Children rarely wet the bed on purpose.
Take the time to listen to their fears and concerns.
Children deserve an explanation of what is happening to them.
Many children hide the problem and think something is wrong with them.
Children are usually upset and ashamed when it happens.
Do not punish the child.
Bed-wetting that continues past the age that most children have nighttime bladder control,typically at 5 or 6 years of age,also it will usually stop over time without treatment.
If not, home treatment may be all that is needed to help a child stop wetting the bed.
This is not your fault.
Kids who wet the bed don't do it on purpose.
Bed-wetting is common in young children.
Children grow and develop at different rates, and bladder control is achieved at an individual pace.
Children that have problems wetting the bed may be doing so because they are experiencing a medical condition that causes them not to get the necessary warning to get up go to the bathroom.
Another medical reason that the child may be wetting the bed is because he or she sleeps very deeply.
Children in this age group should be praised for dry nights and should take an active role in cleaning up after wetting.
Children achieve bladder control at different ages.
By the age of 6 years, most children no longer urinate in their sleep.
Bedwetting is common in children, and can affect adolescents too.
It affects twice as many boys as girls, and can cause embarrassment and stress for children and their families.
Bedwetting usually does not require treatment since most kids outgrow it in their late childhood.
However, there are some treatments available to those who need help in outgrowing bedwetting (or enuresis, or sleepwetting.
Bedwetting does not result from laziness.
It is not due to poor parenting skills.