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Article: Understanding enuresis.(bladder control)
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- The Exceptional Parent
- Article date:
- August 1, 1995
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The development of bladder control is a process that typically occurs over several years. Bladder control development varies quite normally in individual children. However, between one and two years, children usually become gradually aware of the sensation of a full bladder. By three years of age, most children are able to tense the muscles of the pelvic floor and "hold" urine for prolonged periods.
Our culture places much attention on how and when a child gains bladder and bowel control. It is not surprising, therefore, that family distress often results when this control does not occur. Daytime wetting (diurnal enuresis) and bedwetting (nocturnal enuresis) are quite ...