It can be incredibly frustrating for both parents and children when your child returns to wetting following a significant period of nighttime conti...
It sounds like your daughter is suffering from encopresis, a condition where children leak fecal matter, into their underwear or DryNites. The leak...
Unfortunately nighttime continence does not work in the same way as daytime training – nighttime wetting typically happens when children are asleep...
Hi K. C. – your daughter has very little control over her bladder while asleep, so while rewards can be very motivating during the day, they will d...
It is always wise to follow-up with your doctor when children return to wetting after a significant period of continence. There are both physical ...
If her encopresis was a result of chronic constipation, then her bedwetting may also be a result of poor bowel habits. If this is the case then yo...
Firstly, my apologies for the delay in responding to your question. While there has been much debate about the use of absorbent pants as a way to m...
It is not unusual for children to experience a return to bedwetting at times of stress, which can result from something as simple as the birth of...
Hi – conditioning alarms are the preferred approach to treating children’s bedwetting, with approximately 75% of children achieving nighttime con...
Hi Nicky – it is not unusual for children to continue to experience nighttime incontinence once they have started school – with as many as 1 in 10 ...
Hi S.A - it is not unusual for parents to comment on their children not wetting the bed while attending sleepovers or when away on holidays – whi...
Hi Alicia - it is not unusual for children to achieve daytime continence but continue to experience problems when it comes to number 2’s! When this...
Hi – bullying can be an insidious and emotionally damaging experience and is often the cause of bedwetting in children – so it is great to hear tha...
While it is true that some children are able to outgrow bedwetting on their own, others do benefit from some form of treatment. When the bedwettin...
Chronic constipation is a common but often unrecognised cause of nighttime wetting. Along with nocturnal enuresis, other signs of constipation inc...
Hi C.M. - The first thing you need to do is check that her nappy is fitting correctly as improper fit can contribute to leakage. From personal ex...
Hi Jennifer, waking or lifting children to the toilet during the night is typically seen as a practical approach to managing children's bedwett...
Hi Donna, DryNites are available for purchase in the United Kingdom, but I would recommend taking at least one or two packets with you just to cove...
Hi Lauren, firstly, apologies for the delay in responding to you. This is an incredibly frustrating situation for you all, and calls for LOTS of p...
Waking or lifting a child to go to the toilet certainly seems like a good way to reduce the number of wet beds, it does not however help train th...