Article: Dr Miriam Stoppard's Health Focus Today: BEDWETTING - Part 1.(Features)

Byline: Miriam Stoppard

I FEEL very strongly that bedwetting is never a child's fault. Making a child feel humiliated with fuss and blame over a wet bed is too painful to think about.

So is taking a child repeatedly to see the doctor and fitting mattresses with built-in alarms, against a child's will.

That only worsens a child's anxiety and may delay bladder control, so I'm against that approach.

I feel a child has to be given time, space, sensitivity and love to master staying dry overnight.

It will help you to give love and ...

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