1.) The myth that bedwetting is a result of
poor parenting or lazy kids.
Parenting ability and the work ethic does not dictate a dry or wet bed
in the morning. Many good parents with hard working kids work very hard
to stay dry at night and still experience bedwetting. Kids are able
to stay dry at night because they have learned to respond to a full
bladder at night.
2.) The myth that deep sleepers can't help
but wet the bed.
Many bedwetters are deep sleepers, however, not all deep sleepers wet
the bed because they have learned to properly respond to a full bladder
while sleeping deeply.
3.) The myth that drinking too much water
before bedtime causes bedwetting.
Parents often limit the amount of water the bedwetter can drink several
hours before bedtime so thier kids can wake up in a dry bed. This approach
doesn't work because the body continues to produce liquid during the
night regardless of the amount of water the child drinks before bedtime
because the food the child consumes during the day turns into liquid
after it is digested. (Restricting fluids is discouraged because limiting
water intake increases the risk of dehydration.) It's also important
to note that many young children drink a lot of water before going to
sleep and never wet the bed because they have learned to respond to
a full bladder at night.
4.) The myth that kids wet the bed because
they have a smaller bladder.
This idea doesn?t explain why some kids with a bigger bladder capacity
wet the bed while other kids with a smaller bladder capacity are able
to stay dry.
And if this were true, bedwetters with a smaller bladder capacity would
be able to stay dry at night by making frequent visits to the bathroom
at night. The reason why kids with a smaller bladder are able to stay
dry at night again is because they have learned to respond to a full
bladder at night.
5.) The myth that bedwetters have emotional
problems:
Emotionally healthy people do not intentionally urinate in their bed.
It's always accidental. Although bedwetting can lead to emotional problems,
bedwetting has everything to do with responding to bladder signals and
nothing to do with emotional problems.
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