Do not worry about bed wetting in children before the age of 6, unless they were previously well toilet trained and the bed wetting is now a new symptom.
Do not punish a child who wets. This problem is not caused by laziness or rebelliousness. Shaming a child for wetting the bed can lead to poor self-esteem and feelings of low self-worth.
Reassure, encourage, and express confidence in the child.You can also have your child take an active part in cleaning up from the bed wetting (e.g., help with stripping the bed, putting the sheets in the laundry, etc.)
Withholding bedtime drinks may be helpful in some children because it decreases the volume of urine in the bladder, but this does not prevent the problem completely. Avoiding caffeine-containing drinks can also help decrease the amount of urine in the bladder (caffeine increases urine production).
See your health care provider to consider the use of alarm systems (such as Wet-stop or Enuretone), or drugs like DDAVP nasal spray. The latter stops enuresis in 60-75% of children while taking the drug, but is not a permanent cure (once the medication is stopped, the bedwetting tends to recur).
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