Bedwetting: The emotional consequences

Bedwetting is a medical problem beyond your child's physical control, and it can take a huge emotional toll. Imagine how you would feel if you had a problem you couldn't control that caused you to do something embarrassing on a regular basis. Over time, this problem would likely make you feel ashamed and out of control - much the way a bedwetter does.

Bedwetting isn't just stressful on a child who wets the bed, it can be stressful on the family as a whole! As a parent, your routine is probably exhausting enough without having to get up during the night to change your child's sheets, get them into clean pajamas, and calm them down after an accident.

Being a bedwetter can put your child in an especially vulnerable position when it comes to their siblings. Under normal conditions, sibling rivalry and fights can be a problem, but the situation can become even more difficult when you add the issue of bedwetting into the mix. Aside from having extra "ammunition" when they are bickering with their bedwetting sibling, non-bedwetting children may be resentful of the extra attention they feel their sibling is getting as a result of the problem.