This post is sponsored by Pampers through their partnership with Acorn Influence. However, all opinions are my own. #ConquerBedWetting
If you haven’t noticed, there are no potty-training tips on our blog. Charlie is potty-trained and has been for almost a year I think. Honestly, I have no idea when he was actually potty-trained, but I know it was an impossible nightmare to get to that point. Something just clicked inside of him and it happened overnight. I do hope that we have an easier time potty-training Owen, but I’m not looking forward to that.
I’ve recently learned that just because Charlie is potty-trained, doesn’t mean we’re done with wet beds. Charlie just turned 4, but 15% of children still wet the bed at age 5. In a house of boys, bed wetting is going to be more common for us than a house of girls would experience.
We’re sharing 5 Tips to help you Conquer Bed Wetting!
1. Limit Liquids Before Bed
This is a tough one for us. Charlie loves his “good night milk”, but we’re going to work on making it earlier in the evening instead of right before bed.
2. Meet Sal
Here’s a fun book you can read with your child, so they know they’re not alone.
And what kid doesn’t like to color? You can bring Sal the Sasquatch into your daytime routine with these coloring pages:
3. Be Informed
Read the infographic below to learn some things about enuresis, so you can better prepare yourself!
4. Use Pampers UnderJams
Pampers Underjams are a great way to provide night time leakage protection, featuring a NightLock ultra-absorbent core. They have ComfortWear quiet, cloth-like materials for privacy (none of those crinkle sounds that diapers make) and they’re low-waisted, so no one will know they are wearing them!
5. Stay Calm
The last, and probably the most important, tip I’m sharing is to try and stay calm. I can only imagine how frustrating it is to be woken up in the middle of night to have to change sheets and get a kid back to sleep. Just try to reassure them that it’s okay.
I love that should the need arise with either of our boys, Pampers makes a product that is perfect to conquer bed wetting.
Don’t forget to check out PampersUnderJams.com, where Moms like you can learn about enuresis (bedwetting), watch videos and read articles with helpful insights from Moms who are leading pediatricians – who have dealt with their own children suffering from bedwetting.
Have you experienced bedwetting with your child? Share your tips!
Sandy Klocinski says
Practice patience. Getting angry with your little one and punishing him for wetting the bed will only add pressure to stay dry and will make the problem worse.
Hannah @ eat, drink and save money says
Great tips! My toddler isn’t even potty trained yet, but I know we will need these tips soon.
Thanks for linking up with Share the Wealth Sunday! Keep coming back!
Melissa French, The More With Less Mom says
Toilet training is so hard, I see posts to train your kid in one weekend and I just laugh. Thanks for posting. Hello from Turn It Up Tuesdays.
Brandi Clevinger says
We experienced bedwetting with my oldest son until he was about seven or eight. We didn’t realize it was a condition until he was five. Once we were aware, we could tackle it better. There were some frustrating nights though. We also used these underwear at night.
Thanks for sharing your tips at #SmallVictoriesSundayLinkup !
Celia says
Limiting drinks before bedtime has no effect on bed-wetting. I know: I drank only three glasses of liquid a *day* (in dry Southern California) and I still wet my bed. I was so dehydrated I couldn’t perspire for years –yet I still wet the bed. I finally grew out of it in high school.
Elizabeth says
I think staying calm and stopping the shaming are very important. The more stress and shame, the less likely there will be success. Thank you for sharing at Snickerdoodle. Hope to see you again tomorrow.
Dianna Davis says
Great tips– we are not that far yet in age for Catherine to start worrying about bed wetting– but when Pierce was about 3 we started working on it and by 4 very few accidents seemed to happen– so these tips will and /or may work for Catherine–thanks
Zan says
I still have to work on some of these with my own kids. I have been trying to work on #1… Thanks for sharing with us at the Home Matters Linky Party! Hope you join us again!
Anne says
It’s really easy for other parents to say to be patient, but my son is 7 1/2 and still wetting the bed. he uses nighttime underwear and I had to get him a high-quality mattress protector and now I’m taking out his carpet and replacing it with wood flooring because I cannot handle the urine smell ( sometimes he throws his used pamper on the floor ) so gross. great post though thanks