Having a Child that Wets the Bed

I find myself writing this because I'm a bit frustrated at the moment. I'm not sure if anyone out there might have some hints to share with me after reading this article. I have searched the internet, spoken with our pediatrician and other moms and have had no luck. I have a daughter that will be five in July. About a year ago she had a UTI and has peed to bed almost every night since then. We took her to the doctor right away and she was put on medication and cleared up quickly. Not sure what made her start peeing to bed. I need to find something that works though because I refuse to wash her bedding every morning and I'd really like to stop buying pull-ups.

I took her to see the doctor early Spring because of some other problems and we talked about the issue. They tested her urine to see if she might have some sort of infection because the doctor said it didn't make much sense. She said children don't usually start peeing to bed after they're potty trained. Her urine sample came back just fine. So, we were able to rule that out.

The doctor suggested trying to wake her up at night and make her use the restroom. We go to bed late so we were waking her up about midnight and putting her on the toilet to potty. She'd go every time and would still wake up wet. We also started to limit what she drank and how much after a certain time. The only problem with this is that she drinks a ton all day long. She's a very thirsty girl and her dad is the same way so I hate to not give her something when she is thirsty. I tried taking all drinks away except for a sip at bedtime by eight at night. Even on the nights that we did that and got her up she would still wake up wet.

Of course I'm frustrated. I don't get upset with her and we talk about trying to stay dry and she's very happy when she does. I try to reward her with little things so that she'll try to stay dry, but what if she can't control it? At this point I don't really know what to do. I mean if the pediatrician can't give me any other ideas than to wake her up what should I do? My mom read an article where another child did this and it was due to dairy. We went dairy free for two weeks due to another problem but I was hoping it might help. It didn't make a difference. It helped with her other issues, but not with the bed wetting.

So, what do you do when you have a child who is almost five and still wetting to bed? I'm afraid she'll get to the point that she is still doing it and kids will make fun of her. I don't want that.