Sleep and bed wetting

This is a very common problem among children. The solution is, take professional help. A therapist will apply some negative reinforcement and the habit will soon go away. The method of treatment may differ from therapist to therapist, but let me tell you something about the basic principle behind it. A reinforcement is a stimulus, an event of some kind, that encourages or discourages a certain behavior or trait. We all get our behavioral conditioning by a series of such stimuli right from the moment we're born. One such example is a child being rebuked by his teacher when he fails to do the homework. This particular stimulus is negative since it is discouraging a person from doing or not doing a certain thing. In this particular instance you may ask the child to wash the bed-sheet whenever he wets it and that would be a negative stimulus. You may give him a present if he doesn't wet his bed for a week, which will be a positive stimulus. Why am I asking you to consult a therapist then? Because only a therapist will adopt a more scientific method which will benefit the child with minimum side effects.

Hi bewitched, Bed wetting is common habit among children upto certain age. After that particular age if the children continue the habit then he/she needs treatment. Sometimes it happens due to physical problem but most of the time lack of training is the reason. I think this article may help your friend. http://www.keepkidshealthy.com/parenting_tips/bedwetting.html

Hello Bewitched,there are a number of reasons for bed wetting. it can be hereditary,if your friend or her husband has a history of this,it may have just been transfered to her son. two,you should have your friend ask his doctor to check his bladder size,a lot of children's bladders do not grow as fast as the child,so they are not able to hold as much as they normally would. Like the other posters mentioned,pressure from school or even at home can be a cause. Tell her to tell her son,that he is not alone,there are a great many people,adults as well as children have this problem,some get better quick,others may take years,but it can be taken care of quietly. I hope this helps some,I will be happy to give you some ideas if needed. Many Blessings. mac

Even my kids have this problem, we take turns in waking them up twice in the night for urination. they bed wet mostly during rainy and winter season. this problem will get treated on its own with patience and time.

I think you could be very wrong there in alot of cases, as there are children like my friends son that has a kidney complaint, so it is not down to other things that you have mentioned on here.There are also children that pee the bed through other medical reasons, such as a bladder reflux, urine infection, etc.Not insecure, not poor training, untrained toilet traning,etc.You can not reduce fluid to diabetic children or other children with other medical problems as this can cause loads of medical problems that can turn life threatening.

There could be many reasons for this. The child might have trouble at school, which would mean that he goes through a lot of stress, and his bed wetting might be a cry for help. There might be something going on with him that he's afraid/ashamed to tell his parents. He might be bullied on the playground, for instance. Or the causes might be of a physical nature. I agree that the only way to deal with this is by asking the help of a specialist.

Dear friend, I hope it would be better to consult such matters with specialist, may be it can be cured without knowing what to do. May be a good child specialist could find a remedy for such situations.