Strategies For Coping With Bed Wetting Children
There are a few key points that you must keep in mind regarding a 4 year olds bed wedding. The first point to consider is that boys are much more likely to continue bed wetting at age 4 than girls. Typically by the age of 4 most girls have broken the bed wetting habit. Although this applies to most girls, it is not uncommon for some girls to continue bed wetting up until the age of five. Based on this information, it is important to be careful about determining a course of action regarding this bed wetting.
A doctors visit would be the first step to take with a four year old girl who is still bed wetting. Your doctor will be able to determine whether the underlying cause of the bed wetting is sleep cycles, under developed bladder muscles or possibly an illness which cannot be treated by normal bed wetting methods of treatment. Once your family doctor has ruled out these more serious problems you can begin regular treatments for bed wetting.
Nocturnal enuresis is diagnosed in many children who see their family doctor with bed wetting by the age of 5 years. Once diagnosed the doctor should be able to help the family with strategies to help avoid the extra work and frustration involved in bed wetting at this age.
Parents often blame their own parenting skills when a child experiences these sorts of problems, but they are rarely at fault.
The underlying causes of bed wetting can be something as simple as physical factors like the child having a smaller bladder, or having too many liquids before bed time. Other things to rule out are the drinking of diuretic beverages such as colas.
Although frustration, irritation and to some extent anger, are normal reactions to a child’s bed wetting, these emotions must be shielded from the children who are already only to aware of the shame and embarrassment associated with their bed wetting. The children are probably feeling as bad as the parents about the bed wetting, and anything that makes them more nervous or stressed will only exacerbate the problem.
The parents of a bed wetting four year old has many tools at their disposal to help with the problem. One of these tools is a bed wetting alarm that breaks the sleep cycles that are typically responsible for the problem. The alarm works by waking both the child and the parents so that bed wedding can be dealt with more quickly, so the child can sleep in a more comfortable and hygienic environment. The other benefit of being woken up is the ability to establish a pattern of waking up to use the bathroom during the night.
Another tool available is diapers and plastic sheets that help to limit the amount of cleanup required in the middle of the night due to bed wetting.
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