Advice On Five Year Olds Bed Wetting
Left unresolved, the problems of five year old children bed wetting can lead to such problems as low self esteem and the fear of otherwise normal childhood activities such as sleep overs or any other social situation where the child will sleep away from their own bed, such as school camps. Unfortunately, bed wetting is not an easy problem to solve, and requires a great deal of patience and time from both the child and the parent to avoid a long lasting problem.
Normal development and general good health should be assured by a doctor before trying to tackle the problem of bed wetting. Most bed wetting is a perfectly normal part of growing up, but there can sometimes be underlying medical causes or developmental issues that should be ruled out first and only a doctor can do this.
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.
It is important that the children don;t go to bed with a full bladder, so excessive beverage consumption before bed tie should be avoided.
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.
Children should not have their diets changed or be medicated in any way in an attempt to stop bed wetting without direct approval from the child’s doctor. Doing so might add further stress to the child which will not help at all with the underlying problem.
Ingrid Preube
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