Why does bedwetting happen?
Bedwetting is nobody’s fault. It is not caused by laziness or done to get attention. It is something over which a child has no control. • Bedwetting happens when children do not wake up when their bladders are full at night. • Many children who wet the bed seem to sleep more heavily and be harder to wake than other children. They’re not able to wake up when they have a full bladder. • Many children who wet the bed produce more urine (wee) at night than others, because of a low level of a hormone that controls how much urine is made while they are asleep. • A few children who wet the bed have bladders that cannot hold a large amount of urine. • Occasionally, bedwetting can be due to a medical problem. For this reason, it’s wise to have a check by your doctor. • Often bedwetting runs in the family. You might find that dad, mum, uncle or aunt used to wet the bed and might still have to get up at night to go to the toilet. • Most children who wet the bed ‘grow out’ of it, but their self-co
