Nocturnal enuresis, commonly known as bed wetting, can be an annoying problem for children and their parents. In fact, in the United States, about 6 to 7 million kids are bed wetters. Though this condition diminishes with age, however in some cases, kids as old as 15 years suffer from this disorder.

There has been no single good explanation round on the root cause of this problem. Though many consider bed wetting to be a complex physiological and medical problem, most parents tend to blame the child’s tendency of deep sleeping. Moreover, the genes of the child also have a major contribution in this matter; with studies showing that if one of the parents was a bed wetter in its childhood, the chances of the kids inheriting it are marked higher.

Most bed-wetters are spontaneously cured every year. It should be borne in mind that blaming the child for this problem would only dent its self-esteem. In most cases, the child will simply outgrow this disorder and it would be very helpful if parents would reassure their children that it is a part of the growing up process.

Parents can take some measures like urinating the child before he sleeps, prevent him from drinking a lot of fluid before bed time, avoid caffeine, practicing stretching exercises for bladder, waking the child to urinate at night and so on. If the child is nearing his teen years and the problem still persists, medical treatment may be considered or a Pediatric Urologist may be consulted.