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Home › Articles › Bedwetting › Like Brother, Like Sister

Like Brother, Like Sister

Help for Families with Multiple Bedwetters

By Melissa Granberry

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Though Glynda says her children do not talk to each other about the problem, they are supportive of each other. "They respect each other not to discuss it," she says. "My middle son and daughter have never blabbed that their big brother wets the bed."

Differences in Treatment

Dr. Ritchey explains that treatment for families with multiple bedwetters is no different than if only one child wets the bed. "However, it is usually easier to treat the second child," he says. "Parents tend to be less concerned if an older sibling has already been treated and outgrown the problem."

Siblings may also have varying responses to different treatment methods, such as experiencing different side effects as a result of taking medication. And while there is no universal solution for bedwetting, there are solutions, such as wearing GoodNites® Underpants, that can help parents and kids cope with bedwetting to reduce the stress on everyone until the child outgrows it.

"I'll try anything regardless of past experience," says Giramonti. "I treat each child as a new patient." So what may not work on Big Brother might be the perfect solution for Little Sister.

Sarah* is the mother of two children who wet the bed. "Our son, Alan, who is in elementary school, continues to have trouble staying dry at night," she says. But, she says, her older son outgrew the condition when he was 5.


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