Should Your Child be Punished for Bedwetting? Punishment as a treatment for wetting the bed: Does it work? All around the world, there are regular reports of children being punished for wetting the bed.   Some parents believe that their child should be punished for bedwetting, wishing for a quick fix to a complex and misunderstood problem.  Is there any benefit to a child being punished for bedwetting, and what alternatives are there to make the child stop bed wetting? This article will look at why parents are punishing their children for wetting the bed and some common mis ..read more

Are bedwetters simply lazy? Parents’ beliefs about bedwetting and bedwetters are extremely important. Their knowledge and understanding of bedwetting can shape the way they help their child.  A study carried out by the Urology Department, University of California found that 26% of parents thought their child wet the bed because they were lazy!  Because of this belief, these parents are more likely to become frustrated and angry with their child’s behaviour, which can cause the child to feel a further sense of failure and shame.  So, do children wet the bed on purp ..read more

11 Tips to Stop Bedwetting Parents and carers often ask Ginny Laver what bedwetting tips she can give them to help their child stop wetting the bed at night.  Here are 11 useful tips to stop bedwetting that are fun and easy to put into practice. Build communication between the brain and bladder Explain to your child how the brain and bladder work and how they are connected. Get a yellow balloon and have some fun filling it up with water with your child, explaining how the bladder works. Create a story together about what the brain and bladder might say to each other throughout the ..read more

Should you wake your child to pee at night? A popular technique used by parents to avoid their child wetting the bed is to wake up their child to go to the toilet at night (also known as ‘lifting’).  Some parents set timers throughout the night to wake up their child for multiple trips to the toilet.  The aim is to reduce wet beds and hopefully cure bedwetting. Whilst this can be helpful for a few children when transitioning from nappies and it can help keep the bed dry, it’s generally not useful for chronic or older bedwetters.  It usually doesn’t help the child learn how ..read more

Deep Sleep and Bedwetting Many parents believe that their child’s deep sleep is causing bedwetting since the child can’t seem to wake up to go.  Without a doubt, most bedwetters are difficult to wake up from sleep.  In fact, it isn’t unusual for bedwetters not to wake up to a loud device called a ‘bedwetting alarm’.  And often the whole family other than the bedwetter will wake up to this alarm!  However, not all deep sleepers wet the bed.  Many bedwetters are difficult to wake up! A study carried out by Institute of Experimental Clinical Research, Denmark, sho ..read more