my 9year old son wets the bed and at one time he told his dad that he at one time purposely wet the bed and i was told by a doctor that my son also has itchthyosis the mild case cause i know that there is a severe case of it but what i want to know is can itchthyosis also be the problem of his bed wetting?
No, Ichthyosis is a skin disorder. If what you say is true, then the mild form of the disorder should only secrete a small amount of fluid. Even with a severe case of the mild form shouldn't secrete enough fluid to wet a bed to the amount that a normal bed wetter would. Now, the bed wetting part. It could be that his bladder or sphincter muscle hasn't developed with the rest of his body. He should grow out of this in time. What you can do is a few methods that do work to at least keep his bed dry. 1 - Wake him in the middle of the night and take him to the toilet. Take him twice if needed. 2 - Protect the mattress with plastic/rubber sheet. If you don't want to spend a lot on a rubber sheet, go to any hardware store and get a roll of plastic and put it on the mattress. I also suggest doubling the amount of plastic you use on the mattress as some wearing to it may occur, depending on how much tossing and turning he does in the night. 3 - The last method is one I rarely suggest because of the dependency that can be formed with it. It's diapers. Several good products will run you back about $20-30 for youth diapers. From some tests with other parents, Goodnites (Huggies) leak way too much and Underjams (Pampes) are only a little better than that. Many actually spend a pretty penny all at once and buy cloth diapers and plastic pants and save a bundle in the long run. Though, I only suggest cloth if this seems like a long term kind of thing. Now, I couldn't help but notice that your son told his dad that he wet the bed on purpose? Just a few questions if you don't mind, that way I can be of most use to you. Was it just once that he purposely wet the bed? What was your reaction to hearing that (emotionally and literally)? If you wouldn't mind giving a little more information, I'm sure we can find a solution or, at best, answer your question.
Make him wair a diaper this will make him fill bad only at nite only at skool if u need to
make him wear a diaper to bed. eventually he will stop but he probably told his dad that because its embarrising and it made him feel more in control of the problem, but a diaper will stop and mess and if he is really doing it on purpose than he will stop if he has to wear a diaper.
i have no idea what itchthyosis is but i know when i was that age the only reason why i wet the bed was because i was scared of something. maybe that is it too.
I would actually put him in diapers for the bed wetting. It sounds like he may have a bed wetting problem but he is also making it worse by wetting the bed on purpose when he did not have an actual bed wetting accident. To nip it in the bud, I would tape a diaper on him at night so when he does have an accident he is covered and if he decides to wet the bed on purpose, he's diapered to save the bedding.
