (I would not wake up for that, I have a hard time waking up to go myself!) I wouldn't worry about it, it will pass. (Causticum is the remedy for bedwetting)
Thank you all for the help. It just worried me because she went a long time with no bed wetting. She isn't eating much sugar and no caffiene, and I do have her go on kind of a schedule. The other night when she had the bedwetting, she went right before bed! I'l see if she will drink any cranberry juice (she is really picky about food.) I don't think I will wake her, it is easier to clean up afterward, I don't like getting up really early.
Maybe it's something that will pass. I wet the bed growing up, but eventually, it did end. I was well passed potty training when that happened, too. I ended up wetting the bed for a long time, but I did stop.
Does she maybe sleep in a different position? Sometimes different positions (ie on your side curled up, or with your legs up on the bed-end so they're elevated) can increase pressure on the bladder and cause an accident. Happened to me when I was younger, but old enough to remember it (6 or 7 I guess) because I slept with my legs elevated and was very tired that night.... so I don't sleep like that anymore! Anywho, cranberry juice sounds like a good idea. I wonder if cranberry snacks would work too, since some of those are less offensive to tastebuds than cranberry juice can be.
She usually sleeps flat on her back. I will try to get the cranberry juice into her. I am not sure what cranberry snacks you mean. Is there a name?
Miss Maggie Try organic dried cranberries instead of juice. you can put them in her oats at breakfast and in rice at dinner and mix the cran juice with orange or apple juice. Or get the cran berry concentrate and give it to her in a med. spoon like a shot. then she will want to drink loads of water
"Craisins" are dried cranberries, they look like raisins. Cranberry is also available in capsule form, if she won't take the juice/fruit. I am perplexed. I don't know what would cause her to resume bedwetting. It is VERY common for children to wet the bed at that age, but I thought that once it stopped, it pretty much stopped for good. If this doesn't resolve itself, I would consult a pediatric urologist. If all else fails, two prescription medications are very effective at treating bedwetting in children. One is Tofranil (imipramine HCL). It is a tryciclic antidepressant, but it is often used in very low doses in children for bedwetting, doses much too low for an antidepressant effect. The other is called DDAVP (desmopressin acetate). It is available both in tablet, or, if you or Sage prefer, a nasal spray. One other useful item is a "bedwetting alarm". It buzzes as soon as any moisture is released, waking the child up, and re-training them to wake up when they have to urinate. Pharmacies can order it, urologists almost always keep them in stock, as do many pediatricians. If you want, I can look in my catalog at work and give you the name, so you can get more info on it. Good Luck!
