Bedwetting is a common problem that many parents deal with. While it can be frustrating, it is important to understand that it is not done on purpose. Children are likely to feel embarrassed and ashamed when they wake up wet, and getting angry doesn’t help matters. There are several underlying causes that can contribute to […]
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Bedwetting can indeed be a sign of diabetes, but we must remember that bedwetting is quite common in children. The age at which a child successfully manages to sleep through the night without urinating varies greatly. Some children are completely dry at night for three years, others wet the bed until 11 or 12 old […]
I thought only little kids with immature bladder muscles were supposed to wet the bed at night. Now, at age 46, every once in a while I wet the bed. What in the world? Another misconception I had was that the older we women get, the more our bladder muscles become weaker, therefore, adult bedwetting. […]
It appears that boys wet the bed more than girls do, and there are many speculations about why this might be the case. Some of the speculations are hormone-based, while others are simply a function of physiological differences with regard to the bladder muscles. Still others believe there is a psychological difference between boys and […]
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Bed wetting is a frustrating problem for most parents. When a child who has no medical reasons continually wets the bed, it causes tension in the home, and erodes the child’s self-confidence. A lot of bed wetting children simply sleep too soundly to wake up when their body signals that they need to use […]