how to stop a 3 yr old from bedwetting?

Question

how do u teach a child to stop bedwetting

Answer 1

You wait until they are ready. My oldest daughter wore pullups until she was 6, then one night she just stopped wetting the bed. My youngest son is 3, he stilll wears pullups at night. He wakes up dry frequently and we make a big deal out of it and he is excited. NEVER EVER belittle or punish a child for bedwetting. Many kids sleep so deeply that they do not wake up to go the bathroom. Most kids grow out of it. Your peditrican can also give you some advice if you are really worried about it. I do have a middle child who never wet the bed once she was potty trained so it is a by child kind of thing. It can also be hereditary. If mom or dad wet the bed as a child, it is more likely that the child will. Not making a big deal out of it is the best way to deal. If you punish the child you will be hurting them in more ways than one.

Answer 2

First tackle the problem and find out why bedwetting occurs. The reason maybe -

1. A traumatic incident (bullies in play school, fights at home or even a scary movie)

2. A small bladder can retain less water

3. Sheer laziness

For 1. you may need to speak to your child's pediatrician. they often know better. For 2. you should increase your child's intake of water in the day time and ask him/ her to hold it a wee bit longer when they want to go. This will teach them to hold and strengthen baldder muscles.

I have been told homeopathic medicines help increase bladder capacity.

For 3. you may have to wake him/ her late night and go to the toilet. Also limit water intake a couple of hours before bed time. After having a few weeks of dry nights, even laziness will not keep them in bed.

Answer 3

My daughter is 7 and still occasionally has accidents. We just keep a vinyl cover on the mattress, and pull-ups in the cupboard for when she goes on a bedwetting streak. 3 is still young, so have patience. Each child is different and things come about in their own time.

Answer 4

Sometimes it just take patience. some children wet the bed until they are 9. Don't berate the child, but offer support and understanding. Be consistent in making sure that they don't have anything to drink after a certain time at night and that they go to the bathroom right before bed. If you have to get up during the night to take the child to the bathroom that may help as well.

Answer 5

You don't. It's all about when he/she is developed enough physically to hold it all night. Just like all kids walk at different times (and you can't teach that), don't push this. Let him/her have a pull-up or at least wake him/her up in the middle of the night and have them use the toilet.

By the time they're 4, if it isn't stopped, talk to the child's doctor. They'll probably still say don't push it, but they may have a medical solution.

Answer 6

Try putting pull ups on her at night. Make sure she doesn't have alot of liquids before bedtime. Every time she wakes up at night make her go to the potty. Every day she wakes up and is dry give her a prize...like icecream...a trip to the park...or I have also tried the sticker thing too. It does work. My daughter was 2 when she quit bed wetting. Kids might have accidents once and a while. If your child is a boy...just from my experience .....boys take longer to stop than girls. I hope this helps.

Answer 7

I was told by my child's doctor that child really don't have the ability to control it all the time during the night...that it's basically 'okay' up until he/she is 5-6...my son is almost 4 and he has been trained for 2 1/2 years and he still wets his bed maybe twice a month. We don't make a big deal out of it just have him help clean it up. That was another thing...if you make a big deal out of it they will contiune to wet the bed...kids like attention, any attention is good whether good or bad!!!!

Answer 8

you can if you limit fluid intake after 5 and wake up every 3-4 hours in the night to toilet him (unrealistic unless you just got it like that) the best thing is simply to by pull ups and wait. The child is ONLY 3. some peoples kids aren't even potty trained by then so relax your doing great!

Answer 9

Well, He's probably not going to stop till he/she is 10. But there are ways to save the mattress if that is something you are concerned about.

1) A Vinyl Mattress cover

2) a mattresss pad w/ vinyl lining that is in contact w/mattres.

3)Use a Diaper on the child.

Answer 10

I had this problem with a step-daughter. We started a fun calendar where each night she had a dry night, she got a sticker to place on the calendar to correspond with the date. When she filled a specified time such as a week up with stickers, which meant a week of dry nights, she was rewarded.

Good luck!

Oh BTW . . . Once we started the calendar, we never had another wet night.