What should I do if the child wets the bed?

Bed-wetting has a great influence on children's self-esteem and has a serious negative impact on children's mood and behavior. For children who wet the bed, besides treatment, parents' attitude towards their children is very important.

Frequency of urination in children

Between one and two years old, the frequency of urination of children gradually decreases, from 20 times a day to about 10 times a day

The era of free control

Between the ages of four and six, you can do whatever you want.

Treat bedwetting

In fact, at the age of 12, there are still 3% teenagers who occasionally wet the bed. The medical limit is 6 years old: bedwetting is normal under 6 years old, and treatment is needed over 6 years old.

Parents' attitude is very important.

Children who wet the bed should have empathy and should not be laughed at, punished or even humiliated. Don't hurt the child's self-esteem. Let the child know that his parents are on the same side with him, and encourage and care more.

Respect children's privacy

Respect the baby's privacy and don't tell others about the baby wetting the bed. Some mothers may not take the baby's bed wetting seriously and tell it to others as a joke, such as "Our baby drew a map yesterday". Although it is unintentional, it will make the baby feel inferior and even do more harm to the baby's psychology.

medicine

When the child is over 6 years old, but still always wets the bed, and the above behavioral therapy is ineffective, the doctor can consider using drugs. Its function is to increase urine concentration and reduce urine volume. Short-term use is generally recommended.

Bedwetting alarm

Bedwetting alarm is an effective method to control bedwetting, but it is recommended for children over seven years old. When the bed-wetting alarm senses the first drop of urine, it will start to emit sound, light and even vibration to wake up the child to urinate.

Wake up the child in the middle of the night to pee.

This is the last resort of parents, and whether this method is effective is still controversial. Some scholars believe that waking children up in the middle of the night to pee at most once, because waking children up in the middle of the night will disrupt the sleeping rules gradually formed by children, so that the antidiuretic hormone secreted only when they are asleep can not be secreted normally, which will cause bed wetting and affect the physiological development of children.