You should not be worried if your child is showing signs of wetting the bed at night. According to the Mayo Clinic, 15% of children are still wetting the bed even up to five years of age. Roughly 5 million children are affected by this common problem every year.
If you want to help your child grow out of the bedwetting stage now, there are a few tricks that are parent tested and approved to encourage your child to have a better night’s sleep by staying dry throughout the night.
Children who are older than five and still wetting the bed could be showing signs of a more serious issue. To address the problem, the first step you have to take is to identify whether your child’s problem is something that is a normal part of growing up or an issue that needs a closer look.
Determine Whether It is a Medical Problem
Wetting the bed can seem like a huge problem for parents who have to wake up in the middle of the night to change the sheets. Many parents may think it is embarrassing and a huge inconvenience. According to the Mayo Clinic, only 5% of children between 8 and 11 years old wet the bed. Therefore, most kids do not consider it a big problem and usually grow out of it very quickly.
In some rare instances, there are times when wetting the bed could be an indication that something more serious is going on. If your child started bed wetting very suddenly or is older than five years old, you may want to consider consulting with a doctor.
Some illnesses that contribute or are related to wetting the bed in some children include:
– Trauma
– Stress
– Urinary tract infections
– Diabetes
In the field of medicine, bedwetting is a common medical condition that is studied and defined by the National Institute of Health as nocturnal enuresis. This medical condition is also called nighttime incontinence. It is widely used to define involuntary urination above age 5 or 6.
If your child is experiencing these problems and your doctor has determined there are no present illnesses like diabetes, you may be told that your child is just experiencing a delay in the development of nighttime bladder control and will eventually grow out of it.
