Wow article about bedwetting.

[nfowife]

I'm calling my ped in the morning about this. Wow.
http://mobile.slate.com/articles/lif...y_missed_.html

[elliput]

That makes a lot of sense to me. It really is not much different than the urinary issues pregnant women have.

[nfowife]

The thing that is amazing to me is that the kid can be pooping as normal but still be totally impacted. How the heck is a parent supposed to figure this out if their ped says "it's okay for a 5 year old to be soaked every night" and they are pooping every day? This is crazy!!

[BeachBum]

Very interesting. Thanks for posting.

[trales]

DD was filled to the small intestine with poop and we found that when she was backed up she had more accidents. We sought help b/c of belly pain and the accidents stopped as a result of keeping her poop the constancy of pudding.

Now when she starts having accidents I will know that after this article it could be a sign she is backed up.

Good info, thanks.

[HIU8]

Extremely interesting article. DS wet the bed until he was 6. DD is 4 and wears an overnight pullup with a diaper doubler inside (or her bed would be soaked nightly). My best friends DS is 7 and wears a pullup nightly that he soaks through and soaks the sheets as well.

I'm going to mention this article to the ped at DD's 5 yr old well visit.

[Minnifer]

Really good info to have, thanks for posting.

How the heck is a parent supposed to figure this out if their ped says "it's okay for a 5 year old to be soaked every night" and they are pooping every day? This is crazy!!

Yep, wondering this myself - taking this into account, when would night wetting be considered a problem/abnormal where this should be looked into? I thought it was after age 6 and that kids needed some sort of hormone to have developed in order to have the ability not to wet at night, but I'm assuming that's without taking this into account. DD is almost 4 and has been day trained since right after turning 2, but needs a pullup at night (although at this point it's dry in the morning about 70% of the time).

I also have a feeling drs are going to be dismissive of this if parents raise it

[ourbabygirl]

Wow- thanks for posting! I'm going to ask DD's doctor about this as well. She's 3.5 but has been having a lot of accidents lately (and has to wear a diaper every night or she'll soak herself & the bed), and I wonder if it's because she's constipated. Can a parent just ask for them to do x-rays to check things out? I'm hoping the catheter and everything wouldn't be necessary if the x-rays are done first?

[twowhat?]

Holy crap! (no pun intended). And I'm also wondering when to worry that this might be an issue. DD2 has been on Miralax since she was 15 months old and wears a pull-up at night (which is soaked in the morning). DD1 has never been constipated and is dry from 7pm until 7am when she wakes up to use the potty. But - they're only 3.5 and no one expects a 3.5yo to stay dry all night...

[Twoboos]

WOW. This makes me wonder about DD2, who still wears an Pullup to bed and it's wet every morning.

DD1 had severe constipation issues when she was younger, but I never thought it with DD2.

Yikes. I think I should get them both going on the Miralax!!