Does anyone know why school registration forms ask about bed wetting? What problems are connected to it that makes them care to ask?
At what age did your kids outgrow it? Did they do so without help?
Thank you for your input- we just moved to a new school district and the question was on both my up-coming kindergartener's form and my continuing first grader.
Can't tell you anything about the second part. But did you ask the school about that? Is it a kindergarten class that has nap time? I don't see how it relates to school unless there going to take a nap at school... weird.
I would agree about the nap time thing. Lots of kids are still wetting the bed at 5-6 years old.
Bed wetting is a sleep issue. I think they might ask because a bed wetter is not getting proper sleep and that would help them understand learning issues. I studied bedwetting for my family issues with someone from Stanford University. If they do not outgrow it by about 4 it could last a long time. The best cure is the bed wetting alarm with will help them alter their sleep pattern. In the meantime, reducing their water at bedtime will NOT help stop bed wetting. Altering their sleep pattern will stop bed wetting. Without the alarm my sister did not stop till the teens. With the alarm, my brother stopped before 5. Hope this helps.
A bed wetter might actually be getting great sleep despite what another poster said. If they are wearing pull ups and not wetting their sheets/pj's during the night they are most likely deep sleepers and getting quality uninterrupted sleep. (My kids). They both wet during the night but sleep a solid 10-11 hrs because they wear pull ups.
However, if you have a bedwetter that is made to wear underwear than, yes, they are waking up wet and cold and have to change clothes and sheets and than go back to sleep and hopefully in that night that doesn't happen again. (speaking from personal experience here). Or if you are setting your alarm to take your child to the bathroom in the middle of the night. I know many people do this - I personally don't agree with it. But again, I'm speaking from a bedwetting family history here. My kids are VERY deep sleepers.
I was told by my dr. to not worry about it until my kids were older 7/8 yrs old. That sleep was more important. And since it ran in my family - big time! Grandparents, parents on BOTH sides, uncle, and siblings - WE ALL DID IT! For a long time. Ugh...
My oldest is now 8 and just recently has been waking up dry so maybe we are moving in the right direction.
This question you speak of by the way is not on my kids paperwork so I'm not sure why it is asked however like another Mom pointed out - probably to find out quality of sleep. But like I mentioned above, not all kids who wet the bed have to get up during the night to change sheets/clothes.
You don't say how old your child is. Nightime and daytime sleep training are different. Night time is not to be expected until 5-7 yrs of age. Yes, some are dry during the day/night younger but it isn't the norm.
Best wishes,
M.
They will eventually outgrow it. 8 is usually the age. Make sure you use positive re-inforcement though because that works much better. Maybe rewards like a new comfortor for going a week without etc. When he/she makes it for a few days celebrate.
My father, my brother, sister and myself all wet the bed. My sister and brothers cleared up by 12 and now they have no problems (in their ealry to mid twenties now).
For me though it was a different story, I have diabetes insipidus which makes me VERY thirsty almost all the time. It's a problem with kidneys and processing waste. I had to use a nasal spray hormone DDAVP which helped me not wet at night. It stopped on it's own in my late teens.
I don't know why school registration forms are asking though, perhaps it is to determine if the child needs to be TESTED for diabetes insipidus which could get serious if not found and treated early! It causes low electrolytes as the body CRAVES water, the colder the better. This also causes low concentration and an almost ADD type reaction, I would know, been through it myself!
I know nothing about the school system. But my daughter wet the bed till she was ten and then I used a system that was provided by Pacific International. It was an alarm and light that would go off as she began to pee. This was monitored and I got advice on what to do to help her. The object was to make sure she was fully awake before peeing. It still took around nine months, but worth it to overcome the problem.
