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Have you had a child in your home that wets the bed?
I was surprised when an 8-year-old foster child wet the bed the first night in our home. Bedwetting occurred nightly, and I wasn’t sure what to do about it.
However, nocturnal bedwetting is not uncommon —
1 in every 9 kids wet the bed at night
Bedwetting may be caused by one or more factors. The most common cause of bedwetting, however, is simply a small bladder that is not growing as fast as the rest of a child’s body.
Dr. Stephen Sheldon, director of the Sleep Medicine Center at Children’s Memorial Hospital in Chicago, Illinois:
“The most common causes of bedwetting continue to be issues involving bladder control, infection, fluid intake, stress and trauma.”
Because foster children have a number of stress factors, such as being removed from their families, moving to a new placement, and starting a new school, they may be more prone to bedwetting.
When I mentioned nighttime diapers for our foster child, she exclaimed, “No! Diapers are for babies!” (Note: I should have used the term nighttime underwear.) But when she saw the cute, girly, discreet design of GoodNites Underwear, she didn’t have any problem wearing them.
However, when I ran out of the GoodNites Underwear, I purchased another brand.
Our foster child did NOT like the other brand. “Gross! I’m NOT wearing that! It looks like a diaper!”
The discreet design of GoodNites Underwear made her feel more like she was wearing regular underwear.
Our nearly 4-year-old Lil Bit also has an issue with bedwetting; however, we found that the potty-training diapers just aren’t absorbent enough for nighttime bedwetting. Many nights, he wakes up in the middle of the night drenched in urine. We are now making the switch to GoodNites Underwear for him too.
For more information on bedwetting, check out the GoodNites Facebook page.
What has been your experience with bedwetting?
