Diurnal enuresis (or Daytime Wetting)
Wed, 01/21/2009 - 20:13
Our kiddo--nearly 9 now--had day-time wetting between the ages of 5 and 7. Over the last few weeks, this has come back with a vengeance.
We know that there is bullying going on at school. We've addressed that. However, there is refusal to go when given the opportunity and apparently expresses fear of entering a stall.
We've bought pull-ups, but this is really distressing. Any advice?
Comments
Rough times for a kid that age. Are the pullups working? I would say that you need to make sure your kid knows to go to the bathroom every time there is an opportunity. If a bathroom is close by, just try.
I'd agree that encouraging a child, who has trouble realising when it is time to go, to just try whenever the opportunity arises is a good strategy.
I do think, that in some cases of abuse, it is really difficult for some of these kids to go at appropriate times, period.
I was having the oppisite problem with my son. He would pee but not poop in the toliet even at school. I took him to the dr. and nothing was wrong with him. He said that he was just holding it in. His therapist suggested that I make him wash out his underwear in the toliet everytime he pooped in them. It worked, after about 5 or 6 times of washing he finally stopped pooping in his pants. Now if I can just get him to stop peeing on the lid of the toliet I will be happy. lol.
Things seem to have worked themselves out. Thanks for the thoughts.
Our kid decided to pee herself out of anger. She didn't want to tidy her room.
Did the kid not understand it would make her physically uncomfortable?
Children of Trauma don't necessarily take that into account. A child who has been sexually abused may soil themselves at night because that is when the abuse occurred. If you make yourself less desirable then perhaps that kind of hurting will stop.