BEDWETTING Solution

Most children are terribly embarrassed by bedwetting and it can create a major trauma if they are asked to stay overnight at someone else’s house. They will grow out of it, but until they do:

• Don’t praise and don’t punish. Usually the problem will just go away as the child gets older.
• Make it possible for the child to change the sheets himself. Put out dry bedding and dry pajamas’. This will help the child to feel less babyish.
• Practice using the bladder muscles during the daytime. Have the child drink lots of fluids and then practice bladder control by holding off from going to the bathroom for as long as possible without having an accident.
• Children outgrow bed wetting at the rate of 15 per cent a year, so be patient.