Bedwetting Facts

Some key figures to help you better understand: 5-6 years: This is the age when the maturity of the bladder and the brain that controls it is truly complete. Only from this age do we begin to talk about enuresis or more commonly bedwetting. But should we be worried? Let's take a look at some figures so that, as parents, you can put things into perspective. Enuresis - Bedwetting: Use some guidelines to help you navigate! At what age do children become toilet trained? 18 months: the child indicates when his panties are wet. Between 20 and 30 months: Cleanliness is acquired during the day. Between 30 and 40 months : (With the help of parents), cleanliness is acquired at night. Around 42 months: he is independently toilet trained, with possible episodic nighttime incidents until around the age of 5-6 years. Between the ages of 3 and 4, about 1 in 2 children still wet the bed, and that's completely normal! But: 37% of mothers still think that the age for nighttime potty training is around two years old. But when should bedwetting be considered "abnormal"? We saw above that the process of maturity of the bladder and the brain is not truly complete until the age of 5 to 6. We will therefore only talk about enuresis from the age of 5. Enuresis - Bedwetting: 1 in 10 children are affected between the ages of 5 and 10 (10%) A recent survey in France, on a sample of 4,000 children, demonstrated that bedwetting affects: 9.2% of children aged 5 to 10 11.2% of those aged 5 to 7 This reveals that in France, around 400,000 children aged 5 to 10 are affected by the problem of bedwetting. Other data indicate that: 2 to 3% of children continue to wet the bed during adolescence 0.5 to 1% of adults are still affected by bedwetting. There is more primary enuresis than secondary enuresis. Bedwetting is said to be "primary" when the child has never been clean at night since birth or never for more than 6 months in a row. It is called "secondary" when bedwetting appears overnight in a child who had acquired daytime and nighttime toilet training before the age of 5 and for a duration of at least one or two years. Primary enuresis accounts for 80% of bedwetting cases. A hereditary factor in bedwetting? Let's put an end to preconceived notions: education and social environment have no influence on the stages of toilet training. Only 2% of boys and 6% of girls are toilet trained at night by the age of 18 months. IMPORTANT FACTOR: The age of nighttime cleanliness is partly linked to heredity. The acquisition of nighttime cleanliness is directly related to the increase in bladder capacity, the organization of sleep and the nocturnal regulation of urine production (Hormones). Did you know? Bedwetting has worried many generations of parents... Bedwetting was first described 3,500 years ago by the Egyptians. So, don't worry and accept this situation as a normal stage in your child's growth. Remind him often that bedwetting is nothing to worry about, and that he's not alone.