The difficult experience for the little ones in the house when they wake up in their pajamas and wet sheets, and have to go to their embarrassed parents. Nocturnal enuresis in children, also known as nocturnal incontinence, refers to when they wet the bed during sleep. A more than normal situation between the ages of two and four, and which is usually overcome around the age of five, but which does not always happen in all cases.
Although it may worry parents, the most common thing is that it is simply a part of their development. Therefore, it is important to be patient and understanding with the child, since for them it is a source of shame. However, there are cases in which nocturnal enuresis lasts beyond five years, even reaching seven and even ten years.
There are many reasons that explain why a child has nocturnal enuresis, and these can be more than varied.
If there is one thing parents should keep in mind, it is that it is not something that children can voluntarily stop doing and that’s it. So they need support from their parents.
