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Bed-wetting

Bladder control is a skill that develops at different rates in different children.It may take a few years before your child can keep from urinating for ten or more hours through the night. How to handle this situation is a concern for parents.Read on.

Why does my child still wet her bed

It is not unusual for a child under the age of four to wet her bed occasionally. One in ten boys wet their bed at the age of five. Bladder control is a skill that develops at different rates in different children. It may take a few years before your child can keep from urinating for ten or more hours through the night. Anxiety could be a cause for bed-wetting. A change of circumstances like the arrival of a new baby, or a move to a new place can trigger this reaction. 
 

What can I do to help

Discourage the intake of fluids an hour before bedtime. Ensure that your child empties her bladder before she goes to bed. Keep a potty beside her bed so that if she needs to urinate at night she does not have to go all the way to the bathroom. Make sure that her nightwear is easily removable. Leave a night light on so that your child can see if she wakes up at night. Put a rubber sheet on her bed and cover that with a sheet.

Do not make an issue of bed-wetting. Never draw attention to wet beds. Change the sheets with a minimum of fuss. Do not reprimand your child. This will make her feel inadequate.
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Name: Saritha
Country: India

my friend is of 23 yrs old and still she is bed wetting some times. she was bed wetting almost every day till the age of 15. but now she is married and soon going to be a mother. but this problem made her worry much. she hasitates to consult a doctor or share this problem with her husband. can any one help me to took out my friend from this bed wetting problem. please... please..
 
Name: Purnima
Country: India

my son is 6yrs old and is bedwetting all thru these 6yrs. i was waiting that this problem may stopped after 5yrs. but now i want a solution. can this be a hereditary problem. please do suggest me.
 
Name: karuna
Country: India

the child is 8yrs and is still bedwetting. she had stopped for 1month but has started again.
 
Name: shah s
Country: India

my child is two years & sixmths. he will start nursery soon.he is still not toilet or potty trained. i have tried all sorts of coaxing & cajoling. it does not help.
 
Name: gillian
Country: England

my son is 3 years old and wets the bed he was dry for 1 yearand now he not
 
Name: Aiza
Country: USA

my daughter is 13 1/2 yrs old but she still bedwetting, as she can not get up to go to the bathroom, especially when it rains.
 
Name: aa
Country: India

try to make them understand where to go for toilet and potty
 
Name: lata
Country: India

good article, particularly, no mistakes in spelling! except almost at the end, it should be their, not there. thanks.
 
Name: Sona D.
Country: India

my daughter does not like to go to the toilet todo the big job.she is 5yrs. old she will hold on to her stools for 2or 3 days & then do it quietly do it under the table or in a corner.sometimes it is painfull as the stools are very hard ,but she bears it.we have shown her to the pedeatrician but there is no respite
 
Name: janaki
Country: India

my daughter is 9 years old and she wets her bed if she is not woken up to go to the toilet . can you suggest any councelling centers in chennai.
 
Name: Lalita Chugh
Country: India

this article is very good. my son is also 3 and half years. he also wets his bed. i have tried to wake him up in the midnight. when i want to take him to the toilet, he says, no. please suggest any solution.
 
Name: Tara
Country: USA

i have a 6 year old son who had a few dry nights when he was wearing pull-ups. i took him off about 2 months ago per my husbands orders, but now he's wet every night. i make him urinate before bedtime, but he still wakes up wet. please help!!!!
 
Name: Mom Of Three
Country: USA

my oldest which is 8 has never had a promblem 'but my 6year old wets about 1 time a week. i hope my 3 yeart old dont. i think it is a phase some children go through . mare if they are a middle child.i believe they will grow out of it; it is part of being a kid.
 
Name: Rekha
Country: India

can anyone suggest how i can prevent my 8 year old son from wetting the bed without scolding him or making him feel ashamed and harming him psychologically?
 
Name: mom 0f 5
Country: USA

my son is 9 and is wet every night unless i get him up. my 21 yr old daughter wet until into college. i don't want to see this happen to my son. we have tried the buzzard that attaches to the underware, but it is more of a hassel than anything else. any other suggestions?
 
Name: HOUSEWIFE
Country: Other

my son is already 4years old &still wets his bed, both during afternoon & night time.please suggest how to stop him.
 
Name: swati
Country: India

my daughter is 3yrs old and when ever she wants to go for potty she hides behind the curtain or table and it seems she's shy.how can i overcome this shyness of her's.
 
Name: PDM
Country: Other

my 7 year old son is still wetting bed if i do not wake him every night to go to the toilet. doctors have said he will grow it out, but it does not seem to be happening. our home is a two-parent home, happy at that. he has a 5 year old brother and there is sibling rivalry a bit, but as a mother i show equal love to ensure one does not feel more loved.
 
Name: deepti
Country: India

it is sad that the child is teased and screamed at when she herself is feeling miserable..i did that till iwas 14yrs but as soon as i got my periods i got rid of my peeing in bed. same goes with my nephew he used to wet his bed till he was 15 but then it stopped. i used to feel so miserable that it was a shame ful thing i used to hide it from everyone. i specialised in picking up my beddings and dry them in sun i was lucky i was in rajasthan,we need to tell our kids that it is ok that they wet the beds but very soon it will be over.i think i used to wet the be djust because i was tense not to wet the bed every night.be a patient mom my 4 1/2 yrs old daughter wets the bed but i try and be as cool as possible with her. i don't want her to feel bad at all.i remember it very clearly what it was to wet the beds.i never lived happily
 
Name: Arti Tandan
Country: India

my daughter is 2 years old she is still bed wetting at night can you tell how long will it continue, she also has a habbit of thumb sucking i do not how to get rid of that problem also. please help
 
Name: Ambica
Country: India

this article is superb.but there is one drawback.there are no suggestions as to how to deal with this problem.i would really appreciate if there is some guidelines as to how the parents should deal with this situation.
 
Name: Nan
Country: USA

my niece is seven years old and stil wets the bed every night. her mom puts large diapers on her every night and does not seem to care about the problem. will she out grow this?
 
Name: THK
Country: Australia

i am a 29 years old who have been refused to join the defence force because i wet my bed up until the age of 15. i have not wetted my bed for 14 years but i can not change the pass. i did ask my mum when i was less than 10 years old about my bed wetting but she said i am just a lazy boy nothing wrong my phychology so, the problem never been look at. any parents out there please take the phychology affect of your child seriously because the circumstances will stay around for the rest of your child life.
 
Name: Bernadine
Country: USA

my younger sister had a problem with bed wetting at age 5 that was for her easy to fix. the doctor told my parents nothing to drink after 6 pm and wake her up around 11 or 12 and physically take her to the toilet. it was not until she was 10 years old that the reason for the bedwetting came out. she was being sexually abused by the our care givers boyfriend. fortunantely it was only outside toucing and her virginity is still intact.
 
Name: Lucy ann
Country: India

my child is a nine year old boy and he wets his bed every night and i have used the buzzered that attaches to underware and is taking medication to stop it and the buzzered only help for about four months and then he starting bed wetting again. he is a very hard person to wake up to go to the bathroom. he will not wake up at all. he is fustrated and so am i. please help!!!!!


 

 
 
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