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The Go-To Mom give tips on how to handle young children and their bed wetting.

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Bedwetting. Kimberley Clayton Blaine: Don't be discouraged, if your child wets the bed every night. It's a challenge that you and your child can overcome through diligence and patience. Children under 6 years old do wet the bed. This is not abnormal or a cause for concern. However, if your child continues to wet the bed after age 7 or 8, then consult with your pediatrician. Night time bladder control is a physical and developmental process. So be assured that with support and guidance, your child will outgrow the bed wetting and will eventually master dry nights. Young children need their parents to help them make the transition to dry nights. Do not hold high expectations for a process, that they have a little or no control over. The key to an easy transition is for parents to be well-informed. Children may wet the bed because their bladders have not fully matured; the lack of muscle strength is causing them to wet the bed; stresses in children's lives can cause bed wetting. The stress could come from the presence of any baby, divorce, moving, transition to a new school, or getting a new teacher, death, family crisis, or physical changes, such as diabetes. Severe discipline, abuse, threats, inconsistent care giving can be an emotional cause for bed wetting. Parental yelling and fighting, set in emotional instability can cause serious psychological strain. The kidneys of some children produce more urine than normal size bladder can hold. There is a hormone that is not yet developed in children which causes the kidneys to slow down it's production of urine during the sleeping hours. Studies have shown that children who wet the bed simply cannot wake up in time to go to the bathroom. Here is some helpful tips to help tips to help you deal with the bed wetting. Never punish, bribe, use rewards, or demand that your child stay dry during the night. Listen to the concerns of your child. Children rarely wet the bed on purpose. Take the time to listen to their fears and concerns. Assure your child that you are there to help and support him. Always be matter of fact, so that he doesn't feel embraced or ashamed. To avoid putting your child in a pull up, wake him up in the middle of the night before you go to bed for one last bathroom visit. It took us 6 months of waking up our son before his own body was ready to wake on his own. It was right before he turned 7 years old. See a pediatrician, if your child has had a long period of dryness and then suddenly begins to wet the bed again. A lot of patience and a little knowledge can help you and your child understand and deal with the bed wetting.