At what age does a child stop wetting the bed?

Bedwetting is a very common phenomenon for children. Many people think that bedwetting is not a disease, but long-term bedwetting will bring all kinds of troubles to parents. So how old can a child stop wetting the bed?

Age: Half of Chinese children stop wetting the bed by age 3

An epidemiological study of 3,344 Chinese children conducted by Chinese scholars showed that 50% of children stopped wetting the bed at the age of 3, and 93% of children stopped wetting the bed at the age of 5; an epidemiological survey of 10,960 children in the United States conducted by foreign scholars found that the incidence of nocturnal enuresis in 5-year-old children was 33%, 11% in 8-year-old children, and 7% in 11-year-old children.

Hazard: May affect children's brain development

There are physiological and pathological reasons for baby bedwetting. The main physiological reason is that the child's nervous system's ability to regulate bladder function has not yet fully developed, and when the urine is full, the child cannot wake up in time.

Children who wet the bed due to pathological reasons not only wet the bed at night, but also urinate more or more frequently during the day. This situation is usually related to many diseases, such as childhood diabetes, central or nephrogenic diabetes insipidus, interstitial nephritis, urinary tract infection, and some congenital malformations of the urinary system.

If a child's bedwetting is not treated in time, he or she may become short, thin or obese. Children become ashamed, timid, sensitive, inferior, afraid of group life, and develop character defects due to bedwetting. In addition, bedwetting will affect children's brain development, leading to poor memory, lack of concentration, and declining academic performance. Long-term bedwetting in adolescents and children can also affect the development of secondary sexual characteristics, and in severe cases can lead to infertility.

Response: Help your baby with bladder training

Bedwetting is not your baby's fault. Bedwetting in babies under 3 years old is mostly caused by the incomplete development of the nervous system, and the baby does not do it on purpose. Therefore, parents should never scold their babies, but should be more tolerant and patient with them and help them control urination.

1. Establish a reasonable life system to prevent your baby from being overly tired and sleeping too deeply at night. Babies who sleep a lot must sleep for 2 to 3 hours during the day. Don't be too excited before going to bed, and try to urinate before going to bed.

2. Avoid eating dinner too late and limit the intake of liquids such as soup and milk after meals.

3. Help your baby with bladder training. Try to extend the time between urinations during the day. When your baby wants to urinate, you can let him wait a few seconds before urinating to expand the bladder capacity. At night, you should help your baby urinate regularly according to his/her bowel movement patterns. When doing this, you should wake your baby up and do it while he/she is awake. As the baby grows older, he or she will gradually become aware of waking up and getting up to urinate.