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Thousands of Children in New Zealand wake in the morning to a wet bed and more than 100,000 Australian children will wet the bed tonight.
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Bedwetting is extremetly common in children under 6 and is considered a natural part of development and most children eventually grow out of it.
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Wetting the bed at night (nocturnal enuresis) is very common in young children. It affects approximately...
15% of 5-year-olds
5% of 10-year-olds
2% of 15-year-olds
1% of adults
Bedwetting is common...
In a school class of 30:
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at the age of five there will be five or more children in the class who are still wetting the bed at least twice a week
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at the age of seven, there will be about two in the class who are still wetting the bed at least twice a week
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at the age of 10 there will be one or two
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in the first year of secondary school there will be one
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in Year 10 (15 years olds) there will be one in every two classes
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Your child is likely to have 2 -3 other children in his or her class who also wets the bed
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Bedwetting occurs slightly more in boys than girls and some children wet their pants during the day.
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Bedwetting is not considered to be a problem until children are about 7 years of age. That is a good time to introduce treatment programmes if the child wants to do something about it.
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Almost all children grow out of bedwetting.
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About 1% of adults may still have occasional problems.
Source: The Dry Night, Continence Foundation of Australia and www.continence.org.nz
