Bed Wetting Five Year Olds – What You Can Do

Self esteem problems and the fear of sleeping outside of the child’s normal home are just two of the symptoms that can occur when the underlying issue of the child’s bed wetting is not addressed. The parents and the child must both display a great deal of patience and invest a lot of time to attempt to resolve this difficult issue and avoid a social problem that could potentially last for years.

Taking the child to the doctor is probably a good first step when dealing with bed wetting. Although most bed wetting is completely normal and happens with most children it is important to rule out any underlying medical causes and to ensure that the child is developing normally.

The goal of any bed wetting strategy is to get the five year old child to wake up and go to the bathroom on their own. One way to get started with this is to use a bed wetting alarm. This alarm will wake the child from a deep sleep cycle, one that they might normally not wake from to use the bathroom. Over time this continued training and getting used to waking during the night to use the bathroom should enable the child to wake up on their own to use the bathroom at night.

Although its an emotive problem, the parents should take care not to blame their parenting skills, this is not usually the problem.

Another cause of the bed wetting problem is the children consuming too much liquids too close to bed time, leaving them with a full bladder during sleep.

Giving children diuretic beverages like cola and coffee should be avoided, especially close to bed time. These drinks will only make the child more likely to need the bathroom in the middle of the night, adding to the problem.

Obviously bed wetting is a very emotional issue for the children as well as the parents. The child will most likely be ashamed of their bed wetting episodes and care must be taken by the parents to show kindness patience and love. Any signs of anger or impatience at this stage will further embarrass and stress the child and will be of no help with resolving the underlying problem. Encouraging the building of their self esteem and positive reenforcement will both help the child break this habit more quickly.

Medicating the child or changing their diet to help with bed wetting should not be done without direct approval of the child’s doctor. Doing either of these things can increase the child’s stress level and might have an adhere affect on the child’s bed wetting problem.

Frank Sarntarpia
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