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23 Answers found for 'stress'
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My five year old is wetting the bed after his grandfather died
Your son is experiencing what we refer to as Secondary Nocturnal Enuresis (SNE) – this occurs when children have been completely dry at night for a...
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Grandmother dying has retriggered wet nights.
Hi – this must be very frustrating for both you and your daughter. It is not unusual for a stressful event such as the death of loved one to cause ...
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Boy just turned 4, and wets at night. Worried that he isn't learning to control his wetting.
It is perfectly normal for your son to be still wetting the bed at age 4. The most common cause of bedwetting is a delay in maturation of the nervo...
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My 9 year old girl has recently started wetting the bed. I talked to her about DryNites and she hated that idea.
Your daughter is experiencing what we commonly refer to as secondary nocturnal enuresis (SNE) – this occurs when a child has maintained nighttime c...
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Seven year old son wets the bed, we've visited the hospital and tried the alarms. What next?
it can be extremely frustrating when a bedwetting treatment does not seem to work for your child. While the conditioning alarms currently have the ...
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My five year old and I are being pressured by the grandmothers. Help!
Unfortunately there is a lot of misinformation and ignorance about bedwetting and although as well meaning as it may be much of the advice given to...
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Why has my 5 year old only recently started wetting the bed?
your son’s type of bedwetting would be considered secondary enuresis (SE) – this is less common and has different underlying causes. When children ...
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5 year old son wets bed after moving house
firstly, it is important to point out that there is a difference in children who have never been dry at night (called primary enuresis) and childre...
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Would you recommend DryNites for my 3 year old?
It is not unusual for parents to feel a little frustrated when their child is quick to toilet train yet continues to wet at night. Unfortunately wh...
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Son refusing to wear pull ups after arrival of baby sister
The arrival of a new baby into the house can be quite a stressful experience for young children. Some children feel that they are somehow being rep...
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My daughter occasionally wets the bed at night, but the main problem is she has a really bad habit of "holding on" and then has accident(s). What can we do?
firstly, let me say that she is still very young so I wouldn’t be concerned about the occasional wet bed – this is something that will come to an e...
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My son has wet the bed for the past 15 months. Prior to that he was dry at night for about one and half years. Can you offer any suggestions?
This type of bedwetting is referred to as secondary enuresis – this occurs when children begin to wet the bed again after experiencing at least 6 m...
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My son was toilet trained at hight from 4.5YO. After an enjoyable family holiday he began to wet his bed at night. His wetting is hit and miss. What can I do to help him overcome this?
If my Math is right he was dry at night for a period less than 6 months so he would still be considered to be experiencing primary enuresis. It is ...
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Son was fine at the start of school, but now there are accidents
it is very common to fluctuate between wet and dry nights as children move toward nighttime continence – thankfully as time goes on the periods whe...
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my daughter is 7 and still wets the bed. I have tried stopping drinks before bed- what else can I do?
firstly, let me apologise for the delay in getting back to you I have had an overwhelming number of questions to answer over the past two weeks. Ch...
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My son was toilet trained but since the birth of my daughter he has started to wet his pants and his bed. His urine smells really bad. Is he lazy or doing it for attention? Or maybe it is something to do with his health?
When a child starts to wet the bed again or experiences daytime incontinence after being dry for months we usually look for either a medical or emo...
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My 3yo son was toilet trained at night before he hurt his foot and went into hospital. Since being home he has wet the bed every night. Can you explain this at all?
Even though your son had been dry for a few months at night it is not unusual for children to regress in their development when faced with a stress...
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6yo still bed wetting at night - is it time to see a doctor about this?
Firstly, let me reassure you that what is happening is perfectly normal - almost 1 in 5 children your daughter’s age wake-up wet on a regular basis...
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My now 4yr old son was fully toiet trained at just over 2yrs old. He wet the first night, he didn't want to wear nappies by his own demand, I just supported him, and after one night of wetting, he was dry for about 4mths, then he had to undergo surgery.
Stress is certainly a contributing factor when it comes to nocturnal enuresis, and one of the main causes of stress in young children is illness or...
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Our 3.5 year old who has been dry for 1 year has just started wetting the bed every night. We have a new baby (5mnth old now), and she's just started kindy which I assume is the cause. Help! What should we do? Put her back in nappies? thanks!
Hi Nicola - firstly, congratulations on the arrival of your beautiful baby! Secondary bedwetting can certainly be a result of emotional distress or...
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My daughter is almost 4 years old. She hadn't wet the bed in a year, until a changed household situation has seen her wetting the bed almost every night. I'm sure this is the cause. She has no physical health concerns and doesn't have daytime accidents. H
Stress certainly is a major contributor of secondary bedwetting and the fact that her return to nighttime wetting coincided with her father going...
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Hi, our 5 1/2 -year-old daughter was dry night and day but when she was 4 1/2 her most beloved friend moved to another town and she started to wet her pants again - day and night. She is totally unconcerned when she wets herself and very resistant to the
Friendships are incredibly important to young children, so when they lose someone close to them, especially a best friend, it can seem like the end...
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Hi. I have a 6 and half year old daughter. After a couple of years having dry nights 95% of the time, she has started to wet the bed most nights, sometimes having two accidents in one night. She may have one dry night in a fortnight. I started a full
Hi Michelle,stress certainly is a major contributor of secondary bedwetting and the fact that her return to nighttime wetting coincided with you re...