How to Prevent Bed-Wetting

Series Summary

Early childhood is a special time for both kids and parents. It is widely held that during the first few years of a person’s life, some of the most important physical and emotional aspects of development are set in place. Young children are dependent upon their mothers, fathers, aunts, uncles or grandparents to meet their needs during this time. To grow into healthy, happy adults, kids require many things, including safe surroundings, a good diet, peer interaction and a variety of experiences. In this free video series on child care, a clinical psychologist offers parenting advice when dealing with toddlers. Find out how to toilet train a toddler, and get tips on dealing with temper tantrums. Get a child to sleep throughout the night by establishing a nightly routine, and find out how to keep toddlers entertained throughout the day. Help a toddler develop physically, emotionally and mentally through positive activities and behaviors.

Video Transcript

"Hello, I'm Dr. Deborah Wheeler. I'm the vice president of academic affairs at the Argosy University, Salt Lake campus. I'm also a clinical psychologist and the topic today is how to prevent bed wetting. This can be a challenging topic for both the parents and for the children since they are the ones that are experiencing this, particularly for older children. Young children of course are going to make sure that they don't have a lot of liquids before they go to bed, you'll also make sure they visit the bathroom before it's bedtime. But you also want to make sure that for older children if this is a continuing problem that you understand that it's a physiological problem. This is not something that they're necessarily doing on purpose. So you might have to find ways to deal with that until they're older and until their bladders have developed. You'll need to make sure that you buy a mattress pad for those children and you also want to purchase those pull on diapers for the older kids as well. Rather than pointing out their flaws or making them feel badly about something they have no control over, just make sure that you buy the right supplies so that they don't have to feel badly about something they don't have control over. Please feel free to contact us for these kinds of tips and other parenting issues at our website argosy.edu."