Re: Hi all, a question about bed wetting...

[Guest guest]

Hi Trish,

I don't have good advice, but this same thing just happened to my 5 yo NT

daughter. She has wet the bed about 80% of the time since mid-December. We

tried taking her to the toilet before we go to bed, but she would still wet.

Is this a normal phase for some kids? I'm taking her to her doctor in a

couple weeks to talk about this, rule out anything physical, discuss stress

in five year olds, and anything else the list can come up with.

Diane in NC

> Hi all, a question about bed wetting...

>

>

> > My almost 5 year old HFA son has been potty trained since June 99,

> > but all of a sudden (well it started 3months ago) he has started

> > wetting his bed at night. Last night he wet it twice! I am so

> > baffled and have no idea what is going on. He has been gf since

> > April 2000 and cf since August.

> >

> > Have any of you experienced this? What did you do to help it? He

> > has never, not even when he first trained, wet his bed, now it is

> > every night practically. We have been putting him on the toilet to

> > pee before we go to bed and that usually helps, although last night

> > he wet before we went to bed, he went potty, and then woke up soaked.

> >

> > HELP!

> >

> > Trish

> >

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[Guest guest]

Trish,

Have you started any new supplements like omega's? A lot of parents to

include us saw a regression in bedtime potty habits at first with the

omegas, but it seems to work its way out in a few weeks. If you have not

added anything, is there any way he is having infractions outside of the

home that you are not aware of?

> My almost 5 year old HFA son has been potty trained since June 99,

> but all of a sudden (well it started 3months ago) he has started

> wetting his bed at night. Last night he wet it twice! I am so

> baffled and have no idea what is going on. He has been gf since

> April 2000 and cf since August.

>

> Have any of you experienced this? What did you do to help it? He

> has never, not even when he first trained, wet his bed, now it is

> every night practically. We have been putting him on the toilet to

> pee before we go to bed and that usually helps, although last night

> he wet before we went to bed, he went potty, and then woke up soaked.

>

> HELP!

>

> Trish

>

[Guest guest]

We have been having the same problem only he is a 9 yo ADHD boy. He has had

trouble with constipation all his life. He is now on milk of magnesia

because it was felt that the blockage in his bowels was pressing on his

bladder causes him to be unable to hold it for very long. The doctor said

this could take months to take care of.

Betty

----- Original Message -----

> Hi Trish,

> I don't have good advice, but this same thing just happened to my 5 yo NT

> daughter. She has wet the bed about 80% of the time since mid-December. We

> tried taking her to the toilet before we go to bed, but she would still

wet.

> Is this a normal phase for some kids? I'm taking her to her doctor in a

> couple weeks to talk about this, rule out anything physical, discuss

stress

> in five year olds, and anything else the list can come up with.

> Diane in NC

[Guest guest]

Both my kids(autistic and typical) wet the bed and pottied more when the

weather turned cool for several years(summer was fine and then when fall

hit-they both started having accidents.) I have friends who had the same

occurrence.

Just an idea.

Ann

[Guest guest]

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Betty,

I think it took my son about 6 months to overcome the constipation-

accident issue. The urines sometimes smelled like feces, it was

horrible. In the past month, he has stopped with the day accidents,

and now he is staying dry at night on a consistent basis. This is

when I started to look a little bit at his diet. He didnt have this

issue at 3 when he was trained, and had accidents just before

becoming sick.

In GFCFKids@y..., " B&B " wrote:

> We have been having the same problem only he is a 9 yo ADHD boy.

He has had

> trouble with constipation all his life. He is now on milk of

magnesia

> because it was felt that the blockage in his bowels was pressing on

his

> bladder causes him to be unable to hold it for very long. The

doctor said

> this could take months to take care of.

> Betty

> ----- Original Message -----

> From: Diane Ritchie

>

>

>

> > Hi Trish,

> > I don't have good advice, but this same thing just happened to my

5 yo NT

> > daughter. She has wet the bed about 80% of the time since mid-

December. We

> > tried taking her to the toilet before we go to bed, but she would

still

> wet.

> > Is this a normal phase for some kids? I'm taking her to her

doctor in a

> > couple weeks to talk about this, rule out anything physical,

discuss

> stress

> > in five year olds, and anything else the list can come up with.

> > Diane in NC

[Guest guest]

My son is 8 years old and has never really stopped wetting the bed.

A year ago prior to starting the gfcf diet, he might go as long as a

month without bedwetting. Then he might wet the bed every night for

a couple of weeks. When I learned there was a link between allergies

and bedwetting, I was excited that he might stop once we eliminated

the foods he is allergic to and started the gfcf diet. Well, instead

of doing like every other kid on this diet, he started wetting the

bed EVERY night! Then, once he slipped and had something with milk

(which he is also allergic to) in it, he didn't wet the bed for three

nights. I started him on the EnZymeAid and was hopeful, but there

was no change with that either until we increased it to two capsules

with each meal. He finally stopped wetting the bed, that is until he

got sick then slipped on his diet again! No one so far has been able

to explain to me why his bedwetting increased with the gfcf diet

instead of decreasing. Prior to increasing the EnZymeAid, his doctor

was talking about doing a sleep study on him.

Connie

[Guest guest]

Yep, too; no bed wetting pre-diet, then it became a

problem....She's eight. and nearing the one year on the diet

anniversary. If she has a slip up now, though, the bed wetting

becomes even worse. The only thing that seems to help is

something in the Spectrum Support supplement she's been

taking; it seems if I get it in to her on a regular basis, she has far

fewer accidents. Maybe the magnesium? When she is not

getting the supplement it is just amazing the quantity of pee she

can produce overnight.

Kathy