Quote From: babygirl79I have a 7 year old son who is outgoing, loving, very close to me, my problem is that he still pees his pants. When he does this it is always during the day when is knows that he has to go, I have tried disciplining him, taking his playstation away from him and taking other favorite toys away from him. I have even gone as far as telling him that if he wants to continue to sleep with his nightlight on that he needs to stop peeing, and that when he stopped peeing i would turn it back on, needless to say he has gotten use to sleeping with out his nightlight. I am at wits end and frustrated, can someone please help!!
Punishing your son for peeing in his pants isn't going to solve a thing. He CAN'T HELP it...his getting used to sleeping without his nightlight should have shown you that. This is beyond his control. It could be that his bladder simply hasn't grown along with the rest of his body yet. There could be any number of purely PHYSICAL reasons why he still urinates in his pants. But disciplining him isn't going to solve or fix a thing.
Have you talked to his pediatrician about this? That would be a good first step. There are a lot of resources available...I've seen a lot of pamphets on this very thing in my own son's doctor's office. Your son is far from being the only one with this problem.
Please talk to his doctor...and ease off of him. He's not doing this to spite you...not with the other things you describe him to be. He's not doing this to make you mad, or to get even with you for something. It's very likely just beyond his control. His doctor can advise you better. Please talk to him, and good luck....
