6 Tips For Dealing With Your Child's Bed Wetting

Bed wetting in children is such a common challenge that many parents simply resign themselves to the thought that they'll have to deal with the issue until their children get older and outgrow bed wetting. Fortunately, there are steps that can be taken to help lessen the frequency of these middle of the night incidents.

1. Be Realistic

Understand that it's not uncommon for children to be wetting the bed up until the age of 6 and 7. Sure, at that age they are potty trained, but potty training doesn't extend into the hours when they are asleep. Be sure to let you kids know they aren't alone in the bed wetting department. It's been estimated at up to 5% of children as old as ten years old wet the bed. So that means that out of 100 fifth graders, there are likely 5 in the group that are bed wetters.

2. Shut Down The Fluids

Have your child drink plenty of fluids during the early part of the day and limit their intake after 6 or 7 PM.

3. Wake Your Child Up At Midnight

If you hit the sack after your late local news every night, wake your child up and have them go to the bathroom. Or, if you are up in the night to urinate, make it a father / son event.

4. Buy Pull Ups For Night Time Use

In an effort to limit the psychological stress your child may feel, consider having them wear absorbent underwear. They make all sorts of different types these days, so your child won't feel embarrassed. They also make absorbent bed pads now, so you can simply throw it away after an accident.

5. Use An Alarm

Bed Wetting Alarms are an excellent way to help train a child that they need to wake up when they need to urinate. The downside is that the training process can take some time and the alarm is super loud, so everyone in the house will likely be woken up. Over time, a child's full bladder will signal the child to wake up.

6. Be Patient

Understand that all children outgrow this situation at a rate close to 15% a year. That's of little comfort when you are faced with this issue every night, but it does mean that they will indeed outgrow bed wetting. Of course no child wants to wet the bed - it's not only embarrassing, it's unpleasant, cold and uncomfortable. Don't make fun of your child or harass them about bed wetting because they already feel bad enough about it.

In the end, continue to remind yourself that bed wetting is an issue that you won't have to deal with over the long term and that it's something you can look back on years down the road and joke about with your child. Just don't do the joking until well after the bed wetting has stopped!

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