Simple Steps to Dry Nights E-Book

50MINUTES

• Herausgeber: 50Minutes.com
• Kategorie: Ratgeber
• Serie: Health & Wellbeing
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 28

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2017

Beschreibung

Change is only 50 minutes away! Find out everything you need to know about putting a stop to bedwetting with this straightforward guide.

Although bedwetting is a normal part of infancy, it can be frustrating and distressing for the child and their parents if it continues beyond the usual age. Fortunately, a range of effective treatments are available, so you can find the one that is best for your child and help them to stay dry throughout the night.

In just 50 minutes you will be able to:
• Learn about the causes and symptoms of nocturnal enuresis (bedwetting)
• Implement effective measures at home to put a stop to bedwetting
• Find out about the range of treatments available for enuresis

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Simple steps to dry nights

Problem: enuresis (involuntary urination, particularly at an age when the individual would be expected to control their bladder) is a more common problem than you might think. Although it is not generally a sign that something is seriously wrong, it is often difficult for the child and their parents, and can quickly become a source of stress and have a significant psychological and social impact on sufferers.Aims: to understand the causes of nocturnal enuresis, find out how to deal with it and help your child to stay dry.FAQs:When should I start potty training my child?Are training pants an effective solution?My child is seven and is still wetting the bed. Should I be worried?Should I wake up my child during the night to take them to the toilet?What should I do if my child goes to a sleepover or sleeps away from home?Will there always be medical examinations during a consultation about a bedwetting problem?

When a child reaches the age of around two and has already acquired a number of psychomotor skills, toilet training becomes a concern for the family. With the beginning of nursery a few months away, the child is getting ready for a new social life, which brings with it the need to be toilet trained. During this learning process, bedwetting problems often emerge. Although this phenomenon is completely normal, bedwetting becomes a problem when it does not go away and results in unhappiness in the day-to-day lives of children and parents. How do you explain that your child is still wetting the bed when they should have stopped a long time ago? Is an overly strict family environment to blame? Is it a physiological problem? Will you have to go see a professional? What attitude should you take as a parent and what habits should you put in place to help your child stay dry at night?

In 50 minutes, you will learn how to effectively support your child to stop wetting the bed and discover the causes, consequences and management of bedwetting, whether at home or with the help of a healthcare professional.

Enuresis: an explanation

Nocturnal enuresis

Nocturnal enuresis, more commonly known as bedwetting, is defined as an intermittent, unconscious and involuntary discharge of urine during sleep after the age of five. It is important to specify that this discharge of urine is not related to any medical, neurological or psychiatric illness.

While most children manage to stay dry during the daytime at the age of around three (although some accidents may still occur), after the age of five the child should have the sphincter control to stay dry both during the day and at night. Enuresis therefore occurs when the child still cannot control their bladder after the age of five.

In general, children stop wetting the bed by:

around 18 months for 2% of boys and 6% of girls;around three years for 75% of boys and 80% of girls;around five years for 85 to 90% of children;around 15 years for 99% of children (Valleteau de Moulliac, Gallet and Chevalier, 2005).

Did you know?

Far more boys than girls are affected by enuresis (60%, Mas, J.-L., Figon, S. and Senez, B., 2004).