What are the positive ways you handle the stress associated with having a child that wets the bed?
"My child Chloe wets the bed. She is 9 years old. Many kids at school have found out and made fun of her. I explain to her that I did it when I was little, too. I said that it was the family genes. I told her other kids do it, too. She can't help it. With GoodNites® [Underpants] she hardly has accidents."
- Elizabeth
"Bedwetting runs in my family. My 9-year-old daughter has had about a handful of dry nights. If she wets the bed I treat it as no big deal. I tell her that it is OK and just wash her sheets. There have been times when she wants to not wear the GoodNites® [Underpants] and I let her go to bed in underwear. So far when she does this, she does not wet the bed. When she wakes up dry, I praise her. I say something like “all right” or “good job,” and I tell her that I am proud of her."
- Barbara
"My son is a very heavy sleeper, which I'm sure contributes to his wetting the bed still, even at 7 years of age. We finally decided to try using an electronic timer, which we set for five hours from the time he goes to bed. He is able to hear it, get up on his own and use the toilet in the middle of the night. Since then, as long as we remember to use the timer, we haven't had any wetting."
- Joy
"I grew up in a family where I had an older brother who wet the bed until he was 13 years old. I remember the endless washing of sheets, my parents literally trying to drag my brother to the bathroom at night when he was obviously a very heavy sleeper and the scolding that they sometimes gave him for being "lazy." When my own son began wetting the bed after being potty trained, I vowed that I would not put him (or my family) through that same ordeal. So I am grateful that GoodNites® [Underpants] are available.
My pediatrician has checked my son and does not seem to be concerned, and I know that he will eventually outgrow it when his body matures, so I do not feel stressed out about the situation. I have noticed that my husband sometimes stresses out about it, but I explained to him that it is not our son's fault that he wets the bed and that it will stop eventually. My only concern has been that our son (who is now 11 years old) will be self-conscious about his bedwetting, but with GoodNites® [Underpants] he has felt confident enough to attend sleepovers and scout camp without the embarrassment of getting his clothes and bedding wet. Lately I have noticed that he stays dry a few nights per week, so I am optimistic that his body is beginning to mature and that the end of his bedwetting is in the near future."
- Lynn
