(HealthDay News) -- While some cases of bed-wetting are triggered by a medical condition, most often the problem occurs as a child learns bladder control.
Here are suggestions for parents to help prevent their child from bed-wetting, courtesy of the University of Florida:
- Wake your child at regular intervals to use the bathroom. Progressively stretch out these intervals until the child makes it through the night without wetting the bed.
- Don't let your child drink too much at night, especially beverages with caffeine. Make sure your child gets enough to drink during the day, however, to prevent dehydration.
- Try a moisture alarm, which reacts to moisture and will wake the child to use the bathroom.
- Have the child try bladder exercises, such as stopping and holding a stream of urine.
- For bed-wetting problems that cannot be resolved with time and training, medication and psychotherapy may be in order.
