Bedwetting is common, even well after a kid has learnt to use the bathroom. About 1 child in 10 will wet the bed after the age of 5. Boys are more likely to have the problem than girls, and it tends to run in the families. Some children who wet the bed simply have small bladders, or their nerves or muscles are not mature enough to control their bladder all night.
Reduce any stress that might be causing problem to your child. Though some stress, such as change in life situations, is inescapable, you can reduce the stress caused by the problem by not making a child feel overly embarrassed or guilty. It may be hard, but try to be realistic about the situation and don’t punish your child for bedwetting--it’s unlikely that it is within her/his control.
Rewards should be given for the child's staying dry by waking in the night and going to the toilet. Staying dry by holding the urine till morning is a less satisfactory achievement, because these children have not overcome the primary problem.
Slow nighttime urine production. The drug desmopressin acetate (DDAVP) boosts levels of a natural hormone (anti-diuretic hormone, or ADH) that forces the body to make less urine at night. The medication is available as a pill or nasal spray. As of December 2007, however, only the pill form is approved to treat bed-wetting. DDAVP has few side effects. The most serious is a seizure if the medication is accompanied by too many fluids.
Children who have an increase in accidental wettings after treatment are considered to have relapsed. A relapse is defined as more than 2 wet nights in 2 weeks. The most likely time for a child to relapse is within the first 6 months after treatment. If a child relapses after stopping a successful therapy, that same therapy usually is repeated.
No drinks before bedtime. Especially no beer, (for the people who do still wet the bed) Try not to let them get up for a drink and make sure they go to the crapper before bed. If all else fails. Get plastic bedspread and sheets.
Ask your child to drink more amount of water during the day to train his bladder to hold more urine. Don''t limit his fluid intake before bedtime, but do, however, reduce his caffeine ingestion in the evenings. Caffeine is a natural diuretic that makes it even harder to control the bladder. This is one of the good home remedies for bedwetting.
A bad habit parents get into now-a-days is pull-ups!! My oldest was 7 and we told her no more pull-ups and it only took her a week to start getting up to go to the bathroom and quit peeing on herself out of pure lazyness and not wanting to get out of bed. Needless to say- only my first two kids got pull-ups (there is only 13 months between the two or the 2nd wouldn't have gotten them either!)
Eat lots of leafy and green vegetables, brown rice as a diet rich in protein is often effective to combat this problem. Eat fiber rich food to avoid constipation.
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