Bedwetting is a common issue among young children as well as incontinent adolescents and adults. There are many issues that bedwetting can cause, including embarrassment, discomfort and messes. In addition, bedwetting individuals are at risk of damaging their skin by lying in a wet or soiled bed throughout the night. Bedwetting is therefore an issue that must be dealt with properly, rather than accepting it as fact, Do you want to stop bedwetting at night for kids and adults?
With the proper steps, bedwetting occurrences in both children and adult can become less frequent or even stop altogether.
THE FOLLOWING 10 TIPS OFFER EFFECTIVE WAYS TO STAY DRY AT NIGHT.
1. MONITOR FLUID INTAKE
Although it is important to stay hydrated throughout the day to avoid dehydration, which can irritate the bladder, try to limit fluid intake during the last few hours before bed. This will help ensure that the bladder isn’t working too hard during the night, which can lead to bedwetting.
2. CUT BACK ON CAFFEINE.
Caffeine has been found to increase urine production rate, and it is therefore recommended to decrease intake of caffeinated products including coffee, tea, carbonated drinks, energy drinks and cocoa, especially close to bedtime.
3. USE THE BATHROOM BEFORE BED
Before going to bed, empty your bladder fully to help avoid nighttime accidents.
4. ENSURE EASY ACCESS TO THE BATHROOM
For many bedwetting individuals, it may be a simple issue of getting to the bathroom in time. This problem is especially likely when dealing with young children, disabled or mature adults, as well as mentally impaired individuals.
The following are several tips to provide safer and easier access to stop bedwetting at night for kids and adults:
- Clear the path between the bed and bathroom to avoid tripping or falling
- Use night lights to help your loved one easily locate the bathroom
- Install a raised toilet seat to make it easier for adults with mobility issues to use the bathroom independently
- Provide a bedside commode, urinal or bedpan to give immediate access to bedridden adults or those with limited mobility
5. MONITOR BOWEL MOVEMENTS
Constipation can get in the way of effective bladder voiding, so monitor bowel movements to ensure that your loved one is not suffering unnecessarily. If constipation or irregularity is suspected, speak to your doctor about the best way to relieve this issue and thus help avoid nighttime overflows.
6. USE A BEDWETTING ALARM
Bedwetting alarms are an effective way of training incontinent children as well as adults who have primary enuresis (bedwetting since childhood).
Do not use bedwetting alarms for adults who wet their beds at night due to any of the following issues:
- Secondary enuresis caused by a disease or condition
- Degenerative diseases
- Inability to sense when the bladder is full
- Physical difficulties getting to the bathroom
Bedwetting alarms sound on detection of urine during the night, which can successfully train adults and children to associate the sensation of a full bladder with getting up to use the bathroom. This method has been proven very effective if used consistently for several weeks.
7. WEARABLE PROTECTION
Until your loved one is trained or cured of their bedwetting issues, you can help keep their skin and their beds comfortably dry throughout the night with wearable protection such as incontinence pads, youth or adult diapers and absorbent underwear, also known as pull-ups. Disposable incontinence products – especially those designed for overnight use – can contain a high amount of liquid and are easily disposed of when soiled.
8. BEDDING PROTECTION
When wearable protection isn’t sufficient for keeping the linen dry during the night, bed pads can go a long way to protect the part of the bed most likely to get wet or soiled. Purchase cost-efficient and environment-friendly reusable underpads or conveniently disposable bed chucks that offer reliable absorbency and waterproof backing to minimize clean-up after an accident.
9. MATTRESS PROTECTION
Mattress covers and mattress pads won’t keep the bedding dry, but it will protect your mattresses from liquid damage and is an important step to consider if your loved one has bedwetting issues. These products are waterproof and usually easy to wash, and offer reliable protection that will allow for longer mattress life. Keep in mind that although thicker mattress pads do provide better comfort for the user, the thickness also means that washing and drying these pads will take longer.
10. SPEAK TO YOUR DOCTOR
Although bedwetting may be uncomfortable or even embarrassing to discuss, it is important to consult your doctor about your issue. This is crucial because a medical professional can help discover the underlying cause of bedwetting issues, which will make treatment easier and more effective.
Bedwetting can be difficult and frustrating for any caregiver, but it is important to remember the feelings of the incontinent individual as well. Always avoid teasing, blaming and punishing loved ones who suffer from bedwetting issues. Not only will this approach be ineffective, since the problem is out of the child or adult’s control; this may actually make the problem worse. Instead, focus on encouraging and supporting your loved one through this difficult time, and with the help of the above tips, you will be well on the way to dry, stress-free nights becoming the new normal.
About The Author: Hanna Landman lives in New Jersey with her husband and child. She works for AvaCare Medical, an online medical supply store servicing seniors and the homebound across the US. She specializes in adult incontinence solutions and writes for their blog on all topics related to incontinence, caregiving, senior living and more.
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Hi Joki,
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Hey everyone , I’m also a victim of this embarrassment. I would like to us to create a group to share our similarities to see if that could help in some way for this to stop.
P/s help i want to stop bedwetting.
My daughter was 14 years old. She matured also but she is still bed wetting. Why she was like that. We don’t know. Plz help me
Hello. Please I need your help to help me stop bedwetting. I’m 18 years old already going to 19 years by next year. I’ve been bedwetting since when I was a kid but I don’t why I’m still bedwetting when I supposed not to. I’ve tried a lot for this issue but still I’m still bedwetting. My younger ones are not bedwetting. I don’t know why it’s me their elder sister that is bedwetting. What should I do because of this problem? I’m just tired because it’s embarrassing to me 😭😭😔😔
I have a 14 years old son who has been bed wetting since he was a child . He is supposed to travel now but I can’t leave him because of his bed wetting condition. please what can I do to help him 🙏
As someone who has struggled off and on with wetting the bed, it does get better. My recommended advice is to stop drinking 3 hours before bed and to pee twice on the toilet before going to bed to avoid having an accident.
It’s happened to me once in 3 or 4 month
I am 51 and i always dreamed pee and it did happens sometimes in between just 1hr ago i peed then after an hour i will dream then there it goes,what can i do to make this stop..
THANK YOU for the help in advance..GOD BLESS
This year I had the flu stuck in my bed started to get up to use the bathroom as I was getting out of my bed I had an bed wetting accident I want to know what to do to prepare if it ever happens again
Hi, I’m Deji am from Nigeria. Please is there a drug that cure this all at once it happens to me like once in four months and I do feel depressed about it cause it’s so embarrassing 😔 this shii happens to me now💔
Am actually 19 years how can you help me deal with this mess it’s really embarrassing
In my early 20s rn
And I bedwet every day of my life,I work as a stylist and stay weekdays at work and everyone already know and it make me feel so bad,there are somethings I need to do but am stuck due to bedwetting
Suicide isn’t just an option but bedwetting is an high class of embarrassment fr
I’m a 19years old Ghanaian girl who have been bed wetting since I was a child and it hasn’t stopped with all the natural remedies but still no cure
Can I get any help please 😭🙏
I’m currently 15 after undergoing about 2 years of not peeing the bed it struck on me again and now I’m doing it constantly again can anybody help
Please i really need help, am really ashamed of myself because of my bedwetting
Please help out 😭😭😭😭😭
Am still bed wetting at the age of 20 I really need help.am very ashamed of my situation
My Name is Wasonga John From Kenya. I am a theatre director and actor. I have created a performance titled ‘Dampened Spirits’ which is my experience with bedwetting as a child to a young adult. In Kenya, bedwetting is associated with a lot of misconceptions and bedwetters undergo stigma from their families and friends. We are looking to find partners who can help reach schools and homes with this amazing performance with the hope to create a better understanding of the condition and create more tolerance. Please help us help others.
It’s frustrating dealing with this
Pls help me guys cuz am tired of this unending and embarrassing act, this is just a little the worst part of all is my mum calling me all sort of name as it pleases her.
😭😭😭 Pls I need your help also I’m 23 yrs old and I constantly wet my bed I am really ashamed of these I don’t know who I can talk to not even my mum
I am in a current state of wetting my bed and it makes me really depressed. I am too ashamed to discuss with anyone around me not even my own mum I am 22 years old and I feel really disorganized once it happens even though it’s once a while but it happens most whenever I’m in my hostel and I’ve roommates I share bed with I’m really scared I might never stop😭😭😭
Am an adult on my late 40 and it happened once a while . I am tired of shame and disgrace. How can you help me
I seriously need help before it gets out of hand
Please I need ur help I have a son aged 10 wet his bed every day even if I try to wake up him please how can I help him?
Im 22 i am also Bedwetting, im ashame of myself i found it difficult to Stop because i believe it might happen to me one Day, maybe when im with My Room mate.
Im so sacred, it occure once in a while not all the time.
Am honestly in pains because this is giving me a high blood pressure, my adult son still bedwets,he sleeps so deeply that waking him up is a problem which makes him to wet his bed every night and it has gotten to the worst stage, what do I do to help him?
Have been wetting my bed since I was little till now, am 34years, and a single Mum. am so confuse and depress…. Please help me… Am scared to be with any man or even get married, it make me hate my self and angry at other… So I build walls around my heart and it scares me that I might not get married.
Am 35 years old and I bed wet and it’s a serious concern for me at this stage, though it happy once a while
Plz help me I’m 18 and hv tried everything but it still keeps coming I feel ashamed nobody cares about it I need help and how I can stop sleeping deep
proper bathroom training, monitoring the lifestyle and fluid intake, moral support are most important to control the bedwetting habits
Hello I am 35 years old I bed wet like 5 times a year how can I stop this please am married so ashamed
Am 18 getting to 19 and I wet my bed sometimes and am really ashamed of it
Please help me i really want this to stop
I am tired of this bed wetting issue
It usually happens to me once or twice in a year ….how do I stop this ….now it’s happening in my finances presence….I am so ashamed of my life 😭 bcos of this ….it’s so painful and very annoying and disgracing….pls I need a way out.
I’m 19 years old, I’ve had primary enuresis 🤦🏽♀️ it’s very embarrassing, annoying, tiring and disgusting, and it’s continuous 😭I can’t wait to get rid of it… Thank you for the tips…
I’m 22 I wet my bed it stopped few years ago and started back around May before it comes and go now it not going what can I do
My marriage is in 3month time. I often bed wet not everytime am scared i will still bed wet beside my husband after marriage, am really scared 😭😭😭 how can I bed wet beside my husband
I am in a current state of wetting my bed and it makes me really depressed. I am too ashamed to discuss with anyone around me not even my own mum I am 22 years old and I feel really disorganized once it happens even though it’s once a while but it happens most whenever I’m in my hostel and I’ve roommates I share bed with I’m really scared I might never stop.
Please I need your help, am 28 years old, I wet my bed once awhile and I feel ashamed. Please help me
Thanks really helped a lot
But how do you stop deep sleep which causes bed wetting.
I have a girl aged 8she wet her bed very much even if I try to wake her twice, she continues wetting the bed, how can we help her?
Pls I need your help also I’m 23 yrs old and I constantly wet my bed I am really ashamed of these I don’t know who I can talk to not even my mum
I am in a current state of wetting my bed and it’s makes me really depressed. I am too ashamed to discuss with anyone around me not even my own mum I am 24 years old and I feel really disorganized once it’s happens even though it’s once a while but I am really scared I might never stop.
So helpful feeling better