Although bed wetting is normal for toddlers parents still considered it a serious problem. While waking up to a crying child who has wet the sheets in the middle of the night can be tiresome for the parent, imagine how your toddler must feel.
Bed-wetting happens, and will happen to most toddlers. Bed-wetting is usually caused by poor bladder control–either the child’s bladder is under-developed or they are unable to wake up in time to get up and empty their bladder.
There are a number of other reasons for bed wetting, one of the main ones being stress. Major changes in a child’s life or routine can cause a child who normally wakes up dry to start bed wetting. Events like divorce, the illness of a parent, a change in nursery, etc can make a child who is potty-trained revert to earlier behavior.
Although a typical worry is that the bed wetter has some disease, bladder infections affect less than 2% of children who wet the bed. It is quite easy to spot a bladder infection–look to see if your child strains during urinating, complaints of pain or urine that looks cloudy or is tinged with blood. A child who has a bladder or kidney infection may also wet themselfs during the day. Children who have diabetes are also prone to bed-wetting.
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Things To Consider If Your Toddler Wets The Bed
1. Does your family have a history of wetting the bed? Did you or your spouse or siblings wet the bed as children? Bed wetting is common and is often seen within families.
2. Consider making a chart depicting how much your child drinks, what sorts of activities they engage in throughout the day and how often your child urinates to see if any patterns emerge. For instance, does your child tend to wet the bed when they have consumed more drink than usual? (In particular, watch out for orange juice and caffeinated fizzy pop.)
3. Does your child usually have a problem with bed wetting when there has been an upsetting incident the day before? What you consider to be stressful may be different for your child. Remember that overstimulation is perceived as stress. For instance, if your child spends the night at a relative’s home after meeting many unfamiliar family members, they may wet the bed.
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Things Parents Can Do To Aid A Bed Wetting Child
1. Refrain from humiliating your child. Accept that this is something you must go through as a family. As said previosuly, it is normal for a child to wet the bed. It is highly unlikely that your child is wetting the bed on purpose, show compassion and sensitivity.
2. Make sure your child is properly hydrated throughout the day, so you can refrain from giving them too much to drink before bedtime. Try to cut out your child having anything to drink two hours before bed. Make sure they empty their bladder right before climbing into bed.
3. If you have a toddler who is wetting the bed, encourage your child to wear training pants, until they are able to wake up dry three nights in a row. Chart the progress of your child to encourage them. Try to get them involved in marking the chart. Return to the training pants if your child wets themself and start counting the days all over again, but don’t make your child feel like a failure.
Stop Bedwetting in 7 Days – A simple step-by-step guide to help children conquer bedwetting problems in just a few days 4. Use a plastic cover on the bed. If your child wets the bed, you can change the sheets right away or place a towel over the wet spot and wash them in the morning. If your child insists on having clean sheets, have them help you change the bed.
5. Some medical professionals think that a child who wets the bed may have a problem with their Circadian Rhythms. The thinking is that such a child drops into a deep state of sleep so quickly that they cannot wake themself to urinate. According to these professionals, the solution is to awaken your child about an hour after they have gone to sleep. Give them a kiss and talk to them until their eyes open, then let them drift back to sleep. It is believed that this will help your child to go into deeper levels of sleep more progressively, so they can wake themself up if they feel the urge to urinate.
6. Explain to older siblings that wetting the bed is not something their sibling can help. Tell them not to tease. Engage them in encouraging the bed wetter when they wake up with dry pants.
7. Proceed with confidence. Know that with time and maturity, your child will overcome child bed wetting.
8. If you suspect that your child has a urinary tract infections, diabetes, or some other medical problem or has been exposed to an untrustworthy individual, take him to your pediatrician.
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