What should I do if my child wets the bed?

Basically all children will have the problem of bedwetting when they are born. This is because newborn babies do not have the ability to control their own behavior. They need continuous learning to master the ability to control themselves, and the bedwetting problem will eventually be solved. So if you want to solve this problem when children are just born, you need to constantly improve their control ability and let them learn to solve the problem of bedwetting.

What to do if your child wets the bed

In fact, bed-wetting in children is a very normal phenomenon. Term explanation: Primary enuresis in children, commonly known as bed-wetting, refers to the excretion of urine on the bed during sleep, without the person's knowledge or it happens in a dream and the child knows it only after waking up. Most of them are simple and persistent, that is, except bed-wetting, there are no other accompanying symptoms, no organic lesions, and physical and chemical examinations are within normal range. The vast majority of bedwetters are primary. So what should we do if our child wets the bed? Let’s take a look.

(1) General treatment Do not blame or beat the child. Instead, give encouragement so that the child is determined to cure enuresis. Parents show great care and love to their children. Do not drink water after dinner, urinate before going to bed, and wake up the child to urinate 1 to 2 times at night.

(2)Medication. ① Imipramine: It is a central nervous system stimulant that can reduce the depth of sleep. Take 25-50 mg orally every night for 3-4 months. If the disease relapses after stopping the medication, the drug can be given again. ② Parasympathetic nerve blockers: propantheline or oxybutynin (Oxybutynin, also known as ditropan, urodopine). Taken orally before going to bed, it can relax the detrusor muscle and inhibit bladder contraction. ③ Take 25 mg of ephedrine orally before bed. It can increase the contractility of the bladder neck and posterior urethra.

(3) Bladder training. During the day, instruct the child to extend the interval between urinations as much as possible, gradually extending it from once every 1/2 to 1 hour to once every 3 to 4 hours, in order to expand the bladder capacity.

(4) Conditioned reflex training. Use a set of enuresis alarm devices to train the child to wake up before enuresis. Place an electronic pad and an electric bell under the child. Once the electronic pad is wetted by urine, the circuit will be connected and the electric bell will sound, waking the child up to urinate. If the effect is not good, imipramine can be added to reduce the depth of sleep. Generally, 70-80% recovery can be achieved after 1-2 months of training. ...

How to treat bedwetting in children

Children's bedwetting is a very annoying thing for parents, so what are the good ways to treat children's bedwetting? This problem is also a problem that parents are very concerned about. Let's take a look at how to treat children's bedwetting.

(1) To prevent your child from being difficult to wake up after falling asleep at night, you should be careful not to over-fatigue him/her during the day. It is best to arrange an hour of sleep at noon.

(2) Add less salt to dinner, and drink less water and soup.

(3) Stop your child from being overly excited before going to bed and encourage him or her to develop the habit of emptying his or her bladder before going to bed.

(4) Parents should cultivate the habit of getting up to urinate on their own initiative. Remind your child to say to himself before going to bed, "I will get up at x o'clock tonight to urinate." Parents can also wake him up before the time when the child often urinates, so that he can urinate while awake.

(5) Training children to hold their urine during the day can also be used as a method. Whenever they feel the urge to urinate, they can actively control themselves and not urinate for a while. Start by delaying it for a few minutes and gradually extend the time. Bedwetting Recovery Soup is a traditional Chinese medicine preparation that is very effective in treating bedwetting and enuresis.

Home remedies for bedwetting in children

All medicines are poisonous. Taking medicine is not good for children, not to mention that children have weak constitutions. Many mothers do not want to give their children medicine too early, so the editor will introduce some dietary therapy remedies to all mothers, hoping that they will be useful to all mothers.

Method 1: Ginkgo and mutton porridge for treating enuresis in children

[Ingredients] 10-15 grams of ginkgo nuts, 1 sheep kidney, 50 grams each of mutton and rice, and 3 grams of green onion.

[Preparation and Usage] Wash the sheep kidneys, remove the glandular lipid membrane, and cut into small cubes; wash the scallions and cut into small pieces; wash the mutton; rinse the ginkgo nuts and glutinous rice, then put them into the pot together, add appropriate amount of water and cook porridge. The porridge is ready when the meat is cooked and the rice is soft. Eat lamb kidneys, lamb meat, ginkgo nuts, and drink porridge twice a day, warm.

【Effects】Nourishes the kidney and stops nocturnal emission. Suitable for enuresis in children.

Method 2: Stewed pig bladder with ginkgo nuts to treat enuresis in children

[Ingredients] 1 fresh pig bladder, 15 grams of ginkgo nuts, or add appropriate amounts of coix seeds and lotus seeds, and 15 white peppercorns.

[Preparation and Usage] Cut the pig bladder open and clean it, fill it with ginkgo nuts, or add coix seeds, lotus seeds, and sprinkle with white pepper. After stewing, eat in portions.

【Effects】 Strengthens the kidneys and reduces urination. It is suitable for children with weak constitution, enuresis, weak urination, general fatigue and poor appetite.

Method 3: Chinese Yam, Pork Tripe and Black Date Soup for Treating Enuresis in Children

[Ingredients] 10-15 grams of yam, 30 grams of glutinous rice root, 1 pig stomach, 2-4 black dates.

[Preparation and Usage] Wash the glutinous rice roots and pork tripe separately, cut into sections, put them into a casserole together with yam and black dates, add appropriate amount of water, and cook until the pork tripe is cooked through. Drink the soup and eat the pig's stomach.

【Effects】Strengthens the spleen and strengthens the kidneys. Suitable for children with enuresis.

Method 4: Steamed pig intestines with yam to treat enuresis in children

[Ingredients] 500 grams of pig large intestine, 250 grams of fresh yam, 70 grams of crab roe, 50 grams of cooked lard, 25 grams of sweet bean sauce, 10 grams of sugar, and appropriate amounts of vinegar, cooking wine, onion and ginger. ...

What causes children to wet the bed?

Many children have the problem of bedwetting, so what is the matter with children wetting the bed? What causes it? In fact, there are certain reasons for children to wet the bed, and these reasons include more than one, such as genetic factors, disease factors, etc. So let us take a look at what the reasons are.

Genetic factors

Nocturnal enuresis usually runs in families. If both parents have been nocturnal enuresis patients, their children have a 3/4 chance of wetting the bed. If one parent has a history of bedwetting, their child has a 1/2 chance of developing the condition.

Disease factors

Pinworm infestation (irritation of the urethral opening by the worm), urinary tract infection, kidney disease, local inflammation of the urethral opening, spina bifida, spinal cord injury, sacral nerve dysfunction, epilepsy, incomplete brain development, small bladder capacity, etc., but enuresis caused by illness only accounts for a small proportion. For the vast majority of children, bedwetting is related to mental factors, hygiene habits, environmental factors, etc.

Deep sleep and inability to wake up in time to urinate

Some children have not received urination training, such as using diapers for a long time, parents do not wake up their children at night, and carry their children to the toilet to urinate, and some parents even help their children urinate while they are sleeping in bed, which causes children to develop the habit of urinating during sleep. Over time, bed-wetting at night is likely to occur.

Delayed development of nighttime bladder control

As patients with nocturnal enuresis grow older, their symptoms may improve and they may stop wetting the bed, but it may take several years to stop. Even 1% of people continue to wet the bed after entering puberty.

Environmental factors

A sudden change of environment; climate change such as cold weather, etc. In addition, children drinking too much water before going to bed; eating fruits such as watermelon that are high in water and have a diuretic effect; parents not taking care of their children in time when they feel the urge to defecate at night, etc. can all cause children to wet the bed. ...

How to prevent bedwetting in children

The problem of bedwetting in children can actually be prevented, but sometimes bedwetting is often related to the subconscious of parents, because some parents often think that the urination behavior of newborns is unconscious and everything will be fine as long as they put on diapers. Some parents are afraid that their children will wet the bed and it will be troublesome to wash and dry it, so they use diapers for a long time, which will unknowingly lay the seeds for bedwetting in their children. Human urination function continues to improve with the development of the nervous system. The bladder of a normal infant or young child will automatically control urination and gradually learn the movements to express it. At this time, caregivers should take advantage of this situation, actively "hold the child to urinate" and repeat it many times, to help the child establish the correct way of urination and cultivate good conscious and regular urination habits in children. This is scientific parenting and the primary measure to prevent bedwetting. Therefore, it is also very important to prevent children from bedwetting. Here are some prevention methods for mothers.

1. Wake up at regular times and get up at night

Modern society continues to create convenience for life, and products such as "diapers" allow young parents to sleep peacefully at night. But over-reliance on it may backfire. If children are not trained properly from an early age, and are allowed to wet the bed at night, or are held to pee while being allowed to sleep, the children will unconsciously urinate in their dreams. Over time, they will develop the habit of urinating in their sleep, and will have difficulty taking care of themselves when they grow up, which will cause trouble to the parents.

The reason is not complicated. A healthy bladder will excrete urine according to certain conditioned reflex instructions after storing urine. If the child excretes in a daze when urine is accumulated, the sleep will be unstable and unconscious. Parents should wake their children up at the right time and let them control their urination while awake, which will help them establish good conditioned reflexes and train their bladder skills at the same time. Therefore, in order to cultivate children's correct living habits or correct children who already have enuresis, it is recommended that parents set an alarm clock and wake them up at regular times to get them used to "getting up at night".