Bed Wetting Solutions
When bed-wetting becomes a problem in your
home, what do you do? Often times when a child is wetting his or her bed,
the reason is due either to an undiagnosed medical condition or due to
psychological effects. As a parent, you will want to find out what is
happening with your child so that you can stop bed wetting.
Unfortunately, there are things that prevent many parents
from trying to determine what causes their child's bedwetting. Some of the
things that stop parents from helping their children include:
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Shame (parents worry that a child's bed-wetting will
reflect badly on them while children may be reluctant to speak with a
pediatrician about a problem that is embarrassing for them).
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Misconceptions about bedwetting
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Time (some parents may be reluctant to take the time to
help a child, assuming that bedwetting is a normal childhood ailment and
will be resolved by itself)
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Anger (parents may feel frustrated or angry with the
problem and this may make them think of the problem as unimportant)
Bedwetting is not a rare problem. Experts think that five to
seven million children in America wet the bed at least occasionally. The
older children get, the less likely they are to wet the bed, as children
outgrow the problem at a rate of roughly 15% per year. However, this means
that 1% of older teenagers, and 20% of children between the ages of six and
five will still wet their bed regularly.
To stop bed wetting, bedwetting alarms are among the safest
and most effective of all therapies. |
