Bedwetting

[clydeshannon5]

My son was dry for almost two years, but has been consistently wetting his bed for almost three now. Everyone says he is just a hard sleeper and can't wake up, but I am not convinced. My husband has just been unofficially diagnosed with DH, and gluten free for three weeks with great success. Now that I know what to look for, I believe a few of my kids are having symptoms. (we have five kids from 4-10 yrs old)

My youngest daughter has been bedwetting, starting about the same age as my bedwetting son. Once again, after she has been dry for over two years. What is up with this?!?!?!?!?

any input would help, thanks

[dandelionmom]

I have no idea if there is an official link or not but my dd wet the bed when she was accidentally glutened a few times (and never has accidents otherwise).

[dilettantesteph]

It's a bit embarrassing to admit, but I was a bad bedwetter when I was a kid and also sick a lot so I think I've had celiac since then though not diagnosed until recently. I even wet my bed a couple of times in my 20's, and that was when my celiac symptoms became more apparent again with a lot of stomach pain which the doctor diagnosed as IBS. Who knows, maybe there is a connection.

[Roda]

My son was dry for almost two years, but has been consistently wetting his bed for almost three now. Everyone says he is just a hard sleeper and can't wake up, but I am not convinced. My husband has just been unofficially diagnosed with DH, and gluten free for three weeks with great success. Now that I know what to look for, I believe a few of my kids are having symptoms. (we have five kids from 4-10 yrs old)

My youngest daughter has been bedwetting, starting about the same age as my bedwetting son. Once again, after she has been dry for over two years. What is up with this?!?!?!?!?

any input would help, thanks

Have you had them checked for diabetes or other health problems? My oldest was a bedwetter, however he was dry at 2 1/2 in the day had never been dry at night till a little over 6 yrs. I was concerned and asked the pediatrician when he was five and assured me there was no need to worry since he had never been dry at night. He did say it would be different if he had been dry for an extended period of time and then began wetting again. He did not go into detail since that was not the case with my son. I did know of two siblings (kids of friends of my parents) that started wetting the bed out of the blue and they both were diagnosed with diabetes. FYI at tje time I potty trained my youngest son my oldest was 6 and still wetting the bed at night. I thought he might feel funny about wearing pull ups at night when his brother was not. After making sure there was no health problem with the oldest, I bought a enuresis (bed-wetting) alarm and by two weeks he was sleeping dry! He had a few accidents after that, but has been dry at night for almost 2 years now.

[num1habsfan]

It is an interesting idea.

I will also embarassingly admit that I used to have serious problems with it (before going gluten-free/being diagnoosed).

And to save myself from even greater embarassment, I actually now keep backups of something like Goodnites in case I am not feeling well. I really DO have bladder issues when I'm glutened or something related to Celiac is flaring up..99% of the time I will get up and go to the washroom during the night, but when I'm feeling sick it's almost impossible to! I'd much rather sneakily have the "backup" than wet the bed, especially if I'm not at my own home!!