Parents have difficulty in dealing with the problem of bedwetting in their children, especially because they are keen to keep it a big secret they can talk about only in the doctor's office. Parents often tend to brag about their children's achievements. They share with friends about social and school problems, but when it comes to their child's night urination, they declare a silent agreement between themselves and not even talk to grandparents.
Why does my baby wet his bed at night?
Before answering this question, try to determine if your child has nighttime urination every night, or rarely happens. In fact these are two completely different cases of the problem of night urination.
When a child gets wet every night if he or she suffers from "Primary Nocturnal Enuresis", in fact, one in five children suffers from this phenomenon. There are three main causes that can cause nighttime urination:
Imbalance between urinary output during the day and at night. Children with this problem secrete the same amount of urine day and night. Children who do not have the problem secrete 80% of urine during the day and only 20% during the night.
There are children who have involuntary cramps in the bladder that cause incontinence and night urination.
Inability to wake up when the bladder is full. This problem stems from a certain disorder in the wake-up process and not because of deep sleep as many believe.
Children who suffer from nocturnal urination at times, in fact suffer from "secondary nocturia" in this case may be caused by a medical condition or psychological event suffered by the child such as trauma, anxiety or annoying dream.
Nighttime urination may be hereditary. In the event that one or both parents have experienced night urination in their childhood, their children may also suffer from it.
What to do when the child begins to urinate at night?
The first step is to talk about it with your pediatrician. Many parents do not even talk to the pediatrician because they are ashamed of it. However, this examination is very important to rule out medical reasons that may be the cause of night urination.
Urine analysis may reveal inflammation in the urinary tract, or high sugar in the urine that can lead to night urination. Physical testing can detect constipation. If the child has constipation, abdominal distension caused by the accumulation of feces may cause pressure on the bladder and thus to night urination, and possibly to urination during the day in the most embarrassing times.
It is also possible for a doctor to find out if a child has sleep disorders as a result of sleep apnea. In children with sleep apnea, breathing may stop during sleep for very short periods during which urine can leak. This problem requires treatment, so it is important that your pediatrician knows about your child's nighttime urination problem.
So what age can urination at night be considered a "normal problem"?
If nighttime urination is not a medical problem requiring treatment, it often goes away from itself until the age of seven. In fact, 18-year-olds are still suffering from nighttime urination.
As long as your family knows how to deal with the problem and treat it properly, without disturbing you or your children, you can wait until the problem passes by itself.
It is important that you do not get angry with the child when you wet his bed and not blame him. You can explain to him that many children suffer from this problem and it is temporary.
What is the most effective treatment for night urination?
There are many products that can wake your baby up when the first point of your body leaks.
These products are special belts or sheets with sensors attached to the child's underwear or to the child's wrist or waist. When urine starts to leak, from the first point the sensor detects it and the belt starts to vibrate or whistle until the baby wakes up.
In fact, the technique of vibration or firing alarm sounds is very effective because it teaches the brain when to wake up to go to the toilet in time. But this learning process may take several months and you parents are asked to participate in the process and wake up with the child when the device starts to vibrate or beep and deliver it to the toilet.
Since we have started talking about you, parents, many parents wake up two or three times during the night to wake up their children and get them to the toilet without waiting for the child to feel the need to urinate.
There are, of course, many drugs that reduce the amount of urine produced by the body during the night. Medications Often there are many side effects that parents want to avoid, so it is possible to give the child medication only when he goes to sleep with his grandmother or a friend.
It is important to remember that you should not get angry with your child and not punish him for the problem of night urination, even if you are very disappointed. Explicit conversations or any other solution you may find may help the child not feel offended.
Why does my baby wet his bed at night?
Before answering this question, try to determine if your child has nighttime urination every night, or rarely happens. In fact these are two completely different cases of the problem of night urination.
When a child gets wet every night if he or she suffers from "Primary Nocturnal Enuresis", in fact, one in five children suffers from this phenomenon. There are three main causes that can cause nighttime urination:
Imbalance between urinary output during the day and at night. Children with this problem secrete the same amount of urine day and night. Children who do not have the problem secrete 80% of urine during the day and only 20% during the night.
There are children who have involuntary cramps in the bladder that cause incontinence and night urination.
Inability to wake up when the bladder is full. This problem stems from a certain disorder in the wake-up process and not because of deep sleep as many believe.
Children who suffer from nocturnal urination at times, in fact suffer from "secondary nocturia" in this case may be caused by a medical condition or psychological event suffered by the child such as trauma, anxiety or annoying dream.
Nighttime urination may be hereditary. In the event that one or both parents have experienced night urination in their childhood, their children may also suffer from it.
What to do when the child begins to urinate at night?
The first step is to talk about it with your pediatrician. Many parents do not even talk to the pediatrician because they are ashamed of it. However, this examination is very important to rule out medical reasons that may be the cause of night urination.
Urine analysis may reveal inflammation in the urinary tract, or high sugar in the urine that can lead to night urination. Physical testing can detect constipation. If the child has constipation, abdominal distension caused by the accumulation of feces may cause pressure on the bladder and thus to night urination, and possibly to urination during the day in the most embarrassing times.
It is also possible for a doctor to find out if a child has sleep disorders as a result of sleep apnea. In children with sleep apnea, breathing may stop during sleep for very short periods during which urine can leak. This problem requires treatment, so it is important that your pediatrician knows about your child's nighttime urination problem.
So what age can urination at night be considered a "normal problem"?
If nighttime urination is not a medical problem requiring treatment, it often goes away from itself until the age of seven. In fact, 18-year-olds are still suffering from nighttime urination.
As long as your family knows how to deal with the problem and treat it properly, without disturbing you or your children, you can wait until the problem passes by itself.
It is important that you do not get angry with the child when you wet his bed and not blame him. You can explain to him that many children suffer from this problem and it is temporary.
What is the most effective treatment for night urination?
There are many products that can wake your baby up when the first point of your body leaks.
These products are special belts or sheets with sensors attached to the child's underwear or to the child's wrist or waist. When urine starts to leak, from the first point the sensor detects it and the belt starts to vibrate or whistle until the baby wakes up.
In fact, the technique of vibration or firing alarm sounds is very effective because it teaches the brain when to wake up to go to the toilet in time. But this learning process may take several months and you parents are asked to participate in the process and wake up with the child when the device starts to vibrate or beep and deliver it to the toilet.
Since we have started talking about you, parents, many parents wake up two or three times during the night to wake up their children and get them to the toilet without waiting for the child to feel the need to urinate.
There are, of course, many drugs that reduce the amount of urine produced by the body during the night. Medications Often there are many side effects that parents want to avoid, so it is possible to give the child medication only when he goes to sleep with his grandmother or a friend.
It is important to remember that you should not get angry with your child and not punish him for the problem of night urination, even if you are very disappointed. Explicit conversations or any other solution you may find may help the child not feel offended.
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