My son is almost 10 years old and still wets the bed periodically. Any advice?

I think you need to hear another doctor's opinion. There is no reason to stretch the bladder if he is having a spasm that causes him to go. You can cut off the fluids at 7 PM, have him go to the bathroom right before bed, and have him wear protective garments so the whole bed doesn't get wet. It may take him longer to develop the nerve response to not pee. It is great that you don't get onto him or stress him out about it. Just to ease your mind, have him examined by a urologist in case there is an abnormality like something he was born with that could be repaired. Best of luck to you and yours!!

An issue might be that he sleeps too soundly, and thus when his bladder is full his prostrate relaxes and lets the urine flow through.

Your pediatrician does not sound like s/he knows much about this, and a pediatric urologist should be able to help. There are several things that can be done, including a bed alarm.

when my brother wet the bed when he was younger my mom took him to the chiropractor. the chiropractor realized my brothers whatever was all out of wack and his like pelvis or something was putting pressure on his bladder, thus creating bed wetting. so the chiropractor adjusted my brother and from then on he never wet the bed ever again. Just give it a try.....your son may have what my brother had. Good luck.

Have you tried a bed alarm? It goes under the sheet and if it gets wet a sound comes on that will wake him up so that he can get to the bathroom. It's a way of retraining his bladder.

Hope this helps!

Here's a link where a Dr. is talking about them.

http://www.drgreene.org/body.cfm?id=21&action=deta...

Try taking him to a chiropractor. His back might need adjusting. It helped my step son. Alot of the problem with my step son was he was a heavy sleeper. We also had to wake up up every hour for awhile so he could wake up on his own when he had to go. Good luck

Make sure doc tests him for any disease that could cause this bedwetting. Sometimes it's an early sign of diabetes, for instance. That was the case with a friend's child.

You can consult with more than one physician if you feel you are uncertain as to the cause and cure for the bedwetting.

Get him to go to the bathroom before he goes to bed. Maybe try cutting out his liquids a couple of hours before bedtime. If not cutting them out completely is acceptable, then cut down the amount that he takes in before bedtime . I hope that this helps. Good luck!

Take him to a pediatric urologist and get him checked out.

well if he wakes up when it happens, have him write down what time it happens, get him an alarm clockt o wake him just before those times, it works.....

.POSITIVE ENCOURAGEMENT EVEN IF HE PISSES YOU OFF(LITERALLY)