Daytime wetting is most commonly associated with children who suffer from non-monosymptomatic enuresis, where there’s more than one symptom of bedwetting. It’s happening because the bladder is not working normally as it should.
Primary enuresis means a child has never been dry, and has wet the bed ever since he or she was a baby. This is the most common type of bedwetting in children.
Secondary enuresis means a child has previously been dry for 6 months or more but then starts wetting. Secondary enuresis accounts for about 25% of children with bedwetting.
Amongst the results in the study, he found that 16% of parents reported they were too busy to help their child with the treatments for nocturnal enuresis. The study reported that if parents made more time available to help their children, then there may be fewer early dropouts from treatment.
Research suggests that persistent bedwetting may lead to parents feeling anxious, guilty and eventually experiencing loss of confidence in their parenting skills. It can also generate much more serious feelings and behaviours, such as a sense of helplessness and a lack of hope and optimism.
Children can sometimes start bedwetting because of stress. It could be a new school, a new baby in the family or a family crisis, like a parent separation or death in the family. It’s important for parents to realise that it's not the child's fault and it's not something they have control over. So the most important part of any treatment plan in this situation is emotional support, reassurance and patience.
This is what you have to think about. If the bedwetting is having an impact on a child’s emotional, psychological or even social development, then that’s a problem. This is when ‘waiting until they grow out of it’ is not going to be the best option for your child. Without treatment, some children continue to experience bedwetting through to their teenage years, and even into adulthood.
How do you explain the process of bedwetting to your child? It can be hard if we don’t even know it ourselves! That’s why In the download below this video I’ve included a really simple way to explain what happens inside the body when all the parts work together.
I’ll talk you through it now as well.
Tell your child that it’s the kidney’s job to make urine, which goes down tubes into the bladder.
Bedwetting is not your child’s fault. At this point in your child’s journey you probably already know this, but there’s so many parents out there with little to no knowledge of why their child is wetting their bed.
There also seems to be limited information out there and a lack of understanding of where to find the relevant information, trusted information about bedwetting in children.
Population studies also indicate that around a quarter of children with nocturnal enuresis also suffer from daytime wetting or other lower urinary tract symptoms, or both. So those children who have lower urinary tract symptoms as well as frequent bedwetting, tend to be more difficult to treat, and their condition is more likely to continue into their teenage years.
There are a few things you’ll need to take into consideration when choosing the right bedwetting alarm for your child which include comfort, user-friendliness, volume and level of after-sale support.
Constipation is common in children with bedwetting and can be a major factor causing the problem. Even if a child regularly passes bowel motions it is still possible that the bowel is filled with hard, impacted faeces, and this can interfere with the normal functions of the bladder.
How old can a child be before doing something about their bedwetting?
Is four too young?
You may have even been told five and six are still too young.
With so many conflicting answers out there, how are we meant to know just how soon a parent can, say, use an alarm with their child?
Right now we’re going to clear up this confusion and hopefully make your decision easier if you’ve got a child under seven years of age.
